The time is running short - about 36 hours left.
Here is the next troop type Fight-Bommas.
When I started the design it immediately looked like the Forge World version, which isn't surprising, because I find it brilliant.
But I wanted my design to be different, so I thought about how an Ork would design a plane.
He most likely would sit down on the biggest jet-engine he can put his bum on, and try to fly. No being met by too much success he would add some wings and the thing would fly, probably held in air more by belief then physics. The he would grab the machine guns from his bike and off he would go.
And that is what I did. I took the jet engine from the Saracen(my Marauder version) added wings, guns and rockets and put an Orc on top. The right most plane is build just that way. In case you should wonder the engine is upside down.
Taking a step back and looking at the FB, I realized that the engine looks in fact like the fuselage of a plane, so I cut out some space for a cockpit and added a canopy. As I wanted the pilot to be seen I designed the canopy as a mesh of struts,
But the struts of are so very thin and fragile, when I realized how fragile I already had printed 8 models. So there are two (one involuntary) variants with cockpit, one with struts and one without.
All in all I'm content with the design. Whenever I come back to them I will strengthen the canopy and also make the pilot easier to access with a paint brush.
A more elaborate paint scheme would also be great, probably something with teeth.
The FBs are not that good, but at least they look threatening.
One troop type left - designing has already started.
Have a nice week.