Okay, so, ready to apply logic and geometry to a problem?

So, what I need is an arc that’s between a straight line and the curve of the base. And I’m willing to bet—based off my great scores in high school geometry—that if I make my arc halfway between those two extremes, it should connect in a way that gives me a 45 degree slope to my jaw base. Or something very close to that...
I glued my new jaw base in place. A few cardstock strips helped make the whole thing a bit more solid. I put some clothespins around the jaw to help hold it in place, but to be honest it was pretty solid from the moment I attached it. i still gave it plenty of time to dry, because I need this to be solid if it's going to hold the weight of the teeth at that angle.

Next I took apart that whole daisy-chained tooth construction I’d put together at the end of last week’s post. Someone also pointed out that all the teeth I made were pretty even, size-wise (which isn’t very Orky), so I also made a new tusk for one side of the jaw.

I also added some pieces onto the head itself and the horns. More cardstock plates, some foamcore scraps, stuff like that. And there’s still at least a hundred rivets in the future. For the moment, though, I let the whole thing sit and dry.
Now... I mentioned last time the need for shoulder-mounted dakka. That need still exists. And these magnificent horns, even cut down, still eat up a lot of shoulder space. This bothered me for a bit until I remembered how much of the old gargant art shows weapon emplacements mounted up on gangly scaffolding or scrawny mechanical arms. All of that suddenly made sense... I’d already planned on some flakkgunz for one shoulder and a missile pod for the other. I decided to put the flakkgunz on scaffolding and the missile pod on a smaller version of the arms I’d built as, well, arms.


Helpful Hint—Probably goes without saying, but a hobby knife is perfect for this sort of positioning. A sharp pencil works well, too. Fine point, solid, easy to direct. It helps get these little pieces right in place.

(The rivet fairy is a magical creature who lives about one week in the future. I keep hoping she’s going to do all these rivets for me. So far... no luck with that.)
With that together and drying, I turned to the flakkgunz. If you remember the first Apocalypse book, there was a nice flakktrukk in that, and I decided to use it as my basis for the gargant’s flakkgunz. I cut four pieces of cardstock about 4 1/2” long and 1 3/4” wide, then put a good curve in each one, lengthwise, by working them around my hobby knife. These would be my barrels.
But I’ll talk a little more about them next time. I’m running a little bit behind and I want to get this posted.
Next time, flakkgunz, the Gaze of Mork (or possibly Gork), and some engines for this beast. We’re closing in on the end.
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