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Hi guys

ive got three orks...
yes thats right three orks...
a friend gave them to me
so ive got three orks
and painted them
this is all very well and good but i want them to be cooler than normal orks (like my warboss that i will upload pictures of in due course (or when my camera is charged)
does any of you dakkadakka loverlies have any uuber cool suggestions

thanks verymuch
your favourite madman

Steve

Beef them up a little with green stuff and make them a little taller at the waist, although you have to take in to consideration that youl have to do it with nobs and warboss to. makes an ork army standout if they tower over even ther own kind.

Don't format your posts like that, it's really irritating. Also, work on proper spelling, spacing, and grammar. It makes your posts easier to read. Anyway, what kind of Orks are they? If you already painted them you probably shouldn't worry about making them cooler. The easiest way to improve the looks of Orks is to tack all kinds of Orky bits and bobs to them - be it shoulder pads, spikes, severed heads, or what have you.

Yeah, seeing as they are already painted i'd suggest doing something special with the bases.

Don't format your posts like that, it's really irritating. Also, work on proper spelling, spacing, and grammar. It makes your posts easier to read.

sheesh keep yer hair on mary as i have proclaimed i am a madman and so am inclined to be a little odd
roflcoptor away

steve

here it is from your love and saviour
steve

Interesting, but the chainsaws seem a bit awkward just sitting there. Also shift those heads around they seem a bit too parallel to each other. A nice basin job would make them even cooler.

i see wat you mean but i have an expalnan the chain klaw
it hacks down
claws up
stabs forward
and is very very big

That big choppa on the power klaw is a tad large and awkward, removing the bottom half may lighten it up a bit. But anything is better than the way it comes out of the box . I look forward to seeing more stuff.

Stephen Bond wrote:

Don't format your posts like that, it's really irritating. Also, work on proper spelling, spacing, and grammar. It makes your posts easier to read.

sheesh keep yer hair on mary as i have proclaimed i am a madman and so am inclined to be a little odd
roflcoptor away

steve

The rules say you should post with something resembling good grammar and all that. Do it for everybody else here. Just because you are "a madman" doesn't mean you shouldn't follow the rules here. Besides, given some of the people on Dakka, I doubt you're the maddest man here

Anyway, enough of me being pedantic. As for the actual warboss conversion? Not too much to it. I like the heads on the spikes, but they're leaning the same way, which makes them look a little contrived and not terribly natural. If they were going at different angles it would be more orky. I've seen the chainsaw converted into part of the warboss' power klaw before, although they only used one chainsword instead of the double-headed one from the Nob box. Using only one chainsword makes it seem more in scale, and less awkward. You also don't really need an explanation for the chain klaw - it's Orky! It would just look better if the chain saw thumb wasn't so honking big.

Just a little thing, the guardsmans severed head, unles its just been cut off i think it would be more pale, fortress grey touched up by skull white and a very light blue may be more fitting

I just got done painting some orks if you want to check mine out in my gallery at www.demonicworkshop.com - i posted a few on here too.

Stephen Bond wrote:here it is from your love and saviour
steve

Kind of poorly painted, and the bottom of the chainsaw sticks outa bit. If you really want to have some fun with the warboss, give him a kombi weapon scratch built, maybe some heavy armor, etc.


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Stephen Bond wrote:i see wat you mean but i have an expalnan the chain klaw
it hacks down
claws up
stabs forward
and is very very big

Please do stop doing that. It's extremely annoying.

any uuber cool suggestions

I think we have moved on from the subject in hand...
i have made a decision to buy another ork warboss and redo it up in a pimp'd style like all orky its either that or a chos lord to try my hand at as the gw do a cool chaos termy kit which i think would be spick but the possibility of an ork stands in the way (what a predicament) so its ork or chaos, minding that i posess neither army ( i have ultramarines ) it will be merely to paint and hone my skills so does anyone have any suggestions about which one i should use

your one true leader
steve

I'm quite liking your chain klaw, looks sufficiently Orky IMO.

I'm quite liking your chain klaw, looks sufficiently Orky IMO.

Thanks!!
but some people dont agree they think it looks arkward, since when have orks been thoughtful lol

WAAAGH!!!

Stephen Bond wrote:

any uuber cool suggestions

I think we have moved on from the subject in hand...
i have made a decision to buy another ork warboss and redo it up in a pimp'd style like all orky its either that or a chos lord to try my hand at as the gw do a cool chaos termy kit which i think would be spick but the possibility of an ork stands in the way (what a predicament) so its ork or chaos, minding that i posess neither army ( i have ultramarines ) it will be merely to paint and hone my skills so does anyone have any suggestions about which one i should use

your one true leader
steve

If your trying to hone your painting skills, i would actually suggest imperial guard, becuase they have alot of models and are the base life form since they are human military. But if your deciding between orks and chaos, i would move to chaos, considering your painting skills only lack in details and areas of the body rather than washes, which i think you did an exellent job with.

I like the look of word bearers because of the tomes and spikes that i can pimp out and convert