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Hey GG, nice to see some AdMech grots !! Nice use of bitz

Good luck with "real life" !

Thanks you guys.


The Flashgitz of Da Ordo Gorkamorka are veterans from Gutsnik's kommandos. Having proven themselves with big shootas and living to tell the tale they were rewarded with super-killy guns and speshly fitted gitfindaz to further develop their shooty prowess. They have managed to survive and flourish, growing into powerful nobz and amassing an arsenal from their enemies bullet-ridden armies. The best are given what can only be described as a rail rifle, however few believe orks are possible of such technology. That the weapons owner believes seems enough to produce results.

Hi folks. I was just thinking about thematic ideas for the flashgitz i'm "working on". You've seen a few of them (those that have been modeled atm) but I have been meaning to put more Tau into the army. So I have been planning some rail rifle flashgitz. I was just pondering which side of my Blood Axe clan they would hail from (Da Spass Mareenz or Da Mekanikus) and I'm going with the above. So they will probably get more camp than the shoota boyz mob. Tho, I might add camp to a few of the boyz to make them stand out. The Flashgitz will blend in better with the kommandos, tho with less camo (probably). It also means they can have much different personalities, as far as the modeling will allow at least. I've always thought of my Spass Mareenz very much akin to the early stormboyz, you know, back when they didn't come with rokkit packs. They were just well disciplined (for orks).

Just wanted to write that fluff bit down so I didn't forget.

Well, I've been working on my flashgitz a bit this weekend and I've got them close to the green-stuff to-do list. They all have their gitfindas now and there's a whole unit without the pain boy. I've got an old painboy for the squad, but he still needs an arm. I'm pretty happy with how all the snazzgunz turned out but there's still some clean up to do… more so now that I've seen the pics.

Something else to mention about the fluff of the unit. They were hand picked by Gutsnik and assigned to Shakkstoff, Da Masta uv Dakka. They serve as his retinue.

This was the first flashgun I started on. His snazzgun just came together straight out of my bitz box. Finally got around to his gitfinda, but that's all thats new on him so...


Here's my second flashgit. He's had a gitfinda the longest, but his snazzgun finally got a handle and trigger. again - pic if you want to


Here's the third flashgit to join the ranks. His snazzgun got a tune-up while the doc was fittin' his gitfinda.


Now for the two brand new members of Shakkstoff's retinue





I feel like the last gun is still missing something… besides a trigger, but I like how it's looking all the same. They'll probably get a little more detail on the bodies with some GS before I move them to the painting to-do list. Plus the bases. Don't know when I'll get around to more, but I'm very happy with how these gitz turned out and I'm pleased to say I've got another legal unit build and on the way. I'm sure holding my breath for a new codex.

Anyhoo, thanks for reading.

You know what game would really fit Flashgitz?

Loadout.

As a matter of fact, I think I'm gonna name my next custom gun "Snazzgun" in honor of them.

Loadout would be perfect! I've been wishing for an Ork skin mod for that game. Any modders on the forum? wink-wink

Go on the forums. There's a few people talking about the next çharacter' they're adding- I think I've seen Greenskin come up once or twice.

Or just a series of outfits for the existing characters. I could see Axl as an Ork.

Good to see you GG.....flashgitz looking sweet...particularly fond of the looted railgun with twin rows of exhausts - I'll be looting that idea sometime

Thanks Monkeytroll. I am particularly happy with that gun too.

Well, I finally got started on my Shokk Attack Gun Big Mek. He's still WIP, but the gun is mostly done. Loads of GS on the vacuum tube to thicken it up. Maybe an exhaust pipe somewhere… any suggestions would be appreciated. I was looking around my house for almost a full day, trying to find the right sized tube for the SAG. Shakkstoff still needs his Gitfinda too (or some kinda bionics, he is a big mek after all).

Very nice GG. No suggestions for you, just looking forward to seeing what you do with him.

Late comer to this blog, but fantastic work, especially on the Flash Gitz

But I do have to ask;

 The Good Green wrote:
I was looking around my house for almost a full gay, trying to find the right sized tube for the SAG. Shakkstoff still needs his Gitfinda too (or some kinda bionics, he is a big men after all).

How many partial gays do you have at your house?

LOL, you wouldn't believe how many partial gays I have around here. Thanks for the editing.

Well....

 The Good Green wrote:
he is a big men after all

Yeah, give it an exhaust, a few wires, and possibly a grot's feet sticking out the end of the hose?

good grief! well, that one is an auto-correct goof.

That reminds me, I do have another wire to add to the SAG straight away.

So I've got my 'ard boyz mostly assembled. The still need some clean up and plenty of shoulder pads. I think the GS will have to come before the shoulder pads for some of them tho.

here's the pics

Here we have the nob and grenadiers


Some of da boyz. You can see what I mean about the GS coming first.


Here's where they start to get confused and think their stormboyz…



The fluff behind this unit is basically the land speeder storm. Only their vehicle (a warkopta) is a looted sawfish (a concept tau vehicle). So I wanted to model some of them about to land. I modeled the humans as outlanders. They are just unlucky people who got chosen for target practice. There's gonna be a good amount of GS on them too, mostly for clothes. As you can tell, there are a lot of shoulder pads missing. Part of that is the massive gaps where their shoulders should be. The other part is that I want to give some of them the old World Eater shoulder pads. Those always looked like ork faces to me. I will try to sculpt some of the shoulder pads too. We'll see how that turns out when I get to the GS.

So… besides some cleanup… the only "infantry" unit I have left to assemble is the Mobile Kroot. I've been trying to figure out how to make the mopeds for a long time now and I think I've finally given into the reality that I have to make the tires from scratch (at least most of the tires). I'll be using an elder jet bike as reference for the body of the mopeds.

Hope you like the 'are Boyz. Let me know what you think and thanks for reading.

(note to self: that makes 1800 points or so of assembled, unfinished models)

Ard boyz are coming together nicely - I like the idea ofthe old WE pads being used, they do make good orky pads I feel - or even heads

The boys landing on the humies with a nice 'krump' are cool, especially liking the one coming over the wall

And excited to hear the mobile kroot are back on the cards

The new model I've been working on to keep from doing the Moped Kroot, still very WIP:

It's meant to be a killa kan modeled after a squig... using an IG sentinel for parts.

Just to show I'm still kicking around... ps, thanks monkeytroll (I do have my Mobile Kroot bits box out now, so I should be getting to them when I finish this Killa Squig's feet)

Aard boyz are looking great GG, just love the poses.

KK makes me smile... nicely done!

That's ok....mobile kroot are allowed to be delayed if it involves squig-shaped kans

Hi you guys. I've done some more work on the first Squig Kan. It's got feet and that wire on the back of the legs of a sentinel. Still needs loads of rivets and a few patched up spots. I've got two more cut out and waiting for assembly as well.

Here's a picture of what they look like before I cut them out if anyone was wondering:


I've also been working over how I want to organize my list, fluff wise. I don't really worry about competitive builds. I figure that's what tactics are for. But I've been trying to figure out who the Deff Dreds should be associated with. Since I've got two Big Meks that are mimicking the Mechanicus and all of my Boyz are from Da 3rd Krumpany, a Waaagh that has modeled itself after space marines. I also want to model the Dreds different ways, that is, I really want to make a "construction dred" with a pilot that can exit the vehicle, but I also like the idea of an old mekaniak wiring himself into a deed to extend his life. So I'll probably make both, but where should they go in the factions?

I'm leaning toward having the construction dred as part of the Big Mek's motor pool, but the wired-in dred(s) can be fallen hero's that the doc "rescued" from the battle field. Or anyway, the different builds will be different kinds of fluff. I dunno, I'm still trying to nail it down. If you have any suggestions or feelings about it please let me know.

Another project for AFTER the mobile kroot is a unit of Deff Koptaz modeled after the Squig Kan, only with "wings" instead of legs and a tail that curls under it's belly with a buzz saw... so, the buzzer squigs squadron. The wings'll be some kind of helicopter blade set up, or a jump pack kit bash, things like that. A similar mouth, so I can change the ranged weapons... I want to get some magnets for that.

Another note on a project I need to get back to is the super grots of Bigtoof Proppa. I want to organize them, list wise, so I can run them as counts-as-imperial guard OR as grots for my orks. The main problem I'm having is finding a proper "equivalent" for the runtherds, to differentiate them from the guardsmen. I think the commissars will work nicely for that, but I also think the Priests could work as Runtherds, so I think the plan is to model 30 man platoons of grots with Commissars and/or Priests added onto each unit, to a maximum of 3 added characters per platoon. Any IG units I end up wanting to have in the super grot army will have to be groupable into 30 man hordes with an added character per each 10. That's my plan. Ogryn can be Nobs. I think it's be funny to play this army with the old catachan rules for commissars some time... if I ever finish it

Anyhoo, thanks for reading. Just felt like ranting a bit about up coming plans. I'll have some more time for the hobby over the summer so I've been thinking about what I want to take care of and where I wanna take certain projects. Hopefully I can get the next two Squig Kanz on their feet before too long.

I think you've got some great plans for the future GG. Really looking forward to seeing the various pieces come together. Nice to see a very fluffy army get planned from the beginning.

incredible work on those Flash gitz! Each one has so much character!

 The Good Green wrote:

I've also been working over how I want to organize my list, fluff wise. I don't really worry about competitive builds. I figure that's what tactics are for. But I've been trying to figure out who the Deff Dreds should be associated with. Since I've got two Big Meks that are mimicking the Mechanicus and all of my Boyz are from Da 3rd Krumpany, a Waaagh that has modeled itself after space marines. I also want to model the Dreds different ways, that is, I really want to make a "construction dred" with a pilot that can exit the vehicle, but I also like the idea of an old mekaniak wiring himself into a deed to extend his life. So I'll probably make both, but where should they go in the factions?

I'm leaning toward having the construction dred as part of the Big Mek's motor pool, but the wired-in dred(s) can be fallen hero's that the doc "rescued" from the battle field. Or anyway, the different builds will be different kinds of fluff. I dunno, I'm still trying to nail it down. If you have any suggestions or feelings about it please let me know.

Before you got to the second paragraph, I would've said just like you : 1st construction Dred with the Mek, 2nd with the Krumpany !

Other concepts sound fun too, and Commissars should represent Runtherdz pretty nice ! (Plus, if the Grots flee, the Runtherd/Kommissar will just execute/stomp/eat one of them to keep them fighting... That's fluffy !)

We'll see how it turns out !

Thanks Gits and Thraka.

Yggdrasil, the thing that makes me pause about the dreds is the fluff about HQ characters getting put into dreadnoughts. Well, that and the mechanics war engines, the mechs that build themselves up into ultimate battle machines... the Auxilia Myrmidon I think. Those bits of fluff make me want to model the dreds as big meks that have wired themselves into their best dred.

So... I think all of the options for the dreds work great, but they would end up in different parts of the WAAAGH. Forgeworld has a dred hq, right? That could be the big mek dred. I think that might even be what it is for FW. Then there could be the construction dred for odd jobs around the workshop and the dreds in the Krumpany could be the more standard dreds, strong orks that were dragged off the battle field by the painboyz.

Of course, the dreds are all a ways off. I am sort of trying to, and trying to not plan a whole Chapta for this waaagh. More for fun than accrual modeling plans. Tho, if I had the chance ($$) to get in that deep, I think I would.

I do want to make a small herd of Boarboyz for Bigtoof and a small unit of lootaz as the Deff Skullz Towing crew. Nevermind the grots of Bigtoof and the mobile kroot. So, fun plans and ideas for expansion... I've also been trying to dream up two stompas for Gork and Mork (robotic or not). But that's all after I get a few more units modeled and then paint everything.

I've decided to do the whole army in stages. So, modeling everything (plastic and glue) then greenstuff where needed. After everything is ready for paint, then I'll change over my hobby station for painting. This is all because I have very limited space.

As it turns out, I've got monday off. So I should have some time to put the next two squig kanz together. It'll be fun kustomizin them.

Thanks for reading.

So the rumours for 7th Ed suggest that you may potentially be able to have an army without the normal FoC restrictions.

Which means you could potentially now have a full Dred Mob army just by filling the whole thing with Deffdreds.

That is pretty exciting, but I'm more happy about being able to filed all of the sub groups of my waaagh. Tho I feel I've lost something. The limiting features of the rules and FOC are part of why I started back up with the hobby. Of course, they have't taken it away, just made it optional. So I can still use it.

Still, that might be why I started thinking about a whole Chapta for my waaagh. Dangerous thoughts...

Yeah, don't get overboard with your Waagh lol !

As for the dreads, well... I don't have the IA books where (potentially) you have a HQ Dred, sadly... So I cannot say !

The Unbound concept in 7th has got me all psyched with the endless possibilities... I'll try and stay focused (focussed?) too !

Interesting plan you're putting together GG!


Buzzer squig squadron sounds cool - now get on those mobile kroot so you can get onto them
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Modelling EVERYTHING first? Then GS EVERYTHING? Then paint EVERYTHING? Ambitious

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The FW list is for Dread Mobs...

HQ - Big Mek, Pain Boss, Kustom Meka-Dread ( )

Elites - Burna Boyz, Cybork Slasha Mob, Mekboy Junka

Troops - Spanna Boyz, Gretchin Scavengers, Dread Mob

Fast Attack - Deffkoptas, Warkoptas, Killa Kan Mob, Grot Tank Mob

Heavy Support - Mega-Dread, Lootas, Looted Wagon, Lifta Wagon, Big Trakk


So there's your big mek dread, and different mobs of dreads could be the construction gang, the combat gang, etc.



And why limit yourself to a Chapta....Get a whole Krusade going

@Yggdrasil:

@Monkeytroll: Thanks for the unit list for the FW codex.

So, I've got a question for all of you. I've been trying to decide on a painboy for the flashgitz. I've got two that I'm picking from now. The problem I'm having is that I really wanted to use one of them as a nob for the deff skulls towing. The thing is, I'm not use I want them to have a nob anymore. Tell me what you think. The fluff for the Deff Skullz Towing company is that they were left behind by their first WAAAGH when they stopped to work on some gunz. Well, when they were done with the gunz, and the rest of the boyz noticed the waaagh had left, they didn't have enough working vehicles to catch up with the waaagh. So they opened a towing and salvage company to collect more vehicles/parts to get back to their waaagh. Of course, their meks can't help themselves and they keep making guns for their boyz instead of trukks to get back to business. So, they definitely need some meks, but should they get a nob? I mean, after a while wouldn't one of the boyz get big enough to be a nob?

So, Deff Towing is gonna have a unit of lootaz, but should they get a unit of boyz or spanna boyz? The difference being spannaz get a mek instead of a nob (I think the mek is the only one that can upgrade his gun too).

And then - if Deff Towing doesn't get this guy as a nob

should he be the Flash Gitz painboy (also likely to be a Pain Boss in future is he goes that way)

Or should this guy be the painboy

Now, this guy... I have a plan for this model too. I wanna ale him an ork jedi. I think he'd make a pretty good painboy too tho.

I guess the real question I'm asking is should the first ork (with all the skulls) be a Pain Boss or a Deff Skullz Nob?

Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts.

ps: should have another kan mostly assembled later today, but I need more of those big bases before I'll be able to finalize the legs.

He seems to fit the bill as a scavenger type with his assorted pouches, so I'd say Nob for the Deff Skullz Towing Co.

And ork jedi hey? Sounds interesting

Yeah, that second one definitely has "Painboy" written all over him. Just imagine a nice tight linen facemask over those lips, and a big ol' reflector thingy on his forehead, him peering into anovva Ork'z mouf.

Hrm... Painboy Dentist?