Hi all!

Being a new member to this forum and wanting to share some of my meagre attempts at creating a 40k army worth showing to the world,
I present to you: Waaagh Ztahlinork.

Beware, this is not a blog about "showcase quality"-models.
Having an average attention span of about 10 minutes, deteriorating eyesight and wanting a tabletop-ready army without spending aeons of my life
does that to you.

So: here we go.

It all started with the AoBR boxed set. Must have been 5th edition.
At the time, I just got back into 40k (I stopped the moment 2nd ed stopped) and I really didn't know what army to pick.

So I got myself a box, swapped the marines for more orks and before I knew it, I had about 300 models staring at me in all their greyish plastic simplicity.
It could have ended right there - having so many unpainted models on your workbench and no real plan what to do with them,
is perhaps not the wisest of things to do when you're starting an army.

So I started looking around for a colour scheme I could like, would be quick and fun to paint, and wouldn't become boring (or tedious) after the first 20 models.

And I didn't find it.

So, as a true hoarder, I thought the best plan of action was to start another project.
Something small, just for fun.
So I bought me some Orcs. What?
Yes: Orcs - not Orks. Black Orcs to be precise.

So I now had 310 greyish models staring at me. Some even with some sprues attached to their various body parts.


Picking up a Black orc, I wondered what it would look like wielding a chainsword. An Orky chainsword. On a big stick.
Hmmm, this might just work...

That was two years ago...

This is what that Black Orc looks like now:



And his fellow Black Orcs:



Hope you like.

You have a fantastic army and would be proud to fight your WAAAGH with my Freebooterz WAAGH or Soul Drinker army. Take a bow good sir you are indeed at showcase quality in my mind. Its superb.

The paint job is wonderful and love the banner! Nice stuff sir!

Thanks guys! Much appreciated!


The propaganda-theme was an important part of the entire project.
I made a couple of them based on WW2 Soviet-posters.

The original Waaagh-banner used to be a red soviet flag taken from some Warhammer kit, but I wasn't quite happy with them.

It's also a little more silly to use a paper poster as a banner.
A tiny flame and there goes your banner

Seriously: by making a couple of designs, I could place them with different sizes on a piece of paper, so they can be used as leaflets, posters etc.
Without having to freehand everything again and again.

Here's a picture of it more close:



And used on a smaller scale for one of the propaganda-grotz (ammo runtz):



And for dessert: Zthalinork himself.



Main body is a FW Grotbot/Runtbot (forgot the name), a spare Gazghkull-head and some bits & pieces.
Hope you like

Fantastic! Zthalinork looks real menacing! I really like the rusty effects on your orks! Do you use some sort of powder for that?

@ Leviathus: I think some kind of a how-to overview is needed

Painting a Zthalinizt ork:

- Infantry:
> spray white
> paint all skin green. thin down the paint so it flows easily and keeps the white shining through
> paint trousers or some bits and pieces an offwhite/light dusty brown. once again: keep it thin (not too thin, mind you)
> paint all straps, boots, ammo, weapons, ... brown. something like bestial brown or something similar. And yes: keep it thin.
> paint red parts. Paint should be a mix between red and brown. Don't apply this too thin - it looks bad.
> clean up all the spots, splatters, ... on the white. on some parts (helmets, armour, ...) it's not too bad to leave some splatters...
> add orange patches/oxydation to all meal bits. do this at random. I tend to use the GW technical paints, but sometimes you may want to add some more or brighter colours.
> once dry, wash the entire model with a dark brown wash (devlan mud, a mix of reikland flesh shade & badab black, ...). Try to make sure the wash doesn't pool too much.
> leave to dry.
> add details again, starting with the flesh and adding more white to the mix.
> white armour = mix between dry brushing, sponging & brushing.
> use a fine sponge/small brush and add spots/scratches with storm vermin fur. you may want to add some black to make it contrast more.
> add more orange and oxydation where wanted using the technical paints. build this up as far as you like.
> add metal highlights using bolt gun metal and an additional chain mail/mithril silver highlight for cutty things.
> use some typhus corrosion sparingly to add more depth and texture to certain metal areas.
> to add further depth: use weathering powders (sand, rust, dark earth, ...) where needed.

- Vehicles:
only the first step is different, but it results in deeper rusty effects:
> spray the model black. WHILE this is drying, spray from varying distances (and preferably trying to get a blotchy/spotted effect) with a bestial brown (army painter has something like that).
Of course: if you have an airbrush and know how to use it, you can use that.
> once dry spray parts white, but don't be too clean.
> then, follow the same steps as for the infantry.

Here's some pics of my megadread to illustrate the result:

Impressive! Thanks for the clarification!

Perhaps I gonna give it a shot when I paint my warboss!

Cool beans, dude! The banner design is spot on, as is the paint job.That rust and white works brilliantly together.

Brilliant weathering here and I like the white.

Thanks guys, much appreciated

I guess the big secret is speed - the megadread for instance took me about 2 hours start to finish.
Won't be winning me a golden demon with it, but it kinda works...

Onto some more stuff: Tankbustaz.

These guys originated from having way too many Burnaz.
So what better than to convert them into rocket-wielding lunatics?

The main reason off course were the bombsquigs, which game wise I kinda like.
I didn't have any squigs to spare and I already had my eyes set on some of these Kromlech remotely controlled bombs,
until I found an old WD (the very early 90's) with some runtbots.
That's it: what better than a wobbling orkish robot loaded with explosives?

I still had some old plastic epic stomps lying around and a couple of Kromlech heads.
So half an hour of cutting later, I had the basis for my "boombotz".
Well, they still need detailing - both in paint and in modelling : some bombs/ammobelts attached at the front/back, a remote attached to the back of the head (with antenna) and maybe some arms.
not sure about the arms yet - will see.

The tankbustaz were pretty strait forward: chop off any "burnt bits" and add any rocket or rpg-like device I could find.
Stikkbomz are actually great for this kind of stuff.

So far, they've been painted up to a tabletop standard. I'll add details later.

Hope y'all like.

Those little bots are great! Awesome idea. Nice work on the bustaz as well!

This is a fantastic army- brilliant idea and very well executed indeed.

Your army is gorgeous, absolutely original in every way. I toyed with an off white scheme for ork, couldnt make it work. Yours is perfect, especially with the theme you have.

Thanks guys, much appreciated.
If any of you would have any suggestions, please feel free to do so


@40kFSU : it's just white with a wash and some simple "highlight".
the only thing which may not make the scheme work for orks is in keeping the painting too clean.
with some other colours (traditional Goffs for instance) a clean scheme doesn't hurt, but here it would do more harm than good.


To continue with the rocket-theme: the rokketbuggy!
well, 3, actually.

With the "nerfing" of the killakan, I suddenly found myself with too many kans.
mind you: I like kanz. The idea that there's an armoured walker, piloted by a freaked-out grot, rampaging around a battlefield =

So what to do with them?

Going through the codex, I noticed the old classic: the buggy.
So far, I had stayed away from them. Never had much love for that model.

A friend had given me some and I had begun cutting them up, before ditching the project.

Then it dawned: why not make them look like some kind of armoured car?

So I cut of the legs and removed the arms of the kans and simply stuck them onto the chassis of a buggy/trakk.
And somehow, I think it works.

I still need to go over some parts of the paintjob (especially the "glassy" bitz), but I really love them.

In the meantime I've gotten hold of another 6 trakks/buggy's, so I may end up using these as grot tanks,
and keeping the others more standard to differentiate on the battlefield.

What do you think?

I love the scheme you have going on for this army! The colors and weathering are top notch, as are the tiny details in the models. I really like the "bunny" on the buggy. It's nice to see someone that can get a great looking, characterful force without spending hours on each individual model.

@Peredyne : I do would like to be able to spend hours / days / ... on a model, but I must not kid myself - that's just not me.

I just want my models as quickly as possible gaming ready. So, I'm always on the lookout for some shortcuts which may combine a few steps in the painting process.
For shading I tend to use a dark brown wash (in the same way as dipping, but without the shiny stuff) : it dries very quickly (about 1/2 hour under a hot lamp),
adds warmth / depth and works for any colour (contrary to a black wash). It also adds a bit of grime, without having to resort to powders, etc.


Now onto some bigger stuff: battlewagons.

While visiting a couple of museums regarding "The Battle of the Bulge", I found in one of the shops some Mercedes Maultier kits.
I thought of using them straight out of the box, but upon finishing the first kit, I noticed the model looked actually too long and too narrow.

Also, it was a little underwhelming height-wise.

Now, I've always loved the stuff Irondog Studios did / does. especially the big-wheeled trucks.

So I went looking for some of these big tyres of my own.

it took me about 3 months before I found the right ones (yes - I hardly ever shop online, which means finding things may take some time) :
they even had embossed stars! what more could I want for a Soviet army ?

Now, my plasticard and scratch building skills are not the greatest.
So, it's a little rough here and there, but I figure I can always add more detail later.









Painted, they look something like this:







Note: The deffrolla was made using some tankwheels glued together, but it could use some more detail (rivets, cabling, ...)

I have been admiring your work for a few days now and have to say this is one badass Orc army, from the colour scheme to conversions impressed

As for your PC work the trucks look great and you don't have to be to clean with it its Orcs after all, I think you have a pretty good balance with your converting and detailing work so don't worry too much on that front.

Great stuff and will be dropping in to check up on this one

@ lone dirty dog : thanks, mate, make me blush

looked at your scratch built tanks and must say: very impressive.

Cheers for that but your work is truly awesome now blush away

Time for another update: looted wagons!

Now, everyone loves them, even though they may not be the best unit
or the fact that they have to compete in an overcrowded force selection slot.

Still: they're kinda fun and wel, orky.

Mine started off as a Leman Russ Demolisher and a Rhino.
But I kept them simple and cheap: just adding a deffrolla (when it was worth taking), a couple of big shootas and a skorcha.

That way, they can even double-up as Mekboy Junka (even though this configuration is not living up to what a real Junka should look like).

There's a very lame thing about the LR deffrolla: it's made up of a bunch of model tyres and it shows
Have to fix that.












And sometimes the boyz loot something really big...





Yes, it's the old FW one, now used as a count-as Battlefortress.

It was (and still is) quite damaged: missing track links, missing details, wrongly put together (it kinda angles in many, many different directions)
but I got it for about €40 - which wasn't all that bad.

I fixed some stuff (missing turret, guns) and quickly painted it to be tabletop-ready.

I'll be adding stuff to it later: a grot-manned watchtower, an outhouse, grot sponsons and crew, more guns...
but piece by piece, so the model is always available to play with.

Dunno why, really - nobody wants to play against super heavies

That tank is soooooo..... AWESOME! Your theme for you orks is great. Would love to see more infantry.

Your Orks are lucky boyz

Between the colour and the conversions they Rock, personally I like the tires myself

I'm really liking this. Because I like Kromlech's Orc Gasmask heads so much, I'm doing mine with a WW2 German theme (as soon as I find the best online store to get Kromlech in bulk from).

Looking forward to seeing what else you come up with, and maybe shaking some green fists from across No Man's Land at Ztalingrad.

 Veteran Sergeant wrote:
I'm really liking this. Because I like Kromlech's Orc Gasmask heads so much, I'm doing mine with a WW2 German theme (as soon as I find the best online store to get Kromlech in bulk from).

Honestly, the best online store to order Kromlech in bulk from is Kromlech (http://bitsofwar.com/). Sign up for an account with them and make sure you sign in every time you order from them. Every purchase, you earn voucher points which can be exchanged for store credit later on. They even tell you how much any particular item is worth in voucher points on the item description.

Looks awesome so far. Good use of scale model vehicles and really solid plasticard work as well.

Hehehe, That's an awesome motorpool you're building up. Awesome stuff!

That's one of the coolest ork armies I have seen in a while. White just fits well and the weathering is fantastic. The vehicles are really spiffy, you have a look and feel that fits across the board. You really need a stompa,

Thank you all for the support, guys.
Means a lot.


Hope to get y'all an update by the end of the week.

What this log doesn't show is I got sidetracked:
painting a weird daemon army for a friend and gotten myself a fully painted Blood Raven/Grey Knight army in return.


But I need to adapt it to fit more with my style.

First I need to finish some real life stuff, though:
applying for a new and interesting job.

Well, of course I couldn't resist of posting some pictures


But not Orks this time - no da Meuhrienz haz taken over.

I'm kinda out of my comfort zone here : I've gotten myself a painted army, but it's not my style of painting at all.


Since it's a kind of 4th ed army, a lot of stuff is missing, so I'll have to adapt to have units fit into the army.

Here's my first efforts - terminators!



Boy, I hate these Ravens! Well, freehanding them.
This will take a LOT of practice...



The banner came out ok-ish...



As did the blood drop I think...



And their ride is also quite ok...



omg, not another raven...



or should they take this one as a ride?



No "bloody raven" on this side



I need to redo the 2nd LR. Sponsons are way too small...
And these guys will need a lot of weathering.

Just to hide the horrible mistakes and layers of paint.
Before I painted them, I discovered 7(!) layers of paint on the 2nd one.
No way to remove all of that...

What do you guys think?

Ok, ok, of course I couldn't resist posting some more Orks...


It's down to the regular boys.

These guys are in dire need of some serious pimping.
The main thing is they need some more details done.

I already did this little mob:



I think adding the deep red parts adds more depth and interest to these rank-and-file guys.

This is the state of some of the others:



One of the "big" mobs.
There's 2 more like this to go (about 45 boyz).

They're basic AoBR boyz - the shootaz are actually 2 sluggas cut up and glued together.
El cheapo - I know

Some good looking marines right there. Way to give some old marines new life.

@whalemusic360 : thanks! I still love these old models.
Have about 30 more of them to do...

Metal models : just what the doctor ordered


speaking of a doctor :
here's my Mad Doc.
And yes : that's my interpretation of an 'urty syringe...

Loving that drill looks like a crazed Dentist! 7 layers of paint on the old Land raider sounds a lot but given it's 20 odd years old.......

Nice work all around! Love the weathering!

Really cool stuff you've got going here

Although I wouldn't want to get a surgery from your Mad Doc, I believe I love my internal organs too much for that

Keep up the good work, comrade!

Thanks for the support guys !

@ Llamahead : I already thought it was going to be bad - there was actually relief on some parts of what were supposed to be flat plates.
It looked like an Ultramarine LR, underneath which were found : black undercoat, green, white undercoat, black undercoat, blue and black again.

@ Ezra Tyrius : what part from Belgium are you from?

Now onto some more orks.

First some more boys:



I love these cyborkbits, so I plan to add more to the army.

As can be (vaguely) seen : I need to rework quite some part.
I used the washes way too rough, which made it pool in certain areas.
Sometimes it adds this comicbook-like shadow (which I like), but sometimes it's just bad.

It's mainly due that on average I work on 50 models at a time, so by the time I check back to the first ones, they're already dry.

Here's some more boys with their ride.



The "Hummer" (and its fellow hummers) needs a rework. It feels too much like a model kit still.
Nice little touch of this kit though: they come with rubber tyres.
Of course on this one, I had to loose them...

And then there are my all-time favourite orks : lootaz !!!
Really : what's more orky than a big gun, with lotz of shooty randomness ?
That's right : 30 orks with a big gun of shooty randomness



Yes, I removed the harness/cage thing on the stock ones.
Wasn't a big fan of it - especially not after seeing what Irondog (http://www.irondogstudios.com) who inspired me on collecting orks did.

So, off they went.

I also appropriated some imperial weapons for some proper dakka.



Even removed a rotary gun from my megadread.
That guy has probably become my favourite boy (even if he's hiding a bit in the background)



In fact I like the gun so much, I looted the other one too for my flash gitz



These are the basic "monopose" nobs from AoBR, with their head replaced with Kromlech ones and arms/weapons removed from boys and nobz



Here's a new one I'm working on:



a little group shot of the band so far:



I also started to add some grassy things, to add a little more depth to the bases.

Enjoy!

As a fellow Ork lover, I do not envy you the task of painting a horde with so much great weathering. Nice work!

Those Blood Ravens look nice too.

Thanks hungryp

But it's not as bad as it seems:

I tend to work up to a certain standard and once I get the scheme right I only allow myself between
1h & 3h of painting time on a single model - start to finish.

So I generally don't do highlights on pouches, or edge highlights, ...
it's like prepainted models

There's weathering and there's weathering - I just tend to slap on powders, ... like I would do on a painting.
To add interest to certain areas. It's not realistically done, it's more a painterly way of doing things.

that's also why I tend to add highlights to some things, not to others.

Also, what REALLY speeds things up:
work on 40/50 models at once.

yes, at times you feel like a brainless automaton,
but suddenly you find yourself with a couple of playable units at once.

Here's a to do list for my orks:

• 20 ard boyz (shootaz)
• 20 ard boyz (sluggas)
• 5 cybork bikers
• 5 bikers
• FW warboss on bike
• 3 deffkoptas
• 20 gretchin
• 6 artillery pieces
• Killblasta conversion (and getting it painted)
• 6 trakks / buggies
• 3 flash gitz
• 4 stormboyz
• Mobile Kremlin (count-as stompa - think of a St. Basil's Cathedral on tracks)
• 10 tankbustas (these lovely "old" metal ones)

and this :



So I divide this in a couple of batches (10 boys, 3 bikes, 2 artillery, etc.),
so each stays interesting and adds playable elements to the army.

That is some sweet looking dakka

And 50 models a day?! I can barely finish one or two on a good day, and they certainly don't look as cool as yours when they're done


I'm from the Flemish part of Belgium by the way (I'm hiding any more information in case someone's (*cough*Leviathus*cough*) Blood Angels are still hunting me down for looting one of their Furioso Dreadnoughts )

@ Ezra :
In case you happen to pass in the area of Leuven, fell free to drop in...

And I generally I don't finish them in a day
it's about an hour/model including undercoat, wash, basic highlight, basing, some weathering, ...

november last year I succeeded in finishing about 1850 points of orks
(but that included the baneblade, meganobz and some other expensive units)
and about 1000 points of other models.

but than also:
I don't take work home with me, I don't watch television, play games, ...

just paint every free moment I got.

Your boys are fantastic. The time you spend individualizing them really pays off

 Greldinard wrote:
@ Ezra :
In case you happen to pass in the area of Leuven, fell free to drop in...

And I generally I don't finish them in a day
it's about an hour/model including undercoat, wash, basic highlight, basing, some weathering, ...

november last year I succeeded in finishing about 1850 points of orks
(but that included the baneblade, meganobz and some other expensive units)
and about 1000 points of other models.

but than also:
I don't take work home with me, I don't watch television, play games, ...

just paint every free moment I got.

Determination and dedication are greatly appreciated qualities in the motherland, comrade!
I'm currently building a little Ork army myself, currently slightly less than a 1000 points, but we're getting there

Also, Leuven! That's pretty close to where I live, maybe we've even met at the local gaming store there without even knowing!

@ Ezra : PM sent

Time for some fast stuff...

Starting with some basic bikers...



Oh, these old plastic bikes.
They sure are tiny (that's a 40mm base they're on).

I'm still busy converting the guns.

the riders are basic ork boyz, one of the reasons why the look kinda wobbly (and they have difficulty fitting to the handles).

I just added some Black Orc shield to a couple of them, to add some variation to the front side.

Next, the unit that's quickly becoming my mainstay : deffkoptaz

i just love them as a unit - painting wise : not so much.
and boy, do these chopper blade break quickly...

At one point I had gathered about 12 of these from the AoBR-set.
But I couldn't stand to paint moren than 3




Then there's my second favourite thing:
stormboyz.

Once again: on the cheap.
They're the basic AoBR-boyz with a plastic Marine jump pack attached.

The nob I tended to use as a count-as Zaggstrukk (I added some basic claw like thing to his boots), with a dreadnought exhaust as a jump pack.



Still some more to add.

i'm also going to rebase some of them to add some height to the unit, and find a decent solution for the nob.

To end our fast attack slots: the dakkajet.

This was the major f***-up. I of course forgot I was using superglue and the glass completely fogged up.
So i did the second bad thing: painting the glass, pretending to be an expert NGG-effect painter (Non Gloss Gloss).

 Ezra Tyrius wrote:

I'm from the Flemish part of Belgium by the way (I'm hiding any more information in case someone's (*cough*Leviathus*cough*) Blood Angels are still hunting me down for looting one of their Furioso Dreadnoughts )

No worries! My Orks will hold them off!

"Euhm boss, I fink some of 'em escaped..."

What?! Who? ...Terminators? Bah, they're not so fast, it'll take ages!

"Dey took one of doze tellyporta fingies..."

....... oh.

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Anyway! Back on topic! Greldinard, your latest additions are amazing! The deffkoptas are also one of my fav units. I haven't paint them myself but are they really such a pain in the ass?
I think the canopy on the flyer looks okay but I can feel you pain. Did you paint the ork inside the jet... y'know before glueing on the canopy?

@ Leviathus & Ezra : you boyz iz fightin' a turf war on my Plog ?

Finez by me - iz gonna cost you meganobmodel / fight



Back to da topic :

Main "issue" I had was that I was that some parts (pilot, in between the rockets) are hard to reach when you glue them together.

And of course, I'm one of these people who never ever do subassemblies, which means I'm often screwed when it comes to reaching hard-to-each parts.
Does give me the opportunity to whine about it, though


Canopy is a bit of a breach in style.
Little (serious: it is small compared to regular boys) pilot was painted - but in a kind of OSL.
Guess he may have ended getting some frosting too.


But got me some new tankcrew and pilots from Kromlech,
so I guess I'll just force open the canopy and replace everything with something new...

This is one of those blogs that i wish i had stumbles upon later. that way i could have spent hours looking at all of the models. now i'm going to have to wait for you upload more!

FANTASTIC WORK. the paint scheme on these orks is well above "table top standard". Also, did you get those flash git heads from kromlech?

*subbed*

I think the DAKKAjet is the best thing so far. The canopy looks great, and you did a very good job on it. You should be proud. Can't wait to see MOAR! NOAW, DO ET NOAW!

Leviathus wrote:

 Ezra Tyrius wrote:

I'm from the Flemish part of Belgium by the way (I'm hiding any more information in case someone's (*cough*Leviathus*cough*) Blood Angels are still hunting me down for looting one of their Furioso Dreadnoughts )

No worries! My Orks will hold them off!

"Euhm boss, I fink some of 'em escaped..."

What?! Who? ...Terminators? Bah, they're not so fast, it'll take ages!

"Dey took one of doze tellyporta fingies..."

....... oh.

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Anyway! Back on topic! Greldinard, your latest additions are amazing! The deffkoptas are also one of my fav units. I haven't paint them myself but are they really such a pain in the ass?
I think the canopy on the flyer looks okay but I can feel you pain. Did you paint the ork inside the jet... y'know before glueing on the canopy?

OH GOD NOT THE TERMINATO-
*sound of horrific disembowelment of several Orks*

Damnit Levi, you had one zoggin job

Greldinard wrote:@ Leviathus & Ezra : you boyz iz fightin' a turf war on my Plog ?

Finez by me - iz gonna cost you meganobmodel / fight



Back to da topic :

Main "issue" I had was that I was that some parts (pilot, in between the rockets) are hard to reach when you glue them together.

And of course, I'm one of these people who never ever do subassemblies, which means I'm often screwed when it comes to reaching hard-to-each parts.
Does give me the opportunity to whine about it, though


Canopy is a bit of a breach in style.
Little (serious: it is small compared to regular boys) pilot was painted - but in a kind of OSL.
Guess he may have ended getting some frosting too.


But got me some new tankcrew and pilots from Kromlech,
so I guess I'll just force open the canopy and replace everything with something new...

A turf war on Zthalinork's turf? I think I'd rather take my chances with the Blood Angels than meeting Zthalinork on the battlefield

I actually like the colour of the Dakkajet's canopy, but that's personal preference I suppose

By the way, is Zthalinork going to krump Grukk Face-rippa for claiming "da Red Waaaagh!", or have we had enough Red Army references in your army already

@ sir william the bold : Yes: the heads are from Kromlech

@ deadmeat85 / Ezra: I love the dakkajet too. sometimes it's these fast paint jobs that turn out better than you'ld expect.
Just a bit unsure about the painted canopy

@ Ezra : Ztahlinork is a real bozo who lets uvverz do the krumpin' for him


Thanks y'all for the comments.

More (hopefully interesting) stuff coming tomorrow.
Cheers

Dude, freakin' awesome stuff.

@ 40kFSU : thanks mate. seen some awesome from you too (Love your Genswicks)


Today I'm gonna show some walkers.

Originally I wanted some deff dreads as you were capable of taking one as a troop choice when taking a big mek.
So I started looting a space marine dread. I didn't want a very mobile looking thing. It had to look like vaguely inspired by
a sort of up armoured powered engineer suit or something.

Hence the posing of the saw blades, etc.
i added a hatch on top and at the back, so some grotz could climb out and fix damage or oil the blades.
Dunno where they're supposed to fit inside - but that's an issue a lot of these models have, don't they?

It sat unpainted on my desk of about 3 months, until I attended a local tournament and I wanted to enter something into the painting competition.
Hence the difference in painting style and the snowy base.
In the meantime, the snowy base has been removed - but I kept the painting.







one day, I'll get the army up to this standard (ah well, we can always dream, can't we?)

Here's a second one I'm working on - as you can see, the painting style is quite different.
This one's based on the AoBR-dread.





Now after doing two dreads like these, I suddenly had a useless ork deffdread body lying around.

I didn't want to waste it, as it's such a nice looking thing, so I turned it into a quad gun.
I'm gona add some supporting beams to the back and some grot crew (now I've bought me some of these FW grotz).



the guns are the lascannons of some unfortunate land raider, a CSM heavy bolted, an imperial missile launcher, some bolters and lasguns...
A decent amount of dakka.


And since no bunch of walkers is complete without kans:
Kans!

Since the kans got a bit nerfed, I used the bodies of the others for my buggies.
I'm going to replace the rocket with another grotzooka, as it looks the best after all.
Also ruleswise, it would be nice to run them as some decent artillery-like support.







also, please note my ever returning unbeatable nemesis : "The Mould Linez"

grotzookas never disappoint something about laying down 6 small blasts in the heart of an infantry platoon makes the ork inside me smile .

the quad gun looks fantastic. And the deff dreads... I'm going to loot that idea, because I freaking love it.

I love what you're doing with these orks. They look great!

Really, really lovely Orks you've got here. I love the dirty white and the Soviet theme is a really great one. I do think some of the models could use a tad more contrast, but on the whole I really dig this army. Subscribed!

First of all: sorry for the lack of updates.
Been quite busy finishing some daemons and figuring out an army list for a tournament in april.

I'll post the list in the army list discussion part of this forum...

Secondly: thanks for the comments!
Darth Bob: I had just the same idea. A lot of the models could do with some more details/contrasting bits...

I kinda like the buggies. they feel richer colourwise.

I'll try posting some pictures end of the week to show y'all what I've been up to...

Very nice! Lovin' it!

Thanks for the waiting and the comments, guys!

Been busy with way to many things and without a camera for the moment.


I'm going to attend a local tournament in april - actually the only tournament I ever attend, really.
Since it's a tournament that counts for the ETC-ranking (or something), quite a lot of real tournament players do attend.
Harder lists, but it's kinda offset by the "special" scenarios that are used.

This year it's only 1500 points - no formations, allies or lords of war allowed.

here's the stuff I'm going with...

HQ1 : The Grand Dezpot ZТАLЇИОЯК
warboss, megaarmour, lucky stikk

Troop 1 : 1st GuaЯdzy ZТАLЇИII
10 x boyz, shootaz, RPG, nob, big choppa, BMP-1 (trukk with RPG)

Troop 2 : 2nd GuaЯdzy ZТАLЇИII
10 x boyz, shootaz, RPG, nob, big choppa, BMP-1 (trukk with RPG)

Troop 3 : 45th Tamanskaya MotoЯ Яiflez
10 x boyz, shootaz, RPG, T-34/70 (trukk with RPG)

Troop 4 : 129th Moskva VolunteeЯ Яiflez
10 x boyz, shootaz, big shoota, BANTIK JEEP (trukk with big shoots)

ELITE 1 : 150th STOЯMBЯiGADE “KАLЇИII”
3 x meganobz, kombiskorcha, BANTIK JEEP (trukk with big shoota)

ELITE 2 : 150th STOЯMBЯiGADE “BERLЇИII”
4 x meganobz, kombiskorcha, BANTIK JEEP (trukk with big shoota)

FAST 1 : KONAЯMIA “Kliment VoЯoshilov”
7 x warbikers, nob, powerklaw

FAST 2 : KONAЯMIA “Semyon Budyonny”
7 x warbikers, nob, big choppa

HEAVY 1 : 149th Katyusha Яegiment
3 x lobbas

HEAVY 2 : 148th AT Яegiment
3 x ZIS-3 Field GUNS (kannons), 2 Ammo Runtz
1 x ZSU AA_GUN ‘SHILKA’ (traktor kannon), 1 ammo runt

HEAVY 3 : 15th Moskva SuPPOЯT VOLUNTEEЯz
9 x lootas


About 75% of the army is painted, so that leaves so time to finally do some "pimping"...

first up:
some more propaganda banners/posters/flyers.

I'll need about 7 different designs to add to the 5 I already have.
This will add a lot of variety and colour to the army
- I'll add these to some poles to replace the stock boss poles on my meganobz for instance.

Some people will of course whine about these posters not strictly being freehand -
but I really want the effect / wear&tear you get with real paper posters.
I'll even add a little halftone effect in printing.

Here's the start (on average : a poster will be about 14mm high in real life)


Oh, and they're not as pixeled in real life

Intermission Time !
As in real life : just when it gets interesting, the commercials pop in
Or the Spanish inquisition...

Anyway :

The Blood Ravens received some love.
Dunno if that's good or bad...

I'm still struggling with the difference in painting style and making it work for me...

Terminators - before...



and now...



A Land Raider before...



and now...









And I'm continuing helping a friend getting his Daemonhorde done.
I devised a white colour scheme, to which all kinds of colour washes were added.

Technique wise it's a mix of blending, stippling, ...

Here's a Soul Grinder :









And some Screamers :







So far, I've done about 40 Horrors, 30 PlagueBearers, 40 Daemonettes, 20 Flesh hounds, a bunch of Heralds (10 / 12) and some princes.

Still some Nurglings, Seekers, drones and some more Soul Grinders to do.
Hope you like

Colour of those screamers is really good, really nice work around the scales.

And here's some of the models I'm trying to get fixed before the 18th of april :

More MegaNobz - here with a simulation of their propaganda posters (alternative bliss poles):



An orkish "T34" (counts as a Trukk with a Rocket Launcher).





And some old school Rhinos who have been pressed into service as BMP-1's (count as trukks with rocket launchers) :



Here you can see that I always work with a very random and blotchy undercoat.
This adds to the effect





This time, something funny happened though :



In some places, the paint even flakes off till the bare plastic appears...


Never seen this happen before. Is it the spray can? the paint? the weather conditions? ...

I've seen this same effect when I apply the spray too close and too thick. The only solution I have for it is to strip it back to bare plastic and start over.

Your screamers are beautifully painted. I have no solution for your crackled paint, but it may have something to do with an oily residue sometimes present on model parts. I always soak old model kit parts in warm soapy water for an hour before I do anything with them just in case.

Thanks SJM, Warboss_Waaazag, Peredyne

Well, I tried painting over the models (and cracks) yesterday and...
there's no problem

The cracks are in fact just the paint which has somewhat stretched - i guess due to some low temperatures -
showing the black undercoat.
It doesn't entirely disappear, but it's nowhere near the mountain range it appears to be on the photo.

Phew...

Just dropped by to gawk at your new Ork awesomeness. And thanks for the compliment over the Genswick.

@40kFSU: Thanks. And you're welcome

Been really busy to get my army finished for the tournament.
Decided it was time to also update / add more interest to some of the painted models in my collection.

But first some stuff that received some paint.
They still need finishing (powders, some touching up...), but I really like them.

I love the old rhinos and the T34. Guess I'll be making more...
If I find the necessary models

T34:





BMP-1 (Rhino):





Updating the old trukks:
headlights (no OSL), some more oxidation, orange, ...
still need some details to hide the missing headlights, etc.





Updating the look&feel of the boys...
This was somewhat the standard:



OK-ish from a distance, but could be better.

so I tried this style.
Hope you like, I know I do...






and started pimping the bombsquigs...

This is awesome! I love the Soviet look.

By the way, for those Trukks, the mud would be sprayed up over the panels behind the wheels in a sort of curve. I've seen it on our pickup.

I'm a big fan of all of this! Enough comedy to be entertaining, not enough to detach me from the setting. I'm also in love with your ork skin tone. It's fantastic!

Keep up the great work!

Cheers
Rawson

WOW!!!

Just WOW!!

Those orks are fantastic!!

Those trucks are beautiful.

Phew, finally gotten back.

Sorry y'all for having to wait so long for a visit or an update.


Thanks for all the kind comments - much appreciated

So, a couple of weeks ago, I attended a little tournament (1,5k with around 30 attendants).
Mainly to great some old friends, but I couldn't resist giving the army a little overhaul and adding some new stuff to it.

Painting has proven to be quite a burden - my eyesight is vastly degrading it seems.
Sore eyes, an inability to focus for longer then 10 minutes, etc.
Apparantly, it's something I'll have to learn how to live with


But I DID get the army done, so without further ado:

the warboss & retinue



the warboss



meganobs



detail of transport's weapons



more meganobs



their ride





tankbustaz



a tankbusta (showing his updated paint scheme)



tankbusta ride (T-34)



closeup



Hope you like.

More to come

More fantastic stuff!! No way are those big boyz fitting in that Rhino

@ SJM - Thanks for the compliment ! Though it's hard to beat the stuff you're doing

No, the big guys don't fit in, so I've added some handholds/rails to the side.
Makes drive-by klaw attacks also more likely

Here's some more stuff I finally "finished" :

First : some Ork Cybork Bikers




They've had a little update - some more bluish lenses, some difference in the metals, a brighter skin, ...

Here's some regular Bikers :



I kinda like the quick winter themed scarf :



Then on to some basic (and "boring") stuff - trukkboyz !





these too received some variations in the metal, blue lenses where needed, brighter skin, etc.
also, finally picked a colour for the eyes
Also like the additional colour on the trucks

here's a "new" boy



and his previous incarnation



And finally added some artillery...

Lobbas !



with a Grot-painted "bear"



These boys started out as buggies with rockets, but I thought they would make fitting Katyusha's


Same goes for my leftover dread / kan.
I thought of using them as quad cannons, but now they serve as traktor kannon.



And to round of the artillery : kannons.
These are from Kromlech.



To finish this lengthy post some pictures of the krew.
Some got damaged in transit, so I'll need to do some touching up.
Still - Hope you like.

Great looking army. I love the weather-beaten look of your vehicles.

Every update is just full of new and creative creations on top of that the continues paint scheme really pulls it all together.

This has to be one of the coolest Ork armies around and it keeps growing

Love the way you reuse kits and give them anew life that only is worth the look, truly great work and keep it coming

Pretty awesome man. I've been seeing this army pop up here for awhile and always thought the soviet winter theme was cool. The t34 is about the coolest conversion ever.

Actually looks like a t34/76.

Your work is amazing. Full of creativity and a unique style. The thing I am most impressed with is your speed. You post new stuff so frequently, it is amazing. You get more done in a week than I do in a month!

I absolutely love the heavy weathering on the trukks and other vehicles.

Thanks for the great inspiration.

I also would love to know what models those hummer-type trukks started as. Thanks.

Ouch - been away a bit for too long.


Thanks guys for the comments.


@ The Riddle of Steel : well, the hummers started out as ... hummers.

I found a local model shop which sold these for €10/piece.

So I bought a regular one and two I.E.D. Gun Trucks.
(Would have loved three of these Gun Trucks, but he only had 2).

They're from Academy and I think they're great value for money (they even have rubber tyres)
http://www.academy.co.kr/eng/1p/1p_plaview.asp?pView=PLA0000003&pCode=527&pScale=SCALE00001

Hope this helps.

Another update coming soon.
Time to get an overview of the orky stuff that needs to be done and I've been putting on the back burner.


Hope that placing it here may help me get back into it...

Thanks for sharing the link. I had never heard if Academy, but it looks like that gun truck would be perfect for konverting.

Wow, has it been that long?

Well, the Orks have been put on the back burner for now.
Not that I haven't been busy with them - just nothing finished.

Took stock of the stuff I had lying around...
and, well, it's still a lot that needs finishing.

But I got sidetracked - helping a friend getting his daemon army painted and
finally persuaded myself that the Mechanicum (-cus?) has some really neat models.


Pics to come.

But here are some chaos-y pics for your entertainment.
Hope y'all like

The pale white skin combined with the yellow tones works really well on the maggoth lord. It looks suitably sick and disgusting!

Thank you, Lindstrom

Heres some new stuff I'm working on - only have 4 evenings to finish them...

The Box of Doom :


The Beast :


Refurbishing some "Meganobz" :


And some distractions I've gotten myself into...

Such as the start of a Grey Knight Force :


and the start of a Mechanicum War Convocation :



Quite happy with how the lens/vision-thing turned out on the bot.
I still need to add something fun to it. Maybe a "Mama"-tattoo?

The other bot I'm still pondering about. A chibi / pokémon / tamaguchi-"face" (in green) or something like an old computer game? Pong? Space Invaders?

Excellent work, sir. I have been enjoying your conversions for a while. Glad to see you're still at it.

 Greldinard wrote:



Quite happy with how the lens/vision-thing turned out on the bot.
I still need to add something fun to it. Maybe a "Mama"-tattoo?

The other bot I'm still pondering about. A chibi / pokémon / tamaguchi-"face" (in green) or something like an old computer game? Pong? Space Invaders?

I love the lens details on this bot. Adding a tiny little arcade game would be hilarious. Space Invaders would be great, or maybe Tetris?

Thank you, Cleatus

Still alive and kicking, though my modelling/painting is either in hypermode or in a state of rebooting


Would prefer some more regularity...

... for this thread is bright and full of win...

Your style really lends itself to that chaos model.

good stuff

Ahaha, Pong would be brilliant on those visors.

But great stuff, man, flavourful and brilliantly executed.

Thanks for the kind words, guys

On a different note : I attended a tournament last weekend...

Here's the army :



My first opponent - a Wraith-heavy Cron army.
I killed em all (without loosing a single meganob), but lost on objectives as they kept me locked for 4 turns
:(



So : loosing 15 - 5

My second opponent played Blood Angels with Space Marine Bikers and a Librarium Conclave.
And Dante.

Probably the smallest and toughest army I ever played against.
Full of 2+ armour saves, 3+ invulnerables, rerolls, feel no pain, invisibility...

So I went all or nothing, charged him with my entire army, took quite some casualties...
and wiped him of the table in turn 3.



Woohoo : 20 - 0 win!

My final opponent : Necrons again.

Just look at the picture : how much more can you cram in a single building ?



It was a tough fight, but in the end I won.
14 - 6.

Great!

I ended up 6th overall (out of 20) and was quite pleased with that.

Untill the judge gave me a call, telling me something was in store for me...

I bagged the "Best Painted Award" and a hefty gift voucher !

Congrats on a good finish and the award. Well deserved

Thanks Solar_Lion !


Now I have to find out what to spend the prize on...

So much time has passed without a single update...
The horror, the shame.

So, I kinda must make it up to you, right?

But all has been quiet on the Orkish front.
Cause I've started something new.

Something which combines 4 "armies".


I present you the start of the Skitarii-Mechanical-Knightly-Inquisition :

Bill, the Krassus Pattern Battle Droid...



A slight nod to the look& feel of the Kastellans.
In game it functions as an Acolyte or a Servitor.

Next up, the Hunter Pattern Assassin Droid



This is of course a Death Cult Assassin.

The following droid is perhaps less obvious :
Pyrrhus Burner Droid



This will function as a Daemon Host.

As a stand-in psyker, I have the Conclave Droid available




This one is tiny.

I actually wanted something like a brain-in-a-jar, but couldn't find the right bits for the moment.

Next up is the Inquisitor itself :
TX100 Death Droid




Equipped with terminator armour and a psycannon, this guy wants to be mean.
I think he has the looks...

Tomorrow I'll show you the test-models for the mechanicus / skitarii.

Till then : thank you and good night !

Excellent.. Welcome back!

Yay for kitbashing!

Thanks guys, good to be back


Today, I've got some Skitarii for you.

First off - a Vanguard model.



Well I've gotten hold of 60+ of these old metal stormtroopers, so why let them go to waste?

For the Vanguard, I just replace the front end of the gun with one from the plastic Necron Warriors to make the gun look more "alien" / weird.

I'll also be using all the masked ones as Vanguard, while the ones with an open visor will serve as Rangers.

Next up an Infiltrator.



You've guessed it : why let the Necron Warriors go to waste?

So after some serious chopping, the arms were repositioned and new weapons added.
I also removed parts of the spine and attached the torso differently to it, to get a more hunched (hopefully sinister) feel.

Here's my take on a Ballistarius.



I got the legs from a bits-site. The "body" consists of a Knight's Helmet, part of a thermal cannon, parts of arc rifles, a heavy psycannon, ...
It just had to look like a kind of weird, robot-like contraption. Maybe a testmodel a deranged Magos made on an off day.

Hope you like

I caved in...

Normally, I'd consider this baby out of my league,
but bagged another "Best Painted Award" and got him as a prize...

(note : the competition must be really weak around here )



Not much conversion really, just made him a rotary-cannon thingie with some brass rod and plasticard.

Also a massively quick painting / basing job : 13h from start to finish.
I'll rework some parts later, but for now it's ready to start appearing in my War Convocation.

Are those shoulders freehand? Its so smooth!

I have not seen everything, but you have great skills !
Your ideas are good and well executed.
I am a fan of you black orks painted white, with 40k guns.
The white paint fit well with your orks !
I love your freehands too, even if you hate them !
Great job !

Great looking knight! Well balanced color theme.

Woa.

Thanks guys, much appreciated

@ whalemusic360 : yes all markings you see are freehand.
I'm so rubbish when it comes to decals, I have to try and paint stuff myself.
(and hope for the best).
@ godardc : black orks models remain very nice to work with.
Maybe less detailed and dynamic than some other kits, but that offers more possibilities in other areas.
@Solar_lion : getting the scheme right, wasn't as easy as I expected.
I had to redo the legs twice before being somewhat happy.

Good news :

for the Mechanicum-thingie I've started a new Plog :

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/670932.page

just to keep things a little clearer and separate.

Bad news :

this weekend I wanted to (re-)undercoat a pile of things, from Ironstriders to some FW goodness.
so I went to the garden shed... and tripped over some toys from the kids...

Which means I now am in the proud possession of a big box full of loose arms, legs, bodies and unassorted pieces of resin...

Bummer.. you'll get it sorted out.. just takes time!

This looks wonderful. I particularly like the damage on the knight. Great work!

Another update from the other Plog.
Dammit, I'm making it difficult here


So here's the Magos / tech priest dominus.



I found one of these sicaran heads to look pretty "evil", so that seemed quite appropriate for him.
The legs come from a Necron, slightly repositioned. arms and stuff come from Sicarans and Kataphrons.

I cut down one of the breachers' arms to create an eradication ray.

What do you think?

Awesome. I love the 'Battle Droid'.

Subbed.

EDC

I was going to use that head for my magos too!

Hi all.

Phew, a long time absent.
Sorry for that.

Was spending too much time browsing through a lot of the hyper-nice logs here
and didn't get anything done.

But that has changed : this weekend I'll be attending a Highlander Tournament, so I'm finishing a playable army as fast as possible.

On the other hand, I've put the Waaagh on back burner.
I still have about a hundred works or so to do, but doing nearly 200 in about 2 years has been enough green for a while.


But here's some stuff (which you can also find on "The Fall of House Voidsoul"-plog).
Hope you like.

Kataphron Destroyers



Kataphron Breachers



Kastellan Droids



Sicaran Infiltrators



Skitarii Rangers



Skitarii Vanguard



Ironstrider Dragoon



Ballistarius



Dunecrawler (with a little closeup, as I'm quite happy with the way the freehand turned out)

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Magos (I love this one)



Battle Servitors



And their ride...

A Hoverback




And some servo-skulls to top it all of...

Awesome.. Welcome back and heavily into the Mechanicus

That army looks glorious, good luck crushing your enemies.

Thanks guys!


The good news is : on their first outing, House Voidsoul came 8th (out of 20) which isn't too shabby at all.

What's more : the army won Best Painted!


Seeing some of the competition, I'm very happy with that.

I'll be back soon with some more stuff, as I'm trying my hand at building some sort of gaming table
and diminishing the amount of unpainted models...

Awesome congrats on placing in the upper 1/2 and more importantly the painting win.

Thanks, Solar_Lion
Got me some nice goodies with the prize


Here's something big I want to show you.

I wasn't happy with how the knight turned out, so I decided to give him an overhaul.
a big one actually.

Starting with a leg...



To a shield...



To the shoulders...




And here he is in all his glory :

Yoshimoto "Theodore" Kurita
Bunraku Knight of House Voidsoul



Hope you like

Holy crap the freehand!

Just diving in to it, Le Cacty


And fingers crossed - you don't want to know how many times I had to redo some bit...

So is "Theodore" Kurita a reference to battletech? The freehand is just amazing.

Wow! Your painting skills are amazing. Very jealous. Keep up the great work!

The paintjobs and weathering on your stuff is amazing. Very Blanche-esque without trying to be. Feels really dark and gritty. Just awesome. Your freehand skills are jealousy inspiring, as well. I look forward to seeing more of your work

Love the freehand. Makes me curse my puny hands that can't freehand for a toffee.

EDC

Awesome theme for your knight. Impressive.

Thanks a lot guys.


I had to reboot my painting in order to keep my interest in 40k.

@ deadmeat85 : yes, indeed - it's a reference to battletech.
I used to play the Battletech CCG a lot - still have hundreds of cards lying around catching dust

Never played the CCG. Play the tabletop game as well as the clix game. Wasted too much money on both.

@ deadmeat85 : I know. did the same with the CCG

on another note :

just a quickie here !

last weekend my War Convocation had it's first tournament outing.
What a blast !

Played 2 Tau players (both with 4 Riptides and massive amounts of batttlesuits) and a Nid-player (4 Flyrants, 3 Mawlocs).
Won against both Tauplayers, lost vs the Nids.

Good to say that both Tau lost all their Riptides and most of their battle suits.
The Nidplayer was down to a lot of one-wound creatures : 1 flyrant (the rest got killed), 2 Mawlocs & 1 Tervigon (also happening to be the warlord, sitting on an objective & killing him would also have scored me Linebreaker). alas it was not to be - a failed charge from my knight(only 1") cost me dearly (the said tervigon, along with a number of potential kill points from his stomp, etc).

In the end, the Nid player went on to become 2nd in the tournament, while House Voidsoul...
scored 10th place (out of 32)...
AND BEST PAINTED !!!!

Woehoe.

Until I can take some decent pics of the finalised army, here's some pics provided by the organiser :


The army on its display base


Vs the first Tau-player. What's with the hiding in the corner, these suits always seem to do?


Nicely painted army, though


The Convocation starts its march...


Aaaargh... too many Flyrants !!!


Another beautiful army to play against, though...

Still... too many Flyrants...

Congrats and pretty good for a first time outage. Congrats on the painting win!

Thanks Solar_lion

Gaming turned fun again

Always nice to see well painted armies on the table as well. Makes the game more entertaining and visually enjoyable.