So over the past few years I've been bouncing around between a few projects: my retro Ultramarines, my Dark Angels, and my ever-present Valhallans. I find the Valhallans are the army I come back and add to the most, but I've never really had a great nemesis for them. Seeing how I'm going to be working on a Space Stalingrad table at some point, I'd want another army to share their basing that I could either have folks use when they come over or I could ally with them. I figured what better nemesis for Valhallans is there than Orks? Back in the day I had an Ork army I speedpainted called Da Dezz'urt Ratz that looks pretty sloppy in hindsight, so I figured this could be my chance to have a great looking Ork army. Orks have always been my favorite xenos and I thought it'd make a nice change of pace.

For army composition, I wanted to make a very "military" feeling Ork army, with armored Orks riding in trukks, artillery in the rear, and bombers overhead. For the line infantry I plan on doing Ardboyz in halftrakks, with a mix of scratchbuilt, Forgeworld, and kitbashed vehicles representing them. I figured this would also be a fun foil to my Valhallans, with their more serious Red Army look and mix of horde infantry and armor.

So after that wall of text, here's the first squad of 'Ardboyz.










I figure for future squads I'll simplify the scheme a little. These guys are a test scheme for the army, but I'll be trying to batch paint the camo a little more in future squads. Having to go and check every guy in the squad to see if his pants are jungle camo or his shirt is urban camo was a bit of a pain, so I figure by painting them slightly more uniform it'll speed up painting them. Either way, I'm happy with how they came out and there'll be more to come!

Looking forward to seeing these guys come together!

Well keep your eyes on the thread, since I've got some more progress! Today I got a Taurox kit and a Trukk kit and mashed em together to make a pair of Orky transports for the boyz:

Looks sweet. I especially like the looted taurox. er... I mean the one with the front half of the taurox...

I love it! Hopefully you will do a video battle report for us here on Dakka when your table is done and your Orks are painted.

We'll see! I've never done a video battle report, but I've done plenty of text and image-based ones. Then again, who knows what I'll be up to by the time I finish my Space Stalingrad table

Yer Boyz look good, and the looted Taurox is sweet. Some would argue it looks better than the original.

I love how people always say the taurox makes more sense as a halftrack, and then orks will just loot it, make the changes, swap the wrong tracks for tires, and still make it work! How can you not love orks looting stuff. Mixing and bashing stuff together like that makes me deeply envious of the freedom available to some armies. Well done!

I've finished up the first transport for The Blood Axes! I call it Da Scrumvee:






And with the boyz:

Haha, I love how it looks like the Orks stole it from your Valhallans.

 TheCustomLime wrote:
Haha, I love how it looks like the Orks stole it from your Valhallans.

That's the idea! I've based them the same so they'll look good together.


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No Warboss worth his teef would go to battle without a proppa' hat.

I'm loving the army so far, and that taurox/ trukk mash up is inspired! I will be stealing that, as I do need 4 trukks for my next army, as it happens.
Top work.

Man that is one swanky warboss. Is he smoking a cigar? If not, he really should be.

 r_squared wrote:
I'm loving the army so far, and that taurox/ trukk mash up is inspired! I will be stealing that, as I do need 4 trukks for my next army, as it happens.
Top work.

Thank you! The Taurox kit is one I actually really like, and getting to use it with another army makes me pretty happy. And hey, it's not stealing, it's looting

 TheCustomLime wrote:
Man that is one swanky warboss. Is he smoking a cigar? If not, he really should be.

Ooh! That's a really great suggestion! He's just got a big cap on one of his teeth that might look like a cigar at that angle. The Nobz kit has a bit which is a cigar pouch; unforunately I don't trust my own sculpting skills since it'd look like he's smoking a giant joint if I ended up making it! I'll look into finding a cigar for him though, it's a good idea.

Time for more 'Ardboyz. I painted them in a more "uniform" style after painting every guy completely different in the last squad, and aside from the shot where you can see a bunch of them wearing the same pants it's not noticeable at all when they're all mobbed up. Once I divide the various boyz around various squads, they'll be a right and proper rabble without me going insane having to paint every guy distinctly and without batch painting.

Oh man, love the scavenged UM pads . Great motley looking crew!

 RiTides wrote:
Oh man, love the scavenged UM pads . Great motley looking crew!

Noticed that myself. I’d say your UMs should take some ork trophies themselves, but that wouldn’t be very 2nd edition of them.

Nice looking bunch of boyz.

Dang it SRM, now I want to go start Orks again, after I just sold them too.

 War Kitten wrote:
Dang it SRM, now I want to go start Orks again, after I just sold them too.

I mean, this is my second go at an Ork army, why not follow suit?

 RiTides wrote:
Oh man, love the scavenged UM pads . Great motley looking crew!

I can't help it - I've just gotta put Ultramarines everywhere I can

Between my guard and the orks I now want to start again it's a wonder I have any money at all.

I finished up my Warboss today, Goldtuf Skullsplitta. This dude was really fun to paint, and I like how the little bits of conversion work turned out.

Another really slick army from yourself man.

Really well done.

The truck conversions are fantastic.

That Warboss looks fantastic. Nice work

Thanks! I'm hoping he'll split some skulls soon enough.

Grots! Buttloads of grots! I got a bunch of these little dudes in a few lots when I bought this army, and while they weren't part of the original plan for my Blood Axes, this just kinda happens with armies, doesn't it? It's a fun mix of old metals, modern plastics, and in a few cases even old plastics when I was short a body or two!



And all 34 of them together. Batch painting will be the death of me:

After going through all those weedy grots, I thought I'd paint something with a little more oomph - finally got around to painting my second trukk!






I think this thing might be my favorite conversion I've ever done, it was a joy to put together, and that moment where everything just clicked made some all the frustration worth it. Fixing it after it fell off my table was less fun though.

Always have a soft spot for Blood Axes. They look ded propa ! Love your Rokkit Launcha on the last one. I always hated whenever a truck fell off the table!!

Thanks! I thought the combination of camo and a grittier look would contrast nicely with the Orks' inherent cartoonishness.

Here's the third mob of 'Ardboyz for my Blood Axes. I used the Kommando big shoota model because I had it lying around, and it's a cool mini you don't see too often. Still undecided what to do for their trukk since I don't want to just make a stock one.

Beautiful Orks. Really nice work.

Thanks! I'm waiting on some bases before I get going on my Kannons, but I might try to fit in something before I get started on the artillery.

Nice Orks, Brother SRM.

Given the retro Ultramarines and the Valhallans, any plans for units of "traditional" Kommandos or the original uniformed Stormboyz?

Those 'Ard boyz look ded 'Ard. Nice work

 Dysartes wrote:
Nice Orks, Brother SRM.

Given the retro Ultramarines and the Valhallans, any plans for units of "traditional" Kommandos or the original uniformed Stormboyz?

Thanks! I've mixed in some older models here and there - a lot of the grots are old metal Gorkamorka grots, one trukk has the Gorkamorka canopy, I've got some 2nd ed grots and so on, but I don't think I'll go straight up retro in this army the way I do with my Ultras. I love the old Stormboyz models but it always kind of threw me for a loop that the boot-polishing, drilled and trained Ork troops were the ones crazy enough to strap on jetpacks. I'd love to do Kommandos in the old Blood Axe Kommandos scheme though:

You're doing great work. I know its from a while back, but I love the looted space marine shoulderpads on your boyz.

I like the verdigris on your shootas. Nice Orks.

 brushcommando wrote:
You're doing great work. I know its from a while back, but I love the looted space marine shoulderpads on your boyz.

Thanks! Gotta rep the Ultras somewhere in this army

 Brother SRM wrote:

 Dysartes wrote:
Nice Orks, Brother SRM.

Given the retro Ultramarines and the Valhallans, any plans for units of "traditional" Kommandos or the original uniformed Stormboyz?

Thanks! I've mixed in some older models here and there - a lot of the grots are old metal Gorkamorka grots, one trukk has the Gorkamorka canopy, I've got some 2nd ed grots and so on, but I don't think I'll go straight up retro in this army the way I do with my Ultras. I love the old Stormboyz models but it always kind of threw me for a loop that the boot-polishing, drilled and trained Ork troops were the ones crazy enough to strap on jetpacks. I'd love to do Kommandos in the old Blood Axe Kommandos scheme though:

Oh, that would look awesome!

I painted up some barricades for my table to go with my Orks. Nothing too special but I'm happy with how they came out:

 Brother SRM wrote:
Thanks! I've mixed in some older models here and there - a lot of the grots are old metal Gorkamorka grots, one trukk has the Gorkamorka canopy, I've got some 2nd ed grots and so on, but I don't think I'll go straight up retro in this army the way I do with my Ultras. I love the old Stormboyz models but it always kind of threw me for a loop that the boot-polishing, drilled and trained Ork troops were the ones crazy enough to strap on jetpacks. I'd love to do Kommandos in the old Blood Axe Kommandos scheme though:

I'd almost forgotten about those. That would be awesome to bring that colour scheme back

Old school models and color schemes are kinda my thing, so I'm hoping I get the opportunity at some point with this army. Would give me an excuse to get those sick Forgeworld Kommandos at the very least.

Converted up this trukk tonight; I think this may have been more work than the two trukks before!

So I got a bunch of old Orks, new in blister, in an eBay auction a while ago for a hell of a good deal. In there I found a few of the old Kannons, and since they're so cheap and fit the military theme of my Blood Axes, I had to put them together! Unfortunately the two blisters were both missing a grot gunner, so I called up GW and that same day a pair of resin Kannons were on their way, no questions asked! I also used the Forgeworld grot crew models to fill out some bodies in the squad, and they're wonderfully characterful models.

With the first half of my artillery section complete (and no desire to paint vehicles) I painted up Mad Dok Grotsnik, a pair of old Gorkamorka Mekboyz, and a mob of 'Ardboyz in desperate need of a trukk!


Grotsnik was actually really fun; I've never liked the model, but actually getting to paint it myself really made me appreciate the mini. I still think his pose and GW paintjob kind of suck, but by breaking up the metallics with a Big Boss-esque bionic arm, I came to like the mini a lot more. The Mekboyz were really fun too, but they're downright scrawny next to a modern Ork boy.





The 'Ardboyz are my fourth and final (planned, anyway) mob in the army, and the one focused solely on close combat. I used a few of the old metal Tankbustas since they're uparmored enough to serve as 'Ardboyz, and I've always liked the models. I also used a few Ogryn bits I happened to have for the gascans and stuff, which I think really look right for a mob of boyz in a trukk. Finally, I cut the door off a Taurox I converted for these guys and got to use the door as a riot shield, which I'm super happy with! Instead of doing desert camo on the tan armor, I just left the areas tan and I think that was the wrong move. They still look fine, but not quite as good as my guys with splotches of desert camo. Ah well, they're still lookin' dead 'ard.








And that's all I've got for now! I think it's about time I painted another trukk before building a ride for these guys, and the upcoming mobs of Meganobz I've got in their boxes.

Nice looking Boyz! The 'ard Boyz are fun, especially the riot shield. Good work!

The 'ard boys are looking great. I also think that trukk you converted up is a work of genius.

EDC

You've done an awesome job on the looted Taurox! It looks the dictionary definition (at least regarding Orks) of 'ramshackle'.

Loving the customization on your boys. The wear and tear on the paint job really sells it too. I am quite fond of the work you have done with your bronzes. The oxidization works very well against the reds.

Nice bunch of boyz you have there SRM!

Thanks all! The vehicles are a hugely fun part of this army, and the hardest part is figuring out how I'll make the next one! Right now I'm working on the most recent Trukk and just putting some metallics down on it; nothing too special to report, but after a weeklong vacation in Prague it's nice to get back to the painting table!

After being out of town for a week, I was jonesing for some hobby action. Yesterday I sat down and painted up the halftrakk:







I also took an old Rhino a friend made back in high school, chopped it the hell up, and yesterday I used a bunch of bits to make it into a proper Orky vehicle:

Love to see a nice orky kitbash. Makes my inner mekboy smile.

Then I need to remind myself again that I’m not starting another army.

Just follow my lead and have entirely too many projects to finish in one lifetime! I highly recommend it

 Brother SRM wrote:
Just follow my lead and have entirely too many projects to finish in one lifetime! I highly recommend it

I figured at the rate I paint, just the stuff I have primed will last me until mid-2017. And if I dredged the recesses of my hobby space, I could find tons more of stuff to do. I’d love new projects, but my plate is full. Plus there is a limit on what I can afford.

So for now my inner ork just get to live vicariously through blogs like yours.

While he's not painted yet (nor are my 9 Meganobz) I was too excited to show off Mutoid Mek that I couldn't wait til he was painted:

Meant to comment last night. I absolutely love your Mek conversion. Will be awesome when he is painted. It's what I love about Orks. So much conversion room.

Does this KFF make my ass look fat?

Love it!

The ork in me is liking your conversions, the me in me is liking your work!

Cant wait to see more, this really makes me want to pick up a kit of orks again!

"SRM hates money" Ha! Clever name for a great thread.

Awesome, awesome Big Mek, SRM! Are those the Kataphron tracks you've used? I've been eyeing up the Kataphron box myself with the intent of looting me some sweet treads!

Keep up the awesome work!

Fantastic conversions and brilliantly executed painting.

Marvelous.

Thanks all! Glad you're enjoying the blog. There'll be some painted Meganobz coming up real soon!

 NidLifeCrisis wrote:
Awesome, awesome Big Mek, SRM! Are those the Kataphron tracks you've used? I've been eyeing up the Kataphron box myself with the intent of looting me some sweet treads!

Keep up the awesome work!

Yep! A guy in my gaming group is running a conversion contest with that as the base model, and I knew I had to do something Orky with them.


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Wrapped up three Meganobz, plus their grot buddies. I simplified the scheme a little bit because of how many plates of armor there were, and I think it was the right decision. I also liked getting the ammo cherub from the Devastator kit and making him an ammo runt with the help of a Grot head.

Amazing blog you've got going! What hasn't been said about your amazing conversions.

Looking forward to what you've got in store with the Meganobz!

I painted up Mutoid Mek! He counts as a Big Mek with 'eavy armor, cybork body, KFF, kombiflamer, and power klaw if I feel like it.

So like 8 years ago, a friend of mine built a Chaos Rhino and just left it at my house. I figured he wasn't missing it, so I beat the hell out of it and looted it! I'll be using it as a trukk in games of 40k, but I wanted to get at least one looted Rhino in the army because I like the look so much.

Sweeet.

Nicely done SRM. I love it

Thank you! I'm going to be working on a Squiggoth next; part of me wants to paint it red to match my little Squigs, part of me wants it to be green because, well, green is best.

Painted up some more Meganobz for my Blood Axes! They're up to 6 now, I've got three to go.

Looking good, SRM. But I feel like the bases don't have enough Ultramarine helmets.

So a few years ago (long before I started this army) a friend of mine gave me the remains of a miscast Squiggoth in a Ziploc bag. It had sat around in my Warhams box for years until a couple weeks ago when I decided to see what I could do with it. With a lot of green stuff, a few digs through my bitz box, and an awful lot of clipping and cutting, I'd built myself a proper howdah for the big beast! There's still some pretty bad problems with the model - a slipped mold happened somewhere obviously - I still think I did a decent job salvaging the model! Also my old second lamp I was using for photography started shooting sparks so I had to toss it; until I get a suitable replacement my lighting might be a little off. This first image shows his colors most accurately:

That looted rhino is a thing of beauty.

EDC

 TheCustomLime wrote:
Looking good, SRM. But I feel like the bases don't have enough Ultramarine helmets.

Hush you! SRM’s Ultramarines exude so much raw, retro power, nothing in the ‘verse can stop them.

Love your work on the Orks SRM, tons of character!

I can almost hear the sqiggoth making Godzilla noises.

 Nevelon wrote:

 TheCustomLime wrote:
Looking good, SRM. But I feel like the bases don't have enough Ultramarine helmets.

Hush you! SRM’s Ultramarines exude so much raw, retro power, nothing in the ‘verse can stop them.

Love your work on the Orks SRM, tons of character!

I can almost hear the sqiggoth making Godzilla noises.

To be fair, there's ALWAYS room for more Ultramarine helmets! A few of the 'Ardboyz even have Ultramarine shoulder pads because I couldn't make an army without putting at least a few Ultramarine icons in there. Although as a fan of retro stuff, you're gonna love what's coming up next!

And yeah, guess I've gotta make Godzilla noises every time I use ol' Squiggly now

Wow nice save on the squiggoth looks lovely srm

 alabamaheretic wrote:
Wow nice save on the squiggoth looks lovely srm

Thank you! I'm just glad I was able to turn one Ork's trash into another Ork's treasure

Lootin my friend lootin lol

It's been a little bit, but I've got more stuff for my Blood Axes! This time it's a unit of Kommandos. While these guys aren't really the best unit in the game, I've always dug the metals (the Nob is among my favorite minis ever) and they fit in thematically with Blood Axes too well not to take! It's a mix of Forgeworld bits, modern plastics, and 2005 metals on these guys.








Some older hams might recognize their camo scheme, which I based on the old 2nd ed Blood Axe Kommandos:

Nice work on the Kommandos.

Thanks! They were a really fun unit to paint up.

Kommandos look great, some of my favorite models too. Keep toying with redoing my blood axes. I love your greens on the skin.

Beee-youtiful my fellow Massachussettsan! In particular (and maybe quite silly) I love that Ammo Cheru....grot. I'm lootin' that for sure.

I can't help but think, your camo could use a dash of yellow. Just to make it pop, and it would be very Orky thing to do. Plus bein' a proppa Bad Moon, Yellow is best!

Keep up the great work! I've been feelin' Mean and Green again, and am glad for the motivation.

Also, I wonder if we have the same friend? I happen to have one of those Squiggoths in a bag ready for some work to be done

How awesome do they look! really cool Kommando's SRM I also love that Nob he's a really great model and the whole squad are painted beautifully, you've smashed it this time!

Those Ork Kommandoz are some of my favorites, I'd almost gone Blood Axe because of them!

 Dez wrote:
Beee-youtiful my fellow Massachussettsan! In particular (and maybe quite silly) I love that Ammo Cheru....grot. I'm lootin' that for sure.

I can't help but think, your camo could use a dash of yellow. Just to make it pop, and it would be very Orky thing to do. Plus bein' a proppa Bad Moon, Yellow is best!

Keep up the great work! I've been feelin' Mean and Green again, and am glad for the motivation.

Also, I wonder if we have the same friend? I happen to have one of those Squiggoths in a bag ready for some work to be done

Oy! Me boyz ain't yellow!
I hope you can get inspired to paint some more Orks of your own - that's the whole point of threads like this (well, that and blatant ego-stroking, of course ) But feel free to take that grot idea! I'm gonna see if I can find another grot head to make the little stabby baby from the Librarian into another grot cherub.

Quite possible! It's a small state, after all.

Now that would be hilarious to make an Orky Parody of!

I finished the last of the Meganobz! They've been sitting on my painting table as I passed them over for Kommandos and other projects, but I've finally bulked the squad out to 9 of the big lugs.








And now that I've finished up the squad, here's all 9!

Very cool!

Now for some Grot Tanks! I painted these up quick, as I'm using them in a game in about 12 hours.

Very cool Grot Tanks. I really like the camo panels.

EDC

Love your Orks, even though they're the wrong clan! Great Looted Rhino especially.

Love the grot tanks. The mis-matched armor patches and weathering is spot on. Full of fun and character, just like an ork army should be.

I tried to paint camo on orks once. Didnt work out very well. Yours looks great. They tie in well with your Valhallans too.

Nice looking Grot tanks!

Great work for quick painting! I'm looking forward to building some of these myself, counts as Mek Guns!

Thanks all! I've really enjoyed making these guys as a sort of nemesis for my Valhallans, and hopefully some time I can have the two armies clash!

 Dez wrote:
Great work for quick painting! I'm looking forward to building some of these myself, counts as Mek Guns!

Why not just run them as actual Grot Tanks? Their rules are hilarious and free!
https://www.forgeworld.co.uk/resources/fw_site/fw_pdfs/Warhammer_40000/Ork_Dread_Mob_Army_List_Update.pdf

So even in my old Ork army, I've never run or seen a Battlewagon run as an actual tank - you know, 'Ardcase, lots of big guns, that whole deal. I figured I wanted to try my hand at having one of those, and I wanted a ride for my upcoming Tankbustas. I had a Leman Russ Demolisher kit gathering dust so I took it out and got choppin. I also wanted to make sure it was big enough to count as a Battlewagon and not just be a dinky little Looted Wagon, so this is what I came up with:

Looks great, but maybe needs more dakka! The kannon looks a bit small on that chassis. Do you have a bigger one?

The back deck looks a little too precariously out there, even for an ork tank. I might add another brace, or have it sag/bend a bit. And it needs more Dakka. But what doesn’t?

Overall very cool looking!

Some awesome detail in that tank! I do have to agree, the back looks a bit weedy. Once Da Boyz start piling in, those gitz'll get dumped and miss Da Waaagh!

Thanks for the kind words guys! The back is a bti weedy, but that's where the armor 10 is I get the comments about the platform looking a little precarious, but I really wanted to make sure painting the grot oiler and the worky bitz back there wouldn't be too much of a headache. As for more dakka? EVERYTHING could use more dakka! I think this is a sufficient amount of dakka for the moment, although I wish I could have found a way to stick a big shoota on the hull somehow.

Awesome work on the tank . I love seeing looted Ork vehicles, because no two ever turn out the same

 Brother SRM wrote:
Thanks for the kind words guys! The back is a bti weedy, but that's where the armor 10 is I get the comments about the platform looking a little precarious, but I really wanted to make sure painting the grot oiler and the worky bitz back there wouldn't be too much of a headache. As for more dakka? EVERYTHING could use more dakka! I think this is a sufficient amount of dakka for the moment, although I wish I could have found a way to stick a big shoota on the hull somehow.

I think the concern, Brother, is the fact that after the rivet seam on the trukk bed (in line with the exhaust) you've used for the platform there's no support, so any number of Boyz in there would cause the metal to shear off.

A length of plastic I-beam, or something similar, giving support to the middle of the platform would make it look more stable and, even for Orks, more believable.

 Dysartes wrote:

 Brother SRM wrote:
Thanks for the kind words guys! The back is a bti weedy, but that's where the armor 10 is I get the comments about the platform looking a little precarious, but I really wanted to make sure painting the grot oiler and the worky bitz back there wouldn't be too much of a headache. As for more dakka? EVERYTHING could use more dakka! I think this is a sufficient amount of dakka for the moment, although I wish I could have found a way to stick a big shoota on the hull somehow.

I think the concern, Brother, is the fact that after the rivet seam on the trukk bed (in line with the exhaust) you've used for the platform there's no support, so any number of Boyz in there would cause the metal to shear off.

A length of plastic I-beam, or something similar, giving support to the middle of the platform would make it look more stable and, even for Orks, more believable.

While a diagonal support from the back corners to the body of the tank would work better from a realism POV, I think sicking an I-beam to the underside of the platform to make it look more reinforced would go a long way. And be mostly out of the way of your paintbrush.

All you need is something to show effort for orks, and their reality warping abilities can take over.

"Oi! Mekboy, this shelf ain’t goin to hold all me lads up!”
“Hrmmm. <welds some random scrap on to look good><whacks it with a spanner> ‘Er ya go. All set”
“Right! let’s go crump some ‘umies!” <piles on the groaning platform>

I understand where y'all are coming from - I'll see if I can fit a girder under the bed, but no guarantees since it's kind of a tightly packed model as is right now. It's also primed already so sticking to the paint might be an issue.

Also, I've got the following left to paint/assemble:
- The aforementioned Looted Leman Russ battlewagon
- Stock battlewagon
- 15 Lootas
- 7 Tankbustas
- 5 Mek Gunz
- 30 grot crew for said guns
- Thrakka

I've also got bitz for Kans, Trukks, and Nobz if I feel like building those out. I'd also really like to get a flyer for the army, as well as some goodies from Forgeworld, but I don't know yet. The army's around 2500 points right now, but I haven't totaled it up in a while.

I didn't add more support under the bed because the primer was already down, and plasticard can be finnicky enough to work with as is. Instead I went ahead and painted the thing!

I wasn't really feeling the stock Tankbustas and their limited poses, so I made up my own. I used a bunch of leftover rokkits from my boyz kits, as well as some kustom rokkits I made using the kombi-rokkit bits from the Meganobz kit combined with some cut up burnas from the Burna/Loota kit. I'm really happy with the results, and it also let me use up some of the extra kommando/loota heads I had lying around to make a unique unit! There's only 7 right now since I actually ran out of Ork bodies, but I plan to have the unit go up to 9 strong and have them tool around with a mek in a looted wagon.

I like them, you painted them fast too.

Nice custom tankbustas.

Looks great! I did the same, a mix of leftover parts and a few extra gubbinz. If you run out of rokkits, you might give them a couple of tankbusta bombs and tell them to leg it!

Both the looted wagon and tank busters are looking sweet. Great work.

EDC

Nice looking 'bustas!

Thanks! They may be the last update this blog sees for a while, as my trip to Warhammer World got me absolutely stoked for Heresy, and I may have come back with more Ultramarines than I left with...

 Brother SRM wrote:
Thanks! They may be the last update this blog sees for a while, as my trip to Warhammer World got me absolutely stoked for Heresy, and I may have come back with more Ultramarines than I left with...

As much as I enjoy watching you build orks, I’m never going to be sorry to hear about someone coming back the the fold of the Ultramarines.

It's humid as hell, so I've been turning to models I already had primed. I've had Ghazzy primed for months now, and I just broke him out and painted him up in an evening:

Exactly the same here with humidity. I really like the hazard wires and the different Metallics on him. He looks like he's stomping into battle, always liked the model!