Red skinned Orks from Golgotha


This my Ork blog with a twist; Red skins! They are based on the Orks out of Steve Parker's novel Gun heads, In which a imperial guard detachment is coursed into landing on the lost planet of Golgotha, a former imperial stronghold. Now overrun by Ghazghkull Thraka after the 2nd war for Armageddon, in a bid to steel back Yaricks beloved baneblade the Fortress of arrogance.

Because of the planets unique combination of elements the surface is covered in a fine red dust like sand called the 'fines'. The individual grains of these vast deserts are so small they they can enter pours on a human causing organ failure and often death. Suffers of this illness are often marked by the reddening of the skin as the pours slowly block up.

Having control of Golgotha for so long the Orkz have been affected in there own way. Being on the whole more sturdy than hummies the Orks tend not to die from the fines but a massive change in the colour of there skin is apparent, ranging from bright red with the little grots through to a browny black in the more bigger older Orks.

Why i chose to do this army and why i chose to do it red!

Well in the past I have been a staunch bulwark of the imperial war machine, as a younger gamer i had over 150 marines and accompanying tanks, bikes, dreads etc, and recently i got back into the game due to a broken leg and lots of spare time, and my army of choice was guard (also inspired by the novel Gunheads ). And after doing a few custom leman russ tanks i soon became board by the order the building required, although iv'e not lost the taste for my tanks. So one night i was overcome by the need for ramshackle building and my inner mek was released!

Now, Obviously you can see that my hobby has been some what influenced by one book, so not wanting to do the green Orks every one else has and needing a theme it was an obvious choice. And so the Red Tide was born.

Whats on these pages?

So i'm a keener builder rather than painter but i am trying to keep up with myself on this one and keep on top of my unpainted models, so although this blog leans to one side i hope both areas of the hobby are represented. I also hope to add some play in at a later date when my army is slightly more realised.

As you've probably cottoned on i like my vehicles, so the 1st few pages are some complete scratch builds and trying to decide on a paint scheme (which iv'e done thanks to the people of dakka). After that it moves onto a more troopy, bikey, chopper area which i'm currently on. Enjoy!

Some models:



My warboss 'Starlin'


My scratch built truck


My AOC (Armoured Ork Carrier)



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So I've started an ork army basedon the ork out of gunheads, a novel by Steve parker were the planet is covered in a red dust so fine it turned the orks red.
Found some old models and started on my 1st truck.

Nice idea! that trukk looks promising!

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Nice idea! that trukk looks promising!

Thanks! It started out on the back of a bugie but I decided that would be better used as a choppa or copta or whatever

More progress

Now that is progress! me likey!

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Now that is progress! me likey!

Cheers! Added the front wheel but they covered up most of the bomb glif, but sadly there is no other place aha. next one i shall think about the placement of wheel before.

The red skins! And put wheels on the trukk

Started painting the trukk

OOoh! Bad Moonz!

Interesting concept, kinda like the idea.

Trukk looks awesome.

Trukk finnished! Maybe could do with some weathering but otherwise pretty happy with this. Took two days but it's probably the 1st the model I've started off and Finnished straight away.

I'm liking the trukk, the scratch build of the face on the front and the exhaust is excellent, dig the yellow colour too, good job.

shasolenzabi wrote:OOoh! Bad Moonz!

Could be, could be. To be honest i just went with the colour that would clash least with the red skin! haha

Camkierhi wrote:Interesting concept, kinda like the idea.

Trukk looks awesome.

Thanks! Yeah, i though so, i've had ideas of doing different coloured ever since some mention blue ice ork from fantasy at my old club. But the book is good and explains the lack of green well. pity i cant take creddit.

Alaricuk wrote:I'm liking the trukk, the scratch build of the face on the front and the exhaust is excellent, dig the yellow colour too, good job.

Cheers! The yellow took some layering.

Now for mud and rust, hehehehehehehe!

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Now for mud and rust, hehehehehehehe!

Yes! I allready have put rust all over the meta, only rust paint though. Definitely needs mud! Red mud!

Started on the whirlwind trukk and sort was going to make it taller and put a turret on the flat side, make it really orky, but I really don't like it. I'm thinking just make it longer like the old American ifv m11 or whatever it's called.
What do you think?

Maybe this?

Going with this

Think I'll call it a night, progress so far think I might call it the bull.

Flipping hell. You're scratch building skills are impressive. Cool concept for a project, looking forward to seeing how it progresses.

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Flipping hell. You're scratch building skills are impressive. Cool concept for a project, looking forward to seeing how it progresses.

EDC

Haha cheers mate! im going to need some more boys soon i reckon.

Did some painting, I like looters fluff but I don't think the blue goes, might call them bombers, with looters fluff but mad about rocket because thats the weapon I'm going to use muost. That and burnners. Seem the best ork guns, those and kustom mega blasters.

Just scored 20 old school Boyz of the bay for less than £4!! Bargain.

Very red orks! and the looted machines show promise!

Cheers! Can't do much atm as I've run out of glue! focus on my painting. Tried doing red dust and mud on the trukk.

I gotta say, this is honestly a really cool idea... I've never seen Orks done in anything but green! It actually looks good! I thought about doing mine in brown but was worried they would look too much like boot leather The red skin idea is very, very original and well done, and those custom built vehicles look great! Definitely giving me some inspiration on how to properly "loot" the junk tanks I've got lying around the workbench!

 metallifan wrote:
I gotta say, this is honestly a really cool idea... I've never seen Orks done in anything but green! It actually looks good! I thought about doing mine in brown but was worried they would look too much like boot leather The red skin idea is very, very original and well done, and those custom built vehicles look great! Definitely giving me some inspiration on how to properly "loot" the junk tanks I've got lying around the workbench!

Cheers! I got the idea from a book, so I can't take all the credit aha. I saw some albino orks in the gallery, they were pretty cool, stood out a lot. Also some really good looted rhinos in there, have a look.

Settled on a paint scheme, inspired by my trainers of all things!

Hey, inspiration may have played a part, but you totally could have borked it up instead of pulling it off as well as you did! The orange actually fits well on the infantry, and IMO, would look great alongside any use of Boltgun Metal or any of the 4 different copper paints that are in the palette

 metallifan wrote:
Hey, inspiration may have played a part, but you totally could have borked it up instead of pulling it off as well as you did! The orange actually fits well on the infantry, and IMO, would look great alongside any use of Boltgun Metal or any of the 4 different copper paints that are in the palette

Haha yeah true, i could of botched it quite bad. yeah defiantly, used rust and brown ink on the boltgun metal, sort of copperish aha.

The red tide is coming along nicely!

Any idea what you're going to call the warband?

"Da Big Red Waaagh!" would be a funny play on "The Big Red One", the rather famous US Infantry Division and the film of the same name

Da big red warrg could do, I shall consider it.

Sat down at the desk today and planned to put some PK on some boyz and da boss, and finnish the bull. Did some minor work on the trukk but then got totally destracted and built a deffkopta!
So hears my 'red wing 1'.

Deffcoptas on the wing!

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Deffcoptas on the wing!

So finished the 2nd trukk, it took a little more thinking about than the last but i'm pretty happy with the result; really enjoying modelling orks.

Next up i'm putting a pk and da lucky stick on my boss & then some more coptas.

The meks finished the da' bosses armour!

Added the power klaw and a stolen lucky stick.

Hear he is, Da' boss Starlin!

Nice scratchbuilding! Especially loving the deffkopta.

 sunnyday wrote:
Nice scratchbuilding! Especially loving the deffkopta.

Cheers matey! I'm happy with how it turned out! i have enough orks in the sitting position too build two more, i hope to include some classic helicopter designs such as the huey hog and the hind 24 crocodile, stay tuned!

Also a big mek & some big trakks

I'll be watching closely so as to hopefully steal some deffkopta blueprints in an act of orkish military espionage .

Very nice work you have there, stonned_astartes! Like others have said, your scratchbuilding talent is superb, and the red skinned orks, based on some great fluff, are fantastic. I cannot wait to see more of your work

sunnyday wrote:I'll be watching closely so as to hopefully steal some deffkopta blueprints in an act of orkish military espionage .

Haha, itl cost ya in teef though! I'll post some wip shots of the next one.

LostCarcosa25 wrote:Very nice work you have there, stonned_astartes! Like others have said, your scratchbuilding talent is superb, and the red skinned orks, based on some great fluff, are fantastic. I cannot wait to see more of your work

Cheers matey! Yeah, the fluff inspired me to collect orks and guard so it must be good haha.

Nice one

that Powa Klaw is UGE!

Only the biggest n best for the boss! i did wounder if id'e gone over board though, but no, will probably give the mek a even bigger one.

up for painting; Da boss, his boyz and der trukk!

& an ork objective marker.

Painted up Da boss Starlin just needs basing now, enjoy!

Looking good. I don't know if you intended for the objective marker to be flipping your opponent off, but it is awesome nonetheless!

Warboss looks awesome. Great idea for the lucky stick.

EDC

LostCarcosa25 wrote:Looking good. I don't know if you intended for the objective marker to be flipping your opponent off, but it is awesome nonetheless!

Cheers mate, haha no but it's a nice bonus.

evildrcheese wrote:Warboss looks awesome. Great idea for the lucky stick.

EDC

Cheers lad.

Red Orks remind me of the infernal Orks in warcraft 3
Your pics are sometimes a bit blurry, so I wasn't really sure about the waaghboss at first, but painted the comrade looks great!

Love the red skinned Orks, the Trukk, and especially your Deffkoptas. Keep up the good work!

Beautiful job on the skin. I'm wondering though if you might not experiment with other armor colors that might set off the skin rather than blending in with it.

Very sweet looking scratch builds, soon you won't need any GW parts as a means to get started anymore...that ex- rhino is an awesome piece, and I have a soft spot for any non green orks!

Subbing, cheers vik

Sgt. Cortez wrote:Red Orks remind me of the infernal Orks in warcraft 3
Your pics are sometimes a bit blurry, so I wasn't really sure about the waaghboss at first, but painted the comrade looks great!

Haha yeah i not the worlds best photographer but thankyou!

Cleatus wrote:Love the red skinned Orks, the Trukk, and especially your Deffkoptas. Keep up the good work!

Cheers mate, sorted my lists out so know what i need to build and its deffcopters!!


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Gitsplitta wrote:Beautiful job on the skin. I'm wondering though if you might not experiment with other armor colors that might set off the skin rather than blending in with it.

Cheers! I started with some yellow and blue armour but preferred this set up, i will deffintly give some other colours ago on my other squads though! Trying to avoid green though

Viktor von Domm wrote:Very sweet looking scratch builds, soon you won't need any GW parts as a means to get started anymore...that ex- rhino is an awesome piece, and I have a soft spot for any non green orks!

Subbing, cheers vik

Haha well i'm happy to provide that non green kick vik, and no, ive ordered some wheels of ramshackle for my next trukk and nothing else.

Not much work done on my orks today, as i'm tiring to get my guard upto scratch and also tidy my desk, but did mange another objective marker as i found the bomb gliff while tidying. Also started on a bigg trackk, hopefully you can see what im going for with the pic...

Stretched Rhino, I see the Orks are "pimping that ride"

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Stretched Rhino, I see the Orks are "pimping that ride"

Pity they can't fit shiny new rimz and neon under it.

Ohhh, stretched Rhino. Fun.

 Cleatus wrote:
Ohhh, stretched Rhino. Fun.

Still working out how stretched i want it, all that squidgy side armour...

Just got these wheels from Ramchaklegames, in the post. Really chuffed as i didn't have to pay a penny of postage and they chucked in an extra 4! All for a fiver!
Casts are pretty good, VERY orky, would highly recommend!

Also adding a bit of spree to the under-carriage off the truck as the flat bottom just looked wrong. I would also like to add some sort of cover for the back to bulk it out, and another set of wheels.

Some how my need to play with little pits of plastic is battling through my normal summer 'I have a life' attitude and im making progress on my stretch rhino, its also been widened. Pics coming soon.

As Promised.

Also i'm thinking off adding bigger rear wheels to the trukk aswell as adding a bigger load bay and maybe a canopy.

After gitz's comment about the way the orange goes with the red skin i've been playing around with some painting ideas on the ork painter on chain and bolter(only because dakka hasn't got an ork option!) and iv'e come up with some idea and would really appreciate some OPINIONS!!

SO, a peny for you thoughts?




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Why's it bloody well done that!? bloody image file no doubt.

The grey seems oddly complimentary as it contrasts with the bright red skin.

Cheers man, yeah i you might be on to the problem; because the red is such a bright colour its clashing with everything.
Perhaps if i drabbed it down a bit the yellow or blue might work better... hmmmm.

Started work on my 8x8 battlewagon.

Had to think about the wheel placement for.this one as just sticking them on the outside didn't go so well with the truck, so Ive gone for a ribbed aproach which has worked brilliantly in allowing me to have cut in wheels without to much work.

Great start, going to be quite big.

Love the wagon on previous page, brilliant work.

Cheers cam! debating on what colours to paint it atm. haha yeah its about as long as my stretched rhino on the previous page, but not as wide. Taller though. Had to make it big enough to accommodate the wheels from ramshakle, but then a bw is quite big so that's ok. Still not bigg enough to hold 20 orks though. oh gw scale.

Its that age old problem, if you are building something to be a legally usable at tournament, or if it would be allowed at the local flgs, or playing amongst friends, or like me just for fun. GW scale is so far out it is nearly impossible to guesstimate sizes.
Can't wait to see this progress. Nice to see some Orky action.

Looking forward to seeing how the battle wagon turns out.

EDC

Progress to date, it is quite big cam you were right, infact it was so big I had to lower it twice!

We like lowered, maybe some side pipes and neons, oh hang on meant to be ork battlewagon right! hehe. Actually really like where this is going, looks brilliant, nice shape, good height, think it would be odd if taller. Especially if you are going to go with a turret at all. Yup really like it, good job.

cheers man, tail pipes might be an idea though, was thinking of giving it a plasma drive or something though.

will have adjustable coil-overs with a doubt

Unfortunately, I can't get any of the links to download or I'd put in my 2 cents. I'm sure you'll come up with a great decision though.

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Unfortunately, I can't get any of the links to download or I'd put in my 2 cents. I'm sure you'll come up with a great decision though.

I have no clue why they came up as downloads... i'll ask a mod.

Update on my bw. After looking through my inspiration folder which is now massive due to me trawling the web for all those wicked scratch build vehicles; i decide the best of them are covered in armour plates strapped, welded and bolted on any which way. So i've decide to try and cover the shell of my wagon completely in plates.

While doing this i've discovered what i think is the best approach. Start off by deciding where you want hatches, vents and other features to go and stick them on (which i did not do ). Then shove on some big plates over large areas, creating a rough layer around the shell. Finally add smaller plates, rivets and details to fill in the gaps and create overlaps. And for gods sake chip it all BEFORE you put it on .

That's looking pretty sweet already. Loving the battered plate edges, looking forward to more updates

Alaricuk wrote:
That's looking pretty sweet already. Loving the battered plate edges, looking forward to more updates

Cheers mate 'ere ya go not much but...

Some progress, actually incredibly hard to decide wear to put plates and what size Also very little time on my hands recently, you guys know how it is. decided on the access panels and started doing some layering on the front as orks don't need rear armour

APC/battle wagon update
So More or less finished my Ork APC! Really pleased with how it looks so far. Very low and menacing.
Thought this would take ages but it came together really quick at the end. Although still needs rivets and the axles gluing in place, and the riveting alone will take a while.

I had originally intend fr the gattling gun/big shoota to be manually operated but decided against this as it looks more action-y this way.

Sorry about the camera, my normal one is acting up, however will get some better pics up when riveted.

Colour scheme ideas/ ork clans of Golgotha
Uploaded these on the last page but they seemed to be in the wrong format; i got around with by using paint
I am really struggling to decide! ;yellows a to paint, reds to much well red, blue clashes but i do love lootas, grey seems to dull!

The easiest thing would be to do some testers but the 3rd/2nd edition boys i have just don't do, and i didn't have any plans of buying any more anytime soon.

A penny for your thoughts gentlemen?

i think the grey one wins...has the most potential against the red...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
i think the grey one wins...has the most potential against the red...

I'm inclined to agree if i'm honest looking at them now, my only hang up is grey vehicles seem dull, but i'm thinking i could do them red.

a red and grey camo scheme...like this...:

Yeah i like that, cheers vik. Suits my orks being sneaky and using armour

Think I would tend towards the greys, though would be tempted to go black.

APC looks brilliant. Great job.

Cheers mate, really pleased with it.

Yeah i think the greys is the way to be honest, will do some painting soon and then if it work get some squads done.

Think i'll have the vehicles mostly red with greys mixed in, would also like to do the triangle/teef yellow but will have to see if that's not to bright.

Cheers guys, been a big help.

Started on the boyz

Started base coating the boyz and realised i don't have a grey so had to mix one, also found my black was rubbish and oil based so i'll pick some paints up tomorrow if i have time.

However the grey looks good so far, happy i can get on with them now.

Also really quickly boshed a pk on to the nob, really needs tiding up tbf.

Yeah that gray uniform scheme offsets the red nicely! good choice! and Viks suggested vehicle camo should work as well.

Yeah, might do the different slabs of armour those colours and see if that works. Also leaning away from red tanks but will try one at least. Want to get a squad or two painted up so i can do a more interesting starting post aha.

Also just bought a few more bitz & kitz which should arrive soonish. If i stick to scratch building i may even have a tabletop-able army sometime soon.

 stonned_astartes wrote:
Yeah, might do the different slabs of armour those colours and see if that works. Also leaning away from red tanks but will try one at least. Want to get a squad or two painted up so i can do a more interesting starting post aha.

Also just bought a few more bitz & kitz which should arrive soonish. If i stick to scratch building i may even have a tabletop-able army sometime soon.

Well, while the rule for the "Red onez go Fasta applies if they have a red paint job, I also added a blue racing stripe, "just fer luck!"

Nice, the grey with the red skin works really well.

EDC

Cheers dr. Yeah pleased with the colours, and i did pick up some more paints but haven't had the time to use them.

Also been at my local club but it seems everyone has gone off warhammer

Ork apc bw riveted

So got a load of supplies in along with some diamond embossed plasticard which is real fun, so i got the armoured ork carrier (aoc) riveted and sprayed!

At the rear of the aoc iv'e used some vents and hatches for the engines and added the mech symbol so the boyz steer clear of his domain!

Also got some Golgothan sand in

I'm loving that apc, stonned_astartes! It screams orkiness

Looking absolutely brilliant. like a proper military vehicle, got a Russian vibe to me, but very orky and really solid. Good work.

Cheers guys! Think im going to paint the other wagon 1st to get some idea of how i want it to be.

Things are looking good!

That APC looks wicked. Can't wait to see that sucka with some paint on

EDC

Awesome to find someone else who's done an alternative to the green skinned tide. Love the red, looks very effective.

And that APC is just brilliant...very orky

evildrcheese wrote:That APC looks wicked. Can't wait to see that sucka with some paint on

EDC

Haha cheers dude , nor me. Just getting some boys together 1st.

Xeanee wrote:Awesome to find someone else who's done an alternative to the green skinned tide. Love the red, looks very effective.

And that APC is just brilliant...very orky

Cheers, Just had a look at your blog man, Albino orks! sick stuff, keep it up.


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 shasolenzabi wrote:
Things are looking good!

Getting there!

Hey all of us have to work a bit, (Maybe remember camera at stages) so we get to the points we want.

Loving this stuff! Vehicles look great and the red colour scheme is sweet. Reminds me of chaos orcs from Warcraft 3 - always loved the contrast.

Can't wait to see the APC painted up!

shasolenzabi wrote:Hey all of us have to work a bit, (Maybe remember camera at stages) so we get to the points we want.

True enough, did take some pics but they were very bad light so didn't bother uploading!

Woof wrote:Loving this stuff! Vehicles look great and the red colour scheme is sweet. Reminds me of chaos orcs from Warcraft 3 - always loved the contrast.

Can't wait to see the APC painted up!

Cheers dude! i'll try not to drag it out to long

Never played but just ha a look at fel orcs, i see what you mean!

Took some better shots of the boyz, really pleased with how my skin tones are coming along (watched a tutorial) could possibly do with another layer of bright red now i look in the light. The light brown i bought the other day turned out almost orange against the brown so i have got some more mute brown today and will redo those bits.grey turning out well enough.

Some good progress, really starting to look cohesive.

Re-worked some parts of the original trukk to give it a bit more 3d feel. Added some more struts on the underneath to stop the flat bottom, redid the 'armoured wheel' and i also re-did the front as that intake looked shoddy.

Red Orks are looking great. I like those spikes, very Orky. Keep going!

Oh yes! this force is coming together nicely!

The colour scheme looks spot on.

Nice work on the detailing, looks brilliant.

Looking good. Loving the spikes on the front of the truck.

EDC

Cheers all! Thanks for the enthusiasm & complements.

Glad the spikes look good, wasn't so sure on the front myself. The truck was really just a prototype to learn a few things and it did that well, but no need to mothball instead of just making a few changes.

May still do some more to it, or might just build another one. However there are much more pressing projects to get along with 1st.

Massive supply drop/start on artillery

Raided ebay and got 30 odd boys and nobs with some surprise burna & rocket-tears included, made a start on some of them.

Also got some bikes and trikes to make a squad with from ramchakle games as they do 5 bikes for the same price a the 3 in the gw kit. Allthough i do really like the new gw bikes and the kit comes with lots of options, i wanted a 5 man squad and the those trikes were just to cool. I toyed with the idea off getting a full 5 man squad just of trikes but went against it in the end as i feared it would look to uniform. However i didn't realize how big they are! Wish i did get 5 i could use them as buggies

Also they gave me a free bike! Ramshakle are the best, not sure what i'm going to do with it as its a bit small so might use it as a grot bike or a guard out-runner.














Think some of them are black reach like the nobs and some boys, totally didnt realize i was getting anything other than boys though. Some sloppy modelling especially with the arms but nothing i cant fix or hide Found a few bit worthy of note like this chimney burna & custom glyf. I ran with the chimney burna & started modding some off the others aswell as builing a nob with pk for my second squad and messing around with some shootas.













The last guy with the grenade luncher is an attempt at doing something different with tank busta's, I like it but i'm not sure if it work, might have to go bigger and better with bigger under-slung one.

Lastly I finally made a start on my lobbas' using those bottle tops i started collecting after reading Cleatus's blog, going for a more artillery style gun than the one in the kit. Got a bit court up in doing it accurately so it can be toed, but its only my 1st and being orks my designs will probably change as the squad progresses. Also might need smaller wheels or a bigger gun.

Tried taking a few more wip shots as i went but do forget.

Great start on the arty, looking very promising. They are orks so no uniformity should be applied. (bugs me about current trukks etc.) Boys looking great, nice haul, always loved the bits bags and odd bags of boys myself, must have close to a hundred boys in a box awaiting some proper attention. Your work is making me itch....

 Camkierhi wrote:
Great start on the arty, looking very promising. They are orks so no uniformity should be applied. (bugs me about current trukks etc.) Boys looking great, nice haul, always loved the bits bags and odd bags of boys myself, must have close to a hundred boys in a box awaiting some proper attention. Your work is making me itch....

Thanks, Its a bit of a pity about my old school orks but they were cheep, and its always nice using old models instead of letting them rot. Yeah not bought one of the kits but looks like it could have many, many looks with a bit of plasticard, but people tent to build them the same every time. Except you of course cam Think next upfor trucks i want to try a bus like puppets war, & maybe a hemtt truck. Along with a LVT.

Been doing a bit of highlighting, stupidly i started with the boss. The lines are to thik and to pronounced, after this i thinned the paint down.

Did the next layer of highlights and redid the 1st, close to finishing him and the 1st squad of boys now. Just a matter of finding the bits ive missed which al seem to be highlights or weathering.

Also basing is in effect!

Looking good SA. Man, those really pop!

Have you considered putting some greenery on the bases? Green and red really show well together.

I agree with Gitspitta, maybe some greenery would help. Personally I find the bases a bit too red.

But red Orks.... Stroke of Genius, loving them! (and that APC rocks too!)

Gitsplitta wrote:Looking good SA. Man, those really pop!

Have you considered putting some greenery on the bases? Green and red really show well together.

Low_K wrote:I agree with Gitspitta, maybe some greenery would help. Personally I find the bases a bit too red.

But red Orks.... Stroke of Genius, loving them! (and that APC rocks too!)

Thnak's guys & i hear you. i have both red flora and green, i think a mix of both might do well. Will have a fiddle and post the results.

some green grass added to the bases could help, or lichen bits

Some green foliage.

Looking good! some nice contrast as the skin of the orks is good for blending in with the sand.

Yeah cheers for advice guys. Thinking of adding some ork glyphs to the larger armour bits to break it up a bit.

That helps. Looking good s_a. I think some glyphs, etc would be a great addition.

I think that if you painted the rims of the bases black you would solve your issue of having way too much red. however thats just my opinion, do what you want

 STG wrote:
I think that if you painted the rims of the bases black you would solve your issue of having way too much red. however thats just my opinion, do what you want

I shall give it a try, maybe a dark brown too.

Checkers

Following gitz's tutorial i'm adding some checkers to my boyz. Really enjoy doing this and looks great to, i for see many checkers in my army to come. (photos not got the last stage in).

Also painting continues on the trucks, fast tracked the old one so i can use it as a practice for the bull. I was painting very solid colours and careful block and not coming up with the depth I wanted so have thinned down the paints and that seems to have done the trick.

Hey! Those turned out OK!

 Gitsplitta wrote:
Hey! Those turned out OK!

Cheers Gitz, i feel they really add something, will work it into my vehicles as well. Still working on adding some glyphs.

Some how the idea of gambling orks has swam into my mind so i may try and do some die and card glyphs along with lots off teef obviously.

Nice checkers on those Boyz!

stonned_astartes,

Love seeing those old Goff Boyz getting some paint.

Cheers,

CB

Excellent work on the checks. This project is gaining some real momentum, keep it up.

EDC

Cheers guys will have some more updates soon, got some glyph ideas so can get those boys done.

Glyph plates sound good!

Boyz squad one finished/glyphs added

So finally got a squad off red skinned Golgothan Orks together after adding the glyphs. I think they look the part even though i'm using mono-pose models and are therefore kind of a tester. But it's a start and it sets the army off for a feel of things to come, hopefully.



But yeah hope you think the same and i'll show them in a little more detail mainly focusing on the glyphs.

!st up the boss nob with PK, just added some teef & jaws to him to signify wealth & leadership.




Rather fond of the old teef/triangle glyphs as they mean not only wealth which my clan is fond off, but also blood, like Golgothan sand. Also its got a reminiscence to the tiger the soldiers seem to decorate there weapons with in the Vietnam war, and some older models. Which although hasn't much relevance i think they look dam cool







Then i tried to add some bomb glyphs, 1st attempt which ive used before looked a bit like a fish so the redesigned one works much better with the ww1 style split fins.





Next up i tried to do a dice glyph as i mention before i want to work gambling into them some how.



Finally, did the next layer of gray on the truck and started did the reds. (more triangles).

Your camera did not focus enough, if you have a mobile or goose neck lamp, shedding light on them helps the camera get that crisper image, just to help with hints. Looking good otherwise with the work so far!

Looking good. The glyphs are really cool. I especially like the dice one.

EDC

Glyphs are definitely a nice add. The dice and final bomb version are both excellent.

Looking brilliant bud. Really effective with the glyphs'. Transfer well to vehicles as well.

Glyphs and such are tough and i think you're doing good with them.

I'm diggin' that truck, stonned_astartes (and the fundamental idea of red orks of course). Keep the great work up!

-LostCarcosa

Now he needs more trukks

shasolenzabi wrote:Your camera did not focus enough, if you have a mobile or goose neck lamp, shedding light on them helps the camera get that crisper image, just to help with hints. Looking good otherwise with the work so far!

Yeah they were pretty blurry, took them not were i normally wood, hopefully the next lot will be back up to stranded.

evildrcheese wrote:Looking good. The glyphs are really cool. I especially like the dice one.

EDC

Cheers EDC worked out well that one.

Gitsplitta wrote:Glyphs are definitely a nice add. The dice and final bomb version are both excellent.

Thank you very much, kind words from the man in the know.

Camkierhi wrote:Looking brilliant bud. Really effective with the glyphs'. Transfer well to vehicles as well.

Cheers man, actually hadn't thought off that will do so.

amazingturtles wrote:Glyphs and such are tough and i think you're doing good with them.

Cheers man, getting better at this fiddly stuff.

LostCarcosa25 wrote:I'm diggin' that truck, stonned_astartes (and the fundamental idea of red orks of course). Keep the great work up!

-LostCarcosa

cheers man!will do.

shasolenzabi wrote:Now he needs more trukks

steady your horses, i HAVE to stave off my want to build more vehicles and get these painted or i never will. Ever.

But hear are some updates on my trukk, been tring some dents and dings.

Very nice adding dings and damage. But you can never have too many Trukks

stonned_astartes,

Damage on the Truk makes it more like an Ork vehicle. Were you going to add some red dust to areas where it would congregate like over fenders, the deck, etc?

Cheers,

CB

shasolenzabi wrote:Very nice adding dings and damage. But you can never have too many Trukks

Bigg trakks is what i need more of.

Captain Brown wrote:stonned_astartes,

Damage on the Truk makes it more like an Ork vehicle. Were you going to add some red dust to areas where it would congregate like over fenders, the deck, etc?

Cheers,

CB

Thanks man, yeah absolutely. This is only the grey layer atm, need to paint the metal, rust, dust, glyphs, red, checkers.... still.

Kustom made Trukks for the win!

 shasolenzabi wrote:
Kustom made Trukks for the win!

Done most of the grey layer, added the checkers, want more but can't find the room. Reds next.

That Trukk is looking so good!

 shasolenzabi wrote:
That Trukk is looking so good!

Cheers man! it is coming along nicely isn't.

Got the metal base coated tonight, need to rust it up as well. Might have time tomorrow. Was also think of checker plateing one of the layered front plates and painted one red, to help the laying stand out, not sure if it will be checkers over load though.

Found some time to finish the metal parts. The vision slits didn't work in just black so added the blue to suggest windows.

Brilliant work, looks perfect. Really nice job on this trukk, looking forward to more

The truck is looking awesome dude. Just needs loading with angry red skinned Orks! Waarrgghh!

EDC

The trukk is looking good and fitting, keep it up!

Trukks more or less done added some red dust. May add some rust if at some point maybe but i'm happy with as is atm.





While i had the sand out i took a few more snaps. Will add a couple to the Front page.







And some wips, i tried to make a start on the 2nd boys squad but ended up messing around with burnas instead.

They didn't come with fuel packs so i jury rigged a few with some 8mm tubes and millput.





And this guy i found in my bits box with out a head so i plan to make cyborg head.

stonned_astartes,

I would say you have cornered the market on red and light grey Orks.

Truck has some more definition with the sand as it was really monochrome with only a little red and the small areas of checkered black and white. Rust would be another good addition.

My two cents, hope it helps,

CB

Group shots look great, I really like that warboss.

Looking forward to seeing the Burnas.

EDC

One of the best looking ork armies. The red really suits those old sculpts, they look ace!

I really like these, especially the custom transport. Is it soviet inspired?

Captain Brown wrote:stonned_astartes,

I would say you have cornered the market on red and light grey Orks.

Truck has some more definition with the sand as it was really monochrome with only a little red and the small areas of checkered black and white. Rust would be another good addition.

My two cents, hope it helps,

CB

Wicked cheers! I will defiantly add rust then. When i can be arsed but i will!

evildrcheese wrote:Group shots look great, I really like that warboss.

Looking forward to seeing the Burnas.

EDC

Thanks, giving them a bit of setting really makes them come alive. Sadly i've been a bit un-inventive with the burners as i got 5 in the post, was rather looking forwards to making my own custom ones. Oh well i shall have to do another squad.

RexHavoc wrote:One of the best looking ork armies. The red really suits those old sculpts, they look ace!

Cheers man, that's good. Didn't want to leave the old models out seeing as i bought them.

Matthew wrote:I really like these, especially the custom transport. Is it soviet inspired?

Cheers! No it isn't sadly, inspiration came from a hemmit truck if anywhere. There are and will be soviet references, but only because there the 'reds'.

Started on boyz squad 2/ Rescued dead minis

I sat down today and picked out 11 boyz with 2 cc weapons to start customizing, but got distracted by two models that were damaged and had parts missing. Was so pleased with them though that they will be the 1st boyz of squad 2!

Both of these orks had there faces taken off, no idea why & they had both lost there hand weapons. The newer one had also had some green-stuffing done to his back to make him fractionaly bigger; I could have scraped it off but i decided i would just try to cover it up. With the old school boy i also wanted to see if i could mess with the monopose model and get a bit more out of it. So i shaved of the horns (will be used on another model i'm sure), gave him a face plate to hide his disfigurement, replaced his pistol, repositioned his arm and gave him a bigger better chopper.
The ork iv'e created is oozing with character.





The newer Ork who might be a black reatcher I added a tin bucket cyborg head along with fleshing out the armour and adding another pistol, then customising those pistols. The armour looked a bit bare so i added some rivets and glyphs.

I have a very soft spot in my heart for rescuing old, damaged or hopelessly out-of-date minis. So glad you're fixing some up. The boyz look fantastic with their finished rides.

Loving the salvage work, awesome stuff, some wonderful inspirational work.

Gitsplitta wrote:I have a very soft spot in my heart for rescuing old, damaged or hopelessly out-of-date minis. So glad you're fixing some up. The boyz look fantastic with their finished rides.

Thanks Gits, I am really pleased with how they came out. Waste not, want not.

Camkierhi wrote:Loving the salvage work, awesome stuff, some wonderful inspirational work.

Thank you very much for those inspirational words! I shall have to keep up the good work.

S_A

Excellent salvaging!

 amazingturtles wrote:
Excellent salvaging!

Thank you! got some coming up as its turns out

Old & looted

So my mate was recently clearing out his attic and came across a box of random minis which among a sizeable necron force and the ever present space machines were some orks! I was more than happy to take them off his hands. The notable things were 3 assault on black reach dethkopters which i'm blooming pleased about as iv'e always loved these models but never had the pocket to buy them.
Also were 3 old looted space marine tanks, which had been converted with cut up CD cases! These 3 models are really well done, the turrets even move! The artillery is really nice and classic so i will make that into a big track. However almost to good for Ork tanks in my eyes and a little to small for me so i'm not sure what to do with them. Maybe i shall give them to a friend to use as looted vehicles.



sorry about the blur!






Made a small start on this one, adding decking to make it bigger and will either cover the back or give the canon big plates to protect it.

Those are really nice already, that's an amazing and fun find. Big old plates to protect the cannon sounds nice and orky

Cool looted vehicles! I had a twisted idea about red skinned orks as they are fungoids,,,,,,,white speckles on the shoulders, or arms, faces/heads,,,,,walking Ammonitas!

Great find, they look to have had some really good work done already. I know it is a shame in many ways, but you could cut them up and do so much with the collective parts. Maybe they are not right for you at the moment but why not convert. I get the same thing when I get second hand stuff off ebay, someone has maybe done a great job, but it is not what you want, get the hacksaw out and chop. You sir are an Ork Mek, it is what you do!

Cool stuff. Looking forward to seeing what you do with those. I really like the red ish vehicle with the massive gun on top!

EDC

@amazingturtles - Yeah quite a score really.
@shas - bleedin heck, thats crazy. There obvs so scary that there getting in your dreams haha.
@camkeirhi - HAHAHA wise words, my mek friend. I shall dive into the modelling fray unabashed.
@EDC - Thanks man, slowly getting some ideas.



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Some updates on my bikers, the boyz don't fit so well so iv;e had to my 1st bit of ork reposeing. Getting the orks on the bikes is one thing but then getting there arms to the handle bars will be another.

You can always trim at the elbow and wrist to get the hands on the handlebars. Cover it up with Ork straps made from sprue shavings and some plastic cement. In fact getting some thin stripes of polystyrene can be given a quick brush of liquid plastic cement and then wrapped around joints that don't look right because you have cut and adjusted them.

Hope that helps,

CB

@captinbrown - yeah iv'e got some millput but i'm not expert with it, also the distance puts one or two of them no wear near the bars haha!

Truckk No.2 commencing

So being mad mek of mind i jump from project to project and so have started another truckk! Even though i don't need one haha!

Learning from my 1st attempt Iv'e started with a more measured approach of doing the chassis 1st so i know were the wheels will go. Iv'e gone with a sturdy ladder chassis made from solid spruce then added axles and suspension onto it.



The end bits are wear the wheels should fitt onto.




Wasn't sue about how to do the suspension as i didn't want to add any height above or below the chassis, so in the end i came up with slanting it. Not much comfort but better than non.









& the drive shaft, making its 6 wheel drive and at this point i also decided the steering rack would be hidden. It's the future you see.



Thats all so far folks!

Great work, looks nice and solid, and since when do Orks worry about comfort!

Just for maybe future reference, you could have done a trailing arm assembly for the suspension, would have added no height but look more conventional, just a blob of Milliput or GS under the axle to make it look like an airbag would also add detail. and talking of blobs, a blob at each of the drive shaft joints will look similar to a diff. And lastly a second Bar running parallel to the front axle and a disc hub before the wheel will look like true steering.

Please do not take these comments in any way as criticism, just suggestions, your work is brilliant and inspiring. Can't wait to see more.

Oh and with your skills, you could adjust the handlebars on the bikes to fit the Orks. Admit that adjustment of arms maybe necessary, but try a little mechanical adjustment. A simple extension could solve your issue, and would not look out of place, it is an Ork bike after all.

@cam - moving the Handel bars! Haha brilliant, how did I not think of that. Ape handles hear I come. Also do not worry criticism and advice is very wellcome. And in this case acted upon...




Also another boy to add to the 2nd squad. Not much done just a shoulder pad and a fat amo hopper.

I’m back

So I’ve moved house and been very busy but I’ve finally got around to making a new painting table and getting on with it. This also means I’ve got the enthusiasm to Finnish some of my projects. Not much progress to show but I’ve decided to do the armoured orksonal carrier red. Hopefully update again soon.

Subscribed! Definitely going back to the beginning of the thread to read the whole thing!

Great to see you back. Welcome home. Great red boy moving device.

@chamberlain Thanks man! Hopefully I’ll provide some good gubbins for you too look at.

@camkierhi Cheers dude, good to be back at it.

progress on the big red ork transportation device

So I managed to stay at it and with enthusiasm so this is just a post to keep me motivated and show I haven’t just disappeared straight away.Due to my decision to make it red it’s ment I had to find an alternative colour than Red to paint the glyphs. I went with checkers and it worked well in some instances and less in others. Managed to remember how to do battle damage and rust so that’s good. Still need to add dirt & dust and break up that red a bit more.


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Note to self: Those photos make me want to add fins, so I will write this as a reminder to add them on the next project.

Welcome back stonned_astartes. I know all about the work involved in moving and the impact on your painting. Just moved myself last month.

Cheers,

CB

@cb yeah, more stressful than you think. Congratulations on the move.

big red finnished

May i present my custom built Armoured Ork-personel Carrier BIG RED! Mashed together especially by mad mek mike for my warboss and his boyz!

That looks really good SA. Love the glyph on the back hatch.

@gitz - The mek hatch haha, cheers man.

So stonned_astartes, have anything coming out for Orktober?

I have made my contributions this month.

Cheers,

CB

@captain Brown - Hmmm... I guess I should really finish that second boyz squad off... I shall see. Though they wont be as scary as your rocket squad.

My Contribution to Orktober!!

In just in time with 15mins to spare!

Great stuff. Nice to see the boys getting some love.

 stonned_astartes wrote:


In just in time with 15mins to spare!

stonned_astartes,

Just in the nick-of-time.

Glad you added to the Green (err Red) wave.

Cheers,

CB

Just-in-time is still on time . Nice work!

Giving the orks some loving today. So many projects need doing, near zero troops painted would like to have a decent army together.

Carried on with the big track as it’s got so much potential, still a lot to do including rivets.





I also dug our all my troops and found about 40 boys with cc weapons I can get on with. Most need base coating but a few where already white washed so I’ve cracked on with just a few. Also my 1st bike and a few copters in the base coating list.

Boyz wip

Do like the red skin...

@Gitz - Thanks, It is a bit different. I'm planning on making the smaller orks brighter and the bigger, older ones darker. Like old leather.

Hears the finished boyz, 7 more to add to the completed pile. This brings me to about 20 so far. Gone with a more muted, battered and rusty look (which sped up the painting process).

That old school plastic ork in the front makes me smile. Like your ideas on the aging of the skin. Very appropriate.

Haha all Boyz welcome in my mob if they can fight!

At first i thought i'd find khorne boyz here.
INstead i found red orks, not disapointed though well done.

stonned_astartes,

The Red Waaaagh continues...you can never have enough Orks.

One suggestion on the really old mono-pose ones with axes and sluggas was a head swap or a weapon swap with all the extra pieces that comes with the new Ork sprues...it will help make them disappear into the horde.

Cheers,

CB

@notonline!!! Haha the boyz sneaky and cunning tricked you. Thanks though.

@captinbrown - That sounds like a plan as I’ve got another 10 or so to do. Will have to buy a new box of boyz soon.

The red warrrrg continues.... white warrrg.

 stonned_astartes wrote:
@captinbrown - That sounds like a plan as I’ve got another 10 or so to do. Will have to buy a new box of boyz soon.

I did the same thing with the mono-pose Gretchen from the same box set...although they are a little harder as you have to cut the heads off to make some variations, mixed in with the new ones and they do not stand out as 3rd Edition figures.


Not as easy as the Orks where you can even saw off an arm as there are so many spares in the Ork box.

Forward the horde.

Like those objective markers.

Cheers,

CB

@captin brown - Very nice work, the different heads really take away that mono pose look. Surely you could do something with those old guns? Add or swap bits from some Shootas maybe? Got a few that I might have a go with and post the results. I had a brief go at remodelling one of the monopole boyz a while back with some success and I’ve bougt a boyz box so when that arrives I’ll have a go.

The painting warrgh continues...(tm to captain brown).

Some more boyz done, really not putting much effort into it now, just want them done. Got like 30 boyz painted up now and another 30 on the way, and going to make some kamandos.



A quick shot of the painted army so far (minus the big red armoured Ork carrier).

Nice progress stonned_astartes,

Yes, even when we think we are finished the models pull us back in with more to paint.

Fun little shout out on your October 13th post.

Cheers,

CB

They're looking pretty cohesive on the tabletop, always a nice effect even if, as you say, you're not spending ages getting each model painted to high quality.

Can't have enough boyz!

@gitz - never! Another 30 boyz mob on the way next!

@commissarkhaine - Thanks mate, I’m really going for just having a tabletop ready army instead of a pile of unpainted and half made models. Who really looks closely at a boys mob anyway.

@CB - can’t be sterling motors with no credit now. Yep always another squad to do.

So this is the last lot of boyz all finished and a few models which needed the bases finishing. Looking good all together.



So this is most of my 1st 30 boyz squad, up next is another and this time I’m going to try and mix up all the 10 or so single pose models.

I think your definition of "most" is different than mine (I count 14 of 30).

You got me. It’s a fair cop gov.

Counting like an ork I see . And panting for tabletop effect works, I did my guard that way, learned a lot from it.

I approve of anything involving red orks and good to see the horde growing!

I really like the objective markers - little details like that are what gets me excited about this hobby. The vehicles are great too 8-)

@tzurk thanks man, need to make a few more trips get up to 6.

@commissarkhaine Yeah It seems to be the way with troop heavy armies.

So little bit of progress I’ve messed around with some of the old mono pose boyz meaning I’ve gotten t another 30 boyz ready to prime and then paint.

stonned_astartes,

Looking good, nice to see the variation with the old mono-pose Orks. If you need more shootas and arms just let me know, because like the one in the center, once they get new arms they fit right in with the current Orks.

Cheers,

CB

@commissarkhaine Yeah It seems to be the way with troop heavy armies.

Agreed, especially of you wqnt to get it battle-ready. Also, detailing is easy to add later on once there's time for it, just focus on neatness and effect and you'll be golden!

Loving that you're not keeping all the monopose boys identical btw.

@captainbrown - Thnaks, I’ll be honest my list doesn’t really have much room for them I just got worried ide run out cc arms

@commissarkhaine - Thnaks also, they should blend in well.

1st bit of my 2nd boyz squad. 7 models, in based. 23 more to go.

stonned_astartes,

Keep up the battle against the unpainted.

Cheers,

CB

Good job, keep it up!

Cheers for the motivation guys.

Here’s the next 7 boys. The photo quality should be better as I’ve got a new camera.



More... eventually.

Hope you had a great holidays. Happy New Year. Lovely bunch of Boyz.

Wow, I haven’t seen those old second edition boyz in years! Nice work getting some variety in there and mixing them in with some kitbashes.

Thanks guys for the holiday wishes and comments on the models. I had a excellent festive season thanks, hope you and everyone else had a quality holidays too!

Next lot of the second squad ready to be based includes the nob and another kit bashed 2nd ed boy.

We need more 2nd edition orks, they have so much character. All looking great.

@ - Cam, well here are some more 2nd Ed boyz for your eyes!

Yes that’s right I’ve finished the squad! Just need to base them and I’ll take some group photos. Actually did a little victory dance last night as these guys seem to have taken forever.



Here is the full 30boy squad all painted and based. I think the 2nd ed boys blend right in. Looking at them the one thing I noticed missing is glyphs and checkers, but I can always add those at a later date. Right now i'm extremely happy with the result iv'e got. there all ebay rescues and I recognised alot of black reach guys in there, but on the whole they look good and probably cost around £15, so not bad.





And now some obligatory army shots of all the models ive completed so far.





Now that squad is done I can get on with something more fun, making my own Ork Kommandos. Making these guys atually gave me the motivation to finish the boyz.
The idea with these guys is to cover them in scrap metal to illustrate how sneaky and kunnin' they are.























And the status of some other projects.



Thanks for looking!
(Pics better quality when clicked on).

Army is looking good stonned_astartes.

Cheers,

CB

Snazy orks still, come to visit this thread to rarely it seems.

Captain Brown wrote:Army is looking good stonned_astartes.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks CB, the long modelling war continues. Starting to feel like it’s coming together now.

Not Online!!! wrote:Snazy orks still, come to visit this thread to rarely it seems.

Thanks man, I post this thread rarely it seems. Thanks for looking though.

Painted my 1st 3 ork commandos, the idea is there handing in with scrap metal and other junk hence why they have metal plates stuck to them. Kunnin’ orks. I’ve done them with less grey and stuck junk in there based so they look like there blending in. To the trained eye of a scout they would stand out like a sore thumb, but in a battle zone with dust being kicked up and troopers being flung around in there transports they might just stand a chance of sneaking up on you, (or more accurately stumbling into them laying in wait).






I also managed to Paint my very 1st bike. I mostly modelled this years back in this thread from a ramshackle.com bike. It’s not perfect and a few bits broke of in the painting but it’s better than sitting in a bits box! Hopefully it will give me the motivation to finish some more bikes.







Next project before I carry on with my commandos is make a war boss with big chopper and a big Mek with pk. Now my current war boss has a hell of pk so I want to use that for the big mek. Consider just converting him to be the big mek and make a kff to stick on his back and use the ork behind him as a base for my war boss OR swap his arm for a choppa and build a new big mek with the nob from the boyz box and this this bfpk. Decisions, decisions...

Interesting concept on the Ork Commandos, sort of reminds me of some work someone did years ago when an ork was holding up a poster in front of it to hide behind.

Cheers,

CB

Yeah I know the picture you mean haha definitely gave me inspiration, my fave is the one where there all hiding as one tank.

So I built a new big mek from scratch and he’s looking pretty good.

5 more dudes, 4 rokkit guys and and a burna for my scouts.

Interesting scratch built Big Mek you have made there. Congratulations on getting five more Orks painted for the horde.

Cheers,

CB

Love these little red buggers. Great work on the mek and I love the bike - hope to see more of those!

Thanks guys, really appreciate the appreciation. Really helps with my motivation. Next 5 guys and the mek are being painted now.

Keep it up! That mek is looking great, can't wait to see him painted!

Cheers boys, yeah really pleased with the mek, almost painted up and on a new base. Thanks for the support managed to bash these guys out aswell as painting up the mek. Again now I’ve got most of my emu painted I can spend some more time on them so adding more colour where I can to break up the red and grey, aswell as adding a bit to the bases although that hasn’t done much.



And this is the commandos squad so far with normal ork for comparison so you can see how stealthy they are.



Thanks for stopping by!

They look rugged! I like the dirt and rust and wear effects, they really work well with the bases

Like the burna a lot!

@amazingturtles - thanks my man! Was difficult to work out how to get them to stand out against the normal boys and I’m pleased they have worked. Still got the rest of the squad to do.

@gitz - thnakz man! Found him in a eBay halw and had to keep him.

Here’s my big mek with kustom force field, so odd that gw doesn’t make a model for this.







He’s a bit messy, I think I went too liberal on the rust but he’s playable so I’m happy for now.

I think he looks very appropriate. Don't sweat the small stuff!

Yeah, i think the dirty rust effect will make him fit in even better with the rest of them. What I really like though is his little box of tools.

@gitz - Thanks man, yeah good advice in general tbf

@amazingturtles - yeah man cool isn’t it! Comes from the sm vindicator kit. Wanted to have a Gretchen hold them but couldn’t make it work. Mek has to has his spannerz

 stonned_astartes wrote:


Here’s my big mek with kustom force field, so odd that gw doesn’t make a model for this.

stonned_astartes,

Yes, they used to have one, and eventually he just went out of stock and was dropped.

Well you have filled the gap.

Cheers,

CB

Current army shot!

Very nice SA, they look great!

Been a while stonned_astartes.

But I will exalt the army shot.

Cheers,

CB