I've got far too many orks. There's probably a lot of us here who do what I did. Buy way too much stuff, paint a few models and then get bored and move onto the next project. But still occasionally buy stuff for the old projects.

Anyway, I was talking to one of my gaming buddies this weekend and made a joke that if I had painted one ork a day from when I had started collecting them, I would have a pretty decent army by now. Which got me thinking, I often lose interest in a project because I absolutely hate batch painting and once I've done a unit I can't be bothered to ever paint that scheme again. But I quite enjoy painting single miniatures. So, I figured I would give it a go, paint one ork a day and see how long I can keep it up for. I posted my first attempt up on Facebook and it felt pretty good to see people liking the pic. Why not double down and start a blog on Dakka Dakka, I thought, so here I am.

I'm not the best painter in the world by any stretch but I figure if this helps keep me motivated, I might have a small force by the end of the year!


Enough talk - here's ork number 1




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And because I actually started this project yesterday, here's a bonus ork. Normal service will be resumed tomorrow.

 kaiserjez wrote:
I've got far too many orks

Is there such a thing?

But in all seriousness the paint scheme is spot on and I like the spirit of the project. How many Orks do you have, model-wise?

OscarWao wrote:


But in all seriousness the paint scheme is spot on and I like the spirit of the project. How many Orks do you have, model-wise?

Cheers!

Erm, hundreds. Been a while since I counted them. This blog could go on or a while!

Day 3

I think it's a great idea, and the ideal number of orks to have is all of them. All the orks.

Day 4

Came for a new ork, got a new ork. Great paintjob man.

 TheEldanariPrince wrote:
Came for a new ork, got a new ork. Great paintjob man.

Cheers buddy!
Here's today's effort!
Day 5

nice orks there and a good idea.

What a brilliant idea. Like doing crunches or calling your mom, except you get to Waaagh! at the end. Great painting, too!

I like that last one! Is that a classic metal burna ork?

Cheers for the nice words, I appreciate it!

 amazingturtles wrote:
I like that last one! Is that a classic metal burna ork?

It sure is. All the Kommandos so far have been metal. I was a bit bummed out when I first realised that Kommandos couldn't take Big Shootas or Burnas anymore but I guess he can be seconded to a unit of Burna Boyz, if I ever get round to painting them!

Good job, always nice to see some good painted greenskins

Day 6

I like that old metal guy, nice to know i identified him right!

This one isn't as familiar to me, but i think it's neat how he's got the bullets draped over his wrist. And an excellent paint job, of course

He's an old metal Kommando too.

As A guy with 25 easy build guardsmen on my table staring up at me, and probably another 50 to go at least for my lists to work, I have sympathy for and appreciate this thread!

Good idea to do an Ork a day, hopefully it keeps the pain boy away! Great paint scheme too, the horde will be looking good soon enough!

Day 7



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And here's a really naff quality week 1 group shot!

That method is a great idea for clearing an orc backlog. Great color scheme, green skin looks nice and I love the lenses on the last model!

Thanks again for the kind words!

Day 8


Historically, when I get to painting the basic troops for a faction is when I rapidly loose interest, lets see if this project keeps me on track!

Thanks for the clarification on the metal commando! Gotta love the guy with the grot on his head. I hope that you keep this up, it's an exciting project to follow

Day 9

Outstanding job!! Your not just hammering on the quantity but you are succeeding on the quality too. Keep up the good work. I have to start clearing out my back log also. I'll be using this thread for inspiration. Subbed.

Yup, excellent job! And it's nice to get a reminder of just how much personality and variety orks have to them, with all the different minis over the years.

Cheers guys! I'm not as happy with this next one, I just couldn't seem to get the skin highlights right. Oh well, he's only an Ork Boy so don't dwell on it and on to the next one!
Day 10

Day 11

These are looking great, I really like the skin, really makes their muscles stand out.

Nice work, very impressed with the quality. Keep it up.
Been doing something similar myself. I have something like 9k points of painted Evil Sunz but I always had a handful of odds and sods lurking at the back of my cupboard waiting for their turn. Spare Meks, Pain boyz and Nobz as well as a couple of kit-bashed Deff Dreds and buggies.
The spare time I have means that these sad little forgotten boyz have now joined their fungus bros with a fresh lick of paint.

These look fantastic!

How long-ish does each one take?

How many days you got scheduled for this?

Thanks for commenting guys!

 Insectum7 wrote:


How long-ish does each one take?

How many days you got scheduled for this?

Not totally sure to be honest, I tend to do a bit when I get home from work, have some dinner, do a bit more etc. Probably around an hour for just a normal ork boy but I'm not toally sure. I'll try and time it tomorrow! I'm aiming to keep going daily until I get 500 points done, then I might have a break, dunno!

Day 12

Good to see that your still keeping the pace and quality up. It’s giving me an itch for some Orks

Day 13


Technically 2 orks I know but only 1 model so I'm saying it counts!

It definitely counts. The truck looks great. You really are setting a pace. As far as the rank and file orks I have always found that I like certain of the boyz models better than others that I have painted.

I really like this project, a great way to get rid of that pile of shame! It looks like you'll have a horde finished in no time. I'm also impressed by the quality you manage to keep up with the quick pace.

Yeah, that counts and a half! It's got some nice wear and tear on it too.

Thanks team!

Day 14

Looks like he’s having fun with the looted piranha! I’m massively impressed that you painted the wagon in 1 day! What condition did it start the day in?

 gobert wrote:
Looks like he’s having fun with the looted piranha! I’m massively impressed that you painted the wagon in 1 day! What condition did it start the day in?

The truck was mostly painted already, just needed a few bits re-doing to make it fit in with my new Boyz.

That's great loot for the orc, he will continue the fight for the greater Waaagh! Always exciting to pop in here everyday.

Week 2 group shot

Excellent project and great quality turn out to boot.
Hope you can stick at it through at least one mob of plastic boyz. I'll be cheering all the way.

This is an awesome project and you're killing it. It'll probably go on forever though.

 kaiserjez wrote:
Day 7

Probably one of my favorite Ork models of all time, you've done it justice here. Great idea for a thread, you're producing really high quality work and it's fun to see daily updates. Keep at em!

Nice progress so far.

Thanks again to anyone who comments!

I didn't keep an exact time, because I wander off and do something between base coats, washes etc to let stuff dry, but I reckon it takes me about half an hour of actual painting to finish off a basic ork boy. If I was batch painting them I obviously cou;d smash them out but if I did that, I would get about 2 days in and never want to look at another ork again. I'm actually quite enjoying the process of doing 1 a day.

Day 15

Great work bud, they look smashing.

I'm in a similar predicament but with bloodletters and berserkers!

Great job! I really like this ork it came in the black reach starter I believe. Those orks help to break up a mob without conversions. The paint job and basing are great. Hope to see more soon.

Pointer5 wrote:
Great job! I really like this ork it came in the black reach starter I believe.

Like a lot of people who do horde armies, a lot of my boyz are from ebay, there's definitely some Black Reach models mixed in there!

Day 16

As an ork player, I really appreciate this thread. Keep at it.

You have an astounding amount of willpower. I can barely paint a model a fortnight, which doesn't bode well for the 40+ boys that are taking over my desk.

Keep up the good work!

That last fella is a propa orky badass. Love it!

Love the grav-bike and Kommandos! The paint scheme really works for them as well.

The one a day concept is great, looking forward to seeing them.

Thanks for commenting guys! I'm happy people are enjoying the thread, it definitely helps keep me motivated

A bit of a cheat day today, this guy was already mostly done. I repainted a few bits to tie him in with the rest of the gang, added a few more check patterns and did an entirely new base for him to match my current method. I've actually ran out of 32mm bases, so unless my hobby supplies order turns up soon, there will be further breaks from normal boyz!

Day 17

I like seeing each new orky thing! It's a nice surprise every day.

I love the vehicles, the chipping is done really well, enough to b interesting but not overwhelming.

Nice progress! The vehicles are looking sharp.

The metal chipping on the deff dread is great.

Cheers guys!

Day 18

He’s a fun guy, nice pile of brass on the floor too!

Are those Kromlech running legs on the gunner?

 Warboss_Waaazag wrote:
Are those Kromlech running legs on the gunner?

They sure are!

He looks so happy about his big gun.

Hm.

I guess i'll leave it phrased that way

Really impressive work on the Dredd! I think the Goff color scheme looks best when weathered a little bit and you really have done a great job on it.

Day 19

You have a really good painting style with these Orks, they look excellent. At some point could we get a brief step by step? Might be useful to others seeking such productivity!

 Ragsta wrote:
You have a really good painting style with these Orks, they look excellent. At some point could we get a brief step by step? Might be useful to others seeking such productivity!

Cheers!

My scheme is pretty simple, I don't think my camera is gonna be good enough to take pictures of the steps, it doesn't really pick up some of the highlights as it is!

Here's what I do though:
Spray chaos black
Paint the straps and a few other details khorne red
Paint all the metal Leadbelcher
Agrax Earthshade over the red and metal - that's the metal done! (I sometimes highlight the sharp parts of a blade with stormhost silver)
Edge highlight the red with Wazdakka red
All the clothes I leave black, I just paint a faily broad highlight with dark reaper and then edge highlight with Russ Grey
For the flesh I follow this tutorial - How to paint ork skin I skip the final highlight for normal boyz other than on their faces.
Bases get a slathering of Stirland Mud with a drybrush of XV-88
Pick out the teeth and claws with Karak Stone, wash with Agrax and highlight with Wraithbone


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The grass tufts on the base are a mix of GW Middenland tufts and Great Escape Games Dry 6mm


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Day 20

I always liked that model. Great job! Although the way the grot holds to chains always looked a bit off to me - I don't think they should be completely straight like that. But that's the model, not your painting, which is ace. Thanks for sharing the tutorial!

Seeing these all individually really shows off the character of some of these Ork sculpts

 Don Qui Hotep wrote:
I always liked that model. Great job! Although the way the grot holds to chains always looked a bit off to me - I don't think they should be completely straight like that.

I agree, it looks a bit unnatural. I just figure they have been infused with Waaagh energy so are acting strangely!

Yeah, he's a really neat figure. Any ork that comes with a grot buddy is good by me.

 amazingturtles wrote:
Any ork that comes with a grot buddy is good by me.

What if he comes with three grot buddies!?




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Really wasn't feeling it today, my plan was to work on something "speshul" over the weekend but after finishing the Weirdboy I kinda ran out of steam. Ended up grinding this one out instead.

Day 21

Really impressive progress and quality. Your simple and effective paint scheme works great for the Orks, especially with all the conversions to keep things interesting. Keep up the great work.

Some times you’ve just got to grind it out. Good work keeping the count going. He’ll fit right in with the rest of em. Love the wierd boys hangers on, they look cool!

Day 19: really nice mini, you've got quite the selection to chose from it seems, and a super paint job as ever.

Day 20 - Holy smokes, turning that guy out in a day (day 20 of a marathon one-ork-a-day effort no less!) is a feat in itself. I got me this guy, painting him was a long slow and painful slog and I did a poor job of it and have hated the thing ever since. Seeing your work here is proof that redemption is possible for this guy.

Three grot buddies is at least ten times better! that's just science.

I never knew the model had two helpers at the back holding him down! That's a great touch.

I feel you on sometimes having to grind out an infantry or two between big projects.They all gotta get done one way or another, and the most important thing is keeping up that momentum. Good on ye.

In the original warp heads they would have two ork minderz carrying them along. It is good to see they kept the tradition with the grots.

Well, I managed 3 weeks of painting every day and then took a week off, then pottered about with some other projects. Finally got back on the horse a few days ago but didn't take any pics, whilst rooting for bits yesterday I found a light box I bought a while back so decided to dig it out and give it a go. Not sure if I like the pics with the crappy light better!
Anyway, here's days 22-25

I'm really into your colour palette! The red and green play nicely.

Good to see you’ve not fallen totally off the wagon! Hopefully the rest will have remotivated you.

Photos are a struggle for me, quite often getting one colour to look right makes the others look off. Keep trying and others tell me it gets easier

For saying this is a P&M blog, I've not done any work in progress shots. Here's one!

Now this is a great project!
Good that you managed to find way of painting that feels good and help you make some progress.

You keep a very good standard, especially given that you do one every day.
And breaks are okay, one could go crazy painting one boy a day for... hundreds(?) of days in a row.

Keep it up champ!

 gobert wrote:
Good to see you’ve not fallen totally off the wagon! Hopefully the rest will have remotivated you.

Photos are a struggle for me, quite often getting one colour to look right makes the others look off. Keep trying and others tell me it gets easier

I think you meant Waaaaaghgon.

 DaRealJDB wrote:

 gobert wrote:
Good to see you’ve not fallen totally off the wagon! Hopefully the rest will have remotivated you.

Photos are a struggle for me, quite often getting one colour to look right makes the others look off. Keep trying and others tell me it gets easier

I think you meant Waaaaaghgon.

How did I miss that pun?!?! I’ll go and hang my head in shame. Sorry.

Great to see you back. About the light box it always takes time to get used to new tools you haven't used before. The three boyz look great. Your driver or pilot looks wonderful. I can't remember which kit he comes from. Keep up the good work.

He's got some cool shades. Can't go wrong with some cool shades.

Works in progress are progress. Happy to see the updates. Agree with turtles that once you start your day with cool shades, you can only get cooler.

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Nice to see this back!

Cheers! I stopped painting orks as I just wasn't playing 40k. Last year I did the unthinkable and actually sold off most of my 40k, including my massive ork collection (I kept anything I had painted though).
New edition and Combat Patrol has got me all hyped to play again, we'll see how long that lasts!

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I get that, I had to sell off quite a bit of my stuff not too long ago too. I'm glad you've got some enthusiasm back! Just like that ork, he's got enthusiasm too.

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Great project!
In no time you'll have a great force.
You'll dedicate more time to characters, vehicles or bigger models?

Very cool project, subscribed

Cheers everyone, I appreciate anyone who takes time to comment.

I do spend longer on bigger models and characters, the aim of the project is to do at least the amount of painting it would take to do a single ork, from start to finish, every day.

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Coming along very nicely.

Yeah, good to see the Orks getting some more love