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Hey Dakka! Long time Plog reader, first time Plog writer.

I have been working on a Mechanized Ork Army for some time now (6 - 12 months I think) and have failed to keep my motivation up, except to meet a deadline for a local tournament but that's a different post. Until now I had no way of posting my progress on Dakka, but alas Christmas has brought me a Camera.

The design of my lists are armoured spearheads with foot sloggers to clean up the mess, the theme of my army is Battle for da 'Ardennes. With my Waagh represented by hints of Wermacht and a recurring theme of running out of fuel, including details such as da boys carrying fuel canisters, Meganobs wearing empty 44 gallon drums, and an Empty Oil Tanker turned Armoured Battle Wagon (see Dreadnought - DeathRace for a good reference).

First up, my 2 main HQ's:




Waagh Profile: Spear 'Ead WIP
Rank: Waagh Marshal - Big Boss
Transport: Personal Speed Trakk
Supporting Information: Leader of the Mekanized Ladz, Maintains a high level of discipline un-heard of in Ork Kulture. Always leads from the front, in Personal Speed Trakk (bike). Also possesses a level of logistical skill that allows for his nearly un-fuelled army to keep rolling.



(NOTE: DREADNAWT HAS BEEN DISASSEMBLED, SOON TO BE REBUILT AND REPAINTED)

Those are the two major leaders, I have many yet to post about, but to keep you interested i'll post a couple more pics of my waagh. Next post i'll start painting my Gaznawt, and show some more profiles. C'n'C welcome.

Wow, liking the dread-ork-thingy the most but all your current models are looking awesome.

niece i love too see more

Lookin' great ChaplainTed, love your choice of models and parts for the kit bashes.

I'm just starting a Mekanized Ork Army myself, I'll be watching your progress closely

That is one funny use of a halftrack! Everything looks superb

Alright, bad weather, bad day of work. Didn't get around to priming gaznawt.

However, I do have another HQ profile.



Waagh Profile: Kan Mek WIP
Rank: Current Mek Boss, watches over other Big Meks.
Transport: Kan Wagon 'The Big Rigg'
Supporting Information: Kan Mek, also referred to as Big Mek Kanner, is the current Mek Boss of Spear 'Eads Spearhead and the only other Ork who can give orders to Gaznawt. He Specializes in recycling and looting, especially in the way of empty gas containers. His role is to keep other Meks on their toes and make them perform to their absolute best. His Armour (Eavy Armour + Cybork) is a lighter version of the 44 Gallon Armour he usually builds, this is to allow space for the fitting of his kustom force field. He also features a fastened Power Klaw and a retractable boss poll.

Here are some of his projects.




The Deadly Kan Nobs (Mega Armoured Nobs) - Have ordered 12 more appropriately sized Drums for more MA-Nobs and for scenic details.




... and my WIP empty oil tanker - a Cut in 1/2 Battle Wagon with an added trailer.

My plan is to add another set of wheels (hence Big Rigg) and ad 44 gallon drums under cab between the wheels, and then armour plate and weaponise the Tanker. None of which I can do until I get around to ordering some plastic card.

Alright thats me for now. Thanks for all the positive comments

Haha, love the ork legs sticking out beneath the kanz, and that tanker looks like its gonna turn out great too!

Awsome! keep going

These look awesome
As a mech ork player i love these the ghaznought and big mek the most.

@oldone - Cheers, hope you like the Meks below as well.
@Y Logan - Will do.
@Boyz - Haha thanks, I hope it does too, I really hope I don't shelve it for too long.
PS. More posts make me post more.

Tale of 3 Meks...




Waagh Profile: Big Mek Dread Klaw WIP
Rank: Masta of Arse'n'al
Transport: N/A
Supporting Information: Dread Klaw is in charge of distrubuting ammo, making sure big guns get big ammo ect. He is also known to help out in the field, loading the heavy ordinance machines that his dread klaw allows him to, and to engage enemies with his destructive Kombi Skorcha. His Dread-Klaw is a trophy of mystery, he will tell you he wrestle the arm off of a rampaging deffdread, but it's more likely he just build it himself.





Waagh Profile: Big Mek Kron (aka MEKRON) WIP
Rank: Minista of Alta'nate Gaz Soursez
Transport: N/A
Supporting Information: Kron, fulfilling his title, believes he has found the solution to the gaz shortage, using Necron Fuel cells. Using not a drop of fuel, he has shown that he can support a Kustom Mega Blasta and a Burna, hardwired into a Necron Destroyer Frame, which is hardwired into himself... However, Kron is looked upon with suspicion, for no one is truly sure if he controls the Necron, or if the Necron controls him.




Waagh Profile: Big Mek Ded Eye WIP
Rank: Masta of Mork'n'anse
Transport: N/A
Supporting Information: Ded Eye achieved his Rank by mastering the unusual task of fine-tuning a weapon, making them more stable, more accurate. It is for this reason he carrys a HUD for aiming, a large spanner in case of Ordinance breakdowns, and a burna with a scope. He is responsible for the Shokk Attack Array (manned by all three of these Big Meks) and makes sure the shots hit home (but not literary).



Also in way of Projekts:
- Have secured this chaos rhino, which will be promptly looted and given a turret when I can track one down, it will be my third looted tank in the formation.
- Bought about 6 - 8 of these old edition Siege Rams (I Think, IG Maybe), no matter, they are spiky and will represent reinforced Rams, which will be included on all tanks except my BattleWagon.
- I couldn't decide what to do with this Mega Armoured Nob, doesn't fit my Kan Nobs and GazNawt is way bigger so it can't represent a Warboss, so he's gunna be my 5th Big Mek. Watch out for this guy i'm gunna go all out with him. I Plan on him carrying one of those cool twin-linked dakkguns and making him use it with both hands, hopefully achieving the look of a Devestator with HB whilst maintaining the Mek Attitude.

Peace out.

Gaznawt update, just a quick basecoat, going with ultramarines and blood angels for the dreadnought schemes so far. Still WIP so be nice.

I dunno what to put for his DCCW though, salamanders green? What do you guys think.

It looks cool especially the big meks

Awesome, you got some seriously cool stuff going on!

Subscribed!

Did you use spray can lids for the giant fuel tank? If so a word of warning they will not take paint well at all, try giving the tank a quick sand with some sand paper just to roughen it up a bit. Otherwise great conversions, espeicially like the 'Ned Kelly' meganobs.

Very interesting conversions. The use of those gas cans really made me laugh.

Another Update, another couple layers, another couple to go. I present Paintnawt.




Tomorrow I'll finish his banner, and his base, as well as a couple of unnecessary touch ups just because he's Gaznawt.



Also, my current Ar'med kolumn. Heres a quick snap, I havn't included my new chaos looted tank thats still on the workbench, but there is half of a halftrack behind the BattleWagon if you can see it.

And yes they are paintcan lids, well played sir, i'm always on the look out for something better, so far to no avail.

@iior - Then you'll be pleased to know I just purchased 12 new 28mm 44-gallon drums, I don't know what ratio i'm going to make Kan Nob/Scenery Drums yet, but it's starting to lean towards Kan Nobs.

Peace.

Haha. Yes! Kan nobs are cool. Maybe some killa cans too if you have larger cans.

That Ar'med Kolumn is shaping up nicely, exactly the kind of thing I want to do with my Mekanized Army. Paintnawt is very impressive too, keep up the great work!

As promised, finish Gaznawt Dread-kill:




I'm not particularly happy with the bosspole/flag, made some amateur mistakes with the blacktemplars face plate and the writing, but nothing I can't fix. Have also dug out my Nob Bikers, my only way to justify paying that amount for the biker kit. I'm gunna run this 3 man squad with my warboss on bike, and another 3 man with wazdakka to head up the spear 'ead. This army is turning apocolypse real fast.



Peace.

Nice stuff. Very orky looking

Cheers Cain, im doing my best to keep it orky

Today I surprised myself, I actually started work on my Battle Wagon. I have added the swing door to allow dedicated troops out, added a top hatch with gun loader, another set of wheels and gaz tanks under the tanks, as well as a sweet Visor for the BW.




Ned Kelly! haha added him because of a comment in this thread




Tomorrows Job:
Fix the loaders missile
green stuff / glue some spikes on the deffroller
add armour plates + 2 big shootas

Thats me, Peace.

Not much done today, but I need to keep my posts daily.

Just done some work on the battlewagon, added some plates, rivets. Also started building a canvas for my supply trukk, just needs a cab now.




I was hoping to build a couple trukks full of tank bustas, but they can't take dedicated so i'm a little lost on what to put in it. I question boys in trukks, as there are other more dedicated units to jump into the fray fast, and i want to put nobs in my german half trakks, as there just cooler. any sugestions + thoughts welcome.

Been a quiet day, just messing around with my supply trukk. It's loosely based on the Dawn of War Ork Trukk, with canvas, covered cabin and reinforced ram. I made the canvas by building a frame inside the trukk bay with sprue, then pva'ing the paper on top of it. I saw a really nice way of camouflaging oil drums for terrain somewhere using paper and pva, which I can hopefully recreate.




Also included, a pic of dis-embarking boys. These are some of my shoota boys in my 25 man mob (I don't no where the other 5 went ) and a pic of my concept wierdboy used as a nob. I wanna make a profile for the Minista of da Orkkult, a wierdboy wearing leather, sporting an all metal face (refer to the assassin in Hellboy 1) and some form of psychic stick.

Peace.

nothing done today, other then trying to work out a couple of feasible lists and conversions there after.

Edit: The rest of this post no longer applies.

Another awesome Ork thread for me to loot.. I mean appreciate

Haha the feeling is mutual Arakasi, been watching your plog since page 1


Automatically Appended Next Post:
If you've been following, up above me 10 or so posts, I have half a Mega nob I was going to turn into a Big Mek w/ Mega Armour. Well building his concept was my goal of the day, and that progressed a bit further then I had anticipated.




Also for size comparison, a Picture of BMek w/MA, my MetalFace Nob and a standard shoota boy:



I still have some pistons, bolts and plates to ad onto him, other then that he is nearly ready for Spraying.

(NOTE: MEGA MEK HAS BEEN DISASSEMBLED, HIS ACTIVE SERVICE REVOKED)

All C&C welcome, Peace.

Alright thought it was about time to pick up this thread again, i'm not gunna make any lame excuses just had a shift in priorities is all.

Whats happened since last post? A lot, some of my models have been de-constructed and redesigned, others have been upgraded and safegaurded. It's a pity but I'm stuck at my parents with no models to show you guys.

I've made a big change to my KFF Mek, but unfortunately it won't be hitting the tables anytime soon, just figured out it only gives 5+ cover save to vehicles :( will post ASAP.

Have combined my vindicator and spare rhino to form a temporary battle wagon (which will become my freebooter flagship eventually), cut my BattleWagon/Oil tanker down to a more appropriate size, and added a couple units of Nobs to my force.

As I said before I will post when able, earliest tommorow night.

Alright as promise, small update though as my internets to slow to upload as many photos as hoped.



My Half Trakk, thing of beauty aint it? I'm going to use this for my stormtroopers (Nobs) as an Trukk with Reinforced Ram, Armour Plates and Smoke Launchers.



My Finished (mostly) Battlewagon, shortened to an appropriate size and upgraded to carry a lobba.



This is gunna be interesting, my WIP Open-Topped Battlewagon, can carry a multitude of things with a multitude of layouts.

That's it until next time, remember posting more makes me post more.