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It's official - my Trukks rock! Now if only I could get them finished/painted...

Super heavy eh? I still have Santobell's Orky Zepplin in the back of my mind... but yeah - I expect it would take a long time for me to make (let alone paint!) - but hopefuly it would be worth it!

A Da Dark Angelz ThundaHawx would be nice to see Ark! go go make it happen.

Yes well if next week goes as planned my zepplin will be the least of your worries for the rematch, I might finally finish making my trukks
and Battle Wagon/Scremaing Bell... hopefully... if the paid for work fairy comes to visit me that is.

me like dem ork yes me do

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Wow, Arakasi! Long time no see. You're doing some great work here, your orks are certainly inspiring! Keep up the great stuff!
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Id go with the white or bone so we can see more of the deffwing

Right - missed my update again last night - so here goes...

I wanted to do the decals on my Stormboy Nob to give Gitsplitta an idea of what we can do for his GMS one. Step one was to find my Forgeworld Tank Masterclass notes. No luck, but I remember writing them up on DakkaDakka, so a quick search later and I find them!

Decal/Transfer Information Download

I also found this: Decals 101

To give an idea of where I'm headed - my previous painted tattoos:


So I got a Nob arm and a Boy arm and started a test run... Left to right, top to bottom - the arms, with gloss varnish on the top halves, the transfers (slightly larger one for the Nob), Micro Set followed by the decal followed by Micro Sol, dried before adding another layer of Micro Sol, dried before adding another layer of Micro Sol.

Apologies for the picture quality... should look better when I do white transfers on green Ork skin... (I used the black transfers because I don't plan to use them, and they are the same size as the white ones...)

Finally - after taking a pin to the bumps in the middle and adding a final layer of MicroSol:


Actually looking pretty good here, photo quality not withstanding. I think if I trim the decals further to remove excess between the axes - especially at the top and bottom - I'll be good to go!

Got some more work done on the Twin Trukk too...

Beginnings of the front wheels...

And on to tonight!

The boring bit - no photos - I have gloss varnished all my Boyz upper arms in preparation for a transfer frenzy tomorrow evening - watch this space!

And then back on to the Twin Trukk...


Here we have the front suspension and wheels complete. You can see the benefits of some new tools here. My mitre is coming in very handy - I've been using it to cut sprue at 30 degrees to make the upper front shock mounts (also to attach the rear wheel guards at the front). Also, the circular discs at the top were made from a circular compass like thing with a blade - and then the centre drilled out. Between having the original Trukk as an example and my new tools, I *think* things are progressing a bit faster

And now for some housekeeping...

@Santobell: I think a Dark Angelz ThundaHawx will need to wait - awesome idea that it is though... Looking forward to facing off your Skave again in the future

@Joske De Veteraan: Glad you like dem Orks! Welcome!

@HadoukenAvenger: Thanks! And will do! Make sure you check back occasionally from hibernation...

@Eckeon: I may just go with the bone for the Deffwing next - it certainly is letting the team down at the moment... right after some tattoos...

Thanks for visiting!

Sounds like a plan, why are you using gloss varnish for tranfers ? I have not used gloss varnish with transfers and they come out fine. The suspension on the trukk loofs very impressive though.

I was just thinking, by the time you have finished this completly (all 1000+ orks) the great crusade will have started !

Very cool Arakasi...

That is one cool suspension system

@moonshine: The theory goes that gloss varnish provides a smooth flat surface for the transfer - which might otherwise lead to frosting. Of course, it may not be completely necessary because I'm using Micro Set as well, but it does have the additional advantage of protecting my hard work on the skin. If I completely stuff up, I should be able to strip back to the varnish... Not that it will help here, but it also should assist with washes... Eventually I'll matt varnish over the top and you will never know!

@moonshine, Gitsplitta, Alfndrate: Thanks. I'd hope it would be pretty cool by now given all the practise I've had!

But afterwards won't you orks all have shiney arms ?

moonshine wrote:But afterwards won't you orks all have shiney arms ?

That's what the final matt varnish is for

Matt surfaces are matt because it's a very rough, gritty (though very very fine) surface texture that doesn't reflect light as well. If you try to place a transfer onto this surface you will trap thousands of tiny air bubbles under the transfer, which will lead to a slightly silvery look. By putting a coat of gloss over the top, you have a completely smooth surface with no bubbles.

Arakasi, shouldn't there be a final layer of gloss over the top of the transfer to seal it in and smooth out the bumpy edge a little?

Glad the micro-sol/micro-set worked. I need to get some of that for my marine shoulder pads

I like the suspension! had you some better shoot of them or a scheme of how did you realized them?

@moonshine: What endtransmission said. Though I am liking the glossy look on the Ork skin - I may need to reapply it (though maybe not pure gloss, maybe a matt/gloss mix...)

@endtransmission: There should be a final layer of gloss over the top of the transfer to seal it in - just can't be bothered on the test arms I'll be trying the Micro Set/Sol out on the Dark Angels corpses shoulder pads - so you can see how it goes!

@FantasyBob: I have some of my previous tries - but I'll see what I can do...

Got home late

Attempted to give myself RSI cutting out transfers/decals - aren't they cute little butterflies... I mean Orky Bloodaxe crossed axes!


And the outcome... Shoota Boy:


Another Shoota Boy (that's all of them photographed recently now!):


Smaller photos because the quality isn't so good

And Gitsplitta's Stormboy Nob...


I think I am going to have to do another coat of Micro Sol on some, if not all of them...

That is everyone's left shoulder - except for the Deffkoptas (Rav'nwing) - which will have a different left shoulder icon...

Ran out of time - so no more work on the Twin Trukk this week

Next week...
1) More transfers! Specifically, need to do the Stormboyz Nobz banners... but also right shoulders for everyone!
2) More Twin Trukk - engine exhaust, start of cab, hood...
3) And if I have time/inclination - paint! Probably that ugly yellow that should be bone (Da Deffwing)...

Catchya!

Loving it as always

Can't wait to see more!

Looking good. Do you think these are actually tattoos, or painted on before the battle?

If it's a tattoo, I'm not 100% sure it'd ever get to pure white. A wash of green ink over it might help blend it in a little?

@slice'n'dice: Thanks!

@endtransmission: Going for tattoos rather than war paint - but I forgot to mention they are looking a bit bright/pure. I was actually thinking a wash of grey to shade it and take the bite off, but green might work too - I guess I have some experimenting ahead!

Great work Arakasi... decals can be a real pain to work with.

i cant stand decals myself. but as always looks great... who says the gloss isnt "sweat" i never consider orks to be "dry" creatures.

The last time I was in the hobby I must have had some bad experiences with them - I certainly wasn't planning to use them (as evidenced by my previous hand painted tattoo aspirations) - but after the Forgeworld Tank Masterclass I gained a better appreciation for them. This is my first outing with them in over a decade. Nothing is perfect yet - I'm still learning - but so far it has worked a lot better than I would have previously feared. They certainly come out crisper and more uniform (though not necessarily a good thing for Orks...) - and even with all the work so far, much faster than hand painting them too!

I'm actually looking forward to completing the right arm tattoos and shading them...

And we're looking forward to seeing your shading experiments

so awesome how many points is this army/....

@monkeytroll: Shading experiments should be... fun

@tough n' orky: The core I'm working to complete painting at the moment is just 1000pts, though with Meganobz and Kommandos (both till WIP modelling...) I can now field 1500pts - though that is *everything* almost See Platinum Devil 3 for the army in (in)action

Cant wait to see your mob completed. I always love seeing what you come up with next. You are part of the reason I started my Brazen Klawz mob.Great stuff Arakasi.

You and me both Too much decals, too little modelling - I'm starting to feel the pull again... Always happy to inspire another Ork blog for me to follow (your Brazen Klawz are coming along very nicely - faster than Da Dark Angelz!)

So - I think I've almost had it with decals! As promised last week - I finally have my Stormboy Nob's Boss Pole(s) decalised - Gitsplitta - what do you want me to do for yours?

Yours has a red banner on the left, which I can do in the same style as mine on the right - or change any details you prefer. Your yellow banner is up to you. I expect at least one Bad Moon decal, but you can take your pick and/or supply the others... Black should look perfect. The banner is 6mm tall at the start, contracting to 3mm at the end, and about 1.5cm length of space. The transfers I've used range from 2mmx2mm (the 7) to 7mmx5mm (the black winged red lightning bolt) - but are mostly 3-4mm square-ish - with 1-2mm spacing between.

Hope that all made sense!

Well, if you don't mind, you can just give me a straight yellow banner, perhaps with the tail decorated but leave the wide area open & I can apply the bad moon decals myself. It's not like it will make a difference whether you or I place the decals. Will that suit?

Perfectly acceptable!

Faster yes but you have put way more work into converting yours than I have. Mine are simpler conversions your are alot more complex. When I get more experiance under my belt I hope to be able to come up with models that have more character. My warboss is the most converted model I've done to date and I spent alot of time on him. So if that the kind of work you put into all of your models I can understand the slower progress. But I think it will be worth it in the end. your vehicles are astounding. I think that might be enuff brown nosing for now lol.

Decals on Gitsplitta's GMS Stormboy Nob - space left for Gitsplitta to apply two decals to both sides of the yellow boss pole...

You can also see the DA decal on the SM shoulder pad

Added some exhausts to the Twin Trukk:

(requires some GS)

And started work on a cab of its very own:

(Managed to spend quite a bit of time on the Trukk due to only needing to apply a few new transfers and Micro Sol to all the existing ones)

Probably will take a look at what's left to do on those Stormboyz Nobz tomorrow night before looking at the hood for the Twin Trukk. Starting on the bone will probably be next week now...

Catchya!