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Ok, thanks reaper! BTW I still use mostly the old paints!

Top tip Hazzer, allow some of the layer underneath to still show though and paint the lighter mix in a thinner layer, by that i mean cover less of the model not make your paint thinner. Use light washes to blend the effect.

So managed to get some stuff done in between baby duties, bought a massive Ork army off Ebay from a very nice chap. I'm playing an escalation campaign starting at 500 pts and scaling up from there so decided to try the orks out and thought hey I had better get some paint on a few of them!

A load all trimmed with barrels drilled;


Storm Boyz



Lootas and a burner boy



Boyz





Command dudes



Gretchin with a Runt Herd



So got this far in two days, I'm quite pleased with myself!

That's pretty impressive Reaper. Airbrushes are nice, aren't they?

Yes they are! They can make quick work of a horde style army.

I played my first game as Orks last weekend, 500pts to start, scaling up each round. I was up against Necrons and managed to prevail mainly due to the Warboss who was awesome!

Here is the list I used, amazing what you can get for 500pts!

500 Pts - Codex: Orks Roster - Ork 500 f

HQ: Mega-armoured Warboss (1#, 130 pts)
1 Mega-armoured Warboss, 130 pts ((C:Orks, pp. 32 & 97); Infantry (Character); Mega Armour; Stikkbombs; Attack Squig; Bosspole; Cybork Body; Power Klaw; TL Shoota; Furious Charge; Independent Character; Mob Rule; Waaagh!; Warlord)

Elite: Lootas (5#, 75 pts)
5 Lootas, 75 pts ((C:Orks, pp. 43 & 100); Infantry; Deffguns; Furious Charge; Mob Rule; Waaagh!)

Troops: Boyz (10#, 70 pts)
10 Boyz, 70 pts ((C:Orks, pp. 40 & 100); Infantry; Choppa & Slugga; Rokkit Launcha x1; Furious Charge; Mob Rule; Waaagh!)

Troops: Gretchin (11#, 40 pts)
10 Gretchin, 40 pts ((C:Orks, pp. 50 & 100); Infantry; Gretchin Blasta; It's a Grot's Life)
1 Runtherd ((C:Orks, pp. 50 & 100); Infantry; Squig Hound; Grabba Stikk x1; Slugga; Furious Charge)

Troops: Boyz (10#, 65 pts)
10 Boyz, 65 pts ((C:Orks, pp. 40 & 100); Infantry; Choppa & Slugga; Big Shoota x1; Furious Charge; Mob Rule; Waaagh!)

Fast Attack: Dakkajet (1#, 120 pts)
1 Dakkajet, 120 pts ((DFTS, pgs. 62 & 71); Vehicle (Flyer); TL Supa Shoota x3; Strafing Run; Supersonic; Waaagh! Plane)


Total Roster Cost: 500

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He played with a Destroyer lord tooled up mind shackle scarabs etc, 3 Tomb spiders, 4 bases of Scarabs I think and a unit of 10 warriors.

He conceded on turn 4 as he only had 7 warriors left! All in all great fun for my first time with the Orks, just wish Mythreal would get on and deliver my order so I can make some Dakka Jets and not proxy with a Stormtalon!

Looking good reaper!!!!!

Excellent outing for your first time. The ork dex is one of the best written that GW's ever done. Not over-powered... but it's had consistently good builds (and several of them) throughout it's life time. You'll have a lot of fun with it.

Tbh for me theres only one build that I will do with orks, it DA WWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nice start to an ork army. Always love another green skin. there are several donzen builds in the codex still viable because the meta does not work with hordes. Orks basically cut out their own nitch with that fact. The only race Orks have a hard hard match up against in my opinion is tyranids.

Well it has been a while since I have posted on any of my blogs. I've just been up to a little something tonight and thought I would share it with you all just to prove I haven't died or anything! RL has really been getting in the way I am afraid but we all know how that gets some times.

Ok been doing some work on a Gandalf model, it is going to be a gift so a good reason to just sit down and crack on with it. I still have to do some more work on it but I'm quite happy with the results so far.





Aside from this I have built a few more orks and undercoated them. I have also made a bit of progress on my Demon entries for this year but I am keeping them under wraps until after the comp.

Welcome back

Gandalf is looking very nice is he 28mm? he looks a lot taller.

Are you going to base him or is he show only (cabinet) material?

He is bigger, about 10cm. He is just for the cabinet so I was going to leave the base gold.

That... is very nice work Reaper. I'm impressed.

Looking good reaper!

So done a bit of secret painting for Demon but not getting the time to really make major headway. Other 40k projects are a bit on hold at the mo. I did just pick up a Ten Thunders Crew for Malifaux, some very nice models but the detail is so delicate I'm going to have to be careful when painting them. Might get to them at the end of the week, depends how real life goes!

Just a mini update! did some greenstuff on the bases of my Ten Thunders Crew, took quite a while, I would probably buy pre done ones in the future! Here is a pic;



There is actually quite a bit of paint on the models now but I'll show you a finished pick when they are done!

I don't usually put anything really negative up on my own blog but I am really hacked off! This is for the british readers on here, never use either Total Wargamer or Mythreal for mail order as I have been waiting 2 months for models and they took the money off me on the day I ordered! They just keep saying they are having delivery problems and I never get any models! I will be using Dark Sphere from now on as they have always been brilliant! Ok rant over I should post some pics of models soon, nearly done the Ten Thunders gang and it isn't long to games day when I will reveal my entry for Golden Demon!

I had the same problem with Armorcast... took my money day one... no models 8 weeks later. Never answered a single e-mail. I finally got them on the phone.. gave them two weeks to fulfill the order or I'm canceling.

Very disappointing.

I agree Gits, very dissapointing. I don't mind if there is some communication and a valid reason but this isn't the first time and I have just had enough!

On a positive note my Word Bearer army is on the front page!

Excellent, excellent! Well deserved too!

Had a great weekend last weekend! Went to colours in Newbury last Sunday, bought a big batch of models from Anvil Industries & met the team behind it. Really nice guys and some great models. I also had quite a bit of success in the painting comp! Three first places! Result!


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Here are my trophy plaques!

Well done!

Wooo-hoo! Well done Reaper! Congrats!

Thanks Guys! I have to apologise to those who have subscribed to my thread it has all gone very quiet but a combination of having a new born and painting an entry for Golden Demon has meant not a lot else has been going on over the past couple of months. I promise the wait will have been worth it though! My entry will hopefully blow you away, as well as the Demon judges I hope! Well Demon is only a week on Sunday & I will post some pics up for you then!

Huzzah! I had wondered how you and mini-reaper were doing! looking forward to New stuff!

As am I!

Ok so survived Golden Demon! finished painting at 4:45 am and had to get up at 6:30, so not much sleep! I made the final cut and was at the top of the winners cabinet but no Demon, prob hit the top 6 in my cat. Well you are probably all dying to see my entries so without further a do here are the pics!

With the Auto fix on the pic


Without


Lightning Claw


Champion


Nurgling standard bearer


Reaper Auto Cannon




Combi-bolter


The other combi-bolter


The standard


So I hope you all like the eye candy! A lot of effort went into this and is the main reason you haven't seen much from me recently (oh and baby Reaper as she shall now be known, thanks Graven!). I hope I have dazzled you a little.


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Oh yes I also hit over 1000 images uploaded on Dakka!

Exceptionally well done! And congrats on the milestone!!

Those look stellar. Would never have thought they weren't a cohesive kit to start with. Well done.

Outstanding amigo, and well done indeed. I'd seen some dodgy pics from a mate that I thought might've been your work, and they didn't remotely do them justice. Well played sir, well played.