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After a tournament about a month ago I sat down with some friends in the local store. I by chance grabbed an Ork codex and began looking through it, and that was all I needed I started gathering my Waaagh and now that everything is here (Except my 10 nobs and 6 killa kans!) I got started.

Before I post I'd like to say that I prefer more "Realistic" looking orks. Yes there will be SOME reds but other than that it'll be mostly earth tones.

First up is the Big Mek, he'll be running along with my 2 Kan Squads and CCW Deff dread to offer da boyz a much needed 4+ cover while offering the all mighty 4+ to vehicles. And by the time something can be done, Gaz will have arrived in his trukk with his 8 Nob squad along with everyone else.




and the scratch built snikrot. I know he'd be more likely in snakebites or death skullz but I did him in Goff colors. Because honestly Kommandos aren't even worth it really without him and two burnas (Opinion only!)

Good work...

I am also more into realer tones for orks, just a bit brighter then this (goblin green for final highlights, see my blog...)

I really like the metal and clothing on the orks. Your conversion of snikrot looks a lot like the one I was working on at first. Now I am not using him any more in my list , so I did not finish him... Does have a weird face though. Like he has something like a moustache or something.. I don't know, might just be the picture...

Good work and keep it up..

it's actually a bandanna over his mouth with the teef' painted on then washed in black. The skintone is so dark and the lighting was bad you cant tell.

I'd bring the skintone up a highlight. You're losing a lot of detail/depth right now to the dark green.

good point, I'll do a thinned highlight of knarloc green

quick update, had class tonight but I managed to bang some out on Gazz as well as tweak my big mek

Lighting wasn't so hot in the room so I mashed the flash FTL!

anyway he is in no way even close to done but I got into weathering his weapons and upper body (the painted parts) so meh, I needed something to keep me excited with this guy. Like most ork stuff he's a VERY busy piece and it can get overwhelming.



Shot without the flash



The Three Bosses



and the updated big mek now with bloody weapon and MOAR HIGHLIGHTS!



great suggestion GD I'll be doing that on everything but my regular boyz. Just re-applying the bascoat to the raised areas really brought some of the detail back

A lot better indeed. You sir are on your way to make one hell of an army...

Still can't tell it is a bandana with teeth on snikrot.... Maybe an iron gob would be a easier thing to get that across, then again in person it might totally work...

Alright Ghaz is all wrapped up save for his base. That'll get finished tomorrow as I have WaR to play

Ghaz is looking good! Also, love the Kommando. I think those models are very cool and you do them justice.

Quick Update got my CC deff dread monster done. Went all CCW because, well, you can never have enough s10 ini 2 attacks. Still sticking with the overall "Dark" orks look.





After putting together my 6 killa kans I realized two things the CCW arms are entirely too large and that I have no idea how to scratch build a grotzooka. The only part I dont really like is the weapon, I'll probably swap that for a chainsword type.





Here's my battle wagon for Ghaz and his nobz. Basically kit bashed a raider and a truck and made this genetic freak. Needs more rivits and goff checkers, and spikes on the rolla. The red is only there because I was messing around with what I wanted to be my "red paint job" and I'm not a fan of blazing red vehicles.









Last up are my AOBR nobs, I chopped slashed and cut the weapons up to make 6 big choppas (Can you say str 7 on a charge? I know you can!) 2 PK's and I have a painboy as well that isnt shown. I also need to figure something out for my waaagh banner.

your big mek is my favorite model of the bunch. i love the big red orb eye bionic thingie!

keep it up!

Updated with looted wagon and painboy because making MEQ cry is more fun than tying a grot on a stick and strapping it to a squig. And shrugging off wounds is a win in my book

I really like the dark look. And nice job on the kit bashing. The army is coming along nicely. Do you have a list you wrote up?

HQ:

Ghaz

Big Mek w/KFF

Elites:

13 Lootas

Troops:

(expenseive unit!)
9 Nobz - 6 big choppas/3 Power klaw, waaagh banner, Painboy, cybork
-Battlewagon transport w/deff rolla, RPJ, and stickbomb chukka

20 Boyz - Nob w/PK BP

20 Boyz - Nob w/PK BP

20 Boyz - Nob w/PK BP

Deff Dread - 4 CCW

Heavy:

3 Killa Kans w/grotzooka

3 Killa Kans w/grotzooka

Looted Wagon w/boomgun


I decided to fore go having snikrot and 9 kommandos that might not come on which will waste the two burnas as well. Instead I opted for steady high str shooting and MEQ killing boomgun.

for some reason the front view of the land raider is reminding me a whole lot of the batmobile from the new Batman movies.

Some really cool stuff.

Ghaz looks really nice, I really like the painboy.

You are a sick, sick man. With a great eye for design. Great stuff. I would not mind getting trounced by your green tide. Well...not too much. I love the converted Raider/Trukk combo. I mean, it's all great, but, that, and the Doc stand out to me.

Waitin' fer more, you lousy git.

Blood

Looking pretty good. My favorite is the mek. The dark skin is fine. I do mine the same way, especially the tougher guys. My warboss is nearly black. If you're adding another highlight, I'd make it fairly subtle.

I loved the warboss from the AoBR box that i couldnt NOT use him. So he will be my third powerklaw user and my waaagh banner carrier for Ghaz's retinue.

Yes I need to drill my barrels