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Red goes fasta!
Finished the red highlighting on my walkers, will go to yellows next.

I used a base of hull red, then blended to pure evil sunz scarlet, and finally a black glaze on the shadows, so the reds are vibrant and add a lot of contrast to the minis.
With the edgehighlighitng later the volume will be defined even more with a bright orange.

Red is looking lovely, and can't wait to see them develop further!

Thanks for sharing

Mostly finished buidling my grot mega-tank!
Fun project, most of the build was worked out from the hull 3d printed parts and the boat-shape I made for it inspired by the forge world model.
From the start I knew I wanted to have a bunch of grots around the deck of the vehicle, and despite being a bit smaller than a wagon, the ilusion of scale is concerved thanks to using snotlings from blodbowl rather than actual 40k gretching models, which are significantly bigger.
Most of the weapons and crew are still not glued for easy of paint. When I finish the walkers, I will finish up my wagons and I'll paint these big vehicles together.

Very cool looking, love the naval feel!

The MegaTank is pimpin! I love it and as usual you’ve thrown tons of detail at it. The snotlings work really well too, plus it makes sense that they’re the riggers on a grot tank too

Pirate hat grot, he's perfect.

Finally I managed to sit down for a day and get some painting done.
Most of the base colors are down, and the highlighting of the Reds and yellows is finished.
Will be moving into some localized washes and blacklining before finishing the rest of the colors before doing edge highlights.

Nice Vibrant yellows again killatores, the kanz and bog rolls are coming together now

Finished walkers and Scrapjets! 1000p of orks ready for da fight.

I started painting them exactly a month ago, and I managed to finished them despite the limited time I have lately for the hobby.




Mega ScrapJets

These where a blast to build and I am super happy with the end result. You really cant tell these are hand made, they are unique, recognizeable as what they represent, tabletop friendly, and the paintjob ended up looking really nice, specially with the high contrasted reds.
I've done other hand made models in groups of 3 with the same philosophy and always there is one model of the 3 that is either my favorite or my least liked one, but in this case I cant choose between them, all 3 have elements that I really like. Which one you like the best?
I might do 3 more generic looking buggies to have 6 to play with, but for now I'll be using these models to represent any of the available buggy options, although scrapjets are generally fairly good on the tabletop.












Killa Kans

I bought some kans a while ago and I didnt got to build them since I had other projects going on. I got inspired and ended up making 6 of them, as you might recognize, some of them have scratch-build elements to fill the bits I was missing.
I might do more in a far future, and those will make way crazier poses and design ideas, since these where quite standard. Even the open cockpit grot one is a fairly common conversion.
Nevertheless I quite like the look of them and I hope to be able to play with them soon, they look quite fun.









Dreads

I started my dreads building 3, one mainly with GW bits and the other 2 scratchbuilt. Then I bought 2 resin ones that ended up being smaller than I though (wanted to use those resin ones as mega-dreads), so with that I had 5 dreads. Thus, I built a last one to go up to 6, since I liked the symetrical composition and to be able to field 2 full squads of dreads, using the resin ones as "squad leaders". Admittedly is going to be quite hard to field 6 dreads in a single game, but if I ever do its going to be quite a stompy match!

The dreads might be the ones I am less happy about, for 1 small reason: I did not pose them a bit more creatively. 3 of them are quite static, which is great for stability of the figure, but sadly make them a bit too similar to eathother. Hopefully I manage to get some interesting desings on the top of the minis to make them disticng, and the 2 I scratchbuild look quite well compared to the other 2.
Overall I think they look fine, and with the addition of the 2 resin dreads this posing issue is not too much of a problem, but is something I'll keep in mind for future projects.















Resin Dreads

I cant recomend these models enought. Got them from Etsy- Fully cycled. They are cheaper, they have a great design and the parts are exangeable. I though they where going to be a bit bigger, but other than that I am really happy with them.













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Army update!
Its been some time since I put all my ork minis together., and after the the last painting batch I wanted to get an ork army recap.


You know you might start to have a bit on a thing when your minis dont fit on the space you got to field them XD


This is my 100% completed mini count, going up to 3500 points of orks. I started this army to be a more fun and layed back and relaxed project, but ended up investing quite a lot of time both on conversion and painting.
Really prod of it and I'm having a ton of fun working on it, specially with the scratchbuild and unique conversions.
Although there is clearly enough to play a ton of games, there are still some key units missing, such as wagons, meganobs and a few more boyz both regular and with special weapons
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That was just the completely painted portion, since I got around 4500p that still need painting and some buidling. There are a few minis missing from this image which I forgot, including stormboyz, lootas, the mega-dread and what in a far future will be a gorkanaut.

Here you can see some of the missing units that I'll like to have on my army, I just need to schedule a space to get down and painting them.







This is how much space the whole collection takes, painted on the left, unpainted on the right.
Once I finish the minis here I'll be proud to call my ork collection completed, maybe adding the ocasional unit here and there, either by inspiration or by new releases that pick my attention.


Compared to my space marines, the primary vs secondary army spot is getting contested. I got more ultramarine points painted, but more ork points in minis. The body count and work is considerably different, and with airbrushing I expect my marines to be done much faster than before.
My marines do not have too much left to paint, and when I get motivated I'll be great to finish them off.

Wow, I love army shots so it's great to see your collection. Really shows off how striking your colour scheme.

Quick update.
After finishing the walkers I gifted myself some stormboyz.
Although its a unit I find fun and userfull on the tabletop, I never got them since the GW models seems a bit too... similar. They lack a bit of character and dynamic poses for what it is pretty much an ork on a rocket, and the price is quite high for such a unit.

Some days ago I found something on ebay that really cough my eye. These are Maxmini mele orks, half the price of stormboyz, and poses that I saw matching exactly what I was after.
Once I got them and after some clean up, I was really pleased with the level of detail of the models, in my experience rivaling Artelw.
I made some bases to emphasize the poses and give an illusion of close to the ground flying run, did some small changes and added rocket packs to everyone.
Really happy with the results and I'll be looking foward to paint these.
The pictures are a bit blown out so you cant see well all the detail, but I assure you these minis are really impressive. I'll probably buy a few more, since the price and the quality of the models is almost unrivaled.





This guy is probably my favorite. I did a classic smoke trail and got the guy that originally had a kneeling pose to a crazy take-off pose, full orky. I did not want to make this kind of base for each one of minis since I think the effect would have got old quite quickly, but in this guy it looks perfect.





And some normal GW stormboyz, where I got a bunch of bits to make the rocket packs for the maxmini guys, as well as a reference for size and height.

Cracking work on the big ladz! A really fun looking bunch with loads of character. The whole army shot is stunning, the quantity of kitbashes, scratch builds and conversions is insane, as is the quality! I’m pleased to see there’s plenty more to come and the Stormboyz will be a cool addition. The non-GW stuff works really well for the Orks

First wagon completed!
Mostly scratchbuilt, but my first big orky vehicle (there will be more coming too) but a needed one for my army).
Took heavy inspiration from this video, sicne I saw it I felt in love with the design of the mini.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OKntZVc82s&t=211s...
Tough-looking and unique although still recognizeable as a wagon, I just wanted to do one for myself.
After getting distracted with a few other projects and spending over 5 hours adding rivets to finish it of, here it is! I'll try to start painting it soon.






Some closeup detail areas.



Compared to the mega grot tank I built recently.


Something I would say is encourage all ork players to give scratch building a go. Finished bigger projects like this might be intimidating to look at if you are a beginner, but look at the progress of the mini everything is much simpler. I only use a few tips and tricks, and work adding layers of detail starting from the overall shape to the smaller rivets.

You’re getting some great mileage out of the toilet rolls! another really fun scratch build and closely matches the aesthetic of your inspiration too. Only yours has much more detail… 5 hours of riveting is pretty hardcore!

Every time I come here I want to pull out my orks and get some work done. So inspiring!

 gobert wrote:
You’re getting some great mileage out of the toilet rolls! another really fun scratch build and closely matches the aesthetic of your inspiration too. Only yours has much more detail… 5 hours of riveting is pretty hardcore!

You clearly seem like my 1no fan XD
Thanks for your support


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Finished half of my flashgitz, I see when I get around to finish the other half.
Is one of my favorite units, but when it comes to painting they are a bit of a juggle. I do paint the guns separately, so it feels like painting 2 miniatures rather than just 1.

Ha! Yeah, I take the approach to comment frequently, interacting both ways keeps the ploggers coming back for more! . Very flashy gitz too

5 hours of riveting is brutal but awesome end result. Looking forward to seeing that all painted.


Nice work on those Flash Gitz, dey lookin' mighty flashy! Plenty of dakka!

Excited to share my latest creation: A mega dread!

My last batch of orks had pretty much all the walkers I wanted on my army... except for one.
The mega dread its one of my favorite ork concepts, and rule-wise unique in the sense that can get teleported into enemy lines and charge with pretty much 100% success. Im looking foward to try the tactic sometime soon and make all my orks wach the spectacle.

Its been a really fun project to work on. I had a clear idea of what I wanted from the start, although I encountered a couple roadblocks that I managed to get through
First one was the melee weapon. I made one from kill-kan weapons but ended up beeing a bit too small, thus I had to boost it up a bit.
The second was committing tothe pose. I had a clear direction at the start but I double-guessed myself halfway though, but managed to get over it.
Filling the details was not super tedious but I had some moments of just looking at the model and thinking where to do what to not overload the model, but still make it look orky and detailed.

But enough of that, lets get to the juicy part.
First of all: The SIZE.
I dont know exactly how big the forge world mega dread is, but this thing is massive. It barely looks like a miniature.
It makes space marines look like midgets, dreadnoughts look tiny and primaris redemptors small. Believe or not it rivals the size of my squiggoths!
I believe I have the right base size though, so this "mini" should be tabletop friendly. I even purposly made the front of the model a bit empty to allow base-to-base contact with other big models.




Im really happy with the end result of the model. There is detail and personality in all the important areas, and it looks like it could actually function. Big engine pipes on the back hinting where the power of the machine comes from, and the arms and legs look agile yet powerfull enough to move its weight around.











Tiny grot on the shoulder, helping the war effort by repairing the machine, manning the shoulder turret and occasionally throwing rocks and other dangerous objects to the enemy!


The primed look of the mini. I'ver heard from some people that they prefer seing the model primed since this makes all the elements go together. Personally I prefer the pictures without it, since it showcases more of the art behind the contruction of the model.



As a little hidden detail, the model is separated on the middle and hold by powerful magnets. This was one of the most difficult parts of the build, since I needed a completely sturdy contact point, that both had the pose I wanted and did not slide or moved around at all. I ended up almost making a 2 part mold with the model itself and now this connection is just rock solid and invisible.
This was arguably completely unnecessary, but will make painting, storage and transport much easier.
I've become used to do this on my bigger models just in case I need to keep the parts separated in the future. It would be a complete shame if I had to cut a model in half or not being able to transport it due to its size.


As a quick reminder, this was my original 3D sketch of the mega-dread. Swapped the arms, but overall is pretty much spot on!


I will start painting sometime soon, so wish me luck!
I hope you enjoy the update, I'll be interested on read your feedback on this beast.

The swapped arms was a good idea, it looks much more natural with the claw raised like that!

This weekend I started my next batch, another 1000 points group.

The unis chosen are my recently finished scratch build vehicles, which I really want to field on some matches soon, and some squigg units. These sguig riders and boss where a gift by a friend and I just wanted to get them finished since it makes me feel guilty to have them in a box unpainted for months while I get so many other projects done. Also 3 meks to complete my walkers, since I only have 1 mek on my army and having a few more cant hurt.
Currently I've got so many ork minis that I really want painted for the tabletop that I'm struggling to get a schedule going. Komandos, burnas and tankbustas are all units I want to field and already got a few of them painted. Stomrboyz and meganobs too are units I really want to try out too.
I also have 10 more flashgitz that have their base layer, but need to be finished.

About the progres on the batch, I did not get to finish all the base colors, but got pretty close.
What is taking the longest time is to paint all the little grots. I will get them into some stands or somehting since holding them with my fingers is quite annoying XD. With the amount of minis I have painted already this should be standard practice already, but I sometimes get lazy with the simplest stuff.



I find the "all rusty metal" stage on the vehicles to look quite appealing, almost tempted to leave more metal exposed. Once they get the color and proper highlights though, it looks much better

Nice work. Love the iron works look you have going on here. Totally orky.

I'be busy lately not able to pain, but this weekend I managed to get some more steps on my lastests ork batch.
Basecoat and shades in, finished the skin and bones. Next will be doing leather, ropes and other non-riggid elements before doing the mains reds, yellows and metals.

Since I have so many gretching on the vehicles, painting so many additional minis slows down the process and Im probably putting way to much time on these little guys when they are not going to be visible from many sides, but Im sure once finished is going to look awesome all together.

Glad to see you found some painting time Killatores.

Cheers,

CB

Nice ork mech. Did you order it preprinted or print it yourself? I'm curious how easy it was to put together.

I really need to get something from gearguts one of these days...

 Mr Nobody wrote:
Nice ork mech. Did you order it preprinted or print it yourself? I'm curious how easy it was to put together.

I really need to get something from gearguts one of these days...

If you are talking about the mega dread in the last picture that is a scratch build made mostly with plasticard and some bits. You can scroll up to see it without any paint, and some preliminary stages of the building and planning process.

Gearguts have a bunch of great models, I particularly like their dreads and big meks, although I find the big ones to be a bit expensive.

Stunning work. Beautiful, brings a tear to the eye!

 Killatores wrote:

 Mr Nobody wrote:
Nice ork mech. Did you order it preprinted or print it yourself? I'm curious how easy it was to put together.

I really need to get something from gearguts one of these days...

If you are talking about the mega dread in the last picture that is a scratch build made mostly with plasticard and some bits. You can scroll up to see it without any paint, and some preliminary stages of the building and planning process.

Gearguts have a bunch of great models, I particularly like their dreads and big meks, although I find the big ones to be a bit expensive.

My apologies! With a closer look, I can see that now. The various pieces of plasticard and other bits are well put together.

Quick update!
I'll be away for a couple weeks, but before that I managed to finish the reds and yellows, getting most of the work done to complete this minis on my return. The edge highlighting will make everything pop even more, but so far quite happy with the results.

You’ve been busy as usual killatores! The grot tank is looking spot on. I personally think it’s the attention to detail that sets your conversions and scratch builds apart, the well painted grots being a highlight. Enjoy your break, and we look forward to seeing more on the otherside!