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i was looking at wyrd miniatures website
http://www.arcaneminiatures.co.uk/images/wyrd-miniatures/WYR4007.jpg
and i thought a army of orks like this would be awsome
so any ideas on how to convert or paint them would be nice

I'm thinking greenstuff hats. There was a ork prospector who might work for that look. I have no idea if he's still around or not. I've had mine for 6 years or so.

Alligators or pigs for Squigs.

And banjos.. gotta have banjos

Fan Boats for Trukks and Buggies!!!!

shot guns lots of them in all kinds of styles.

Yeah, greenstuff hats would be fairly easy, as they could be quited ragged and irregular. Fan boats would definitely be amusing for vehicles. And you can have losts of fun with swamp-camo Kommandoes. Some models sould be posed wading ankle/knee deep through the swamp.

i think the biggest issue will be all the fake vegetation for the bases.

What ever you do,don't forget to include at least one pot of Gumbo,it just wouldn't be proper for Bayou Boyz to go out krumpin with out some Gumbo.

If you want long grass for reeds its really easy. You can just use some paint brush bristles cut off a cheap paint brush and push them into somje putty on the base. Looks fairly effective and is really simple to pull off!


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Oh yes Wyrd Miniatures comes recommended I've got some of their models and their beautifully sculpted and go together really well!

Gator-squigs.

Moonshine powered battlewagon.

Gator squigs. shotgun orks, ...WAIT... fan boat Deffkopta's= awesome

Awesome ideas seconded:

Arm with shotguns and frogsticks.

Moonshine, gumbo and little sister objectives.

Fully themed swamp board and terrain featuring screen doors.

Oooh ooh ooh, bikers riding giant crayfish/turtle and gator.

Alex Kolodotschko wrote:Awesome ideas seconded:
Moonshine, gumbo and little sister objectives.
Oooh ooh ooh, bikers riding giant crayfish/turtle and gator.

ok moonshine=cool
gumbo= awsome
little sister= um... yea bad idea

Gator nobs FTW

Yeah, hadn't thought of orks riding giant swamp animals - sort of a swampy Feral Ork theme That would also give you a good excuse to use Stgadons as trukks!

Clang wrote:Yeah, greenstuff hats would be fairly easy, as they could be quited ragged and irregular. Fan boats would definitely be amusing for vehicles. And you can have losts of fun with swamp-camo Kommandoes. Some models sould be posed wading ankle/knee deep through the swamp.

i think the biggest issue will be all the fake vegetation for the bases.

I just want to quote this one for effect.

I'm starting to plot out my Wood Elf army, which will be using effects like this.

Get Woodland Scenic's water effects and apply that liberally to the bases before even attaching the models. What you'll want to do, is get it a dark, brackish brown color by mixing in a few drops of Scorched Brown/Snakebite Leather before actually finishing the water effect mix, then stirring it really well.

When it's done, it SHOULD look like swamp water. If it's still too dark brown, add a bit of Camo Green/Codex Grey.

Blank base with water effects and a couple small plants plus a straw sticking out of the water for the ork to breath = Kommandos

Those Fords are pure awesome... And any ork trukk like that would be real awesome to see

It's actually a shame you can't use the old feral orkz list,as it lends itself to the bayou boy theme your going for very well.
Still,using boar boyz as (counts as ) biker boyz is almost to good an idea to pass up.

MeanGreenStompa wrote:Fan Boats for Trukks and Buggies!!!!

YES!~

Also, shotguns....though I'm actually not sure where you can get those :/ Try raiding space marine scout kits, maybe your friend has some unused shotgun arms.

And you gotta have a weirdboy in there somehow...probably. (Dress him up like some kind of orky Revelation Preacher. "Dere's a fire kommin from da sky!!!")

if you don't mind using some bits from another company, reaper makes some familiar packs which could get you some frogs, snakes, and the like for adding to things

Also the Lizardmen jungle swarms.

The orks need to be wearing dungarees too. Should be fairly easy to do with green stuff. Easier than hats anyway

I like the idea of cutting off all their feet to make it look like they are walking in mud or shallow water.

This could be a very good theme for orks. Looking forward to seeing how it pans out

endtransmission wrote:...I like the idea of cutting off all their feet to make it look like they are walking in mud or shallow water...

First demo game I ever played of 40k had the SMs done like that. It was a crash scenario in a swampy area. Some of the SMs had their feet cut off and glued to the base with ripple effects painted around to show where their feet had disturbed the water. Very cool effect.

Fanboats, small reptiles (snakes, lizards, gators) as grots, shotguns, moonshine objectives.

A banjo playin' runtherd, an ork throwin' a snappin' turtle or gator, kommandos as straws or foreheads in water.

A gumbo pot objective, a painboy with a pot o' gumbo or jug o' 5x instead of Doc's tools.

Ans a warboss in a straw hat, with a gator-squig riding a fanboat (red of course)