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First image tag, santo....



Fixed it for you

That painting on the orks is great! I love that primary colours bright patchwork of paintjobs look for the orks its very appealing.
The rocket engine with wheels look is just perfect for woorky races. It should have more framework around it maybe?

Thanks, I'm coming round to the bright colours myself now. I normally prefer either a darker or more natural pallette, and the earlier cyborks tend that way, but I'm going to be adding a bit more paint to their kit now, it does seem to suit them.

Good onez i gotta go to the garage and do some fixin

hahahahahaha

Valk engine speedster is what I come to expect from this blog...mad genius.

Its all looking good.

Peter

i think its awesome i love it

*Drains out a glass or two of gin*

I made...FIFTY Fu**ing...volauvents *burp*

No one got the refrence?

'And not one of you said thank you'

Yayayyaya! Dylan Moran fan?

Black Books was awesome, and a few years ago I caught him on the 'Like,Totally' tour - genius

A turbo engine on wheels. these cyborks are real speed freaks! how about adding a parachute to the back like dragsters, for stopping power.

my money is on this guy to win!

Finally caught up with this thread! Rockety, orky awesomeness and Irish ramblings to boot: great stuff! On the Wacky Races thought, one of the clubs at Conflict this year ran Catch the Squidgeon using Aeronautica Rules and Ork choppas - they've got some good stuff, can't remember which club it was but ask around maybe?

Ah, was wondering if anyone had put the 2 together before, most things seem to have made it into the Land of Ork at some point May have to try and find something about that, cheers.

And in case you haven't spotted it in my sig, a completely shamelss plug for Da Worky Races thread which I've started to keep this one on track (well, as on track as it gets in the normal course of things).

monkeytroll wrote:Black Books was awesome, and a few years ago I caught him on the 'Like,Totally' tour - genius

You caught it live? Damn you!
Man, if you liked that, you should check out the 'Monster' or 'What it is' tours. Actually, the latter is up on youtube in a 10-part series.
He's a hilarious guy, I'm proud to be Irish

I've got 'Monster' on dvd, more awesomenes, wasn't aware of 'What It Is'. I'll have to check that out, cheers

So, a bit of that painting stuff to prove it doesn't stay grey forever:

'Finished' deffkopta -



Ended up with 3 coats of varnish as the first matt spray didn't get very good coverage, so dulled the colour down a tad, lighting is a bit dodgy in these pics too. Will probably re-touch the dash at some point and may put a gloss finish back on the red, looked faster when it was shiny Now need to decide how to base it....


Oh, and a shot with rokkits in place





Bit more done to the speeder kopta -




Put together first of the cyboar cyborks



Some basic colours laid down on the rider, still a way to go with the boar.


And Bad Dok Grimsnik has gone under the brush too -




And for the GMS -





Both suffered from having 3 coats too, and have been dulled a fair bit, part of the track unit on sage's became fogged, I've just re-done it gloss in an attempt to cure it, if not I'll re-paint the track unit. Apart from that..done.

Right that should be enough paint, I'll get back to the messing about with bits of plastic

i would like a close up at the dok Legs

You are a man of deranged talent...

Thats Amazing!! you have been busy

Someone's been busy... Love that cyboar a lot, but they're all great!

Thanks guys, but don't forget that some of that paint has been seen before, it wasn't all just done

wyrd boy, here's your leg shots



They're from the i-kore range, but not a clue which model I'm afraid. Can't even take a guess as I can't find anything that resembles a torso for it.

As I'm here might as well throw these up too.

WIP on the speeder kopta's gunnery-grot



I know about the mould line I'm being lazy there and hoping the positioning is going to hide that, I really hate cleaning up hoses like that. I would normally swap the plastic one for guitar wire, but as i had a hose that was just the right size...


And spider-grot had an accident during sealing



He tried to save himself by grabbing that hair, but it wasn't enough.

When I do a maddening conversion and look at it unpainted I always second guess myself, as good as a lot of conversions are, unpainted they're often multi coloured or patchy and seem incomplete... but the moment the paint hits them they come to life!

These Cybor Orks really come to life once the paint touches down they look incredible mate top notch job! really top notch!

monkeytroll wrote:I'll have to check that out, cheers

No probs

Now need to decide how to base it....

May I put forward some suggestions?
I did these when I was starting out:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/297305.page
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Something like the third one, although paint it more consciously, I let the paint on too thick and dried it too quickly.

monkeytroll wrote:
They're from the i-kore range, but not a clue which model I'm afraid. Can't even take a guess as I can't find anything that resembles a torso for it.

Tactical Androsynth, by the looks of it. Look in Syntha section of urbanmammoth website. Syntha=good bits for mekorks, esp on the cheap from ebuy.

The old painting things in stages over a period of months trick aye? well the important thing is they are finished-ish and look brilliant. You have seriously single-handedly made me like 40k orks again. well that and re-reading the RT ork codex

loving the look of these models! great work! ill have your ork done soon! hopefully get some paint on it tonight!

Santobell - Thanks man! Yeah, I know what you're saying, with some of them I take a good look once they've been primed to see if anything stands out, with some I have a strong enough image from the start, and with some it's not till the paint is bringing everything together that it works. Plus there's the fact that as there's normally a good gap between a model being finished and primer being applied, there's plenty of chances for things to be re-worked

Hadouken - self promotion's all good here


Of course, that comes with the natural assumption that there are updates along the line

Thanks for the pics, but tbh I haven't really decided on flying base, brass wire or attached to part of a building etc. yet. That's my first decision

graven - Ahh yes, that's the one with the horizontal body that I keep meaning to turn into a servitor. And was one of his arms a plasma gun looking affair?

weety - ahh, the old ones are the best after all. If I could really claim the satisfaction of turning you 'green' that would be ample reward, but I'm betting that old codex had something to do with it I'm guessing that's got some pretty cool stuff in it? Some of the old ork art is fantastic, lots more character than just screaming and waving choppas.
errr...Not dat dere's anyfink wrong wiv wavin' choppas an' skreeming a lot, dat's reel 'portant too.

Sage - Thanks dude! No rush, it gets done when you get it done, I need to re-paint the tracks on yours now anyway.

Ah sweet.

Nice as always.

I feel your pain at the accident

Peter

I love your banter as much as i love your models , who needs tv , when we have Cyborks , gorkamecca and wonky races.
its nice to see them together , in colour , nice and bright! but not too bright mind you!

I come to this thread off and on to see what kind of insperation there is for conversions or just flat out waky fun.


I mean to say your stuff rocks it is great fun.


keep us greenskin addics happy by keeping up the great work!!!!!

Yes waving a big choppa around and screaming is very important and should be done as often as possible. I had a guy I know do my garden (jungle patch) and take the creepers off the walls back when I had one and he basically just went at it with a machette and lots of energy. fun to watch.

I think the old orks seemed to be having more fun though. They always seemed to have smiles on there faces while they were doing whatever nasty things orks like to do. but thats all a matter of opinion. If you like your orks smiley and basically mystified that the whole universe hates them (dunnoz whyz theyz dunna likes us weeze juz wana fun scrap) then the old school can help. But your orks - whatever parts they are made of, have the happy-go-lucky in spades (hope this makes sense, its homebrewed blackberry wine-O-clock)