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PROJECT “KNEE-JERK IMPULSE / initial thoughts, early February 2010 :

This will be quite different to my previous BLOGs, and all about having fun with what I consider the best GW Plastic Range and an army that nicely compliments my other forces in look, feel and rules.

Fresh from my iPhone notes comes da very initial planum.

As so often, read AFAIK always, my projects start with a vision and creation of the lead agent.

Notes:
Buy and gs cast the old crazy dok as the face, then convert with dread and other kits and some FB monster plastic arms. Full of mechanical bits and chemical stimms, with fungus goo.  Use the cool dread face plate as a hydraulically opened armor and targeting mask. 

Buy:
Dread
Killakans
Battlewagon
Bikers
Starter kit orks (who could sell/swap me some??)
Stompa

Sort out and ORKS ONLY BITZ BOX from existing bits stash. Add some left over Twar bits to orkify with rivets. Plasticard as usual x 5.

Have fun!!!




°°°°magenta passage°°°°
°°°°recipient: Inquisitor Lord Osteor, Ordos Terra, Ordo Xenos
°°°°copiants: High Lords of Terra
...decrypting

°°°°extract 32 // Black Orks of Rhuz // 47% capture // critical interference

...steor

... indicated, the possible mutation or subspecies witnessed in reports Sierra 77 and Sierra 87b, a anc c has initiated clause Kraken within the Ordo Xen...

...

...aller heads, and if possible, even greater muscle and bone mass. (See datasheet Sierra 87:22 and Biologis Grunner’s autopsy pict records). Typically darker skin and more advanced, almost ...

...e singularly lethal!

The median intelligence of the seven specimen measures at 317% level compared to typical Orkoid warrior. All the engaged leaders could speak, and it appears understand and read low gothic. ...high cunning and tactical mind ... appear more uniform, with multitudes of untypical discipline.

Thankfully... longer breeding times and more vulnerable offspring is a welcome disadvantage to other Orkoids. ... the way they... ...hope that the distrust of normal Orks continues. It seems they view their distant cousins as simply too intelligent for their own good or possibly an unwelcome mutation.

To conclude, I am requesting a Naval force from the Segmentum Fleet to eradicate the alien evolution before it should prove ...

...must act once!

Shjand
Battle Captain,
Death Watch,
Falchions of Truth
... nos

Purge and Destroy!


PROJECT IDEOLOGY / 14th of February

So I had a bit more of a think about it... or rather I let my head flow freely around the whole project - the likes and dislikes: Ork typology, Ork Codex, Ork Models, painting, converting, my own “missions” in modeling and half a dozen ideas way too concrete to list here at this point.

I decided I don’t like the ork heads at all. Too big. I see my orks as Uruk-Hai on steroids, with Catachan ideals and Kroot mindset. My mates know my small heads fetish when it comes to modeling, but truly, just look at the gorgeous GW art and the proportions and then the models, and what’s the first “no no”? Exactly! I had earlier done a conversion by combining a plastic Nob and a Ghoul head - with some GS this would be my solution.

I want them to be green, but with dark skin. Truly green, green, green. So much so I decided not to use any other color than shades of green in the army. (with some bone, rotten leather and lemon thrown in). This would create a very distinct force and let me use the “water color” style of the Legion models without any worries or too much accuracy.

And to pop them up, the basing will be deserted hive, with light brick red wash as the main tone.

Playing / getting into the mood wise, I wanted HC, serious and absolutely brutal types, to whom warfare comes naturally, who love it, but who aren’t a joke, who don’t let Grots touch their gear, but eat them raw for a snack. Who use attack squigs for target practice and instead breed fenrisian wolves and warp beasts together for proper hunting dogs. Who aren’t fething daft idiots, they just don’t give a toss about reading or culture other than that of war!

These will be my Black Orks and I welcome you to follow their journey into a full tournament army, by August.

migs

Good to see you back around Migs and congrats on the kid

Waiting anxiously for the first WIP's to start coming in ^_-.

Uh oh...this is gonna be scary...

This should be interesting .

Congrats on the kid btw, prepare to have your life changed forever!

This is something to look forward too....

Migs is doing orks? I'm definitely on board!

This might even help light the fire under me to pull me away from the motorcycle and back to the hobby desk. Looking forward to seeing your WIPs!

Congrats on all that good stuff Migs, glad to see you around

The ork range really is something, isn't it? I'll be quite happy to see what beautiful things you bash up

- Salvage

With a title like this, I'm really hoping for BloodAxes, they are so characterful.

Will be watching!

This can only be a good thing as I've already told you mate!

Great to see you back, was missing your creative genius and continual motivation to keep pushing for better and more!

Can't wait to see the pics start rolling in!

Cheers,

Dante

Thanks folks. Fun this will be!!

I've got the paint scheme designed, but I need to find a moment to properly write down the plan and share.

Dante, my man, did you get the Airbrush yet?? I'm placing an order soonish, but would love to hear from a talented modeler like you with first hand experience. I intend to airbrush all the orks and vehicles to their base colors, with similar lighting style as with the legion, then go mad with the trciks learned in the Legion project, but with none of the finesse - these are ORKS!.

Yep, responded at DW.

Can't wait to see what you pull off with it. I think it might be an idea to grab some books on them to familiarise yourself with the cleaning up process etc. I certainly found it beneficial!

What's first on the cards? The big boss man himself to set the tone, or a tester grunt?

Cheers,

Dante

Ok gentlemen, fasten your seatbelts and re-read the first post. All units Irene

tortoise did some good stuff with orks recently, different from what you want, but might give extra ideas during your preparation phase.

http://www.warseer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=190682

...Duplicate post...

grey_death wrote:Waiting anxiously for the first WIP's to start coming in ^_-.

This. a million times this.

Ok, ready to see this...

WIll you model the Ghoul heads to make them look more like GW's Ork design but smaller or will they look completely different?

Also, will this project be potentially linked to your LEGION and TWAR stuff?

Looking forward to seeing it

I guess if everyone else is excited, then I will be too. Plus let's see how long we can make this thread before actual pics arrive

Epic win.

sA

I am dying to see what orks look like with tinier heads ?? I am about to under take Orks myself and I am trying to get all the inspiration as possible to get me through such a project!!

Chaplain Pallantide wrote:I am dying to see what orks look like with tinier heads...

Like this http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/210/221869.page

Like that but with GS reshaping I thik.

I DID SOME MODELING!

Yay. While waiting for the dread+kans to build my Kustom Ghazkul, I started with building the foundations of a wicked truk, which is basically a long flatbed with insanely powerful looking engine built at the front and the driver sitting off centre in a cabin, a little like the millenium falcon. With this fine pace you might see pics in a month or so :lol The new ork kits are so awesome as they are, but I don't want mine to look anything like the standard ones, so I guess all of them wil be odd kustom builds.

I need to start shaping up the list and thinking of more ideas for conversions. Though I feel already it will take 3000pts and 3 years to execute the ones I already have.

PICS! PICS! PICS! PICS!

Yeh you can't post cool ideas like that without reference pics we want to see the

Ozymandias wrote:PICS! PICS! PICS! PICS!

sonofruss wrote:Yeh you can't post cool ideas like that without reference pics we want to see the

Gentlemen Migs is like a fine wine. You discuss it wait for it, and when your anticipation is finally maxed out he delivers and it is gooddddddddd.

Empchild wrote:


Gentlemen Migs is like a fine wine. You discuss it wait for it, and when your anticipation is finally maxed out he delivers and it is gooddddddddd.

You listen to him guys! That is sig material.

I really wanna see this, man....

Hopefully he won't leave us hangin' for too much longer, guys.

But if he does......

I have a real dilemma as I dont want to glue at home with the baby in the house, and our apartment being basically one big open space.

So I've been cleaning parts for the first truck and planning things ahead. I need to find a way to do some gluing though...which is hard as I want to be at home as much as possible. However, I've decided to buy a nice antique desk for myself and work, one with enough drawers for all of my hobby goodness so I can glue and paint a bit here and there and hopefully make proper progress.

I bought a whole bunch of MIG pigments and washes and mediums to round up my MIG tricks.