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For some reason I chuckled when I first saw the photo. I notice that many folks have said its smiling so that's probably what made me laugh. Brilliant yellow and the green is a perfect contrast.

btw, you didn't go by 'McGibbs' on another web forum did you?

That's a scary lookin' Dredd. O_O

My God, that's adorable. I feel weird saying this about a model, let alone an ork model, but that face is frickin' cute.

In general, though, I feel like I can't really get a good look at this thing. The new dread kit has so much texture and so many angles and separate surfaces that your heavy scratching acts as a camo pattern, of sorts, breaking up the silhouette. Add to that the mix of black, acid green, and silver trimmings and suddenly it feels like work to view a single arm (wait, no... that's part of the other arm crossing behind it? Gah!).

The paint quality is fantastic, of course, but stylistically, it's just too busy for me. Then again, I'm sure the model's lines stand out a bit clearer in three dimensions, so I'd probably like it a lot better if I saw it in person. Perhaps you should mail it to me. You know, for science.

Aw it looks so cool, I love the weathering effect they are very orky Nice yellow how on earth you did that I have no idea :O I love how much he is smiling xD

@Ssgt Carl : Thanks, but no I only go by this username here and on MWG.

@oadie : Yeah I did lose some of the actual lines when the photo was colour balanced (I take pics with a 100 W regular bulb, so they always come out really beige/yellow and have to be adjusted back to how they look naturally).

@Sevenups and others who have asked me how this is done : My yellow is really simple. Basically I just paint and highlight up to a really really bright yellow, brighter than I actually want (think sunburst or lighter) then wash all over with Gryphon Sepia. It looks brown after you do this, but by the time you've painted all the accents and details with other colours it looks really yellow again. Not sure if it's because of extended drying time w/sepia, or if it's all in my head.

Yellow is a weird colour in all applications, its tones are really analogous to whatever is near to it. I think that between this and the fact that yellow pigments are the weakest in general is why a lot of people struggle with it.

I just keep it as simple as possible, the more coats/highlights you try to apply the more headaches you run into.

I've got a squad of Killa Kanz and some other Badmoonz models finished that have yet to be photographed, but now that I've made a lightbox and gotten my hands on a tripod the pics will be coming along shortly, stay tuned

I'm so jelous of the ork who drives that, the green looks very nice!

Very nice! Could trysome more simply metalic parts though. Other than that, great model!