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Simplest way for good black skin is Dark Flesh and a Brown Ink Wash. The scheme to my mind is too Nurglitch. I can't imagine pirates having rusty guns as they'd need functioning weapons to keep them alive.The Orangey brown and the green makes a nice contrast though.

Llamahead wrote:Simplest way for good black skin is Dark Flesh and a Brown Ink Wash. The scheme to my mind is too Nurglitch. I can't imagine pirates having rusty guns as they'd need functioning weapons to keep them alive.The Orangey brown and the green makes a nice contrast though.

thanks for the advice! btw, the guns arent rusty; they are merely dirty and scratched, and i tried to show that these damages just came from the current campaign. and ill try your way to paint skin!


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MrMerlin wrote:

Llamahead wrote:Simplest way for good black skin is Dark Flesh and a Brown Ink Wash. The scheme to my mind is too Nurglitch. I can't imagine pirates having rusty guns as they'd need functioning weapons to keep them alive.The Orangey brown and the green makes a nice contrast though.

thanks for the advice! btw, the guns arent rusty; they are merely dirty and scratched, and i tried to show that these damages just came from the current campaign. and ill try your way to paint skin!

oh wait, i was talking about the ig-guys and you were talking about the orks. oops.

Finally some updates!

After many hours of work, I finally got this one half-finished! It will get some more amor plates to fill the holes later...

look:





And an Ork building I did! It has a kustom force field on it, but I dont know how to use it in the game...


LISSN GUD!




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Any feedback is appreciated!!

i like the ork truck, but i think the windows in the front are too small

Awesome!
Perhaps the kustom force field could make anyone inside get a 3+ cover or something because it's so big? After all, the bigger the better!
Subscribed, and can't wait to see more of the models, especially painted as this brings them to life.
BTW, what's the writing on the base of the building? I can't quite see all of it. Something about 'listen, gud! wanted: baff the looter for stealing the boss's sho...'

p_gray99 wrote:Awesome!
Perhaps the kustom force field could make anyone inside get a 3+ cover or something because it's so big? After all, the bigger the better!
Subscribed, and can't wait to see more of the models, especially painted as this brings them to life.
BTW, what's the writing on the base of the building? I can't quite see all of it. Something about 'listen, gud! wanted: baff the looter for stealing the boss's sho...'

Thanks for the reply!

its "for stealin' da bosses shoota"

and I have made up alot of rules like that (like rolling eacht turn and on a one it blow up etc), but noone agrees to use them in a game

BTW, to all of you:

pleasepleaseplease go to the gallery and put some votes on my pictures, because theres nothing happening there...

i really like the ork truck, enough to loot the idea and paint it blue, but im not so kean on the giant kff. Maybe if it had bigger pylon bits and more worky wires

bigfish wrote:i really like the ork truck, enough to loot the idea and paint it blue, but im not so kean on the giant kff. Maybe if it had bigger pylon bits and more worky wires

be sure to upload some pics of it! (and send me the link! )

Lol will do

Some very inspirational stuff in here, keep up the good work

haha those kommandos are absolutely superb, more pics of them please!

Out of curiosity, what's your ork skin recipe? It's looking good.

A Kvlt Ghost wrote:haha those kommandos are absolutely superb, more pics of them please!

Out of curiosity, what's your ork skin recipe? It's looking good.

Thanks for the reply, I think I will fix some more Kommandoz once Im done with that loota...

My skin recipe did take quite a while to make up, and its always improving. Thats how im currently doing ork skin:

Undercoat with Dark angels green
First layer Snot green (you dont paint that in the recesses)
Second layer Goblin Green (paint it as lines, to get the look of muscles)
to this point, i have copied Cattatafishs reciepe, wich is here: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/394533.page
after that Ill put on a wash of thrakka green, and after that Ill do a third layer of goblin green over the older layer, wich will be darkened by the wash.
If it still doesnt look enough like sking then, Ill do this: thin down some gobling green (it must be really thin) and put it on the skin. It will go into the recesses, but also cover the rest. Now, since I dont want it in the receses, Ill take a medium sized brush and use that to soak up the watery green paint in there. I always have to hurry there, to be done before the color is dry.
Then im usually happy with the result.

Ill update with models tomorrow...

The KFF could count as an APOC force field asset? That's a 5+ though, but it has 28" range I believe.

Sorry for the lack of updates guys.....

finished the pink horror loota and two more guardsman, will look for the cam tomorrow!

and its 4 more lootas being painted!

Nice truck!

MrMerlin wrote:finished the pink horror loota

Looking forward to seeing the pics

That trukk is great. Though the passangers will be a but out in the open. But I think it looks great anyway. What do the drivers care for hangers-on anyhow

That terrain looks cool. I think it could use some more worky bits and wires, but I don't think it's absolutely necessary. I think you should try using it as a +1 to whatever cover save area terrain gives you. For bigger games use the roll to see if it blows up.

All yer boyz are looking good too, btw.

Finally some updates!

these two are my most recent paintjobs, but the lootas still needs some work....


Some tankbustas i built, going to be painted soon:

And I also finished two more IG-pirates. The guy on the left is Manfred, middle guy is Bert, and the dude on the right is called Santa Saws!



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More shots of Pirates:

This is Santa Saws; he lost both his arms in battle, so he got two bionic ones instead....




And Bert the Veteran:

Flamer guy is looking very nice

Hey guys,

today my ork army is one year old! 'cause last year i got my first models for my 16th birthday (a box of Kommandoz and a box of boys!) while I was spending the winter in sweden with my family. A good friednd of mine (Admiral Omowery here on Dakka), who had already been wargaming for years then, made my mom buy the orks. Thank you very much!
I had actually painted one Ork by then, two years before in a GW. Sadly though my first 20 or 30 Orks look very, uhm, well, crappy, to be honest Those were the days when I could paint a model in half an hour and be happy with the result.....shame over me.

But even though i made quite some hints on what I need the last few days, my brother didnt seem to understand them. No Orks today...

Hey Dakka,

for those of you who are interested:

IG-FLUFF (orks will follow...)

The History of the Rough Raiders

Somehow it was very comforting for Private Fred Benton to have a tight grip around the handle of an assault cannon. It made him feel safe. Though with a bunch of Grey Knights on your heels, you never were safe. An open battle would mean certain death, and the men hiding out in the burnt remains of a forest knew that, they had seen the Space Marines fight. It was tough to see your former allies turn against you, especially if the allies in question are the Imperiums finest warriors. They had armor with wich you could swim through a lake of lava unharmed, and guns that could tear apart a building. They were the gods on the battlefield.
That was why the remains of the 42nd Sauvagian wouldnt give them a battlefield. Rather a forest full of booby traps and desperate soldiers. The Knights had suffered even more casualitys then the Sauvagians, only a handful remained. A hundred Guardsman could beat a handful of Grey Knights, Fred thought, provied they got the time to set up an ambush. And they had gotten that.
Finally the waiting was over, Dogbreaths vox told them. So Sarge Kurz had managed to get the Greys on his heels. The plan was for Kurz and his squad to attract their attention and lead them towards the barrel. The barrel had once contained gas, but now 3 demolition charges, half as dozen meltabombs and a igniter controlled by a remote control filled the insuspicius piece of metal, half obscured by branches and mud. Kurz' men were past it now, still far ahed of the foe, running south. Freds team hid a few hundred meters west of the barrel, the other team east of it, and the Inquisition was coming for them from the north. Kurz had tried to make sure that the shortest route for his hunters would lead them over the barrel, but they were too far of anyway. Judging by their current route, they would pass some 100 meters east of it, so the detonation wouldnt harm them too badly. They had to be led over it.
Fred knew what he had to do. He made sure that the ammo-chain was in its place and the tripod of his assault cannon was properly adjusted, before he switched the six barreld monster on. It began to turn faster and faster, gaining momentum. The sound it made turned from a slow hollow humming to a high-pitched whine, and that told Fred he could pull the trigger. When he did, he thought he'd turn deaf. The gun roared like hell as the ammunition chain raced into its side, and white flames exploded out of the muzzle. He could not see anything, but he held it leveled at where he thought the foe. After near a minute, the barrels were bright red and steaming, and the bullets had run out. The air was full of biting somke, but he could see them. They were alive but for the one who had'nt worn a helmet. Fred knew better than to imagine how his face looked now.
But he had succeded. They were coming for him now. Bullets were tearing apart the trees around him, but he lay on his belly and didnt move. Then came the detonation. The shock wave pressed the breath out of his lungs, and it was so loud he tought the planet itself was be torn apart. A few moments after the echoes had faded, rubble, earth and other things started rainig dowon on them. When they finally dared to rise and look at the place where the barrel had been, they knew they had won. There was nothing to be seen. A huge crater marked the place, filled with ashes and molten stones. There were no more Grey Knights who could harm them now.
As the others danced and hooted happily, firing shots in the air and hugging each other, Freds thoughts were on he battlefield of yesterday again.....

They had been all laughther and jokes when they had marched into the belly of the gigantic Space Hulk, wich had been there bring them to an unknown destination. They had been boausting about how many foes each of them would kill, and how the Imperium would praise their victorys. That was different now that they had arrived, because battle was no fun at all. Especially not against the vile servants of Chaos, who could take on ten man each with horrifying ease. Instead of laughter, the cires of the wounded and dying now filled the air, and the jokes had given place to pleas for mercy.
But the warriors of Khorne would have none of it. The word „yield“ was all but unknown to them, and nearly all men in the regiment knew that. Yet some fools still hoped to be spared for throwing down their weapons, but they learned otherwise in a manner of a few seconds. Others were smarter and hugged a grenade when the red devils piled into their trenches, taking one or two with them with a small but powerful detonation, but that required a kind of courage only few possesed. Those who tried to fight in melee, clumsy lasgun trying to parry the blows of leathal hellblades and diamond-toothed chainswords, lost their lives as quickly as those who fled the trenches and were seen by a Comissar; incidents like these were marked by the loud barks of bolt pistols.

This war against a small host of Chaos Space Marines, wich were supported by the even viler Deamons of the warp, was worse then a nightmare. The planet wich they were on had to be defended against the invaders. The enemy objective was not to win the planet, nor was it anything with reason. It was merely to cause fear and terror, death and destruction.
The man were being wasted defending hopeless positions, and the Generals in their backfield-trenches would not hesitate to send a hundred poor souls to a certain death, if that action had the chance of maybe killing a handful of the ones on the other side of the battered and damaged defence-lines; In the HQ-tent you didnt count the lives of men, but of platoons, and many soldiers knew that now. Morale had hit rock bottom weeks ago, and it seemed as if someone had brought a jackhammer, because it was getting worse all the time.
The only chance you had to kill one of the bastards was to shoot them while they ran towards you from afar, and even then it took the fire of a dozen lasguns to bring one down, shots bouncing off the thick iron hides of the deamons and the admatium suits of the Space Marine traitors all the same. One man was worth nothing in this war, and they were very well aware of that. Fancy guns, on the other hand, could actually waste a few of the suckers before they reached you, if you knew how to use them. Every man had been trained to use all different kinds of leathal contraptions, ranging from simple grenade and missile launchers to deadly meltas and extemely dangerous plasma weapons, wich often malfunctioned and turned the wielder into boiling puddles of gore that looked just like the foes who were hit by it before the weapon overheated. But as much as every man wanted to carry a „special“ gun, or be put in a weapon team to man the really big ladies, the supply was very limited. Only those few who had proven themselfes worthy were given the rare honor of wielding one, and they were the ones who saw to the enemy casualitys, few as they were.

But those chosen soldiers died all the same when the enemy reved up their chainsaws and jumped into the trenches, and that left the odd grenade launcher or Boltgun ownerless. That was how Fred got his assault cannon. The comissars did not care who was responsible for the heavy weapons, and taking them from the fallen without permission was about the only crime you didnt get shot for. Because it required at least two pairs of arms to carry it around, the Platoon commander had attached another man to the cannon, a young chap called Carl. He was a coward though, so whenever it came to actually firing the gun while enemies were around, he curled himself up and waited until the battle was over. It was a miracle that he hadnt been shot for that jet.
He was hiding and shivering again now, while Fred put on his earmuffs. A Vast horde of Deamons and Chaos Marines was closing on them, and death hailed on their evil from all sides. It was not enough though, and Fred knew that his six-barreled friend wouldnt make much of a difference. Somnehow he wasnt afraid of death right now. At least he would take some of the fethers with him, he thought. But as he fired up the cannon and began to send some deamons back to the warp, a metal Gunship flew over their heads and landed right in the middle of the approaching tide.
Out of it jumped Space Marines, but Fred couldnt quite tell from wich chapter they were. They wore bare metal aromor, and he didnt know their insignia. As a child he had learned a lot about the Space Marine chapters, so he was confused now. They began slaughtering their way through the deamons the same way as the deamons were about to do it with him and his companions, but then, a huge monster erupted from the ground. It looked suspiciously like the other ones, save the fact that it was over 30 feet tall. It seemed to Fred that Khorne himself had simply adjusted the odds.
It fell on the Marines with a booming warcry, swinging a huge sword of molten iron, and began to play with them. It cut three man in half at once, squished another one under his clawed foot and ripped of the heads of two more. At the end of the fight, only 6 of the Marines remained of the 20 that had come. A hit in the face with a gigantic thunder hammer had put an end to the giant Deamon, and the rest of the horde was dealt with with ease. One after one, the Marines closed the invisible warp-portals that had been sending waves after waves of Deamons at them, supported by the Sauvagians. The endless battle was finally over; The marines had accomplished in a few hours what a full regiment of Guardsman had failed to do in weeks. Now the regiment was down to a quarter of of strengh, the rest killed in the numerous battles.

Later that day, the leader of the Knights questioned their Commander. A handful of servitors wrote down all the words that were said, and the questioned man seemed more than uneasy. Fred was watching from the distance, and he could'nt quite understand the words that were said. He did however get one sentence, because it was delivered in a loud, commanding voice. „We are done here, brothers. Purge this regiment!“

At first he failed to understand the meaning of that, and then the Grey Knights opened fire. They harvested their one-time allies like weed, cutting them down with their murderous guns one squad at a time. In the end, only Freds platoon had managed to escape. They went into the burnt forest....

Nice stuff!

Thanks for all the great comments guys. I really appreciate them!! It keeps me working. Right now its 3 lootas and a tankbusta being team-painted. Maybe im done tomorrow!

Well, mr.merlin I must say that I am impressed. I had seen that ork big rig all over the gallery, but I had no idea that it was yours! Great job, and thanks for supporting the sinking club!

Looks like I'm a bit late to all of this, first off... Rogbotz's gun, how'd you hake it? It looks awesome. The IG pirates look impressive too, what's Captain ___ The Awesome holding?
The models look great and your painting is impressive!
An idea for the trukk, chicken wire around the sides, to keep da boyz in? Easy thing that'll look nifty.
The force field tower was a great idea, I like how you made it, Should make indiscriminate rules for it though, so it helps and harms everyone equally. Lastly, the pink horror burna is epic, great idea. My bad for the long post haha This is something I deffinetly plan on following though

I'm digging the conversions and depth of character you're putting into your models dude!

Those orks are awesome. The snub nosed lasguns are a great idea. That ork trukk makes me want to paint it red & blue as an optimus prime ork trukk.

Are those SW heads on your Pirate IG? I'm doing something similar for a Fenris/Viking IG, check out the fantasy chaos marauders, swap their arms with catachan lasgun/weapons and you've got a fairly unique force.

Keep up the great work!

Warboss Gideon wrote:Looks like I'm a bit late to all of this, first off... Rogbotz's gun, how'd you hake it? It looks awesome. The IG pirates look impressive too, what's Captain ___ The Awesome holding?
The models look great and your painting is impressive!
An idea for the trukk, chicken wire around the sides, to keep da boyz in? Easy thing that'll look nifty.
The force field tower was a great idea, I like how you made it, Should make indiscriminate rules for it though, so it helps and harms everyone equally. Lastly, the pink horror burna is epic, great idea. My bad for the long post haha This is something I deffinetly plan on following though

you're never late on a blog, thank you very much for the comment. About the trukk; i will actually build a ram and some kind of armor-plating to pin on; so i can switch between trukk and battlewagon

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wait, i havent answered your question about rogbotz' gun... its made completely from the nobs sprue; I cut up the two kombi rokkit-launchers and filled the gap with a choppa piece.

hmelrose wrote: I'm digging the conversions and depth of character you're putting into your models dude!

Those orks are awesome. The snub nosed lasguns are a great idea. That ork trukk makes me want to paint it red & blue as an optimus prime ork trukk.

Are those SW heads on your Pirate IG? I'm doing something similar for a Fenris/Viking IG, check out the fantasy chaos marauders, swap their arms with catachan lasgun/weapons and you've got a fairly unique force.

Keep up the great work!

thanks for the comment dude! Yep, those heads are SW, and jep, Im gonna get catachans this week; mor models on their way!

Appart from catachan/cadian/space wolf dudes ill also have some lootas ready this week! And im getting two deffdreds, one of wich will be a converted dredknigt; just have to collet the money my dad owes me

UUUUUUUPDAATE!

Finished one loota (wow, so many!), but i got 3 more half finished ones ready

here he is:

Big guns!!!

yeah, thats kinda what lootas are all about