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I have been painting 40k Orks for almost 2 decades now and I have finally begun to photograph them! So I decided I will share my Ork and other RPG models as they come hot off the painting table.

Right now, the major projects in the pipeline are:

40k Orks:
*40+ ork bikers and 2 Warbosses on bikes for NOVA2013
*A Ramshackle Games Kopter to be a dakkajet
*9 Kromlech Mega nobz

RPG figures:
*SDE Von Drakk Models
*Some custom Chibis
*a few weeks from Chibi Dungeon Adventures KS models.

You can see all of my past models here. Lots to see:
nkelsch's Ork Army: Waaagh 'Az-ard
SD Dungeon RPG Models!

So here are some dudes I just finished!

Final Fantasy Black Mage:


Goblin Assassin:


Goblin Berserker:


Rocktops:



Coming soon: 20 Bikers are on the painting table. 11 Porkoids are on the modeling table. A Preview:


I hope you enjoy!

Awesome great stuff, give me more!

This chibi stuff looks like a heck of a lot of fun to paint!

The Black Mage is amazing! All of it is, but that ones just...wow...

Just finished: Squad 1 of 4 Ork Bikers!






I have another squad of 10 getting ready to be done. And 20 who need riders painted.

Here is a Chibi Merchant and some Undead Anti Heroes.


The Porkoid is an NPC who carries a bunch of stuff.

First Porkoids done!

Porkoid Stabber: (fills the acrobat role which is a specialized Thief) SDE model for scale!


Porkoid Battlers: (The close combat common mobs you find in dungeons)

So here are a few more Porkoids. The Merchant who is my favorite! he has some Kromlech fatty parts with a backpack and lots of gear on his pack.

I also just recieved my Tyson Koch 3D dungeon boards from his Kickstarter he ran. I am super impressed with them. You can check out his site here: http://www.figurepainters.com/

I will be washing and building the boards this weekend prepping them for painting and then I need to figure out a paintscheme.

Here are the porkoids!

Merchant:


Porkoid Stikkas:

Here are the last of the 'porkoids' for now. After this I will be swinging back to painting some 40k orks and then to some Von Drakk Undead.

Also: I got a cheap Metal Pumbagor who will be "Angry Pig" for the Druid's Shapeshift.

Porkoid Deathknight:


Porkoid Druid:


Porkoid Shaman: (I tried to do some realistic tribal tattoos)

Here is a batch of VON DRAKK stuff from this weekend!

Boneheads:


Dread Knights:


Rattlebones:


Skullbats:


Van Wilder:


And some custom skeles:
Bone Archer:


Bone Ninja:


I want to pick up another box of Von Drakk, but I don't need doubles of all the guys, so I might be interested in trading/selling some heroes/monsters. I was hoping they release some troopbuilder boxes for Von Drakk, but I really want another Werewolf, Spider and all of the skeles.

Also, Something else I have been working on:


A little castle fort! I was going to make it 'generic' and then cast it so I could then make baddie forts or hero forts. maybe a 'SUPER SPAWN'.

Oh man, this blog doesn't get the love it deserves, those Chibi miniatures are FANTASTIC

Thanks! glad you like them! You can check them all out at my Dakka Article.

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/nkelsch%27s_RPG_Miniatures

Dig this thread, I love me some chibi! The castle fort is perfect the way the towers get bigger toward the top, captures the feel of the range, nice work.

Oh. My. God. Those porkoids are incredible. You need to cast some of this stuff up so I can buy it!

This is really great stuff. I have been meaning to pick up SDE as I have never played it. This makes me want to oh so much more! are there rules for a "super spawn"? The castle is very cool!!

Not that this is the place for it, but feel free to PM or reply here with any tips on getting into SDE without breaking the bank!

also, REALLY excited to see what you do with the 3d dungeon. I have only seen the one displayed on the kickstarter, but its hella-impressive.

 cincydooley wrote:
Oh. My. God. Those porkoids are incredible. You need to cast some of this stuff up so I can buy it!

Well, Porkoids, I can't cast. They are GW boar heads + GW Savage orc plastics.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WARHAMMER-BIN-BITS-ORC-BOAR-BOYZ-5x-BOAR-HEADS-/360673189956?pt=Games_US&hash=item53f9cc2044

Basically Take a stock Savage orc, then cut the neck-stump off. Then cut the 'peg' off the boar head. The attach the boar head to the neck stump and then fill in the join with GS and tease it to look like fur.

Past that, I made hooves by putting a GS blob on the foot and putting a split in it.

If you want 3-fingered hoof-hands, you just join 2 of the fingers with glue/GS and then put an oversized 'nail' on the tips and you have a 3-fingered hoof-hand.

The tails are just plastirod with GS on them.

I figure for the cost of a GW box of 10 savage orcs, and 2 sets of Orc Boar heads, you are not out more than 35ish dollars for 10 models.

I am going to make more orc/goblin heads and try to cast those as well as the 'fort'.

Some more SDE!
Von Drakk:


Succubus:


Necromancer:


Herald:


And some customs!
Fel Orc King:


And the chibi Fort!

love the feral orc warboss! the fortress came out looking great! you end up casting it?

I did cast the Orc heads, but the ears and teeth came out bubbly so I had to do clean-up on them. But I got a solid 10 or so heads out of it.

If I was gonna sell them, I might take another crack at sculpting and do the teeth more mold friendly and do some vent pipes for the ears.

I actually sculpted some rats and other vermin, and after casting, the rats and snakes turned out super. The bats needed lots of post-casting clean up but good enough for one unit.

So I will post some pics of the Orc heads that I cast up.


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That fort is also a cast. I sent the original to Impact miniatures to see if they can produce it. My mold was one piece so it took about 15$ in resin to cast just one fort.

If the fort can't be made into a kit, then I might "on demand" a few more for people who want it.

Thanks everyone!

Here are some painted customs, I have some Fireflows on the bench after this.
Mario & Luigi:


Finn the Human:


Nyan Nyan:


And some custom models!
Eeeeeeeeek! Rats!


Snakes, I hate Snakes!


A Pocket Healer for my Future Herald of Vulcanis to DQ4 Ragnar conversion:

Some WIP of the new Orcs and the Bats (which didn't turn out perfect, needed repair)

all your chibi stuff is looking great. particularly love the mice/snakes. bats and finn made me chuckle as well

really pumping the orcs out!! would you mind divulging what you use to cast or what tutorial you learned from? your stuff seems to be coming out very well.

http://www.amazon.com/Moldmaking-Casting-Pourable-Starter-Kit/dp/B000QCHVC2/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1378402078&sr=8-4&keywords=smooth-on

That is what I used and it teaches you all how to do it. All you need is an original to cast!

Slow week, ran out of brown which apparently brought all my painting to a halt. Here is an FYI: There is a guy on ebay who appears to own a store. Every once in a while he sells 'damaged' boxes for games. Like A box got crushed, or torn open or whatever. I got Roxor for 14 bucks because of it. I have seen SDE items pop up like that before, so it is worth keeping an eye out for.

Here is some Fireflow!



I tried to make the high parts 'darker' and they turned out 'ok'. I have 2 more sets of fireflow, so I plan to make a set of 3 GHOST WOLVES in a spectral green color, A set of WATER GELs and POISON GELs. Possibly a Wood Beetle and a Sand Beetle. Rotgut 2 is becoming a stone troll with the fire converted to grass, and I will probably add some moss and such to him. No Clue what to do with more Rocktops or a second Roxor, so if you want some Rocktops, let me know. I really hate how the fire wolves fall over and have thought about making a 25x50mm base for them. Has anyone considered changing their base at all?

Here is the attempt at bats... they didn't cast well but I salvaged them enough to get a batch out of them.


I got a Death Specter and Birdwoman on my painting table now, so when I get some brown I can start back up!

Princess Peach:


Celestial Herald:


Death Spectre:

Ok, Someone elsewhere accused me of making Caterpies... I actually googled 'giant grub', found a nasty photo and went from there.



Some SDE conversions:

Rotgut's Bro, The Hill troll! Not much change except fixing his 'OW my back!' pose. Gave him a skull to hold and added some grass and shrooms.


And you all know you been wanting to do this!
Hangman Treant!


Adult Cockatrices! Cock and hen!

So I have begun painting my Impact! Miniatures Kickstarter!

Group Shot:


Barbarian:


Cavalier:


Ranger:


Thief:


Acrobat:


Magician:


Diminutive Mage:


Baby Unicorn:


Flesh Golem:


Mummies:


Orcs:

Sphinx:


Manticore:


Lion:


Chimera:


Chimera Cub:

One-Eyed Demon:


Shadow:


Troll:

Update! I got some Warheads from urban Mammoth, and they are pretty neat!

Blacksmith:

Chef:

Innkeeper:


Pumpkinheads:

Pumpkinhead General:

Pumpkin Wall:

Headless Horseman:

Zombies:

Alchemist:


3-Headed Giant:


Castle Guard - Archer:


Chibi King (WIP)