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Great looking board so far fella, looking forward to how this turns out!

@Theophony - hehe that did not even cross my mind, and that is certainly one way to look at his posing

@PDH - cheers dude, yes everyone else in the group has been busily building scenery so at some point I will have to pull my weight.

@youwashock - cheers tats very kind




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@xriccix - yes the board is in hibernation at the moment, everything has gone Nordheim here so my focus is a little distracted

hmm, so that was quite a gap, apologies.

The next Munda campaign is drawing close and I will be finally bringing my Scavvies to the table for a whole campaign. I have been making more minis than I need which I will post up at some point and have been tinkering with the Scallys again without ever really getting them right. Then, shooting Supernatants on fallout, I thought "I wonder if I can make one of those?

Here is the first attempt







Still need to smooth him out a bit. I will try another one with a gun tomorrow.

Hope you all like

Nathanie1 out

Great to see you back bud . Not sure of the creature you speak of since I don't do video games, so I'll just sit back with the popcorn.

I don't see him as a scally but he makes a brilliant Herald of Nurgle.

@Theophony - Cheers for the welcome back buddy. I always love following your thread as we started our blogs at the same time and yours is now MASSIVE! gives me something to shoot for if I wasn't so lazy

@ PDH - you are probably right he is a little too rotten. I am really struggling to create scallies that match the original source material. I will post some of my other attempts when I get a chance, anyway thanks for the comment.

I went to a friends the other day to play Mordheim with a new Marienburg war band, unfortunately the previous game to us was running in to extra time so he asked if I fancied a throw away game of GorkaMorka. I had not played since I was a teenager but he had two mobs all drawn up so I thought what the hell. We ended up playing two games back to back and it was some of the most fun I have had rolling dice in years! I completely forgot how epic and exhilarating the vehicle rules are and how many bonkers and hilarious consequences they lead to!

I had started to build a mob a little ways back but I never made it very far. As soon as I got home I got back on task. I will put some pictures of the boys when I get a chance but I kicked off yesterday with tackling their transport, something i did not even touch last time round.

We had decided not to play with the small Gorka bases so I immediately knew that I would have to create a track or truck that could house 8 or so models on its flatbed and the current work truck miniature would not cut the mustard for such a purpose. I am relatively new to plasticard but I thought this would be an excellent opportunity to play as anything that I created that looked bodged would add to the "orkyness"

I started off by following the instructions and once most of the model was in place I started repurposing and expanding. By lunch I was this far.



Most of the basics were in place and I had created a platform to build on. This is where I had reached by the end of the day












because every vehicle should have a grot sponson

The only section I am not really happy about is the back of the truck. I still have to fit its boosters which will be the rocket packs from the stormboyz kit but I think I have made the teeth too big and goofy, I mights layer smaller teeth on top and see if that breaks it up a bit.

Still lots of gubbins to add around the edges but essentially it is now there.

All thoughts and comments welcome.

nathanie1 out.

Truck's looking good and I know its not finished yet so I have one question: will there be rivets?

@sunnyboy - ask and you shall receive, I give you rivets (and thrusters)

Looks great!

Woo! Gorkamorka looks like so much fun. Great looking truck.

It's looking absolutely gorgeous!
I shall be keeping an eye on this thread for further progress

I love that truck! You've done a really top job of making it bigger but not making it look ridiculous, which is the downfall of many Gorkamorka trukks. That shot with all the boys in the back with the grot sponson blazing away is awesome!

@Nidlifecrisis and @flamekebab thank you for the kind words. The truck has seen a couple of games now and appears (just small enough to be able to still manoeuvre around effectively.

Yesterday I did the rarest thing for me and actually painted a model. As always now I have photographed him I can see bits that need touch ups but he is essentially done. All crit and feedback welcome.











nathanie1 out

Two down 15 to go :(

Nice, he looks really creepy

Creepy and awesome, keep it up !

Yeah, nice creepy feeling to the last chap.

Thanks guys, so what I am getting from the three of you is that he is definitely not creepy...

Three down now and I'm picking up speed, he took far less time which is a positive if I am going to burn through the gang







I think I need to paint the tips of the grass tuft to make it look more spore like but aside from that he is pretty much done

nathanie1 out


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Some day time shots for a bit more clarity

Love the look of the metals on him.

Thanks Dr H, It's pretty simple process actually. I undercoated white, washed it with a thinned out mix of tin bits and bolt gun metal, washed again with the GW blue wash, then applied the oxide and rust technical paints from their range. if it needs to be tied together at the end another thin wash of nun oil or sepia can help

Hi all, been a busy few days of painting and modelling. Got another scary done, I am not as pleased with him as the last one and i think I made an error with the red triangles following the line of the shotgun but he will suffice for now.









After converting some original Van Saar for a friend (those original models are a bitch to cut in to) I thought i would start on my own VS project. I have seen many different minis used for VS proxy bodies, often Eldar guardians, or the more effective but massively expensive Elysian drop troops. As soon as i saw the the Cult hybrids I thought they could be a new option so have plumbed for this option, also because i have not seen anyone else try it yet so it is nice to work off a completely fresh slate.

Here is a test ganger and a first attempt at a leader. I wanted to arm him with the Elysian Plasma gun but then realised I had butchered it.... doh








Finally I moved on to the reason I bought the cult sprue anyway, yet another attempt at effective Scallies. I would have loads by now if I did not cannibalise previous versions every time I take another swing at the creatures.




this guy still needs his head swapped out.

I must say the new plastic hybrids are an incredible kit and the first "I must have that" from GW in a while for me. I had a great time playing around with everything so far and am enjoying mixing up painting and kit bashing for a change.

All feedback and critique welcome.

nathanie1 out

Nice to see your back it again mate and some impressive stuff, great use of the renegades for scavies and could still work just as well as renegades so great duel purpose there

I would agree with you on the red triangles running inline with the shotgun was an odd choice, but you could easily fix it if you decide to.

I have to totally agree with you on the hybrids being an actual wanted addition to the ranks, maybe GW are actually satarting to listen to there fan base ........

I am sorry to burst your bubble mate but I have already come across a van Sar conversion using these, but you probably ain't see it so mums the word LOL
But I like your take on the scheme, has a kind of regal noble vibe to the second guy.

As for the scavies I like the first one a lot, any chance of part break downs ?

Is it a Tau head by the way ?

As for the second scavie overall I like the form but I think it could benefit from GS ing the genestealer aesthetics on the forearm, also maybe add some scales to the head, shoulders and top of the arms would be cool.
Can I ask where are the bases from ? The latest grey resin ones

Awesome conversions dude. Really great models

EDC

@LDD - good to hear from you dude. Noooooo haha link please it would be great to see what folk are up to. I thought I had, for once, not ripped someone off.

Parts list for the first Scally is: body - hybrid abbarent, gun gorkamorka kanon and paintbrush protector. The heads for both are from the chaos forsaken kit, they have horns that I have taken off.

The bases are scibor miniatures. I grabbed them from Dark Sphere.

In terms of removing Genestealer bits yes they are no where near finished, they both need all the chitin obscured and I will probably spot scale them like I did with my first Scally all the way at the beginning of this thread.

@EDC thanks for the kind words, I am enjoying putting these ones together

I'll see if I can track down a link for you mate it was on Facebook so it might not be that simple

Damn I was convinced that head was a tau forsaken you say might have to see if I can find me one of those heads then

They work really well for scallys, I did consider making some large muties out of my set for an Apoc setting, after seeing these I think they should work quite nicely.

I thought it was a gorkamorka cannon it's great how it fits so nicely to theme and look right with the pose

Scales dabbed around would look spot on definelty, I'll have to go back to check your early work now

Cheers about the scibor bases need to find me some of those now

here he is (I could do it better now)

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2013/4/9/482591_sm-Necromunda%2C%20Scavvy.jpg

and the effect after painting

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2013/4/11/483217_sm-Necromunda%2C%20Scaly%2C%20Scavvy.jpg

Looks good to me mate, I would add just a little to the top and back of the head and some down the shoulders and tops of the arms.

Got some more done on my Van Saar today. Next campaign is a little way off but after finding form painting my Scavs I fancy trying to have a painted gang by the beginning of the campaign rather than the end









Nathanie1 out

Those have worked out really nice as Van Saar figs, great work

Amazing how a simple head change completely alters the look, have you considered GS some of the ribbed sections to alter the look a little more just a thought mind.