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Sounds like an interesting Kill Team. What rules are you using? My memories of Kill Team were tiny little groups trying to sneak past sentries and the like.

 Archer wrote:
Sounds like an interesting Kill Team. What rules are you using? My memories of Kill Team were tiny little groups trying to sneak past sentries and the like.

That was the old kill team. The original that was in White Dwarf. We're going to be using the Heralds of Ruin rules. It's a blog one of our guys found and they have made their own version that they keep updated. Pretty cool stuff.


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Ok, got two more Orks done tonight. That's four in two days. I can't keep that pace up forever, but I'm gonna try at least for the next couple days. Tonight I painted one more gretchin and a Nob. The Nob may turn out to be my leader, haven't decided yet. Anyways, here are a few pics.







I'm really pleased with how the Nob came out. I like the weathering, and think he looks worn without being over done. Thoughts?

The nob looks great! Just the right amount of weathering!

Liking how brutal that Ork Nob looks. I assume you're fielding Goffs Klan orks then Squall?

Also that bottom pic- the toof on the right hand side looks like it could do with neatening up a bit

Good stuff, the Orks look great!

Yep I add my liking of the ork to the pot. Weathering looks real which is nice and he has a certain brutal air to him.

Yep, ork is just about right, looks good

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Liking how brutal that Ork Nob looks. I assume you're fielding Goffs Klan orks then Squall?

Also that bottom pic- the toof on the right hand side looks like it could do with neatening up a bit

Damn your eagle eyes! Hadn't noticed that. I will clean it up. These weren't meant to be Goffs, really. The armour is actually a really dark blue. It's the color "stegadon green" (go figure) from GW's paint line that Ive washed down even darker with Agrax Earthshade. I just didn't want my orks to be too bright, and am trying to give them more muted colors.

Ahh right. Well objective achieved cause I thought it was black lol

So work has been hectic this week, so I wasn't able to paint much, but I've been working on my Ork kill team this morning. We were asked to write a bit of background for our kill teams. We were given the name of the system / planets we were fighting over and told to write a quick story. Here is mine... mind you, I am not a writer, so don't judge too harshly.

The Deathskull Grog Bonechompa started out as a Nob in the Great painboy Dok's retinue. Waaaaggghhh Dok went on to the Tau empire to attack the planet of Arkunasha. On their way to the Tau empire, Dok's fleet passed by the Lopra system. Unable to wait for a new fight, Grog branched off from the main Waaaagggh and descended onto the planet Vanope. Upon landing, Grog found the nearest town and attacked. After a short but brutal fight, the PDF was able to repel Grog's attack. He has spent the last few years eeking out a life on Vanope's harsh outer zones. Steadily gathering more of his scattered mob back to his banner, Grog is ready for another attack. And this time, not only does he plan to stomp some humies, he also has his eye set on a new ship, so he can get off of this rock and start his own WAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!

The first thing I did was kit bash a few boys together. This has bits from the fantasy orc box, the 40 ork box, and the nob and flash git box. Just trying to make my boyz look unique, as well as a little poor. Like they've been stranded for awhile. They say death skulls are excellent and looting, so thats how I imagined these guys got their gear.



Next I finished off two more gretchin this morning. Gonna have ten total in the team, so I have a few more to do.





And thats all I have for now. Going to work on them some more for the next hour or so, then I'll be busy the rest of the day. Hopefullt get another update in tomorrow.

Also, I have a small favor to ask. If you guys could maybe vote on a couple of these pictures I put up. I hate asking for votes but I would like to get some feedback. Also, if you do vote, be honest with your vote, I promise you won't hurt my feelings. Thanks!

I like the Gretchin. The muted tones really allows the character of the models to be the focus - if that makes sense!

The Orks are great, will be awesome once some paint is added. Where did you get the head with the Cigar or is he one of your great conversions?

The gretchin are my favorite. I think those models are adorable!

 Archer wrote:
The Orks are great, will be awesome once some paint is added. Where did you get the head with the Cigar or is he one of your great conversions?

Its actually not a cigar. Its part of some weird machine snorkel thing on his head. I got it from the nob kit I believe.

Thanks for all the comments guys, I'm a fan of the gretchin myself and have a few more on the table drying as I type this. I got done with two of the Orks I showed in the earlier update. The 3rd is about half done but I wanted to show some progress.

Need to work on the mouth of the guy on the right. Forgot to paint his tongue and his teeth are a little messy. Close up pics show ALL.






Overall I'm pleased with how they came out. They're just regular boyz, so I didn't want to spend forever on them, but I think they have the look of the warband I'm going for. That being a poor ragtag group of Orks trying to get some loot and get off the planet. Thoughts?

So is the hat a coincidence or did I check out earlier and fail to notice that these were pirate orks? They look good.

 GrimDork wrote:
So is the hat a coincidence or did I check out earlier and fail to notice that these were pirate orks? They look good.

I don't know if they're pirates, so much as a ragtag group that has had to scrounge up as much gear as the could find. The pirate head is from the flash gitz kit but I just thought it was cool more than I thought pirate orks (if that makes sense).

Yeah that makes sense. I hadn't noticed a pirate theme before so that's why I asked.

Good to have some individuals in there.

I think they are perfect for down on their luck Orks, just trying to get by and scrounge some teef to by bigger guns. I like the potential of them becoming freebooters as the hat potentially suggests though....

You know, they might make some good savage boyz a bit.

Nice Orks! Very characterful, and the muted scheme is great.

Thanks for all the comments guys! Some of you (Grim, Paradigm, Archer and many others) are really upping the ante on production this year. It has inspired me to attempt to keep up. I got two more members of the kill team done tonight. A boy and another gretchin. I've plodded through a lot of the regular guys, it will be time to get to some of the specialists here soon.







Really liking how these are coming together. I have another regular boy, a boy with big shoota, a runtherd, and a killa kan primed up and ready to paint. May have some nice updates by the end of the week if everything goes to plan. Thanks for stopping by, everyone and feel free to comment!

Tiny grot with two oversized pistols doing the yell at the air thing is pretty hilarious/awesome. The mech-cigar and visor ork is pretty cool too.

Very nice once more! The helmet/cigar/exhaust on that guy is great!

Yeah he's great! Where'd you get the choppa from? Does that come with the Ork Boyz kit?

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Yeah he's great! Where'd you get the choppa from? Does that come with the Ork Boyz kit?

The choppa is from the fantasy orc kit. In fact, all of him is from the fantasy kit except for the gun arm and head. The head is from the Nob kit or the flash gitz kit, can't remember exactly.

Hanging out for a Group shot, there are enough of them to show the crew together methinks. How many are you planning to do for your kill team? Can't wait to see your Killa Kan.

I think the Orks may be your best work yet, love the tones on the skin and the metallics.

Keep it up.

Thanks T.O.T. I feel like I've been getting steadily better. I have been quite pleased with how these have come out as well. To prove that point, here are the first models I painted, about 5-6 years ago.



Pretty rough, huh? It does make me appreciate how far I've come, and maybe in another 5 years or so I will be even better. So despite the fact that I haven't been on here much, I have got a little work done. I got a new gaming console, so that has slowed work down, but not stopped it entirely.

First off, is my newest addition, a boy with rokkit launcher. Just fantasy ork parts mixed with 40k Nob parts.



Next up, an early WIP of my Killa Kan. Need to think of a name for this guy. Suggestions?



Next are a few shots of the most recently finished boy and gretchin.







And lastly, because Archer asked so nicely, a shot of the whole Kill Team.



Its obviously not done, but we are getting a few games of practice in tomorrow before the real even in two weeks, so I figired I'd get a shot while getting them all together. Notice I used the crappy Nobz from above as boys for the Kill Team. This won't be permanent, but I haven't had time to convert 4 more guys, so I just grabbed them off the shelf. They will be replaced in time for the official event.
SO what are you guy's thoughts. Do they look good? Do we think they will perform well on the table? Please comment. I will take a few pictures of the games tomorrow and post them up either tomorrow night or Sunday morning.

These are coming together very nicely, the progression form those older paintjobs is excellent.

That Killa Kan is awesome. So wish I had seen that before I did my own.

The photo just before the group shot is really, really good. The paint job looks fantastic.

Group shot is cool. Never thought a kill team would be so big.