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Remember when orks were... well, crazy and fun?  Taking whatever they could, throwing it together (likely with "lotsa nails" and using it right away on the field ("testin's for pansies" ?  I remember!  My ideas tend to be left-of-center to begin with, but keeping in mind the legacy of fun orks, I crafted this fellow, Da Boss of da Madkowz.



In game terms, the ork is armed with a 'uge choppa and a custom blasta while the cow is a "counts as" cyboar (or just ignored entirely if you can't get over the physics of rollerskates + rockets + mud).  Likely the cow wouldn't survive once the rockets are lit -- for that matter, likely the ork isn't going to survive once the rockets are lit.

The cow is from the Warhammer Fantasy Giant with legs, head and tail repositioned.  Imperial Guard boots make dandy skates.  I learned a lot about green stuff from this project, but unfortunately I am still a pretty sucky sculptor.  Some WIP shots:




This was my entry for 40K Single Figure at Atlanta Gamesday 2007, but alas it didn't place.

If you feel the urge to vote, please do. 

Thanks,
-Kep

MY HERO!....thats bad @$$, I dig it!

Exalt.

I particularly admire the shading & highlighting on the orc flesh.

How in Gork's green earth did this not even place? Idiots. This guy RULES.

OT, but when Columbus Ohio (where I currently reside) was thinking up names for their upcoming NHL team, "The Columbus Mad Cows" had very strong support. However the totally lame "Blue Jackets" won out (it's a reference to Blue Jacket, hero of the Ohio-based Shawnee nation, but the graphic depicts a yellow jacket wasp wearing an American Civil War Union uniform which were blue - uhhhh...).

That's the best model I've seen since my return from the exodus of exams. Congrats. I give it a 10 our of 11.

that's too funny! I agree, should have placed.

Wow, I can't believe that you didn't place either! I'd be so cool to see this guy with a unit of KowBoyz!

You should have known better. Not taking "The Games Workshop Hobby" seriously is a DQ offense.

I agree with everything said here. This is wonderful, precisely in the true spirit of Da Orks! Great job.

That gets kudos from me and Bloid.

I need to start working on my monolith battlewagon.....

great work