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I thought I would start a P&M blog here on dakka for a few reasons. I have lurked here for years and I thought it was time to help contribute something to the site.. I have played 40k since 07 but till recently I have started putting effort into painting..I have always enjoyed modeling but painting is something I have stayed away from a bit..But getting back into I have started to enjoy it. So as I post more and more of my Orks please feel free to leave tips on how I could improve my painting.(I am very proud of my Orks but my tank painting skills are a bit weak)


I will start off with what I had so far... I have plenty of orks half painted so I will leave those out which are not to interesting. I have bashed together and painted a IG chimera which I am going to count as a trukk for a squad of death skulls. I am pretty happy with the model.. The paint job isnt that great IMO but it was really the first tank i have painted and I learned a LOT from it so its not as if it was a waste and I am comfortable with throwing it on the table at the FLGS so it will get plenty of use.











The next is a looted wagon I just got done with right before starting this...I will end up with a ton of looted wagons.. I was given 2 more LRBT, 1 Demo tank and a bassi which will all be turned into boom wagons.







Next are the few fully painted Orks that I do have..The two boys need to be based and sealed but other then that they are done...I am very proud of them and the nob..Which i enjoyed painting quite a lot and I am sure ill end up with a ton of those since i enjoyed it so much. I am going to try and add in some IG bits to some of the models who will be riding around in the looted chimera to add some more flavor.




Oh and a note about my army. I do not plan to run them purely painted as death skulls. I may end up with more death skulls then anything else partly due to modeling. But I have plans to have a squad of 30 "shoota boyz" who are going to be snakebites with bows. Plans for a speedy looking looted devilfish that will be for a squad of evil suns and a tough looking ork trukk for a squad of goffs.

nice a growing waaaagh!
like your idea on snakebite shooties looking forward to see them
keep up

Hey there Ullrum! I like the rusted look on that chimera-trukk but personally think it could look a little bit more 'fragile?' for an AV10 trukk, still a good looking model though.

That russ is looking nice already, a nice more-than-square shape to the turret.

I'm more of a modeller and not so good in the painting department so I commend you on putting the effort in to improve there, it seems to really have worked judging by the painted ones you've posted, nice stuff.


- Dood515

looted tanks? I will be following this, I like looted tanks. (check out my thread if you want inspiration)

Thanks for all the replies guys!

On the looted wagon i was going for the basic set up..Boom gun and thats it...no ard case and no extra weapons..Its a decent filler when I have just a few points left over and need somethin cheap to fill up a list...I think Ill have the bassi I have be the same set up as well.


Small sunday update. Got a good deal on some Ork stuff over the weekend. Few boxes of boys, box of bikes and a trukk.. I spent this morning playing with the trukk kit. I really like the ork trukk kit. It has a great ramshackle look and a nice Ork charm to it... But i put some work into it to help it stand out...This will be the trukk for a unit of goffs. I tried to make it look a bit more rough and tough since thats a bit of the fluff for Goffs..being the strongest and toughest and I think it came out pretty well and is very fitting..










Once I stopped i realized that it looked a lot like the forge world ork trukk with the closed cab. I didnt do that on purpose but i have always liked that model so a bit of my subconscious was playing a part while i built it.

The only thing I have left to do on the model is add in rivets.

Very nice I especially like the grille and the enclosed gunner cabin, quick question though is that twin shoota magnetized or glued.

Primarch_of_mechmarines wrote:Very nice I especially like the grille and the enclosed gunner cabin, quick question though is that twin shoota magnetized or glued.

Thanks!

The turret is its own piece. I built the square turret..then put a piece of plastic tube on the bottom of the turret then drilled a hole in the top of the cabin..so it swivels all the way around and also lifts right out. So i can remove it on the off chance it gets blown off or i can swap it out for a rokkit turret if i wanted.

Ah very good then.