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This Ork conversion has had a Rokkit Launcha using a metal grenade and Shoota. This is a work in progress. The base is done, the basecoat for the skin is done. Most of the metal work has been drybrushed with Tin Bitz and Boltgun Metal.
Still to do are the skin highlights and more detailing of the belts and clothing.
Full workbench feature on my Orks with heavy weapons.
There were some great new models at the Forge World Open Day 2009.
Will Hayes has been working on some ideas for Ork Trukks and additional weapons and these looked really nice and would add variety to any Ork army which uses Trukks.
This was his Ork Gun Trukk or should that be Half-Trukk? Note the bigger engine. The room for only a single driver. Oh and the big gun in the back of the Trukk.
See more pictures of these concept Trukks.
On display at GamesDay 2005 was the Khandish Charioteer for the Lord of the Rings game.
The personal guard of the Khandish kings ride to battle in formidable chariots. Only the most loyal of all the Variags in a king’s army are chosen for this honour.
More photographs from GamesDay 2005.
Having worked a lot of my Grey Knights Land Speeder, one of the key components is the replacement crew. I could have used the included plastic Space Marine crew, but in the end I used some metal Grey Knights models. I started with a black basecoat and then gave the armour a basecoat of Boltgun Metal. This was followed with the gold metal parts been given a base coat of Brazen Brass.
I then started painting the base coats for the purity seals and other iconology on the Grey Knights.
See the full workbench feature.
Chaos forces storm across the table.
More photographs of the forces of Chaos.
From a demonstration game at Bristol Conflict 2003.
Of the many display games at GamesDay 2001, one of many which caught my eye was this Epic game involving Tyranids.
Check out the Epic section on the main website.
As well as my other Daemonhunters Inquisitorial Stormtroopers which are based on the Cadian Kasrkin I have also decided to add a unit based on the Tallarn or I may just use them as inducted Imperial Guard.
Having given the models a white undercoat, I then gave the models a basecoat of Desert Yellow. This was followed by a wash consisting of Chestnut Ink, Scorched Brown paint (which helps remove the gloss of the ink) and some water to thin the wash down.
Rear view.
Full workbench feature on this blister of Tallarn Imperial Guard. Workbench feature on the boxed set.
There were some great new models at the Forge World Open Day 2009.
Will Hayes has been working on some ideas for Ork Trukks and additional weapons and these looked really nice and would add variety to any Ork army which uses Trukks.
See more pictures of these concept Trukks.
I think my favourite model from GamesDay 2008 was Forge World’s Ork Flakk Wagon.
From a gaming perspective it can’t really be considered too important as I guess not too many gamers use aircraft in their games (but hey you never know).
From a model perspective it is just a conversion kit, it is not a full resin kit. It looks as though as well as new crew you also get a new engine too.
I really do like the way it looks, very Orky.
In my original post on the Flakk Wagon just after GamesDay I said:
I also like it, because it means that Forge World are making more Ork stuff and I hope that this isn’t a one off, but just the start of lots of new stuff.
At the Forge World Open Day in April we saw various work in progress models from Will Hayes so that wave of Ork stuff from Forge World is on its way.
There were some excellent snowy games at GamesDay 2003.
