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An Epic Skorcha crawls through the ruins of an Imperial City.
This is from my Epic collection.
It was a simple paint job, a black undercoat, followed by a drybrush of Tin Bitz and Boltgun Metal. Various details were then picked out in red and browns (and Goblin Green for the Ork).
I can’t believe that my Epic 40000 Ork army is nearly ten years old now! I do have Epic models which are older, but I used them for Dirtside. It was Epic 40000 which I really liked as a ruleset for Epic.
Here are some of my Ork forces, part of a Kult of Speed, in the main buggies and wartrakks (though you can see a Skorcha in the background as well)
They are moving through my ruined Imperial city terrain.
See more pictures of my Kult of Speed.
One model which worked well in Epic was Pulsa Rokkits.
There use to be a metal version for Warhammer 40K, but Pulsa Rokkits were kind of ignored for a few years
In the current version of Warhammer 40K there are no models and no rules in the new Ork Codex. However there are rules for Apocalypse.
As a result I am thinking about building one for my 40K Orks.
Another photograph from my collection of Epic Orks. This is a converted Ork Flakwagon (the Trukk) and a Warbuggy.
As with other models I painted at the same time, the trukk has had an ink wash and as a result is rather glossy as I did not know at the time to add paint to wash mix which removes much of the gloss.
This is an Epic Ork Trukk which I converted.
It was done for some additional rules for Epic 40000 which appeared in one of the Epic 40000 magazines (remember them). This is an Ork Trukk.
Take one Ork FlakWagon, use the gunners from some Warbuggies and place where you would put the Flak gun.
One thing about this model is that it has had an ink wash and as a result is rather glossy as I did not know at the time to add paint to wash mix which removes much of the gloss.
This is an Epic Ork Trukk which I converted.
It was done for some additional rules for Epic 40000 which appeared in one of the Epic 40000 magazines (remember them). This is an Ork Gun Trukk (Lobba).
Take one Ork FlakWagon, use a Pulsa Rokkit with launcher; and place where you would put the Flak gun.
One thing about this model is that it has had an ink wash and as a result is rather glossy as I did not know at the time to add paint to wash mix which removes much of the gloss.
This is an Epic Ork Trukk which I converted.
It was done for some additional rules for Epic 40000 which appeared in one of the Epic 40000 magazines (remember them). This is an Ork Gun Trukk (Zap).
Take one Ork FlakWagon, use a Big Gunz (mount on gun carriage and cut off wheels) and place where you would put the Flak gun.
You could add Ork crew if you wanted.
One thing about this model is that it has had an ink wash and as a result is rather glossy as I did not know at the time to add paint to wash mix which removes much of the gloss.
More Ork Convershunz.
Here are some of my Epic scale Space Marines hiding in the ruins of an Imperial city.
This also demonstrates the problems of basing models with grass and for them to then come into the city!
More Epic Marines in cities and on grassy terrain.
A Space Marine Vindicator rolls through the rubble on the streets of a ruined Imperial city.
This is the Epic 40,000 model which was released ten years ago, has it really been that long since that game was released – yes I realise Epic as a system is even older, but Epic 40,000 was the game I enjoyed most. I never played Space Marine, I just used the models and used the Dirtside system.
More pictures of Epic models.
Epic Land Raider Command on patrol in the ruins of an Imperial city.
