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New Forgeworld Epic Thunderhawk and Arvus Lighter

At GamesDay France, amongst a whole lot of new models from Forgeworld, one person managed to capture some new Epic models from Forgeworld.

They are an Epic Thunderhawk and an Epic Aruvs Lighter.

I know I have been one of a few wondering if Forgeworld were giving up on Epic, but these splended new models show that Forgeworld still have Epic models for us.

I am not a fan of the Thunderhawk, so I am hoping that they do an Epic Thunderhawk Transporter which is a model I really do like.

Undercoated Covered Ork Trukk

I have undercoated my covered Ork Trukk.

I have added some score marks to indicate stretching as recommended to me by Warmaster Nice on the EpiComms Discussion Forum.

Epic Covered Trukk

I had some green stuff left over from another modelling project, so I decided to have a go at modeling a covered trukk (ie one with a tarpaulin cover).

Not sure about the end result, but I think it will look better when painted. If I had the skills I would add ropes and stuff (I don’t so I don’t think I will even bother).

Ork Missilz Launchaz

Maybe a little too Imperial…

I was looking at the smoke launchers from the Chaos Rhino kit and I thought to myself they would make great Epic scale missile launchers. So I looked at how they would look on some Ork trukks.

Having tried them on the Ork trukks, I think they may be a little too imperial like for the Orks.

Ork Anti-Dropship Flakwagon

For taking down those pesky Space Marine Landing Craft…

This is my Ork Anti-Dropship Flakwagon.

The concept is that upon sighting an Imperial Dropship (or similar) it would fire all three rockets and attempt to take it down.

It is also used on the battlefield as a heavy artillery piece as well.

It is an Ork Flakwagon with the side panels cut off. A Hydra central unit (from the main weapon) is stuck onto the back and then three Pulsa Rokkits are stuck on that.

It could also be used as a Ork Soopagun.

Games Workshop Epic Scenery

Seeing this image recently from an old White Dwarf.

It reminded me how good GW epic scale custom made scenery was. The Dwarf and the (older) rule books were full of these kind of pictures. Which is why I wish the Epic Armageddon book had being full of these kind of pictures (or even these pictures) rather than the (cartoony) artwork from the collectable card game.

Epic Deth Koptaz

I never did like the Specialist Games Deth Kopta so I decided some time ago to make my own.

They are made from buggies without wheels, a bit of sprue and some plastic strip.

I am currently using a flying base which is way too large.

Guntrukks on Patrol

Those of you familar with my website may have already seen the page devoted to the Kult of Speed.

I have decided to add some more forces but using the paint scheme that I am using for my other Ork variant armies.

I am also intending to look back on some of the miniatures I have done and either add some detailing or even re-wash some.

To give you an idea here are some Ork Guntrukks I did a year or two back. This is a photograph of some Ork Guntrukks on patrol.

They are simple E40K Flakwagons with Ork Buggy Gunners and Imperial Guard Dozer Blades. They have used a pure ink wash which is why they are slightly shiny, whereas with my more recent painting I have used an ink/paint combination wash which reduces or eliminates the shine.

I am sure that I have shown these before.

I might now give them a new wash.

These models also show why I like the older lots of parts E40K models over the newer single casting Epic Armageddon models.

These models take parts from three models something which would be difficult to do with the current offerings from Specialist Games.

I do realise that the multi-part aspect of the older models made it difficult to build them, but it certainly made them easier for conversions and new models.