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I have made some progress with my Feral Ork Junkatrukks.
They have been undercoated.
I much prefer using a white undercoat when painting models in reds, yellows or orange. If I am going for a dark look then I will use a black undercoat.
I have also added the metal areas, by given them a base coat of black.
This will be drybrushed with Tin Bitz and Boltgun Metal, I will then touch up the white areas before painting the bodywork in reds, yellows and orange colours.
These have been sitting around since I undercoated them (doing other stuff), however when I did undercoat them I didn’t undercoat the underneath (rarely do with metal models). Started the black parts when I realised that the underneath (which was fresh resin) would not accept the acrylic paint I was using.
It looks like I will be forced to undercoat the underneath before I can continue with the paint job.
Trying something slightly different…
Those of you who have seen Carl Woodrow’s EA Terminators will have realised he has followed Mark Bedford’s lead and based them on 40mm x 20mm (read Warmaster) bases.
I have decided to do the same with my Feral Orks as they are even less organised than a regular ork army that I will base the infantry using 40mm x 20mm bases (read Warmaster bases) and put seven models on each base.
The first few bases look very different to the line of infantry you get with the regular Epic40K 20mm x 5mm bases.
Using Epic Armageddon Battlewagonz as Feral Ork Junkatrukks…
I have decided to use two type of model for my Feral Ork army. One is original Epic40K Flagwagons the other are the new Epic Armageddon Battlewagonz.
The Battlewagonz blister contains five models of three types.
They are very nice models.
Though I would say that the Epic40K flakwagon (being in three parts) is more detailed then the new all-in-one Battlewagon variant contained in this blister.
Digging through some old Epic models I found these conversions…
I was digging about in my model boxes when I found these conversions I had done in the 1990s.
They were made from the original SM era plastic Land Raider models with metal titan weapons.
The paint job is a bit below my usual standard, they were painted red, given an ink wash and then blacklined with a pen.
Unfortunately over time they have picked up some fluff….
Got a new camera, here are the results…
Recently acquired a Canon EOS 300D, which is a digital SLR camera, here are some of the results. Most of these images used an aperture of f32 and anything up to a ten second exposure which meant using a tripod and avoiding knocking the camera.
Started on my first objective…
Well here is a picture of a work in progress of my Ork Watchtower, an objective for Epic Armageddon.
Made from plastic strut and using a 60mm base, I am aiming to achieve a Gorkamorka style tower.
Still have to add the top bit and adding scenery to the base.
Still looking for ideas…
Out there quite a few people are building objectives for games of Epic Armageddon, a good example of this is the Dropship website.
I have decided to make some Ork objectives, so far I have started on a watchtower and am aiming to make a few more such as a crashed spaceship, a large Krooz Missile, a junk heap, and a Gargant (half-made or semi-destroyed – is there a difference).
I have recently purchased a blister of the new Epic Ork Battlewagons.
You get five battlewagons, two are of new designs and one is a re-modelled Flakwagon from the days of Epic40K.
They look like really nice models and should be a nice addition to my Ork army.
Even though I had stuck all my Forgeworld Ork Gunwagons together and undercoated them, I have now decided that I want to use some of the excellent weapons on some Squiggoths!
I managed to get a Kannon and a Lobba off the models (well I did manage to “break” another Lobba, but glued it back into position).
With the two empty Gunwagons, with one I have added a buggy gunner and the other is going to get a Pulsa Rokkitt.