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Another idea…
Following on from my other post on variant Ork army lists and a discussion on the official Epic Armageddon Forums I have thought of another concept for an Ork Army, a Lootas army containing a wealth of captured and converted Imperial equipment.
It could look really cool.
As most people who play Epic Armageddon are aware, once an army list is finalised nothing can be added to it, so when new models, such as the new Forgeworld Bommers, are released they can not be used in the current army lists…
One thing Jervis mentioned in the latest White Dwarf got me thinking, especially with the release of the Ork Bommers from Forgeworld.
As most people who play Epic Armageddon are aware, once an army list is finalised nothing can be added to it, so when new models, such as the Bommers, are released they can not be used in the current army lists. Either you use the “counts as” rule or create your own rules.
In the White Dwarf article, Jervis talks about having quite a few army lists (aka Hordes of the Things or DBM).
It occurred to me that you could have quite a few variant Ork lists, potentially at least twenty different lists!
Therefore I am working on a Ork Airfield Defence Force which will include the new Forgeworld Ork Bommers.
As you may have read in the recent Forgeworld newsletter, they will be releasing an epic version of their Giant Squiggoth.
It is a wonderful sculpt and I have always liked the 40K version, but never had the £200 it cost.
It is perfect for my Feral Ork Army and I can’t wait until they come out.
It’s fantastic and hats off to Daniel Cockersell for a fantastic miniature.
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.