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I have spent a lot of time and effort working on my Ork Looted Rhino.
Having finished the base coat I gave the Looted Rhino 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.
It seems to have worked quite well.
Next stage will be a drybrush. See the full workbench feature on the Looted Rhino.
See our gallery of Looted Rhinos.
After talking about a possible plastic Killa Kan earlier this week I remembered I had taken some photographs of George Dellapina’s funky scratch-built Killa Kan’s at Bristol Conflict 2004.
This was a very funky army which used a range of toys to good effect for trukks and buggies. The Killa Kans were based around Kinder Eggs (the plastic bit after you have eaten the chocolate).
See more of George’s funky Ork army.
Having finished the base coat on my Ork Fighter Bommer I gave the plane 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.
I am quite pleased with the end result. I was trying to get a rusty looking battered plane and I think that this paint job does do just that.
See the full workbench feature on the Ork Bommer.
There are a few rumours flying about the web that there may be a plastic Ork Killa Kan released sometime this year.
For me one thing which confirms it for me is that in the Ork Codex one of the (new) weapon options for the Killa Kan is the Grotzooka, which is not available as an option on the current metal kit.
It is this which confirms for me that there will be a plastic Killa Kan model this year.
Now whether that will be as a separate kit or as part of a boxed starter set, that is a different question.
Released yesterday, however I got my copy of Codex Orks this afternoon.
I am quite pleased with it, but though much bigger than the old Codex, I would like to have seen more colour pages in there.
The codex does change the Orks quite a bit and it will take some getting use to the new rules, it only feels like I was getting use to the old ones.
Nice to see the return of the Shokk Attack Gun and it looks nasty so I might get one!
I had intended to get a Trukk today alongside the Codex, but my local GW had sold out!
More thoughts another time.
Back on the 1st Jan I mentioned that there were a lot of rumours flying about the web about a possible Apocalypse Datasheet for an Ork Submersible.
Well it’s looking like the rumours are true. I have now seen the datasheet for the submersible so soon you will be able to use models like this one which was used at GamesDay 2007.
The other Ork datasheets include a huge flying mine layer, a horde (100+) Orks, a trukk force and a Pulsa Rokkit.
I just wish that GW published their datasheets in colour (as Forge World did).
Having undercoated my Ork Wartrakk. I gave the non-metal parts (and the front tyre) a base coat of Desert Yellow.
Next stage will be a wash to accentuate the detail.
Having given the Ork Gunwagon a basecoat of Tausept Ochre I have given the other parts of the model a drybrush of Tin Bitz and Boltgun Metal.
This is another view.
Next stage will be a wash.
Well according to a few rumours flying around at the moment it is highly likely that Games Workshop will be releasing an Apocalypse datasheet for an Ork submersible.
Able to carry sixty boyz it will also have a huge gun as well.
Excellent.
This is how I undercoated my Ork Wartrakk.
Some people use black undercoats when painting vehicles and some use white. For some of my Ork vehicles I use both! A white undercoat for the bodywork, to enable me to use lighter colours or reds and then black for the mechanisms and other metallic and rubbery parts.
The model was built with the crew left off for painting separately. The Big Shoota stayed with the gunner. I used some of the Ork glyphs from Forge World, I would have preferred if the glyphs were cast in a similart vein to the Inquisitor purity seals, but they’re not, they have quite a thick backing.