An Ork Fighter Bommer from the Forge World Display cabinets at GamesDay 2009.
How I have painted my Ork Bommer.
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Ork Bommer
At GamesDay 2005 there was a Dambusters style game on, with the Imperial Guard defending and Orks attacking.
A closer look at one of the Ork Heavy Bommers based on a Hercules model kit.
Not too keen on the painting on this model, almost pink!
Flying over the battlefield
The Orks are moving forward, shouting at the top of their lungs, whilst overhead Ork Bommerz scream and release their payloads of bombs.
This is the scene faced by Simon’s Imperial Guard in a game we had.
Great fun!
See photographs from a range of games we’ve had.
Flying over the battlefield
The Orks are moving forward, shouting at the top of their lungs, whilst overhead Ork Bommerz scream and release their payloads of bombs.
This is the scene faced by Simon’s Imperial Guard in a game we had.
Great fun!
See photographs from a range of games we’ve had.
Ork Fighter Bommer
George Dellapina’s funky Speed Freeks Ork army on display at Bristol Conflict 2004 included some very nice converted trukks and this superb Ork Fighter-Bommer.
See more of George’s funky Ork army.
See how I have painted my Ork Fighter Bommer.
Ork Fighter Bomma in action
I have been working on my Ork Fighter Bomma for years now.
Though not finished (in the sense can any model be finished), it was in my mind in a state ready for the gaming table.
At a recent game it took to the table.
We used the Apocalypse rules for it and I was well impressed with its performance.
Less impressed with its performance in the second game, when dropping its bombs it took out my Orks and not the enemy Imperial Guard!
Using the new Apocalypse bombing template (the one that consists of five circles) was an interesting experience and the rules certainly worked for me (even when they didn’t work in my favour).
Looks like Simon will need to get some kind of anti-aircraft defence.
Ork Fighter Bomma Reflections
Having given my Ork Fighter Bomma 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 left it for a while before going back to look at it again.
Taking time to reflect.
Though not glossy, it was a little dark for my liking, so I decided to lighten it a little with some drybrushing.
I didn’t want to do too much otherwise it will turn out dusty rather than dirty, but that can be a technique used to good effect when you do want a dusty finish.
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.
Ork Fighter Bommer
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.
Ork Bommerz
This very nicely done Ork Bommer was on display in the Gaming Club Network display cabinets at GamesDay 2007.
I do like this model and wouldn’t mind getting one, though the amount of time it has taken me to model and paint my Ork Fighter makes me think that if I did get one, it will probably be 2015 before it ever flew over the gaming table!
Also Forge World are going to make 28mm versions of their Heavy Ork Bommerz which they recently produced for aeronautica imperialis and that might be even more fun to make and paint.
Epic scale Ork Bommerz
Here are some pictures of the Forgeworld Epic scale Ork Bommer for Aeronautica Imperialis.
Though these were announced a few months ago, it was nice to see them for real at GamesDay 2007.
They are really nicely done models with a lot of character.
They’re not quite as I envisaged what Ork heavy bommerz would look like, these seem to be just more bulbous Ork fighters, whereas I imagined something along the lines of a spindly Marauder, maybe a little like a RAF Lancaster or Short Stirling from World War Two.