Greetings Terrans, I have a sneeky quick peek of ‘wot I dun painted on me hollibobs’ for you. I apologise in advance for the shit pics, sub-par painting, and general sameyness of the subject material – I’ve been working through the RT era orks I prepped for doing the Wolf Time campaign, so lots of 5 ork squads with 3 Bolters, a Heavy Bolter, and a leader with Bolter & chainsword! All the painting was either done on a deck in sunlight, or in a caravan… less than perfect lighting conditions! Still, it drove a certain approach to the process, which was basically to do the main ‘accurate’ stuff by day, and tackle the less fussy wash & drybrush by bulblight at night. I’ve deliberately left out the fiddly details – they’ll get added later & with better lighting.
Anyhow, enough excuses – here’s what I’ve got:
Yellow squad – Heavy Bolter (left) has a converted gun
Purple squad – again, Heavy Bolter (second from left) has a converted gun
Green squad – converted heavy bolter again (second from left), plus a chainsword weapon swap for the squad leader
Blue squad – as nature intended
A selection of characters from RTB02 – leaders in their own rights, but destined to be mere squad leaders under Governor Kulo!
And a final group shot – a great start to the project!
So that’s all for now folks, back to normal next week – i.e. a batshit crazy catch-up week with work, followed by a weeklong business trip, followed by who-knows-what! Hopefully I’ll manage to get a few more Orks marched through the painting queue in and around the madness :-)
Peace out
Nice minis! And that’s pretty good going for painting on holiday!
Cheers mate – it was certainly a different painting experience! Glad you like ‘em :-)
Great work, really impressive painting!
Cheers mate, that is kind of you – it’s not my best work, but I’m happy given the circumstances, and I’m sure a tidy-up & some flourishes will improve them no end :-)
Well, you have been busy! In th ebest way possible! I reall ylike your approach on these :)
Hey, thanks Suber, it’s a strange project to take on, given that it is so well defined… fun painting outside though – I may try to do that more :-)
Great stuff man! Very cheeky little Orks 😉 love the rust effect you have on the weaponry, very cool
Cheers mate – gotta have a bit of rust ;-)
Busy boy. These are great man you’ve done well
Cheers dude, it’s definitely progress :-)
Very nice dude, you know I love a big mob of old school orks (or indeed, any orks…).
From little Grrrs, great Waaaghs are born :-) Cheers mate!
They look great so far, and I know they’ll be even better once you’re properly done with them. There’s a whole lot of old-school Orks being turned out lately, I notice!
Cheers mate, yeah, I’m planning various cheques, dags, flame patterns, war paint – the whole nine yards! I’ll get the total model count done to a basic tabletop standard first though, so plenty more to work through :-)
lovely stuff
Cheets mate
Absolutely love these Alex!! Will you try combine some of the crazy amazing new vehicles on the way with these old skool dudes?
Haha, thanks mate – probably not tbh, though I will be doing an Oldhammer dreadmob on the side, and I might pick up some of the oldschool scorchers, buggies & wartracks in the future…
These look great, especially considering the less-than-ideal conditions for painting. I love the character of these Orks; they’ve fared much better than than the Space Marines of the same era.
Cheers mate, it is a fun challenge to be sure! Funny you say that about Marines – I agree, but they are next on the list to do for Wolf Time… so hopefully I’ll make them presentable ;-)
Mad Boyz! You need Mad Boyz! Great stuff mate and well done on the consistancy of the painting. I bet you’re loving the horde painting :)
Oh man, Mad Boyz were fun – I may sprinkle a few in here and there :-) Yeah, it was great getting some solid painting time – sod’s law, I’m back from hols & been flat out – I haven’t painted a damn thing since! Bloody RL…
Yes they were the best. I had two squads and they caused havoc. Great fun, wish I still had them.
Love the different color schemes, so subtle but damn effective.
Subtle? Wait ’till I do the PINK skwad! :-) Cheers mate
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