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Teknishun Skwad 2

18 Sunday Nov 2018

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Greetings Terrans, how are we all? Following on from the 1st Teknishun Swad last week, we logically follow on with Skwad 2 šŸ™‚Ā  As I mentioned last time, the 2nd Tech squad show up in scenario 2, and these guys are packing some serious heatā€¦ Plasma guns, Conversion Fields, Bolt Pistols and Swords to be exact! Datā€™s some seriously snazzy guns, so I went with a suitably snazzy colour for these wannabe flash gitz:

Ā *edit – spotted that I had missed the teeth as soon as I had posted! I’ll get that sorted out šŸ™‚

 

Ok, so I know some of these minis are actually packing flamers, and I know that Iā€™m supposed to be doing this project with as much accuracy as possible, but the foot is going down and Iā€™m reinterpreting the minis & calling them plasmaā€¦ Because Orksā€¦ So there.

Speaking of minis, how funny is it that the actual plasma boys appear to be resting their chins on the plasma coils? Clearly they were sculpted in the days before plasma ā€˜got hotā€™ and tried to fuck you over far more frequently than the one-in-six frequency that the laws of statistics demandā€¦ In fact, keeping in mind that Space Orks have the same ballistic skill as Space Marines in Rogue Trader, this squad is going to be a real handfulā€¦

Hereā€™s another angle showing off their swords & pistols:

 

While I was painting these guys, I realised that I got the base rims wrong for my first Teknishun skwad, so I quickly fished them out of the display case and corrected that oversightā€¦ Seemed a shame not to take advantage of the situation and do a quick group shot of the whole Techy crew together:

 

This little lot represents a bit of a milestone in the whole project so far, in that Iā€™m around half way through the Orks. Iā€™m also done with all the boys that I had built and undercoated, so itā€™s going to be a bit of a building phase for the next few weeks Iā€™m afraidā€¦ I have the power armoured Guards to work through, and I also have a whole bunch of ā€˜Skumbosā€™ to get sorted outā€¦ Now, I like converting minis, so this bit is going to be great fun for me, but it might be pretty boring for you guys! I hope you can all bear with me though, because I think this is going to be the really interesting bit of the project.

The Skumbos should be particularly good fun. In the fluff, the poor old Skumbos are described as being ā€˜lower casteā€™ Orcs, and they are lightly armed with Bolt Pistols & Swordsā€¦ Unsurprisingly, there arenā€™t too many pistol/sword minis of that era, so I knew I needed to think outside of the box for this little lot! I decided to play on the whole ā€˜lower casteā€™ thing, and picked up a few fantasy Orc Archers of the correct vintage. After a bit of chopping & some putty work, I ended up with these:

 

Whaddaya think? They arenā€™t finished yet, but hopefully you get the ideaā€¦ Iā€™m planning four of these per unit, plus a legit pistol/sword Space Ork to represent the unit leader, (who, bizarrely, gets Mesh armour). I need six such units, so maths tells me that I now need to finish these four, add another twenty, and round up six proper Space Orks to lead themā€¦ should keep me busy for a while! šŸ™‚

Until next time dudes, be awesome out there!

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Armoured Thrugg Bullneck

28 Sunday Oct 2018

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Greetings Terrans, sorry it has been a while, but I was away with business the week before last – jet lag has combined with a busy week to reduce my output a bit, but I do have one last bit of Wolf Time progress to share before Orktober is done. Do you remember these guys?

For those that don’t know, these are all the named leaders of the RTB02 boxed set of ‘Space Orcs’ (sic) from back in the day. Thrugg Bullneck is da boss in the middle, and he’s very special to me, because this boxed set was my first Citadel miniatures purchase. I used to pitch my 18 or so Space Orcs against my mate’s 30-plus RTB01 Beakies, and I regularly got my ass handed to me… The Orcs were tougher, and could shoot just as good as Marines back then, but they really suffered for lack of armour and I was too skint to do much about it… I think I’ve carried a resentment ever since, so when I realised that I needed to do some power armoured orks with chainswords for the Wolf Time campaign, I pulled out a duplicate Thrugg and did this:

This was a few weeks back, but I’ve been too busy painting skwads since then to do much else with him. I didn’t have enough time to get deeply into anything this week, but when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade, and so I used the few hours I did have to finish Armoured Thrugg. Here’s the result:

I must say, I am really chuffed with him – he’s the most ambitious bit of sculpting I have ever taken on, and, while a bit rough around the edges, he’s certainly fit for purpose. He has a Bolter, a converted hand flamer, sculpted power armour & chainsword, so he’s correctly equipped to lead one of Governor Kulo’s guard squads. More than that, he’s a gift to 16 year old me – a proper well-‘ard Thrugg, ready to boot some beakies right inna fork!

I’m away hiking with my youngest this week so I’ll be away from paints, but my success with this guy has got me motivated to try more sculpting. I’ve chopped up a few spare Orks and packed some putty & tools for a spot of evening putty-pushing while I’m away… if they come out half as good as Thrugg then I’ll be a happy chap šŸ™‚

Da state of da Waaagh!

11 Thursday Oct 2018

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Greetings Terrans ā€“ a second post in one week! You lucky buggers šŸ™‚

Itā€™s just a quickie today ā€“ I had another Wolf Time Ork Skwad close to being done, so I had a wee push to get them over the finish line last night. This is actually the last ā€˜combat unitā€™ required for the campaign, but is a bit different to all the other combat units & only appears in scenario 3… Firstly, the unit has Bolters and Bolt Pistols, second the leader has a hand flamer, and unit , and thirdly the unit has no Heavy Bolter…Ā  The sharp eyed and knowledgeable among you will have spotted the Heavy B Ork, but no, that actual Heavy Bolter won’t be played as one – to be fair, it is pretty tiny, and I didn’t realise it was a Heavy B until it was too late… Fuck it… it’ll have to count as a snazzy regular Bolter šŸ™‚

I trawled my paint draw for a spot colour, and ended up with this bluey-green Dark Eldar colourā€¦ Thus we have ā€˜da Real Teal Skwad!ā€™:

While I was feelinā€™ Orky, I revisited the 4 ā€˜Combat unitsā€™ that I painted on my hols & just quickly added some green glaze to the flesh tonesā€¦ Then I thought I might as well dig out the three ā€˜Warrior Unitsā€™ as well, and take a few pics of the whole lot together:

 

And hereā€™s ā€˜da leadership teamā€™

 

So, thatā€™s it for now ā€“ three months in to the project, and weā€™re 40 down, 60ish to goā€¦ It starts to get more complicated from her on in, with almost everything needing to be converted (heavily in some cases). Iā€™m also away from my paints quite a bit in October so my output will be a bit patchy for the next few weeks, but fear not ā€“ the Waaagh must go on!

More Wolf Time Orks

01 Monday Oct 2018

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Greetings Terrans, I have another unit of ā€˜Ork Warriorsā€™ finished for the Wolf Time campaign, (35 down, 67ish to go). This is another ā€˜Bolters and Bolt Pistolsā€™ Warrior skwad, and will defend Govā€™ner Kulo in the final scenario of the Wolf Time campaign. As with all the squads so far, I wanted a clear spot colour to help with tabletop identificationā€¦ Iā€™ve already used purple, blue, green, yellow, red and orangeā€¦ Iā€™m reserving white for the final Ork Warriors unit, grey for the two ā€˜teknishun skwadsā€™, keeping black for the power-armoured guards, and brown for all ā€˜Scumbosā€™ā€¦ Basically, Iā€™m running low on options here, so this skwad gets a slightly unusual choice of spot colour:

Now, I know that this is a pretty unconventional choice, but pink is lovely with the green skin tone, and I really like it! I imagine that the skwad adopted it because itā€™s the same colour as humie skin, so itā€™s bound to be terrifying to the enemy šŸ™‚

Also, this unit is notable for the inclusion of LE1 ā€“ the original and firstest ever GW Space Orc! Heā€™s the chap in the middle with the bigger base, and is the leader of this skwad. I really like the aesthetics of this mini ā€“ he has a more simian, hunched appearance than his successors, and this really helps to make this Ork look a lot more alien and bestial than later RT Ork minis. I believe that Bob Naismith sculpted this chap, before Kev Adams took on the range and cemented the more cartoony look that we all know and (mostly) love ā€“ a look that arguably still defines the range to this day. However, I really, really like the aesthetic of LE1 ā€“ in fact, I prefer it to Kevā€™s interpretation, (*gasp!!*), and I canā€™t help but wonder what wouldā€™ve happened if Naismith had been kept working on the range…

 

In other news, the excellent Mark of Heresyofus fame came to visit me over the weekend for a few games of Stylites, and to show me the development of a new (and very clever) board system that heā€™s been working on! Keep an eye out for a proper post on the subject from me later in the week, with loads of cool photos & info from the weekend, but hereā€™s a little teaser for you in the meantime šŸ™‚

Have a good one folks!

Wolf Time Orks

24 Monday Sep 2018

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Greetings Terrans, how goes it? It has been a busy couple of weeks, with lots of building, sculpting, and general hobby ā€˜adminā€™, but not much in the way of finished stuff to share! That said, I do have another unit of ā€˜Ork Warriorsā€™ finished for the Wolf Time campaign, (30 down, 72ish to go). As with the ā€˜Red Skwadā€™, these guys are all armed with Bolters and Bolt Pistols, and will lurk in Govā€™ner Kuloā€™s inner sanctum (fnaar fnaar). This time, Iā€™ve gone with a rather fetching orange as the squad spot colour:

 

These guys were slightly slow to get finished, mostly because I had a ā€˜smallā€™ terrain project jump the painting queue last week. That project hit a bump & wonā€™t be ready to show until next week, but hereā€™s a teaser for you:

Hmmm!!! Mysterious, no?

 

Iā€™ve also been prepping the next round of Orks to paint, which necessitated some more Greenstuff shenanigans. Hereā€™s a sample WIP of some Ork Teknishuns wot all needed Greenstuff swords & pistols to go with their Plasma Guns (of course…):

Ok, so I know some of these are actually flamers, but fuck you internet – I’m calling them Plasma ‘because Orks’ šŸ™‚

 

Speaking of ‘pain-in-the-arse’ non-existent minis, Iā€™ve also been thinking about the remaining Orks that I need to sort out ā€“ all of which have few or no ā€˜officialā€™ modelsā€¦ Youā€™d think that Skumbos (sword & pistol), and Ork Guards (Bolter, Chainsword & Power Armour), would be plentiful and easy to source, but they are not. Iā€™ve already moaned about the complete lack of power armoured bolter/chainsword combos in a previous post, but youā€™d think that at least the Skumbos would be plentiful enough, right? Erā€¦ no. There are about 5 ā€˜officialā€™ Rogue Trader RT02/4402 pistol & sword minis of the right ageā€¦ and I need 25ā€¦ *sigh*

My current plan is to use fantasy Orcs of the correct vintage, but, of course, theyā€™ll all need converting to some extent. With that in mind, Iā€™ve been playing around with press-moulding bits so I can produce the correct weapon options for these sods… I have had very little success so far, but I will persevereā€¦ You can say what you like about this sanity of tackling this project with such strict self-imposed restrictions, but it is definitely developing my hobby skills!

Until next time people ā€“ have a great week šŸ™‚

Green-skinz & Green-stuff!

10 Monday Sep 2018

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Greetings Terrans! I hope all is well with you and that life is being kind. I have quite an exciting post for you today ā€“ I have another skwad of Orks completed & ready for Wolf Time, and Iā€™ve also been pushing some Greenstuff around in a pretty major way! First up the painting – this time Iā€™ve tackled one of three Ork Warrior units that are needed for the campaign ā€“ the list shows them as armed with Bolt Guns, Bolt Pistols and Combat Accessory (these all have a small pistol tucked away somewhere on their person):

Iā€™m happier with these guys than with the first few skwads ā€“ I forgot to take a green glaze with me on holidays so didnā€™t use it on the first batch of Ork skin, but I tested it on these guys and am much happier with the resulting toneā€¦ Iā€™ll have to remember to go back and glaze the others! Also, I cheated a bit on this unit ā€“ the leader (Thrug Bullneck no less!) was already painted on hols, but I re-did his trousers & shirt to tie him in with ā€˜Red Skwadā€™ a bit better, (and I also glazed the flesh).

 

I also had a look ahead to some more units that are needed for the scenario ā€“ the Ork Guard Units. These Guards are a bloody pain in the arseā€¦ They are meant to have Power Armour, Bolt Guns & Chainswords ā€“ all fine and good, except I canā€™t find a single OldHammer mini that matches this equipment loadout! All the Power Armoured Nobs of that time have Power Gloves, and all the sculpts would be really tricky to weapon-swap on in a convincing wayā€¦ I could go for some newer Ork minis, but I really donā€™t want to deviate from the era too much. Itā€™s a pickle, and one that Iā€™ve been mulling over for several weeks now!

Anyhoo, yesterday morning, I had a brainwave – I thought Iā€™d try and attack the problem from the other angle and try and sculpt power armour on a correctly armed Ork, (funnily enough, Thrug again)ā€¦ I mean, how hard can that be, right? Well, turns out that it is bloody hard ā€“ several hours of fun later, and I got to this stage:

Hmmmā€¦ I am both pleased and frustrated at the same time ā€“ pleased that the basic shape is there, and happy that it clearly reads as ā€œHey fuckers, look at me! Iā€™m that mythical non-existent Power Armoured Ork with Bolter and a Chainsword that Rick Priestley wrote into the Wolf Time campaign!ā€, but Iā€™m also frustrated that it is so rough. Of course, it isnā€™t finished yet, but Iā€™m in totally new territory here ā€“ Iā€™m not sure how much I can refine it, whether it should be more refined now, how to add stuff, etc. Iā€™m basically learning as I go, and have no idea were to pitch my expectations ā€“ the uncertainty is somewhat uncomfortable. Also, Iā€™m thinking of the bigger picture ā€“ I need 19 of these buggers! 19 re-sculpts will take me bloody ages, and I run the risk of them all looking like kneeded dog shite at the end of the processā€¦ on the other hand, my sculpting will have improved hugely, and they might end up looking absolutely awesomeā€¦ Decisions, decisions!

Well, I guess the thing to do is go balls-out to finish this guy to the best of my ability & then make a decision. I have some clay shaping tools on order (recommended by Jon ā€“ thanks dude!), plus some brownstuff (recommended by Jesper ā€“ thanks dude!!), and a cable rolling tool, so at least Iā€™ll have the right gear to take this ā€˜eksperimentā€™ to the next level. I also ordered some mould making material, so at least I can make my own ā€˜periodā€™ chainswords, and maybe even try and mould whole figures! Exciting times dudes and dudettes ā€“ it all feels deliciously old-school šŸ™‚

Anyway, thatā€™s it for today ā€“ catch you homies all on the flip-side!