Ork Boyz

My vacation plans this week went to shit, so I ended up having quite a bit of extra free time on my hands. 

So, I put together my ten ork boyz. I am still not too sure what loadouts to give them, so I decided to magnetize one of their arms. I figured that they would always be using a choppa, so that arm didn't matter. 

Because I magnetized the arms, there are some obvious lines on some if the models. I tried to cover up most of the shoulder to arm joints with shoulder armor, but I couldn't do that with the power claw guy in the model. Oh well, I guess that is the price of being ableto switch his arms. 

All of the slugga arms come off and I have their shoota arms all painted up, too.  

I tried to vary up each model by using different greens and browns on each one. Of course, I got a bit lazy near the end. 

Dark picture...

I also drilled each gun barrel and gave each ork a nice coating of rust, wear and blood. 

I also tried giving them some blue war paint randomly. 

Most of the models don't look as dark as they do in these pictures. I still haven't gotten the lighting to work well in my house when taking pictures. 

So, here is my overall ork army so far. 

I still have a lot of work to do, but at least there has been progress. 

Deff Dredd (Cap'N Edition)

My painting project this week was the first model from my Mek starter box. I chose the Dredd since I have just recently finished two other Dredds and they were really fun to paint. My first Dredd was Hulk inspired. The second was Iron Man inspired. And finally, this one was based on a Captain America. 

As with all my Dredds, I have magnetized the guns and arms. 

This will just be easier for transport and it should also make switching gun loadouts a bit less annoying. 

I had the same issue that I had with the previous two models with the shoulder armor on this model. The connection is just too small. So I ended up pinning them for extra stability. 

I went with a walking stance this time. The other two models were a bit boring. Since the model is pretty heavy, I ended up pinning the foot to the base. I then put cheap green stuff under the base to give it some extra strength and weight. 

This was also the first Dredd that I based. Since he has the silly stance, he needed to be put on the base. I went with a basic burnt earth with two different types of grass. I actually didn't like how I put the grass on the base, so I put the sticks on afterward to draw attention from that. The sticks actually worked out better than I expected. 

So this will like be my last Dredd for some time. I am going to focus on some boys over the next few weeks. 

Ork Big Mek

I actually finished this guy about a week or so ago, but I never got around to taking any pictures until last night. 

I tried to use a lot more color with this guy.  I also tried a few different things with the blue orbs on the gun. I was happy with how they turned out. 

The only slight thing that I didn't like about this model was how the leather pipe or whatever it is on the back of the gun went together. The connection wasn't as snug as I would have liked. 

Now that this guy is done, it is time to move onto some boys I think. 

Ork Mek

After painting my Deff Dreads, I decided to continue painting Orky stuff. Unfortunately, most of the Ork stuff is sold out at my local shop so I have limited choices. 

Here is my Ork Mek. 

I am not sure how I feel about his skin. I think I can do it a bit better. Before my next model, I am going to watch a few tutorials for ideas. 

I also bought Moot Green. This was the first model I used it on. I absolutely love this color!

Before and Now

This weekend, I bought a new camera. I was just using my cell phone camera before. It works fine, but I wanted to get a pocket camera for our upcoming vacation. 

So, with this new camera, I decided to take some photos of my latest ork. Because the camera doesn't have a wifi connection to social media, I have to manually connect and copy my photos. 

When I did this, I actually came across some old photos that had been hidden and ignored in my files. I found a pile of my first or early painting projects. 

I only started painting about 2 or 3 years ago. I started in 2012 when I was bored at my old job. I didn't have many friends in that town and my girlfriend didn't live near me. 

So, I found out about 40k and a shop in Seoul that sold them. I didn't have any background in painting and I am not an overly artistic person. So, it was all new to me. 

Here are some of the photos I came across. 

One of the first things I bought was the Black Reach box set. I think a lot of these models are from that. I remember thinking that I had done a really good job on these models. 

Looking at them now, though...HA. That was some thick paint. I don't think I ever watered it down. And it also seems like I was addicted to Badab Black.  It seems like I did try to highlight some stuff here and there. I must have watch a few tutorials. 

It also seems like I had a very limited selection of colors at the time. 

I actually don't hate these bad models. They remind me of a time when I was just starting out and enjoying something new.  These days, I always want to do the best. And that bothers me sometimes because I am not. I think I have to just step back sometimes and remember to paint for fun. And that I'll gradually get better as time goes by. 

I remember this guy!  He was my first experiment with magnet arms and cork bases. Good times. 

I also found some pictures of my Librarian. There were many photos actually. I must have really liked my paint job. I remember spending a lot of time with him. 

I am also not sure why the photos look so bad. Maybe my old camera sucked. Maybe I didn't know how to use the macro mode. I have no idea. 

IronDeffMan

I bought the Deff Dread box with two of them in it. The first Deff Dread turned out okay, but it was missing some stuff. I didn't wash the green body too much and I also didn't put much highlights into it. 

This time, I decided to try washing most of the model and then highlighting some of the red surfaces. 

I wanted to do an Iron Man scheme this time, so I mostly went with gold and red. 

You can see some blue tac under his left foot. This is because I put his legs off center. Once I actually do up the base, he will be glued down 

I screwed up a bit with my lighting idea. I didn't take enough time to actually think about where the light was coming from. It is something I have to think about next time. Still, I am happy with how the lighter red turned out on top. 

The arms were magnatized again. This time, I put the magnets in a better position on the upper two arms. They are more horizontal now instead of human like arms. 

I again splashed the model with blood. I loaded up he brush and blasted it onto the model with the airbrush. 

I screwed up with the engines or whatever they are on his back. I painted everything seperate and I didn't consider which engine would go into which space. Of course, the chose the wrong one and highlighted the wrong side. I may go back and fix it in time. 

Overall, I have had a fun week painting these. They are wicked models and they have a lot of character. Someone could really take their time and do a lot with the details on the guns. 

In all honesty, painting these two is kind of encouraging me to start an Ork 40k army. We'll see. 

Bye bye. 

Hulk Deff Dread

Lately, I haven't been enjoying painting Malifaux. The figures are quite tiny and I have painted too many humans recently. 

So, when I was at my local shop this weekend, I decided to purchase the double box of Deff Dreads. 

Although I don't play 40k, I have always loved Orks. I think they are incredibly fun to paint, they look great and mistakes when painting just add to their awesomeness. 

So, I bought these Dreads and decided to paint the first one with a classic Hulk scheme. 

It is hard to see in this picture, but I gave the can purple pants and I painted many of the other plates green. I also added a but of red here and there for good measure. 

The metallic parts are silver and screaming bell (my favorite metallic). 

Then I have the model a nice splash of rust and metal wear and tear. Finally, I blasted blood at it. 

I also magnetized a lot of the model. The four arms come off and so to the saws on the front of the arms. 

I did screw up quite a bit on the magnets with heir positioning, though. This was my first time to build the model and I foolishly didn't look at any reference pictures before hand. 

So, it was a bit of trial and error and I'll apply that to the next model. 

The next Dread scheme is am going to do is Iron Man. Ork Avengers, here I come.