Prophecy07
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So... I've been lurking long enough that I think it's time to start my own thread. I have a pretty big backlog of stuff I'd like to get done, and maybe this will help keep me motivated.
I played Chaos in WFB waaaaay back in 6th or 7th grade, but then never really touched it since. My best friend here in Kansas got me into 40k (and the majority of stuff here will eventually be my pups), and I wanted to do something cool for him for Xmas. He has three armies; 'Crons, CSM and Da Orks, and he was just complaining the other day about how his Warboss wasn't "Orky" enough (it's just the blackreach guy, and he's all about the converting madness).
So.... I spent last night poking around my apartment looking for inspiration and came across a box of old toys. One of them was this arm-that I have no idea where it came from-and something popped. Was up till 4 this morning working on this guy (and yeah, i'm at work now. Hurting.). There's an image I have in my head, of one of the X-Men standing on a broken sentinel reaching up into the sky. At first, I was just going to do a little greenstuff around the base, but the arm is heavy and the rocks proved necessary.
Caveats: this is my first ork, this is my second greenstuff attempt, this is my first base with anything other than straight flocking, this is my first major conversion, and I've only been painting for about a month now (after not doing it for 10 years). Without further ado:
What I started with (used a Nail to pin it, and at first the rock was just for ballast):
Liked the rock, added more:
Don't have a good picture of it, but that's a piece of a feeder, or track behind it, just to round it out:
Drilled into the arm and pinned the foot just to see where it would sit. And yes, the ork's legs and body are the old WFB box set. As are a number of bits used. It's funny how hard it is to tell the difference with Orks:
A deffkopta that I found in my bitz box (that I inherited from a different friend) and cut up for bitz. I didn't feel bad, as I only had half the thing and the Black Reach bits are pretty cheap on ebay.
A bit off an old toy (I think Star Wars Sandtrooper?) with pieces from the Deffkopta and part from some random vehicle sprue I had in my bitz.
Nifty powerpack for a Cybork, but not "Orky" enough. What makes it Orky, I ask myself? Spikey bitz and trophys:
Modified base. I didn't feel comfortable cutting up the legs and positioning them to the base, so I positioned the base to the legs. He's supposed to look like he's standing on the defeated remains of some Xenos dreadnought-type thing. Like Wolvy or Cyclops (or whoever) on that crushed Sentinel.
A gobliny thing I found in the "Fantasy Swarm" box I had from years ago (how cool is he?). Because grotz make everything better:
Head and backpack pinned:
Grot on the arm. It's amazing what you can do with random bitz of broken plastic when it comes to Ork guns. Still need to reshape or GS the foot to remove the gap:
Alltogether now, with a greenstuffed arm to hold the big shoota and a looted SM shoulderpad (mostly to hide my crappy gs skills):
Found a more Cyborky head. I'm debating whether I want to add one of those nifty metal jaws, a mad-dok style bandana, or just leave it as it is:
Last night I also dremelled out the arm and added in little pins based on a tutorial I saw for Iron Warriors (he's supposed to be a Cybork, after all). I found a shield with a bit of chain coming off of it (think it's from a WFB Ogre sprue) that I'm going to use for his other shoulder pad.
I think I'm going to paint the shoulder pad with Space Wolf insignia, and add a grey helmet to the base, since his orks were the first army I played in 40k, and also the first army I lost to.
Also plan to paint the rocks and arm in relatively muted colors to help bring out the Ork.
What do you think? C&C very much welcome. I can take it, and I know I need it.
Edit: spelling
I played Chaos in WFB waaaaay back in 6th or 7th grade, but then never really touched it since. My best friend here in Kansas got me into 40k (and the majority of stuff here will eventually be my pups), and I wanted to do something cool for him for Xmas. He has three armies; 'Crons, CSM and Da Orks, and he was just complaining the other day about how his Warboss wasn't "Orky" enough (it's just the blackreach guy, and he's all about the converting madness).
So.... I spent last night poking around my apartment looking for inspiration and came across a box of old toys. One of them was this arm-that I have no idea where it came from-and something popped. Was up till 4 this morning working on this guy (and yeah, i'm at work now. Hurting.). There's an image I have in my head, of one of the X-Men standing on a broken sentinel reaching up into the sky. At first, I was just going to do a little greenstuff around the base, but the arm is heavy and the rocks proved necessary.
Caveats: this is my first ork, this is my second greenstuff attempt, this is my first base with anything other than straight flocking, this is my first major conversion, and I've only been painting for about a month now (after not doing it for 10 years). Without further ado:
What I started with (used a Nail to pin it, and at first the rock was just for ballast):
Liked the rock, added more:
Don't have a good picture of it, but that's a piece of a feeder, or track behind it, just to round it out:
Drilled into the arm and pinned the foot just to see where it would sit. And yes, the ork's legs and body are the old WFB box set. As are a number of bits used. It's funny how hard it is to tell the difference with Orks:
A deffkopta that I found in my bitz box (that I inherited from a different friend) and cut up for bitz. I didn't feel bad, as I only had half the thing and the Black Reach bits are pretty cheap on ebay.
A bit off an old toy (I think Star Wars Sandtrooper?) with pieces from the Deffkopta and part from some random vehicle sprue I had in my bitz.
Nifty powerpack for a Cybork, but not "Orky" enough. What makes it Orky, I ask myself? Spikey bitz and trophys:
Modified base. I didn't feel comfortable cutting up the legs and positioning them to the base, so I positioned the base to the legs. He's supposed to look like he's standing on the defeated remains of some Xenos dreadnought-type thing. Like Wolvy or Cyclops (or whoever) on that crushed Sentinel.
A gobliny thing I found in the "Fantasy Swarm" box I had from years ago (how cool is he?). Because grotz make everything better:
Head and backpack pinned:
Grot on the arm. It's amazing what you can do with random bitz of broken plastic when it comes to Ork guns. Still need to reshape or GS the foot to remove the gap:
Alltogether now, with a greenstuffed arm to hold the big shoota and a looted SM shoulderpad (mostly to hide my crappy gs skills):
Found a more Cyborky head. I'm debating whether I want to add one of those nifty metal jaws, a mad-dok style bandana, or just leave it as it is:
Last night I also dremelled out the arm and added in little pins based on a tutorial I saw for Iron Warriors (he's supposed to be a Cybork, after all). I found a shield with a bit of chain coming off of it (think it's from a WFB Ogre sprue) that I'm going to use for his other shoulder pad.
I think I'm going to paint the shoulder pad with Space Wolf insignia, and add a grey helmet to the base, since his orks were the first army I played in 40k, and also the first army I lost to.
Also plan to paint the rocks and arm in relatively muted colors to help bring out the Ork.
What do you think? C&C very much welcome. I can take it, and I know I need it.
Edit: spelling
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