Love the custom bikes and truck! Ive had a go at several tamiya kits for the same purpose, and the details are perfect all over! (Suspension, drive trains etc)
Looking forward to seeing more of the vehicles, and another 20+ orks painted to that standard...
Love the custom bikes and truck! Ive had a go at several tamiya kits for the same purpose, and the details are perfect all over! (Suspension, drive trains etc)
Looking forward to seeing more of the vehicles, and another 20+ orks painted to that standard...
Cheers! One downside of this whole thing is that it's gotten me a little obsessed with the underbody/mechanics of my vehicles, to the point where I feel the need to make sure every vehicle has a quasi-feasible drive system. You know, on the underside. Where no one looks.
It's a disease.
Man...that's a lovely trukk already. I just updated my son's Ork army and your basing is what I'm aiming for...mind sharing that recipe
Thank you! Here's the basing scheme as I remember it (been a minute since I did the bases...I should write this stuff down somewhere). Note that the paint is all over a white undercoat:
Textures:
Paint:
Now, the promised Lootas!
The plastic Lootas have never been for me, so much. Not that it’s bad kit, but it’s hard to square the chunky, shoulder-mounted Deffgunz with the practical, mobility-minded look of my Evil Sunz. I’ve always dug on a converted Loota shown in the color section of the 4th Edition Codex, made by replacing a Burna Boy’s weapon with a double-barreled gun from a Warbike kit, and that became the visual base for the unit.
To balance out the hefty gun, I wanted to give every model in the unit some kind of an ammo backpack. Since they’re Lootas, it seemed reasonable to have a variety of styles, here – some would have built automated ammo feeds (somewhat inspired by the Flash Gitz from the original Dawn of War), some would create provide motive power and be connected via cabling, and a few unlucky gitz would have to make due with an ammo-filled rucksack. For the more advanced ones, the Snazzgun coverings from the Flash Gitz kit made for an awesome base, with lots of slots for ammo feeds, plus technical wotzits like knobs, dials and levels to simulate whatever madcap system the local Mek could knock together. Stick some ammo boxes from Bikes, (actual) Lootas, and even a few ‘oomie bitz, and you have something properly Orky, and functional-ish to boot.
In the works are the last few stragglers that'll bring the unit up to its full fifteen, including a Mek with some interesting headgear courtesy of Hardcore Miniatures.
Edited by LexingtonI also never cared for the roll-cage lootas and a personalized squad like this just shows even more how much they missed the mark with that kit. Fantastic work!
Well Lexington, I've got to say, those are some of the best Lootas I've seen.
I'm no fan of the look of the stock kit either (just what is the deal with the whole frame thing anyway?) And this underslung look is really characteristic of orks.
I'd love to know where you get your ammo belts from, too.
Finally putting a banner on the foot version of Zagdakka, and can't decide which arrangement is better here. Fishing for opinions because it's driving me a little crazy!
I like the version on the left Lex. 
Da leff one!
Awesome work here indeed !! 
i'm going with the right one 
...it looks more pleasing to the eye...plus the squig banner should be on top... it's your mark isn't it 
Cheers, Mithril
To echo everyone else, brilliant stuff here! Not sure how I've missed this thread previously.
I love the lootas particularly.
Another vote for the left one!
Definitely prefer the left configuration, but may I just say regardless of how you do the banner, that's a fantastic warboss! I love seeing metal components used in models- "mixed media" kitbashes are fun!
The lootas are good too, my sole complaint being the one whose ammo belt is dangling over his base rim. It's a very personal nitpick of mine that model parts shouldn't go beneath the "ground level" of the base- it breaks the immersion a bit, at least for me. That said that could just be my autism speaking, and there's no doubt they are an awesome skwad of boyz.
Much thanks for the feedback, all!
I posted this up on a variety of social medias, and the response was pretty mixed. My wife made a pretty good point, tho - the one with the horns, explosion and lightning bolt all in one place feels like all the "action" is happening at the top, while the Evil Sunz symbol just hangs out in the middle of the model feeling dead, and almost severs the whole model into two warring focal points. With things more distributed, it keeps the focus on Zag's head, where it belongs. Think I'll take her advice and go with the second option.
Also, more Loota! This guy took a while, but I'm pretty happy with how he came out:
Well Lexington, I've got to say, those are some of the best Lootas I've seen.
I'm no fan of the look of the stock kit either (just what is the deal with the whole frame thing anyway?) And this underslung look is really characteristic of orks.
I'd love to know where you get your ammo belts from, too.
Thank you! The Ammo Belts are from Dragon Forge Design, but it looks like they're no longer being made. Zinge has a few options for this, but their sprues have several "linked" ammo blocks, rather than bare belts, which is why I didn't end up going with them.
Awesome work here indeed !!
i'm going with the right one
Looks like someone is reading my Ork Twitter. 
Thanks!
To echo everyone else, brilliant stuff here! Not sure how I've missed this thread previously.
I am very bad at updating the thread, so I think it ends up falling off the radar pretty easily. Thanks very much for the compliments!
Definitely prefer the left configuration, but may I just say regardless of how you do the banner, that's a fantastic warboss! I love seeing metal components used in models- "mixed media" kitbashes are fun!
The lootas are good too, my sole complaint being the one whose ammo belt is dangling over his base rim. It's a very personal nitpick of mine that model parts shouldn't go beneath the "ground level" of the base- it breaks the immersion a bit, at least for me. That said that could just be my autism speaking, and there's no doubt they are an awesome skwad of boyz.
Thanks! I've wanted to do a banner like this for him since just about forever (most of the model's a little over twenty years old now...yikes), but have only just now gotten around to it). Glad it's worked out in a way that is pleasing. 
Y'know, I actually had the same thought on that dangling ammo belt when putting the model together, but it just looked so short and dinky when confined to the base...
Edited by LexingtonAbsolutely excellent work, Lex!
The GS hair on the boss Mek biker is great. And those Lootas are tops! :tu:
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