Gorkers or Morkers? Doesn´t matter, at least now they are painted...

[Bouargh]

It took me something like 25 years to paint these chaps. To be honest, I forgot I had them, until I hit the bottom of the bitz box last month. 

It was a nice trip back in time, remembering I bought these lads to use the Trakks for conversions I never done. The SM biker did nor fit well on it. And then I let them apart.

 

 

I gave some personalization touches with bits from various kits (tool box, tire, paunches and pikes...) but these are essentialy genuines.

Two things I lost from this time anyway:

1. the transfer sheet

2. a nob I remember I bought but still haven´t found back; yet.; or may be he is in another box, with the Saim-Hann force I never finished building (roughtly gathered at the same time). 

 

So next challenge? I will first come back to my new year/new army project of Admech. And then I will give a chance to these Saim-Hann minis... But my Space Orks interlude is over. It helped me realizing I hate painting green. So no DA for me, even if the Lion´s gorgeous....

Edited March 29, 2023 by Bouargh
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[Firedrake Cordova]

Ah, that's a trip down memory lane!  

[MithrilForge]

Oh sweet memory lane ... Geez that takes me back...  I remember Gluing an old Rhino front Hatch onto the drivers spot of the buggy as an armoured front.... 

Thanks for the Nostalgia Hit 

 

M.  

[Bouargh]

I finally found back the Big Nob mini that was supposed to lead my Gorkers (or Morkers).

After enlisting it in the 2 hours painting challenge (where I failed getting him in 2:00, I needed something like 2:55 inc. and not included overnight drying between 2:50 and 2:55...), here he comes in all its green glory. I like him so much I did him my new profile avatar (which by magical effect of close up allows seeing  spots of bone colour on the tongue...).

 

Hail to Skool, of the Morkers (or is he a Gorker?)!

 

 

Edited June 6, 2023 by Bouargh
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[Xenith]

Awesome work and love seeing those old models - I think they were the first multipart plastic ork boy kit?

 

I vote for the Saim Hann next! 

[Bouargh]

More or less multi-parts indeed but with limited options. each sprue was a pair of legs, a body, one or two heads, 2 arms and sometimes some options (a stick bomb, a spare gun...). To get variety you needed to distribute among various sprues. If I remember well (and I do thanks to SoL)  you had something like 4 different sprues to mix and match: Gorkamorka Plastic Ork Boyz (solegends.com)

 

The nob was the first one really oversized and was issued a little bit latter, in white metal. I guess it was synchronized with the first real multipart Ork Boyz kit, meaning by real = "organized and designed as current sprues may be":

 

 

Saim hann will look less ooP knowing that Aeldari range refresh is, well, running at its own pace and rhythm... the odd parts will be the Wave Serpent (with the conversion kit from FW...). But we will see it whn time will come...

[Firedrake Cordova]

That's nice work for just 2 hours painting time  It's also a nice mini), although I'm sure he was actually a warboss so I'm not sure he'd appreciate the demotion   

[Bouargh]

1 hour ago, Firedrake Cordova said:

That's nice work for just 2 hours painting time  It's also a nice mini), although I'm sure he was actually a warboss so I'm not sure he'd appreciate the demotion   

 

Actually 2:55. At 2:00 chrono I was missing most of the details.

 

Speed painting on such a model with rather large areas is rather easy, especially with the range of shades and Contrast paints available or with dry brushing.

As I am in fact using Contrast rather as inks, it goes even faster: Blood Angel Red on a Mephiston red base for example; it gives a rich deepness in single layer of base colour, deeper than what achieved with shades IMO. And it dries fast; it is covering imperfections too.

 

Rest is mainly only dry brushing: Goblin green and then ooP Rot bile on ooP Ork flesh for example. Or Iron warrior brushed on black. It goes very fast. For browns, XV88 and Bestial brown, and tehn everything washed with Agrax earthshades in a single pass.

Somes lines of ooP Gore red and Boltgun metal, and here you have 90% done.

 

Was he a warboo really? Well, probably he had to go through lower ranks in its raise to Waaghh power.... Let´s say this is a tribute to his glorious and (most probably) brutal access to higher spheres of greenskin society 

[Xenith]

20 hours ago, Bouargh said:

I finally found back the Big Nob mini that was supposed to lead my Gorkers (or Morkers).

After enlisting it in the 2 hours painting challenge (where I failed getting him in 2:00, I needed something like 2:55 inc. and not included overnight drying between 2:50 and 2:55...), here he comes in all its green glory. I like him so much I did him my new profile avatar (which by magical effect of close up allows seeing  spots of bone colour on the tongue...).

 

Hail to Skool, of the Morkers (or is he a Gorker?)!

 

 

 

Yea, that guy was the 3rd Ed release Ork Warboss that went with those Boyz you showed. Quite a revelation at the time as he was about the size of a dreadnought! The official Gorkamorka nobs were also cool, and a bit special. I think the base model for this guy was one:

 

[Firedrake Cordova]

Yeah, Contrast paints are great for that kind of thing - Black Templar is really great for small details because it flows and covers so well. I've seen people like Warhipster and Juan Hidalgo get excellent results with them  All I will say, is that I'm sure I'd have gotten a lot less done than you did!  

 

40 minutes ago, Bouargh said:

Was he a warboo really? Well, probably he had to go through lower ranks in its raise to Waaghh power.... Let´s say this is a tribute to his glorious and (most probably) brutal access to higher spheres of greenskin society 

Ah, so it's an origin story, then!  I do love the old warboss models (I've got both that one, and his squig-wielding rival) - maybe it's just nostalgia, but I think they've got a lot of character.  

 

[Bouargh]

2 minutes ago, Firedrake Cordova said:

Yeah, Contrast paints are great for that kind of thing - Black Templar is really great for small details because it flows and covers so well. I've seen people like Warhipster and Juan Hidalgo get excellent results with them  All I will say, is that I'm sure I'd have gotten a lot less done than you did!  

 

Vallejo Model Air (acrylicosvallejo.com) also work fine if applied with brush. They gave a good coverage if dilluted 1:1 and can behave just between inks and shade, depending on the base colour and Air colour selected. I gave up nuln oil completly for example in favour of diluted black Model Air. 

They aditionaly do not have the same wetability issues as former Vallejo rnage that did not wet too well on GW base acrylic (unless you ´d brush the paint vigourously with a dry tooth brush before)

[MithrilForge]

Love the speed painted Ork Nob (Former Warboss).  I'm finding that contrast goes well over a base colour too  ... except yellow Contrast, only do it over white 

I remember that old box art (nostalgia trip again ) 

 

Look forward to what else you bring out to paint!

 

Cheers, M 

[ShotgunFacelift]

What a great warboss model.

paint job does it justice too!

 

[Grotsmasha]

Ah man, those Gorkamorka models hit me right in the feels. Reminds me I have my box somewhere......

[Bouargh]

Not to forget that the game itself was quite fun too (well except Diggaz and Mutants).

I used to be very fond of Steve Jackson´s CarWars 2nd Ed in the past and GorkaMorka offered an easier rule environnement for an igual dosis of fun.