The Neverborn Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 (edited) I've decided to build an Ork Army. My self imposed rulez The Army will be built using second hand modelz The Army size Approx 2000 points plus characters The Army will be a balanced army, so should be a medium level of competitiveness for a number of editionz. Once the Army passed 2000 points (excluding characters) +/- 10% the army will be finished So far I have bought - Updated 29/09/24 Running total spent £365.69 : RRP Total £701.50 Running Pointz 2205 (Excluding Characters 1670) For £37 posted 20 Boyz Built/unpainted (new style) and 1 Trukk BNIB For £55 Posted 5 Stormboyz (built unpainted) 1x Battlewagon Undercoated For £20 Posted 10 beast Snaggaz (built unpainted) For £20 Posted Warboss in Mega Armour (undercoated) 10 Grots and Runt Herder (Built unpainted) for £16 Posted OoP Warboss with Choppa and Shoota (built) For £20 Posted 1 Ork Trukk - (Built unpainted) For £15 posted 1 Beastboss - Built undercoated For £60 Posted Combat Patrol BNIB 20 Beast Snaggas 4 Squighog boyz 1 Beast Boss For £19.69 (lolz)Posted All Built and Undercoated 1 Warboss with Power Claw (Assault and black reach) 4 Loots with DeffGunz and 1 Spanner with Kustom Mega Blaster 1 Bunner boy (IDK) For £50 Posted 6 Mega Nobz (Built Unpainted) 1 Big Mek in Mega Armour (Built Unpainted) For £30 Posted Warboss Grukk NOS 5 Nobz Built/Unpainted 5 Nobz BNIB For £25 Posted 5 Flash Gitz (BNIB) Watch this space.... Edited September 29 by The Neverborn Updated progress calgar101 and MithrilForge 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Neverborn Posted August 20 Author Share Posted August 20 (edited) Thingz have been arriving in the post all week thanks to facebay I've opted to go with a Badmooz klan as I like the yellow and green contrast, also I played bad moon with the second edition box set. I used a Green based on P3 Iosan Green highlighted with P3 Nercoite Green and Fantsay Games Goblin Flesh. I decided that I preferred bright luminous Greens so the fist 5 boyz got lighter and brigher as I went. I'm going to move to a base on Goblin Flesh for the next 5. After a few experiments I'm going to be using runefang steel to add a metal effect to the yellow armour plates. As for the of metal bits, I wanted a cartoonly look so i'm using celestial grey, null oil and praxeti white to create a cartoony metal style. Just need to finish basing the Nob and I'm 10% the way of painting the first 50 of "Git Scrapperz gitz" - My Warboss' new name. Edited August 20 by The Neverborn Brother Casman, calgar101, Rusted Boltgun and 1 other 2 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithrilForge Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 That's a Great start You can't go wrong with some Bad Moons (and they're close to your old skool heart by the sounds of it ) Green looks good!, and I think it's a fun idea to go NMM / Cartoony on the weapons. so the Runefang is for armour chipping I'm gathering?... Look forward to the next 45... Cheers, Mithril Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Neverborn Posted August 25 Author Share Posted August 25 (edited) Edited August 25 by The Neverborn calgar101, MithrilForge, Rusted Boltgun and 1 other 2 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Neverborn Posted August 25 Author Share Posted August 25 (edited) First squad of 10 done, minus one bit of basing. After a bit of experimentation I've discovered a method of doing ork skin which i like. The first 10 I used a number of different methods. I found myself making the green brighter and brighter. See the dark green ork being probably the first and the other two in the close up being the last. While dark colours seem to look more "realistic" I find bright colours pop more on the table top. Of my greater Daemons, the bright green GUO gets far more love than any of the other 3. The bloodthirster is very well painted but in dark colours and gets few complements compared to any of the other three. I was at a game a few years back and my opponent, although trouncing me fairly substantially spoke at length about being a "better player". However I feel they are a number of ways of being good a 40k. I'd say having a well painted army wins more hearts than having a 90% plus win record. The point is there's more ways to be better at 40k than winning games. I feel that tournaments should have a "best painted" and "best themed" army as well as an "overall win rate" winner . I settles on a blend from Goblin Flesh washed in Biel-tan Green, to Nercotite Green to Flash Gitz Yellow using a wet brush to blend works well. Though it is a little time consuming. I've opted to challenge myself a little bit so the guns contain more than one colour, which is not something i usually do and in some cases and I even managed to do my first check pattern. 10 down. I've got around 40 to go! Edited August 26 by The Neverborn MithrilForge, Rusted Boltgun and calgar101 1 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithrilForge Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Well done on the First 10 I agree 40K is more about the greater picture of painting/playing/making friends...over the winning at all costs perspective. and yes best painted armies should be a standard at all tournaments (it was always there as a thing when I used to compete in tournaments, not sure nowadays) keep up the momentum, i love the bright skin colour too Cheers, Mithril Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Neverborn Posted September 7 Author Share Posted September 7 Good Evening, So i was in Ireland for a few days so the next batch took a bit longer. 10 Beast Snaggas now done. I'm getting the hang of the skin, but blending is a bit inconsistent. With an army that at 2k points could have upwards of 75 figures I'm not looking for perfection on each individual and some green skins seem to look better than others. I was also on Facebay and a chap was selling a combat patrol BNIB for £60 posted! Annoyingly I'd already bought a beast boss and the 10 snaggas shown. But the deal was too good to pass up. So I've elected to sell the beast boss only a week after buying it (I still even have the sellers box). The good news is i should lose less than £5 on it, so even with that loss £65 for a RRP £100 box is a great find. I'll have now a total of 30 beast Snaggas which is probably maxed out on those. Giving me 30 Snagga Boyz and 20 Ork Boyz as battleline/troops. I did consider keeping the Beast Noss so I can run two. I know that stacking Warbosses is a thing at the moment, However evaluating Ork unit "Tiers" from 6th through 10th, stacking HQ seems to be a "flavour of the month", a bit inconsistent in effectiveness and which are stacked, and I'm looking for a balanced list, so I'll probably get beast boss on Squigsaur and if they do a unique individual that too so if one becomes optimal i'll have one available. I am finding bargain hunting part of the fun now calgar101 and MithrilForge 2 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithrilForge Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 Great work !, sounds like you got a good bargain on the Combat patrol . more orks are always better than less kerp up the good work and happy bargain hunting! cheers, Mithril Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calgar101 Posted September 11 Share Posted September 11 I've always had a soft spot for Orks, bought my mates Speed Frewk army when he was getting rid. Some really interesting lore, very simple and arguably most creative army to build. I'm really liking how you are setting a goal for when the army will be called 'done'. Also good use of second hand deals to build it too. You can't go wrong with Bad Moons, nice paint so far. Looking forward to your progress and see how your Waaagh! Builds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Neverborn Posted September 12 Author Share Posted September 12 A dead brush As pappa Nurgle teaches us death, decay and entropy is a constant, no matter how permeant something may seem. After 24 painted models, my Army painter regiment brush is now done. They retail between £6 and £7 and I used it for around 85% of each model so I feel that just about an okay length of service. But as Gork and Mork teaches us, be cunning and brutal. The former workhorse brush will now be relegated to basing block colours and it's exact replacement will pick up the burden. calgar101 and MithrilForge 1 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calgar101 Posted September 12 Share Posted September 12 That yellow and green contrast each other well. You're making me want to add to my Waagh! The Neverborn 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Neverborn Posted September 20 Author Share Posted September 20 (edited) 10 More boyz done. I managed to do something rare. I had to throw away a paint pot as i'd used all the paint in it! I think this is the first time I've ever done that. Celestial Grey, you served me well for a number of years. You have been replaced, but you will always be my first. Something I've noticed. Orks are an ideal 3rd, 4th or later army. This is due to their lack of uniform colours. Got a pot of evil suns red? - Red shirt it is (he'll die soon anyway), bestial brown - brown trousers, ultramarine blue - he's in denim jeans, flayed one flesh - wash it with a shade and you've got a hide made garment. And I've got an entire shoe box to work through. I think the skin should be the same colour, even though mine aren't. And that a "Klan" colour should be present on all the models, mine is flash gitz yellow and it's soon to be joining the aforementioned celestial grey. I've noticed that my painting is improving, you can see from 2 feet away which are the first 10 boyz (see above) and the second painted with 20 models worth of practice(below). And they are getting greener! I'm not really bothering to do much highlighting or blending for anything other than the skin. The war bosses/characters will be done last will have full blending. After my skills have been practiced they will be the final boss (no pun intended) testing my skills learnt so far. Next second set of 10 Snaggas! Edited September 20 by The Neverborn MithrilForge and Brother Casman 1 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MithrilForge Posted September 26 Share Posted September 26 The second ten are really looking well!, congrats on more finished models !! cheers, Mithril The Neverborn 1 Back to top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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