Orks in four systems (40K, AI, BFG, Epic)

[spaint2k]

My new year's resolution was to stop buying miniatures. Looking at my unpainted GW stuff, I have around a thousand hours of painting ahead of me, and that doesn't even include the time needed for cleaning, assembling, basing and undercoating.

This blog replaces my former Ork and Gretchin blog and will see me attempting to make headway into my sizeable ork collection.

The collection looks like this:

Aeronautica Imperialis: 11 aircraft, 3 tanks, 3 flak guns
BFG: 16 spaceships
Epic: 3000 points of feral orks, an unknown quantity of regular orks (EDIT: 209 stands, possibly as much as 6 to 7000 points)
40K: Around 365 models total, hundreds of infantry, 17 bikes, 8 deffkoptas, 4 grot tanks, 3 trukks, 6 killa kanz, 2 deff dredds, 2 battlewagons, 1 stompa and two fighters against a star destroyer?

I've decided to tackle the 40K collection in chunks of 250 points per month. This month has been quite productive so far with me beating this total but I'm also trying to make up for January which was a dead loss for the greenskins due to me finishing off some pieces for my Mentors and also completing a Chaos Dreadnought for my assembled-and-undercoated-but-unpainted Khorne berserkers.

This blog will start with the 40K stuff, but will eventually grow to encompass all four systems. The models for the other three systems will be painted as and when the muse takes me. I expect the AI stuff to be done sooner as it'll be a "quick win" for me.

This month's plan (includes January's 250 points):
Two squads of 12 slugga boyz, each with rokkit launcha and nob with power klaw and bosspole: 122 points each.
Big Mek with Kustom Force Field: 85 points
10 grots and runtherder: 40 points
3 Mega-armour nobz (1 with rokkit launcha, 1 with skorcha): 130 points
TOTAl:
499 points

So far I've completed
One squad of sluggas
Big Mek
5 grots (yes, some of them were already done)
The rokkit launcha and nob from the second squad
TOTAL:
284 points.

I've also done two AI fightas and one of the grot bombs.

Pics in the following posts.

[spaint2k]

First squad of sluggas:



Big Mek:



Aeronautica Imperialis planes:


The images are a little large (sorry about that!) - I'll see about shrinking them down a little when I get home.

[Abraham Danglebreech]

I like the way you've done the skin and the colour on the bases sets it off rather splendidly.

Which clan are you going for?

[Deffgob]

excellent paint job all around! whats your technique for ork skin?

[madd0ct0r]

how do you not even know how many epic orks you have?

bargin bucket buy?

[spaint2k]

excellent paint job all around! whats your technique for ork skin?

Thanks! The skin is Goblin Green washed with Devlan Mud. Then I highlight with Goblin Green, and an additional highlight of Goblin Green + Bleached Bone.

how do you not even know how many epic orks you have?

bargin bucket buy?

A friend gave me a box full of models. I've not sat and worked out points values for any of it yet. There's a lot of stuff in there.

Sorry for the lack of updates at the moment. I've finished a few more guys from the second slugga squad but I've been quite occupied and not had time to do more. Hopefully I'll have an update by the weekend.

[The Lost Hobbit]

I'm looking forward to seeing some Epic action. It's such a shame it's a somewhat neglected game these days.

[Hadriel Caine]

Big Mek looks fantastic. I really like the skin tone and how it contrasts the dirty looking metallics.

[VenomBlood]

@spaint2k:
Great stuff. I'm signed up.
Keep it up.

[spaint2k]

Thanks for all the comments, guys! It's really motivating.
@The Lost Hobbit: yes, the sad thing is I've only recently discovered that Epic is so good, and only even more recently got round to building up an Epic force. I actually bought my Feral Ork army two years ago.

I like the way you've done the skin and the colour on the bases sets it off rather splendidly.

Which clan are you going for?

Sorry I missed your comment first time round! Thanks for the compliment, and while I don't really have a clan in mind for the army, I think these guys are probably Snakebites.

Another couple of guys finished this week. I've just got four more slugga boyz to finish off and I'll have finished both squads. Picture update on the weekend, as I mentioned.

My painting plan for March looks like this:
Backlog from January/February:
5 grots
1 Runtherder
3 Mega Armour Nobz
155 points

March:
2 Mega Armour Nobz
Black Reach Warboss
9 shoota boyz
1 Black Reach Nob
250 points

I think a small model count will allow me to catch up. At the same time, I don't want to stop painting boyz because I feel like I'm on a roll with them. I'm really enjoying just getting them done - they are so much faster to paint than white space marines!

[Halaker]

loving the way you've painted the orks skin looks awesome!

[spaint2k]

Thanks dude!

Here's an update, both late, and slow.

Out of the backlog, I've got five grots and the runtherder close to completion, but they're really not done yet and I'm not posting WIPs. I've finished one of the Mega Armour Nobz, and the other four are in the early painting stages. The Warboss is in pieces, and the shoota boyz are in early painting stages.

Here are some updates for the pics I'm missing so far.

The five finished grots:


The second slugga squad:



The first MAN:

[spaint2k]

Second update of the day, this time with added grotz.

[Jihad_Ragsta]

Ever get the feeling you've commented on a cool log already but actually haven't? Well, that's me!

Really like the Ork skin tones here. Your latest Grots look very nice - the different shade of green was a good move.

Keep going on that backlog, all the stuff is looking good so far!

By the way, I have 7 Epic Fighta Bommerz gathering dust here. If you want them they're yours. Seeing as you actually PLAY Epic

[Brother Captain]

Top quality paintjobs all around! I love the AI Grot Bomb. It's so tiny but still it looks like you put a lot of work in it. Any chance of a bigger pic?

[Mawa]

How do you do your metals, the silver loks really grubby and dirty.

Awesome painting.

[spaint2k]

Thanks for the nice comments, guys.

By the way, I have 7 Epic Fighta Bommerz gathering dust here. If you want them they're yours. Seeing as you actually PLAY Epic

Well, I'm a little far away from you, but thank you for the offer!

I love the AI Grot Bomb. It's so tiny but still it looks like you put a lot of work in it. Any chance of a bigger pic?

I'll see what I can do this weekend. It was actually very quick; I ought to finish the others really.

How do you do your metals, the silver loks really grubby and dirty.

I have a lot of trouble with metals, the method I settled on for these was quick enough to satisfy me (I'm trying my best to paint these guys quickly) and looks good enough. Here's the recipe:
Tin Bitz over a black undercoat
Drybrush with Chainmail
Very liberal wash of Devlan Mud
Drybrush with Chainmail again

I lost my "mojo" this week. Actually, it's been over a week now since I touched my paints. Hopefully this'll change come the weekend but I'm afraid that I won't be able to make my plan for the month.

[spaint2k]

I'm a little upset that some of the pictures above look out of focus after uploading them to photobucket, when on my computer they are nice and clear. I think I've fixed the problem now but you may need to clear your cache to see the new versions.

This figure has been a thorn in my side for years. I first bought Zodgrod Wortsnagga back in around 1995 and when I'd finished painting him I was really happy with the work I'd done. Fast forward to 2005 when I decided to strip the paint off, and I started again at the shoes.

He pretty much remained just with shoes and the rag on his staff painted for the longest time. Last year or the year before, I got round to painting his skin, hair and shoulder pads. Then he sat there again. I finally decided to finish him off, even though truth be told, I'm still not satisfied with the paintjob.

The red on his gun and grabba stick is a nod to the original paintscheme from the 2nd edition ork codex. It also marks one of my first attempts at painting chipped/weathered metals.

[spaint2k]

Top quality paintjobs all around! I love the AI Grot Bomb. It's so tiny but still it looks like you put a lot of work in it. Any chance of a bigger pic?

As promised:



And with a ruler in centimetres:

[little]

Lovely ork, especially the grot bomb (so details on a so "little" fig)
Next step ? (please BfG)