Imperials vs Orks - A tale of four painters

[Fle]

Thanks for the comments Gonzo, as Teldur mentioned earlier we have all been in the hobby for about 15 years or so. Between us we have lot's of painted minis but not one single fully painted army (at least not in the last 10 years). I think the closest I've been recently is with my imperial fist army from about 2-3 years ago. I managed to get nearly 20 marines finished, 5 terminators, a razorback, a predator, a landspeeder storm, a dreadnaught a few scouts, a captain and lysander. But I never finished the weapons or the bases I was tempted to go back and finish them as my contribution to this log, but I think my painting has improved a bit over the last couple of years and I had noticed mistakes and things I would do differently so thought it would be best to start again with a fresh 1000 points. And this time, I'm not going to put a model down until it's been based and is holding a fully painted weapon

Teldur, I have to say those are some of the best looking Ork Nobz I have ever seen. The colour scheme and attention to to detail is just pure genious

Only joking of course

Tarsus, I think the buggy looks great. I can't wait to see it painted properly. Just out of interest what weapon are you going to put on the top of it?

As for my Son's of Orar, I've fully completed 8 out of the 10 marines for my first tactical squad. I plan on finishing the remaining 2 models this evening (heavy bolter dude and regular marine) and will hopefully have some pictures up of the finished squad later tonight or tomorrow depending on the lighting.

[gonzosbignose]

Hello to both of you...

Well its charming to know a bit of background about you all.

Now lets get on to toys...

The Sons of Orar are looking superb. I've always personally found red a bit of a sod to paint.. no matter what paint you use, p3, gw, vallejo, the red always seems to lack pigment content and is a difficult colour to finish. However, working over white under coat with a spray red base you clearly have some superb quality to the red, and with the exquisite highlighting they are turning out amazingly.

The pose of your sword thrusting marine is also epic, a really dynamic model.

The struck down ork, nursing a power sword to the belly is nicely posed. If I may offer a hint... take some time to get a pin vice and drill out the barrels of your sluggas and shootas. Such a little act really will bring out some detail on the models for you.

The cloak wearing berret fashioning, FAMAS assault rifle totting commando looks terrific. The thing that really caught my eye is the skin tone. Terrific high lights and seems to have a shadow of a beard growing... but all in all lovely to look at.

The Tauros looks nice, but to shadow a question from above... heavy bolter or multimelta? THAT IS THE QUESTION.

Kind regards

My name is Daniel and I am a wargamer

[Tarsus]

@Gonzo - I'm Chris I've been playing 40k for about 12 years, maybe even longer. I met for several years ago at uni and through him I met teldur and we are all regular opponents of each other for various games. The missing player is Adam, my brother, he's an irk player since we both started playing all those years ago and owns around 10,000 points of orks in various states of repair and paint. I'll try and update this log with anything he gets done.

@fle - Your marines are looking very good, the contrast between the deep red and pure white looks great and I know from experience how hard it is to pull off. I can't wait to see them in person.

@teldur - Ive read the white dwarf and loads of rumours online, I just hope forgeworld are quick to update thier IA books or that GW have thoughtfully provided appendices for forgeworld armies.


The gun on my Tauros is going to be the rapid fire grenade launcher, and that's only because I'm using the rules for captain gerek as the Tauros is going to be my sole hq choice.

I've sculpted up another 4 guards with camo cloaks now and I've also started my objective marker, I'll have pics up in the next few days I hope.

[Fle]

@Gonzo - Thanks for the comments, I'm glad you like the sergeant with the sword. I can't wait to paint that guy and I already have some background fluff for him too.

Well I promised an update this evening, and even though I haven't 100% finished the squad (I need to tidy up the bases and finish highlighting the heavy bolter weapon) I thought I would post a pic of the squad anyway. First a bit of background I have written for the squad.

"Brother Axylus is a long serving Sergeant in the 2nd Company with over two centuries of combat experience under his belt. Time and time again, and much to the chagrin of the Chapter's upper command, Axylus has refused the invitation to join the honoured brothers who make up the Chapter's Honour Guard. It is not known quite why Axylus refuses such honour for there are none who doubt he has earned it. Those who are close to Axylus believe he deems himself unworthy to stand alongside such legends although quite why this may be is unknown even to them."

"...Spearhead Pattern, form up on me now!"

The voice of Brother Sergeant Axylus boomed over the whip crack noise of heavy ork suppressive fire.

The squad had been making good progress as they worked their way towards an ork held fuel depot, but it seemed the orks had found their mettle and had now resolved to hold them less than 100 feet from their objective.

"...Brother Orpheus, take down that beast with the cannon! We need to be clear of this ..."

An explosion to Axylus's right sent him crashing to the ground. Flames, smoke and dust whirled around him. Axylus could just make out a few of his squad through the haze as he lifted himself off the ground. A red rune flashed in his helm's display as the auspex sensors detected unknown movement through the smoke ahead. Centuries of battle had honed Axylus's already lethal instincts and even before the sensors in his helm could identify the ork brute charging towards him, Axylus had activated and raised his power fist to parry the incoming blow.

The first attack parried, Axylus quickly countered, swinging his fist back and smashing the ork's body to the ground, a mess of black gore in place of it's head. Another ork surged over the still falling body of the first, a guttural roar issuing from it's jaw and a huge axe raised high in it's gigantic arms. Already Axylus had aimed and fired his bolt pistol, the impact sending the ork backwards to disappear in the smoke and dust. Axylus turned to see the last of the orks fall beneath a battle brother's blow just as heavy ork fire started ripping through the air around them once again.

"...In the Emperor's name, take down that beast with the cannon!!!"

Apologies for the pictures...really poor lighting this late at night. It makes the marines look more orange than they really are. I'll try and take some better ones tomorrow if I get time.

[Beppo1234]

Update!

I just wanted to share a test model for my Tauros conversions. I'm going to add a small amount of panelling to the back around the gun mount and a roll cage over the drivers area. Ignore the old paint marks.



It's the same width as the proper Tauros but about an inch shorter but the gunner will be hanging of the back so that should add a bit to it.

I would have left it like this. A couple of fenders, and it's a sweet four wheeler

[Tarsus]

This will be my last update for a while for personal reasons. I've finished a few more infantry for my veteran squad and also my objective marker. I've still got a bit of tidying to do on them but they are more or less done for now. I've got the other 7 guys converted but I don't have any more heads until my order arrives.





@beppo - the reason I didn't leave it as just a quad bike was that the Tauros is more of a buggy and I wanted to make it larger and more armoured than a simple infantry upgrade.

[Fle]

I've just discovered the macro feature on my camara. Hopefully this image shows the marines looking more red than orange

[Fle]

Hi all!

I'm currently working on the transport for the first tactical squad above. I decided to have a go at painting the interior (a first for me). I must admit I have been heavily inspired by a chap called Ravendore and his Sons of Orar, if you are interested please google his project logs as they are very very good.

Here are some WIP shots of my Rhino. The keen eyed amongst you will realise that I never had any Rhino's in my 1000 point list posted on the first page, however I have revised my list ever so slightly to accommodate a new 'surprise' addition which I will be unveiling soon.




I've just noticed that my dog Tifa is in one of the pictures haha

[gonzosbignose]

Tarsus - The objective marker has turned out wonder. Bit bloody for my own personal tastes, but definitely a man worth rescuing.

FLE - The marines are looking fantastic. Just a few base rims to sort out! As for the rhino... wow... the interior is fantastic. Real attention to detail. and Tifa looks fab! do you have a cat called cloud or Aeris?

regards

My name is Daniel and i am a wargamer

[Thrillhouse]

Nice start, like someone else already said: its nice to see a plog about a group of friends. Ill subscribe and hope you manage to paint the whole armies.

Also, hope the fourth guy shows us his orks soon.

[Fle]

Thank you both for the comments. The missing bases have been given a coat of graveyard earth and the squad is complete now except for the squad and chapter markings. I haven't sussed out how I am going to manage them yet.

@Gonzo - alas I struggle to convince my girlfriend (and Tifa) that a cat would be an awesome addition to our family Rest assured if we decided to adopt a cat they would be named Cloud or Aeris

Well I know Tarsus and Teldur have been absent for a few days but I know they have been busy (they keep texting me). Teldur has been painting his mekboy and Tarsus continues to work on his Taurus. To fill the space between now and their own updates I'll post some more WIP pictures of my Rhino. Still to do are :-

1> The windscreen armour thing
2> The Storm Bolter for the pintle mount
3> The tracks
4> Squad and Chapter markings (again I'm not 100% sure what to do about these...please feel welcome to post some suggestions/ideas)
(edit: 5> oh and the satellite radar dish thing that will sit on the other hatch next to the pintle mount)
I'm also in two minds to apply some weathering or to leave the Rhino looking pristine or not? What do you guys think?

[TeldurUK]

Hello again ladies and gents!

Sadly, I've been a tad busy. However, I wanted to give you guys an update (no matter how small!), so lets do this!!

As Fle mentioned I've made a start on my Mek. He plays a big part in my Ork army fluff, as you'll find out in the future.

His name...is Proffessork, and he could well be one of the most talented (lucky), skilled (duz tis go 'ere?) Mekboy in the galaxy. He plays a part in my Warbosses back story.

You'll also see some Orks in the background of the image, including my Big Shoota Ork. They need the skin and weapons inking, which I plan to do tomorrow.





I'll update again once that unit is done to the same standard as the previous Ork Boyz along with the Mek. Think I'll do my Deff Dread next.

[TeldurUK]

Oh and Fle...that Rhino looks immense! (Trust me, it's somehow even nicer to hold and look at with your own eyes!). Never noticed the warning colours on the back doors until I looked at that last image.

Tarsus - I honestly, feel sorry for your Guardsmen objective..he's bleeding everywhere! Looks awesome

[Fle]

Hey Teldur,you are really making progress with your orks this time round. You have deffo nailed the 'worn and beaten' look of your ork weapons. I like your skin tone as well. I can't wait to see your dread get started.

As for my Sons of Orar, transport numero uno is complete. (That's Teldur's bomber you can see in the background). I decided in the end to paint a small amount of chipping on some of the edges and doors. Let me know whether you think I should add more, take some off.






+++ PICT CAPT +++
+++ Cross file : AD/1/81/7 ++++
+++ Subject : Sons of Orar during the Sulnos liberation campaign +++
+++ Desc : Tactical Squad "Axylus" disembark from their Rhino Tranport "Moros" to engage Eldar pirates on Sulnos III +++




Also, my copy of the new 6th edition rule book turned up today as well as the aforementioned surprise addition






The contemptor will be the next unit I will paint. I have some ideas of how I want to pose this model and I am toyin with the idea of modeling a missile being fired out of the launcher using some wire and cotton wool. I'll have a go anyway and see how it turns out.

That's all from me for now.

[Fle]

Hi all!

Well I've made some good progress on the comtemptor. I spent hours yesterday evening cleaning up the model and then trying out some different poses. I've finally settled on a what I think is quite a dynamic pose so I went ahead and glued the different bits together ready for a spray basecoat - which I did about 30 minutes ago today once I got home from work.



I'm going to have a small break from painting this evening and carry on painting the comtemptor tomorrow after work. Teldur is coming round my house tomorrow to start on his Deff Dread so we should have some 'dread' good pictures up soon

[Fle]

Hi all,

Just a quick update to post a pic of my WIP Contemptor Dreadnaught. Still got a lot of work to do on this guy.

[thedigitalflip]

This is a great plog, i really like the look of the orks, maybe if you get a chance, care to give a newbie ork player a tip on painting?

Also i love the pose that you gave the space marine captain, any progress on him?

[Fle]

Also i love the pose that you gave the space marine captain, any progress on him?

Hey thedigitalflip thanks for having a look through our plog. I'll be tackling the second squad of tactical marines, including the sgt with power sword, straight after I've finished the contemptor dread, so hopefully next week. I'm aiming to get a unit finished each week so hopefully in 4 weeks I'll have a 1000 point Sons of Orar army.

[gonzosbignose]

Hey there guys.

Orkses are coming along nicely. Are you daunted by how many you need to do yet? Have you got an armylist in mind?

The Rhino is also looking fantastic. Might i suggest a bit of chip damage around the white doors on the sides it match the other battle damage?

regards

My name is Daniel and i am a wargamer

[Fle]

Might i suggest a bit of chip damage around the white doors on the sides it match the other battle damage?

Hey Gonzo, I did try and do some chipping on the white doors but it ended up just looking like I had accidentally brushed black and boltgun paint on the hatch. I paint the scratches by first painting a chaos black mark and then going over it with boltgun metal (leaving a bit of the black still showing) - but this just doesn't look as good on the white armour.

Do you (or anyone else) have any tips on painting battle damage onto a piece of white armour? Maybe I could use brown and boltgun? hmm.

Work continues on the Contemptor, The actual model is finished now I just need to paint the base which I will be doing this evening. I have painted the cyclone missile launcher as well, but I want to try and model a missile being fired from it before I consider it finished. Hopefully I'll have some pics up tonight, if not tomorrow.