USMC "An Orky painting blog" (Updated 23 January) Big Pictures!

[Sandwichwarrior]

A note from the author... I know thread necromancy is frowned upon but I hope the Moderators will forgive me in this case. As I said in the original post my objective was to have the army assembled buy march of 2008. This was because my Unit was scheduled to deploy in April.

We deployed early...

But I'm back now and fully intend to see this blog to its conclusion. A fully Painted, Characterful, and reasonably Competitive Ork Warband to be entered in the first GT that I can get to.

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Original Post

While much of Original post/thread is outdated (4th Ed. and Old Codex) I decided to revive it for the sake of continuity, and because others might be interested in the Army's Evolution.



When I was introduced to the world of 40K (a long time ago) I had a thing for Orks.

The original Dough Boyz...


The Dough Boyz started as a not-so-subtle "F**k You" to the German/Nazi themed armies that I seem to be encounter all too often. Unfortunately, at the time my conversion/painting skills, (not to mention patience) were not up to the task of converting a 150+ model count army. And as such the boyz were eventually banished(mostly unpainted) to the closet.

Since then I have built, painted, and sold, no less than 5 armies, and with a new Codex finally within reach I think it's time to give Da Boyz a proper go.

It is with that thought in mind that I present "DA UBA-STOMPY MAURADA CORPS" or USMC

Prospective Army List

HQ:
Warboss: "Chesta Pulldat"
Wierdboy: "Joka"

Elites:
Kommando "Recon" Squads x2
Tankbusta "Demo" Squad

Troops:
Nob Squad: "Da Devil Dogz"
Shoota Squad: Alfa Kompanie
Shoota Squad: Charlie Kompanie
Shoota Squad: EZ Kompanie

Fast Attack:
War Buggies x3: "Da Jeepz"

Heavy Support:
2 Looted Vehicles w/ Boomkannons "Da Tankz"
Big Gunz "Da Fia Support"

Apoc:
Fighta Bombas x2 "Da Fast Moovas"

Prospective Color Scheme

GREEN IS BEST

This Army will be designed for use with the new codex and will hopefully be completed by March 2008.

All comments, feedback, and suggestions are greatly appreciated.

[CyberMurph]

Is that Sherman 28mm? If so, where did you get it?

[AHH! MOTHERLAND]

Nice conversions there. I look forward to seeing more.
Comments: Bigger pics please! It's easier to comment and we can admire your work more readily.
From here I think your ork teeth are a bit mono-toned white. Personally a sprinkle of a hint of pale yellowish colours (I use a mix of sunburst and ironically graveyard earth... makes plaque. 50-50.) If your orks do brush their teeth to a pearly white ignore that comment.
Nice tank!

[EaSTERNVolKs]

I like the Ork paint scheme but I think the skin needs a bit work..

Are you going to highlight it up using some goblin green?

[Fannin]

I love the idea. I wonder, though, how many people catch the references you're making

[Brother Wolf]

"Chesta Pulldat"

That is priceless. PRICELESS!!! Seeing as my dad was a Kommando, (1st Marines @ Pendleton and later 3rd Marines @Camp Schwab, Okinawa), I get most of these right off the bat. If you wanted to have some fun with a few 'glory boys', why not take some inspiration from here

[Sandwichwarrior]

WIP


The weapons need to be dirtied, but weathering aside my first 4 boyz are done. When I first started I was worried that the green uniforms would not provide enough contrast with the green skin. But looking at these I don't think it will be a problem.


Re: Cybermurph
The Sherman is 1/35 scale, I bought it at a toy store for $20.

Re: Motherland
Bigger pictures, as requested.

Old paint job

Re: EaSTERNVolKs
I have a lot of models to paint and not much time to paint them. So the rank & file troops will just have to make do, but rest assured that Nobz and Characters will be done proper.

Re: Fannin & Brother Armand
Glad you like it, If you have any Ideas/Suggestions for further references/conversions I am all ears.

[Sandwichwarrior]

alternate angles

He's a standard Warboss model with a mili-putt hat and cigar. He came together fast, (so fast that I forgot to take a WIP pic) All told the conversion took less than 30 minutes.
Work on the rest of the army was been a little slow (holiday obligations) but I've got the next few days off and should be able to make some real progress.

Boyz

[Reapray]

Never before has something so good come out of something so Very Very Bad.
I'd suggest, if I might, playing around with tattoos.
Otherwise, it looks great, a tasteful response to all the ponce's and their tasteless nazi themes.

[firestorm]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh my god, this army is freakin awesome...joker doesn't seem like a psyker, though.

idea for a kill-team with this army: joka, cawboy, crazay erl, mad dok jay, ate-bawl, and squigmodda.

[Escushion]

Awesomeness. I love the Warboss especially.

And kudos on giving the FU to those Nazi dipshits.

[Sansa]

I 'ope dem boyz giv dose 'umies a real beatin' on the tables!

Truly an unexpected and wonderful theme you have for these Orkz, keep it up, I hope these guys see some action against those fascists!

[BillyBob]

They remind me of the soldier from Team Fortress 2...
".. That's why when there are a bunch of animals in one place, it's called a Zoo!.. Unless it's a farm!"

[AHH! MOTHERLAND]

Ork warboss is looking good. Nice cigar did you make that and the hat out of green stuff? Thanks for the bigger pics. Looks like your Orks do brush their teef.

[Sandwichwarrior]

Boyz, Jeep, Gun...

Miscellaneous bits of progress...


5 more boyz + a grot gunner(in background), Helmets and packs on the boyz are from a 1/35 scale kit that you'll see below. The grot's helmet was cut from a plastic army man.

Jeep

This jeep came in a bag of plastic army men, Add some plastic tubing and some bitz you have yourself a warbuggy.

Big Gun

The gun is 1/35 scale WWII Artillery piece, the carriage is a scratch build, made from sprue and buggy/fantasy bitz.

Warboss WIP

[Svartmetall]

Love the helmets, they really work nicely. One thing I would say though is that good as the warbuggy conversion is, I'd say you should raise the rocket launchers up on a stand of some kind - they're too low down in the bodywork of the jeep at the moment. Raise the three tubes up by maybe half an inch on some kind of framework assembly, it'd look better. IMO.

[firestorm]

seconded. that, or make it look something like...this. http://www.warwheels.net/M151A1CmuttRRindex.html

[Czar]

my favorite one is the boy with the 2 guns holding them kinda "gangsta"style

[Sandwichwarrior]

Warboss "Chesta Pulldat" in all his fully painted glory.







But wait...

I know what's really on your minds, you're wondering "What is that thing in the background?"

???

ITS A STOMPA!


I am currently taking suggestions on name/paint scheme.

[Shoota Fodder]

Your a freaking god . Gread job on the conversions and i especially lova all the old WW2 stuff your boys have "borrowed" from the Americans ^^.

I would just keep it coloured similerly to the rest of your vehicles. And it could be called the Stompy Dude .

OR

You could paint it pink and give it a skirt, calling it Lord Of Pie, but thats just a suggestion.

[Sansa]

I love the Stompa! I am wondering though, paint aside, how will it fit into the rest of your theme (ex:your theme is more easy to recognize due to the hats ect)?

[BillyBob]

WTF? going from WWII era jeeps and flak guns to "Metal gear Gork"?
Don't get me wrong, it looks good, but... WTF?

[Sethero]

How about Big Joe?

Telly Savalas FTW.

[EaSTERNVolKs]

The bossman looks great!

If you don't mind me asking.. whats the method that you use to paint the commander?

[MrChaos]

Nice loving your WW2 scheme Orks.

[Sandwichwarrior]

Going from WWII era jeeps and flak guns to "Metal gear Gork"?
Don't get me wrong, it looks good, but... WTF?

The Stompa is actually for a contest, but I felt like showing off.

If you don't mind me asking.. whats the method that you use to paint the commander?

Primer, base-coat, highlights, ink wash, weathering/fine details

I'll do a step-by-step on my next character, until then its hard for me to help you without some specific questions.

[Ramrod]

These guys are so awesome. My hat's off to you, Sandwich.

[Sandwichwarrior]

I've had a dew people ask me about the helmets so here is the down/dirty.

I have two methods, the 1st is to use "green stuff" or "milli-put" and the 2nd is to steal them from plastic army men.

Step 1: Cut helmet off of a plastic army man.



Step 2: Cut the top off of a plastic Ork head.



Step 3: Glue



Now you have an Ork with a helmet

[Sansa]

Sandwich, I found some Orkz that I believe your boyz would never team up with
clickety click

I thought it funny that I'd come across them after viewing yours for the past week(s?)

Perhaps you could arrange a battle between the two

[Escushion]

Meh to those. The models are well-converted, but I wouldn't even play with someone who had an army like that.

[holyknight]

lol those look really cool. nice

[Harlequin2]

The conversion is so simple - but so well done and effective!
Anyway, I'm looking forward to more of these models, perhaps a Deff Kopta next?

As for those German-Orkz, they're nicely painted, but I prefer these orkz and ol' Chesta Pulldat (they're more fluff-y).

[Sandwichwarrior]

I got some new toys yesterday...

Trukk

I'm planning to build a Cab and Bed out of plasticard to make it look like a m35. The remaining armor/other bits will then go towards "looting" some other vehicles.

I also finished painting some more Boyz

Da Boyz

I think I'm just going to use a regular shoota boy to represent the the Trukk's Gunner that way I can save the pintle mounted big-shoota for something special.

Something Special

Updated Army List

Updated Army List (2000 points):
HQ:
Warboss: "Komandant Chesta Pulldat"
Wierdboy: "Dat Guy"

Elites:
15 Kommandos "Da Snake Eatas"
15 Kommandos "Da Def Cheatas"
10 Lootas "Da Gunz"

Troops:
4 Meganobz: "Da Devil Dogz"
20 Shoota Boyz: "Alfa Kompanie"
20 Shoota Boyz: "Charlie Kompanie"
20 Shoota Boyz: "EZ Kompanie"

Fast Attack:
20 Stormboyz: "Da Glory Boyz"
2 War Buggies: "Jeepz"
2 War Buggies: "Mor Jeepz"

Heavy Support:
Looted Wagon w/ Boomkannon "Da Tank"
Looted Wagon w/ Boomkannon "Da Otha Tank"
3 Big Gunz "Da Fia Support"

[firestorm]

is...that...

ho-lee-crap, are you making a deffkopta?

[King Twilight]

O_O awesome. nothing else.awesome.

[Sandwichwarrior]

Found this in the scrap bin at the local hobby shop and knew immediately what had to be done.




The model was missing its wings and lower fuselage but thats nothing some plasticard cant fix. The nice thin about Orks is that its BETTER if the bitz don't line up right.

Pilot WIP

Pilot WIP


The pilot is just a regular body with a burna boy head and 2 shoota arms.

Army Status

CURRENT ARMY STATUS...
Italics= Model has been built
Bold = Model has been painted

Updated Army List (2000 points):

HQ:
Warboss "Komandant Chesta Pulldat"
Wierdboy "Dat Guy"

Elites:
15 Kommandos "Da Snake Eatas"
15 Kommandos "Da Def Cheatas"
10 Lootas "Da Gunz"

Troops:
4 Meganobz: "Da Devil Dogz"
20 Shoota Boyz "Alfa Kompanie"
20 Shoota Boyz "Charlie Kompanie"
20 Shoota Boyz "EZ Kompanie"

Fast Attack:
20 Stormboyz "Da Glory Boyz"
2 War Buggies "Jeepz"
2 War Buggies "Mor Jeepz"

Heavy Support:
Looted Wagon w/ Boomkannon "Da Tank"
Looted Wagon w/ Boomkannon "Da Otha Tank"
3 Big Gunz "Da Fia Support"

[Svartmetall]

Never has a Grumman Avenger fuselage died for a better cause

[Sandwichwarrior]

I decided to do some more work on the "Avenga!" after I took those pictures. I added some plasticard/"worky bitz" to the underside to fill in the missing fuselage sections, and started on the rear gunner's station.

Da Plane


*click the spoiler tags for details

Da Bottom

Da Bottom (AKA Worky Bitz)


Worky Bitz from back to front; Dark Eldar skimmer, Ork buggy engine, Ork buggy radiator, Tau plasma gun(yellow), and the back of a predator turret.

Da Top

Da Top (Where da Flyboyz sit)

The pintel mount came off the new Ork Trukk (see Update #6) however I think I'm going to make my own Gunner/Big Shoota. I know I have some heavy stubbers somewhere.

Army Status

CURRENT ARMY STATUS...
Italics= Model has been built
Bold = Model has been painted

HQ:
Warboss "Komandant Chesta Pulldat"
Wierdboy "Dat Guy"

Elites:
15 Kommandos "Da Snake Eatas"
15 Kommandos "Da Def Cheatas"
10 Lootas "Da Gunz"

Troops:
4 Meganobz: "Da Devil Dogz"
20 Shoota Boyz "Alfa Kompanie"
20 Shoota Boyz "Charlie Kompanie"
20 Shoota Boyz "EZ Kompanie"

Fast Attack:
20 Stormboyz "Da Glory Boyz"
2 War Buggies "Jeepz"
2 War Buggies "Mor Jeepz"

Heavy Support:
Looted Wagon w/ Boomkannon "Da Tank"
Looted Wagon w/ Boomkannon "Da Otha Tank"
3 Big Gunz "Da Fia Support"

[Dr.Know]

Ha ha, thats great! I love orks, just how crazy they are. Theyre funny. Thats a great airplane, I cant wait to see it done.

[Scaled_wurm]

<3

Absolutely fantastic man. Always love seeing other Ork armies, especially ones that are well done.

[Sandwichwarrior]

So my ass gets deployed for 8 months and how does GW repay me? The change all the rules, and discontinue some of my favorite colors.

Well the joke is on them, while I was gone my girl bought a full set of Vallejo Paints .


I was home for about 3 weeks before I got the itch to paint but the weather yesterday was nice and the lighting perfect. So I set up shop on the porch and got to work.

The UBA STOMPY MUARADA CORPS fresh out of the closet. (er I mean storage)


My first 4 minis in 8 months!


3 More! Colored Checks, Hazard Stripes, and other patterns will distinguish the different Mobz.


I really like the Vallejo "Shade" (Ink) It goes on very easily, and mixes well with the metalics (as seen on this Boy's shoota)

[Inquisitor Lord]

I love this team. My brother was a USM and he favors the orkz too. He seemed think that the blood axes were the best ork team. So I imagine he'd love this thread.

Nice fighta bomba

[Ryan_M]

Nice orks

[Tinweasel]

Very nice Orks. Not exactly the most extravagant scheme, but they look solid en mass and the idea of differentiating the different Mobs with colored checks and stuff is a good one. I like the coloration, and the military drab scheme works nicely!

/me puts on Moderator hat
My personal belief is that it's not necessarily thread necromancy if it's 1) your own damn thread, and 2) worthwhile additions to the thread in question. I'd say you've covered both bases fairly well.

/me takes off Moderator hat

Looking forwards to more! Funny how things around here lately have mostly either gone decidedly Orky or Space Marine-y...

[Sansa]

I blame AoBR
A quite the large update! 4 models in 8 months...Time to switch those numbers, and then improve it more!

[Sir Clausel]

How long have you been a mod again, tin?

On topic: Those greenskins are nice! I love the helmets! Look forward for more!

[Zombie Phlegm]

How long have you been a mod again, tin?

yeah, ive been confused by this.

and i remember seeing this thread ages ago!

im loving your boyz there really good, but its your kommandos that i love the most, there really great! keep up the good work.

[Sethero]

Welcome back!

I love this army. It's just fantastic. I can't wait to see more. You'll be happy to know that the orks did get a decent bump with the new rules, so this army is even better than when you left, if that's any consolation!

[Fod]

They look really good!!

Nice work..

I love the theme

[Flagg]

Wow, im not exagerating when I say that these are the best Orks ive ever seen. It's not just the painting or the awesome WW II theme you've given them, they ooze personality. And that plane you've made virtually from scratch, simply awesome.

10/10 mate!