Wednesday, October 26, 2016

There's a Bad Moon on the rise--Orktober Pt. 1

Ah, it's autumn, and with that time of year comes all the things we love: pumpkins, pies, pumpkin pies, and Orctober! It's an annual tradition that I've never actually taken part in. But this year I have remedied that.

A big thanks to Erny of Erny's Place for the Banner!

I should begin with the fact that I've never been a huge Orc/Ork fan. But I do have a goal of painting enough Orks to be able to run Battle of the Farm from the Rogue Trader book, so I figured I might as well start with one Ork this year. One of the few Orks I have always loved is the Bad Moon boss, but I didn't paint him (got your hopes up, didn't I?). Instead, I chose a regular Boy, but I did paint him with some Bad Moons colors. I figure I once I do paint the Bad Moon Boss, the regular Ork boyz will be his retinue scouring the planet of Rynn's World. 

This model was hellafun to paint. The flesh was done with the slightly modified recipe from an old GW painting guide. I started with a mix of Caliban Green (Dark Angels Green) and Warboss Green (Goblin Green), followed by a slightly thinned wash of the old hex pot Orc Flesh Wash. After that, I reapplied the base coat and then added bits of Flash Gitz Yellow (Sunburst Yellow) until I was happy with it. For the Yellow, I painted the padding bleached bone and painted the cracks with Devlan Mud mixed with Vallejo Thinner. Then I highlighted with pure white and applied a coat of Lamenter Yellow glaze. I repeated the last step a second time to add to the intensity. A full explanation of this can be found here.

One final note, I have no idea what that was supposed to be on his left wrist, but once I saw it, I couldn't paint it as anything other than a wrist watch. The idea of an Ork with a wrist watch was so absurd, I couldn't control myself. I blame the same part of me that forces me to tell "dad jokes."




9 comments:

  1. Welcome to the jungle buddy. I love orktober!

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    1. Thanks! However, I must inform you, based on your Facebook posts, that this is not a picture of Wayne Rooney.

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  2. Love it. When I was deployed, I got a major itch and bought all the RT and early 2nd Ed Orks I could get my hands on. Then I sold them after I got back. Even the Kommandos. Dummy me. Now I wanna buy more old Orks.

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    1. They are great models. Tons of character. The Rogue Trader art with Orks was great too!

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    2. You should buy more. It's the right thing to do. I painted a bunch of stuff when I was deployed too and I have no idea where it went.

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  3. I did the same with mine Andrew, painting watches on them, it's a must :)

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    1. This kind of silliness is exactly what's missing from modern 40k!

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  4. Since this ork is from the mid-1980's, I think that thing on his wrist is not just a watch... it's a digital watch with a little tiny calculator. THE FUTURE!

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    1. Portable calculators on digital watches? It'll never catch on...

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