Black Orcs

Ok finally all built, took a little longer than expected but Ill post a little review on my thoughts on the models themselves. But firstly some pics of the models!

 

 

Command unit

 

A Few Random Boyz

Spru's- gives you all the neccesitys to create two full command squads and a veriet of weapons, fairly easy to cut and not alot of mold lines

Assembly- This is where it gets tricky :/  the legs fit in to specific torsos which makes them fairly easy to lock in,some need a little bit of a wiggle to find the right positioning, and while this makes it slightly easier to assemble it also severly decreases modified posing without heavily relying on gree stuff and carving. But the poses themselves are fairly good.... But the other tough thing, each orc is BIG which looks awesome! long tusks and huge weapons makes it card to get them to fit base to base with their fellow boyz though and this takes a little practice and planning to get them to assemble them so they fit rank and file, which kind of causes some breaking and repostioning.

All in all they were pretty fun to assemble with a fairly good veriet of weapons, also with all of you 40k orc fans, bust out your spus becasue some of the weapons on your space orcs work great, my champion has a saw from the Rokkit boy spru, and alot of the blades can be switched out with some fancy modifications, also for an rather expencive conversion project you can potentially use the black orcs to make 'Ard Boyz but thats a whole other project entirly and dosnt fall into the Wargamming on a Budget catagory XP

Hope you enjoyed the review, next up is basing and painting Stay Tuned!

Boss Progress

Hey guys, so didnt get as much as I wanted this weekend but I thought I would post a pic of how Gobstoppa was coming along.

There are still more details to work out, some drybrushing and more base work but things are moving in a generally forward direction. The black orcs are almost fully built, and Ill be doing a movement tray tutorial when I get them all done. Stay tuned Ill have more in the future!

Sneak Peak

Sneak peak of things to come, Stay Tuned!!

Warhammer on a budget- Scenic bases, rock outcroppings

Hey guys This is my first tutorial for warhammer on a budget, and the point of this tutorial is to create a scenic bases like a rock outcropping that I will be demonstrating to help to create importance in certain figure. This is useful as you can use bits from several lines of models to create a unique figure, and by raising him/her up you are creating an appearance of size and all around importance and leadership. Ill be making a base for my Orc Warboss Gobstoppa! using Black orc bits, this saves 20 bucks on on the resin Warboss funding more core models. So Without further adue let us begin!

Note these bases work better for fantasy as the line of sight rules in 40k will not be kind to your general being taller, but it could still make em look coolers so feel free to read on anyways<br>

1. Materials you will need. Polystyrene, Exacto knife, tack glue, acrylic paint, and super glue. Polystyrene is sold in large sheets for home insulation, but if you look around the isle they are in you can find rather large scrap pieces and they will most likely give them to you for free, saving a couple bucks and the hassle of carrying an 8 foot sheet.

2. Trace the base with the eacto knife and any excess that you want hanging over.

3. Carve it out with your exacto (be safe kids!) do not use dragging motions as it will create jagged marks like you see on the left of the piece of poly.

4. Find a picture of a stone, rock or terrain you like fr reference as it will help with general ideas, I wanted and angled rock, so I cut the piece in half at an angle and started carving it away until it started to almost blend with the base. You can carve hack, scratch and do about anything to create the desired affect... its a rock its taken decades of beating you can get away with about anything... but make sure you do have a generally flat surface for your model.

5. Time to glue it to the base, DO NOT use super glue it will eat right trough your poly leaving you will a mushy rock, use tack glue which includes elmers and wood glue, or about anything you can find at a craft store. Add a generous amount and allow plenty of time to dry, once its glued to the base you can go back to carving and detailing.

6. Add some sand to the sides to help it blend with the terrain, use the same flock sand ect that you are using on the rest of the squad/ regiment to help keep them united.

7. All right now to make it safe to spray and glue. Like I mentioned earlier super glue eats right through it , spray paint will too, so to protect your base use a water based paint, which includes store bought acrylics as well as all your citidel/ p3 and other specialist paints, this creates a nice coating to protect it, and is now safe to base/ use super glue on.

It will take some time for it to absorb the paint but when its done it should look something like this.

8. Now's the fun part, you are now safe to glue your model to you base, you can use crazy glue or pin it, securing him/her. Now you are all set and free to spray it down and get to painting!!

All right guys hope this tutorial helped, feel free to post any of your own tips and experiences, hope you guys liked my segment and I should be doing more in the future!

A pleasant Mistake

Looks like amazon lied to me, I was told they would be here next Tuesday but Im far from complaining.

Ill try to throw some together tonight and will have more pics up soon!

New Army new fun!

Hey guys It has been quite a while since I have painted or blogged and I thought It might be fun to get it up and running again, its a great way to stay motivated! So I dug out my old Skull Pass gobbos and took just one look at some of the new units (especially the Aracknarok) and knew I had to start my own ripples in the green tide. So To start I have my first block of Gobbos Thirty Strong Six wide.

 First Three ranks have had the red cloth washed and Highlighted and only the first rank have had any work done on their faces but there are quite a few more detales to get done, The one on the far right is close to what the finished product will look like! Im going for a Spider cult look, as These are similar colors I will use for the arachnids.

I Started working on a shammy as well, stopped by the home depot to grab some polystyrene, fun fact look for scraps on the ground, or by the sheets, they will most likely give them to you for free, I snagged a five foot piece and now have plenty to work with. I modeled The shaman up on a jutting rock as I think I will with all my characters to make them stand out and add more character to the pieces.

 

 

So I will keep on posting as I make progress and would love to here any critiques, tips tricks and comments you guys have. I Have a unit of Black Orcs coming in the mail later this week and will try to post some stage by stage pics, Stay Tuned!!!