The Big Boyz are back in Mektown!

 

Five Ork Nobz for Warhammer 40k or GorkaMorka.

I begun painting these five models late last year, and with Richard deciding he wanted to work on an ork of his own, I continued working on these five with him. These Nobz are part of the box set Prophecy of the Wolf, which came with Space Wolves as opposing enemy that I finished painting back in September.

Ork Nob with Kombi-Rokkit.

Ork Nob with 'Uge Choppa.

Ork Nob with Power Klaw.

These five are part of an Ork force consisting of Ghazgshkull Thraka, Makari, three Meganobz and one Grot Oiler and Ammo Runt. These guys will be used in GorkaMorka as Mob leaders, and they have a variety of weapons for more choice when making leaders. I painted them up in the traditional Ork way to represent the Goffs Klan in Warhammer 40k, but I threw in some yellow and red to add some colour variety. The skin was done in a similar way to the Ork Boyz from before, but substituting Vallejo Model paints and using Biel Tan Wash from Citadel.

                                                Two Ork Nobz with Sluggas and Choppas.

As they are Goff Orks, I left their coats black, but decided to paint their pants brown, to vary up the theme a bit. The browns were Vallejo Model Colour Beige Brown for the pants, and Vallejo Model Colour Flat Brown for the belts and straps. The rope necklace, teeth, nail, bones were painted Vallejo Model Colour Desert Yellow, and the teeth and nails were further highlighted with Vallejo Model Colour Pale Sand. These were then washed with Citadel Agarax Earthshade.

These two look like brothers.

The steel plates, armour and weapons were a combination of Vallejo Model Colour Natural Steel and Vallejo Model Colour Brass and any red trimming on the metal was Vallejo Model Colour Flat Red. They were all washed Citadel Nuln Oil. The boots and vests were simply left Army Painter Black Primer, for simplicity sake.

Youz do da shootin' an' I'z gonna do da choppin'.

The cabling was painted with a colour I didn't intend to use, but Richard randomly plucked out a Panzer Aces colour while we were talking about teal as a colour. Vallejo Panzer Aces Periscope surprisingly is a nice blue, which looks like it would fit in an electrical box full of wires. It might be a colour I come back to, since it covers rather nicely, and I might have to consider the Panzer Aces range more in the future when picking paints to use. The bases were dome simply with Vallejo Texture Desert Sand and an Army Pinter Soft Wash. I still haven't found a substitute for it from both Vallejo and Citadel, so its still my go to for a lighter and brighter brown wash.

Next on my to-do list for the Space Orks is probably going to be Ghazgshkull himself. 

Till next time!