Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka

The mighty prophet of the WAAAGH! has awoken, and he leads a troop of nobs into battle.

Finally! I've completed the mighty Ghazghkull Thraka, the single greatest ork in the galaxy of the 41st millennium, prophet of Gork and Mork, great warlord of the biggest WAAAGH! the imperium has had the displeasure of squaring up against.

Da boss in all his glory.

He's primarily of Goffs origins, and so I decided to incorporate black into his armour plates overall, but needed to make the model pop a bit more with vibrancy, and seeing how he's the great prophet and supreme warlord, with every klan following him into battle, I decided to throw in some more colours to represent his willingness to work with all the klans.

His power klaw, "Gork's Klaw".

I began with a spray of Chaos Black, followed by an entire model dry brush of Vallejo Model Natural Steel. With some bits on him being painted Vallejo Model Brass to break up the silver, that was the entirety of the metal work done on him. Using Citadel Contrast Black Templar, I painted in all the plates that were going to be black. The red was Vallejo Model Flat Red and the blue was Vallejo Model Flat Blue.

His gun is "Mork's Roar".

The cables are painted with Vallejo Model Tan Yellow, some of the short cables Valleo Model Park Flat Green. His skin is done in much the way as other orks I've done in the past, but there isn't much flesh there in the first place. His two tusks jutting from his armour were an experiment I tried, making it seem like old but well used pieces of his armour that he would impale his enemies on during his charges. Simply I staggered Vallejo Model Flat Brown and then staggered again Vallejo Model Pale Sand. Then I came in with multiple coats of Citadel Agarax Earthshade, getting closer to the base of the tusk with each coat, for a total of three coats.

The Warlord is MAD!

The yellow is a base is again matched to the existing ork army, with the textured desert sand washed over by Agarax Earthshade this time. Overall I'm quite happy with how he came out. I initially thought he might look a bit too monotone, but he's quite colourful for a Goff warlord, and I'd rather have a more colourful orky army than the more grungy dark look that Goff armies tend to be.

Got a bead on you!

With him done, I can move on to his little sidekick, Makari. He's basically a lucky grot who carries his boss pole around for him.

Until next time.