The Unkillable

New model time everyone! Who'd a thunk it?  And it's an Ork - amazing huh? So, one of my Flash Gitz, right?  Well now... No. Actually, it's not...

Y'see, and I've spoken about this more than once, my mate has a Warboss that we both love; Grunge Da Unkillyble. Named so cos the little sod just won't go down... whole devastator squads couldn't stop him, and that was before he put on mega armour...

... which always struck me as a bit weird. I mean, he's meant to be a Blood Axe Kommanda, former kommando, long time fan of tic-tacs, so why is he running (lumbering) around in a mini-tank? Also, if you're unkillable, why do you need armour anyway? Just slows you down, and gets in the way of crumpin' 'oomies.

Not just a mini-tank; a bright orange, incredibly noisy one with a giant banner larger than most orks proudly declaring his identity to any and all... I mean, typical orky attempts as stealth, but still...

So, I decided, for a bit of fun... why not make a model for him - pre-Rhianna. Since he cobbled it together from spare bits of Terminator Warplate... Yeah, why not? And, I was already buying a ton of stuff to convert up my Warboss anyway... just made sense, y'know?

So, here he is; Grunge.

Angry-looking fella, isn't he? I tried to base his looks off a Catachan Guardsman; hence the open jacket, the bandana, and the machete on his back... although, it's more a tooth-pick for him.

A couple of things I really wanted to get across when making him; firstly, that he is very prepared (for an Ork), hence why he's festooned with extra pouches on his waist, shoulder, and even his wrist... though they're probably all full of teef, smaller knives, and shiny fings.
Second, that I wanted him to be very much inconspicuous... for an Ork I mean. Hence the lack of boss-pole, and the arctic-camo - to blend into the ice fields of Rhianna.
... Just on the subject of camo - I am needlessly pleased with how it turned out. Sure, I probably could do a better job if I tried again... but as a pretty much first go at painting camo, it turned out remarkably well. Especially the bandana.
And thirdly - he needed a really, really big axe. The primary one comes from the Warbiker kit, and the secondary is from the Nob Mob. They really work together on the model - a lot better than the initial left arm... tried to make lightning claws for a warboss. Bad move...

Anyway, yeah - really quite chuffed with how he turned out. I like the little accents of purple scattered across him; a reference to him being sneaky, and also just cos it's The Unjust's favourite colour. I'm smart like that. You can't tell, but I'm nodding along as I type. Dead smart. Nod.

Anyway... yeah. Grunge. The Sneaky, Unkillyble, git that nearly blew up my world. But I can't hate him, cos he is much to beautiful.

Made a nice change to be showing off my painting again... I really ought get my finger out and do it more often... But, that's for the land of dreams. Lets deal with reality. And the reality is that I'm shattered. I'll catch you all at some point, I hope. See what I have for y'all next week, eh?

Volodanti out.

What year is this?

No real update today, sorry. The shop's stupidly busy at the moment, and we're missing half our full-time staff, so everyone's working as much as they can. Days off, for me, are just a dream that cannot be...

... anyway, enough on that. This is just gonna be a quick update to let y'all know what's been happening for me.

First off, in a follow-up to the last post, I'm on track with my painting. Two Flash Gitz finished, in spite of playing BFG: Armada until 1am each night, so that's a good thing.
Secondly, I've been following the Eldritch Moon Spoilers quite religiously, and I reckon that Rakdos isn't really viable this time round. Black seems a lot more about control than last time around; there are a few decent cheap black creatures, but on the whole it looks like Black is about building up resources til you can bury your opponent in Zombie tokens...
Oh, and thirdly, I'm not gonna make the pre-release. Which is kinda a bitch, but it'd be a huge faff to organise, I'd probably have to go alone, and leave early to make it in time for work. Annoying, disappointing, and just a part of life. Shame, but... what can you do?


Anyway, that's about as much as I have to say, so now I'm gonna go crawl into bed and eke out as much rest as I can get.. Night y'all.

Volodanti out

Not Enuff Dakka

So, here's a thing; I'm doing the world's smallest Tale of Many Gamers. In fact, the smallest possible of it to be a plural; two of us. My friend needed some motivation to get his Tau painted, and I've had a box of half-painted Orks in a cupboard for a good few years... so, why not?

I've not a lot to say about it now - since we're in the first week of the first month - but it's going well so far. This month we're getting our commander and his retinue painted; so a couple battlesuits for The Unjust, and a Warboss and a squad of Flash Gitz for me... well, converted Flash Gitz; I bought them before the plastic kit came out, so they're rather unconventional... which just makes them even more Orky, eh?

Anyway, I've finished one so far, base-coated the rest and have all the parts to make my Warboss, so... Well, off to a fine start, I reckon. Especially considering that it's only the 4th. Once I've got the squad painted up, I'll share it with you - that'll probably be quite a long post - but until then, I'll do my best to keep y'all interested.

On the upside, that's three on-time updates in a row, so I'm getting better. Might even manage to not muck it up for the rest of the month... we hope.

As ever, thanks for reading, I hope it was worth your time. Or, at least will be once I've finished painting green.

Volodanti out.