40K Battle

I played a game of 40K vs my buddy Alex.  I ran my orks, he ran his Chaos Space Marines army.  Long story short, I won.  In Alex's defense, it was his first time playing 6th Ed 40K.  He ran a balanced Nurgle host, with Slaanesh demons as allies.  Alex's down fall was that he rushed me, and didn't take into account how important it is to be the defender during a charge.  The pictures posted below are some of the highlights of that batte. 

Boyz in a trukk

I'm keeping busy putting together ork army lists for 40K 6th Edition.  With the new rule set changing the way we fight, old lists must be reinvented, stronger, faster.  Keeping in mind that achieving secondary objectives can mean the difference between winning and heart break, I am dedicating some points to a fast moving objective grabbing unit with zero survivability.  I will fill this role with shoota boyz in a trukk.  I don't want them to do anything other then capture an objective at the last second, or at the minimum end up in my opponents deployment zone at the end of the game.  I'm going to be painting this unit with dark, dull colors so they attract as little attention as possible.  I know it sounds silly to do so.  I have played games where I completely forget about my opponents units because I just can't register them hiding in a crater or difficult terrain.  More on this later.

Killa Kan

I painted up two squadrons of killa kans about three weeks ago.  I've played a few games of 6th Edition, the units that have scored the 'win' for me have been my boyz.  With infantry able to score primary and secondary objectives, they are a must have.  To support my boyz mobs I wanted killa kans with grotzookas.  Their size, fire power and mobility are choice for their intended purpose. 

I haven't made the grotzookas yet.  I was thinking about making them, and then sending the final pieces to Anvil Industries for resin casting.  Right now my killa kans have rokkits launchas.

Battlewagons

I airbrushed some of my battlewagons at the beginning of July.  I field my battlewagons with a deff rolla, two big shootas and red paint job.  I think a deff rolla is the key to success, the damage it does bypasses the dismal ork ballistic skill.  The next best thing would be a huge skorcha of some kind.   I believe battlewagons should be painted red for the +1" to movement to help them deliver their payload as fast as possible.  The two big shootas are there for light support, a throw back from 5th Edition. 

I undercoat my vehicles with Black Krylon primer.  I then use a deep brown color as my base coat.  I then speckle on an orange color on top of the brown with a miniature clam shell sponge that were readily available in the old blister packs.  Once the paint drys I use a sponge to apply a latex mask over the vehicle.  These three steps are done before I add the first layers of actual color I want to use for the vehicle. 

I used MarneusAugustaCalgar's armor painting method.  The highlights are done towards the inside, while the edges are left in shadow. 

Boyz

I have been working on completing my ork army for 40K 6th Edition.  I finished 90 boyz a few weeks ago.  I did what I could to keep the task from becoming unbearable.  I painted up the boyz in groups of five, paying more attention to the Nobz in the mobs as befitting their status.  I'm posting several pictures of my mobz, but I only included a hand full of miniatures in each. 

I was inspired by the 'Ard Boyz from the Space Marine video game, so I made some of my own.  I used some green stuff to make their chest armor.  The advice for anyone up for the sculpting is to do it in steps.  The first layer is made by roughly molding green stuff over the miniature and then sculpting it into place.  Wait until the first layer drys before you put on the second layer.  Once the first layer is dry, put a second layer of green stuff and sculpt the teeth. 

I also added some shields to my 'Ard Boyz.  I used some ork boarding plank bits to make the shields.  I added the shields to the 'Ard Boyz back by first placing some Gorilla Glue (crazy glue) on my miniatures, then adding some green stuff over the crazy glue, and finally adding more crazy glue on top of the green stuff.  The shields adhered to the crazy glue, while the the green stuff fills in the gaps between the shield and the miniatures body. 

Trukks, and Warboss

I've been working on my ork trukks for the past two months.  I used two techniques to get the rust effects on my trukks.  The first effect was done using a liquid frisket latex mask, the other weathering powders. 

Here's the trukk crews.

Here's my converted AoBR Warboss.  I chose to change out the stock weapons for a big choppa.  I added a stikkbomb, face biter squig and gave him a different head.  I used green stuff to make a hand grip for one of the shotas on his back, and to enlarge his triceps.