@ NewHeretic: Aye, that's the Mechanical Steed from the Warhammer Fantasy Empire Master Engineer.
@ Sanctjud: It's a free world.
Into the sixth week, and now, KC has something to show for his Orks! He has included a small diary for all to see the speed of his progress...
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KC - Waaagh! DograG-ghDay 1:
Ok, lesse now...
Target: 2 Troops, 1 HQ.
Choices: 12 Shoota boyz with Trukk, 12 Slugga boyz with Trukk, one WierdBoy.
Rough Schedule: 1 Ork troop choice per month, so that leaves the last month for 2 Trukkz and one WierdBoy. I think it can be done...
*looks at already 1/2-assembled trukks... which are 1/2 assembled after FOUR months or more*
... errr... and at worst case, I can drop the Trukks and still field 1 HQ 2 Troops. Yup, that's the plan...
Day 4 (approx):
Got a few Shootaz assembled (read: 8 shootas), plus a Nob.
*lights up the Airgun*
WAAAAGH!!!
*Room becomes green. May be an exaggeration*
Day 7 (approx):
"Today, you shall be known as da Smik!"
Starts slapping on paint left and right on the poor guy.
*2 hours later* Color scheme (for the Shootaz at least) finalized: Grey shirt, dark brown straps, brownish pants, black guns.
2 days later:
*I remember I finished basic colors on all 8 Boyz, and was starting on the Nob, when the other Ork participant of the Tale (and regarded by myself as one of my store's BEST painters) asked a question*
Question: "what clan do they belong to?"
Answer: "Ah crud..."
About 3 hours later:
Answer: "They are Bloodaxes. Little bits of black on the gray shirt = camouflage!!" (also fits the fluff: my army is a left-over mish-mash of 3 clans from a failed WAAAGH!)
Deflated at about 2 minutes later, by Mr "Tale" Organizer:
Question: "Your army's fluff mentioned Bad Moons, Snake Bites and Goffs right? Where do the Blood Axes come in?"
Answer: "Errrr... you read it wrong. Ya, that's right..."
*Edited the army fluff that very night the moment I reached home. Bye bye Goffs, Hello B.Axes...*
Day 13 (approx):
Added highlights. And shade. And highlights. Still doesn't look "proppa". Added more highlights. And shades. Even more highlights. Finally, they are done...
...
Dang Murphy and his law. A close friend have to, at that VERY MOMENT, to teach me how to add even more ubar highlights. AND Shading. AND Highlights.
Day 20 (approx):*lights up the Airgun*
WAAAAGH!!!
3 hours later: Note to self: when mixing paint outside the gun, do NOT mix too much. I sprayed all the models that could be sprayed (4 shoota boyz, 12 Sluggas, and 2 deff Kopters that I happen to have assembled) but still have quite a bit left over, and in the end I had to pour those away...
Later that day...:
Added a hell lot more highlights. And shading. A LOT more than planned. Became the butt-monkey of "You poured SO MUCH work into such a low pointage models!? Drybrush them and be done with it!" comments... a long time ago, but the comments still continue to come in.
On a good note, 3 boxes worth of Black Reach (I shared boxes with 2 others) that I got a day or three ago means I got a lot of easy to assemble Big Shootas + Sluggas. It'll help.
Note: Someone commented on the fact I got my degrees of effort switched around: my Blood Angels army (my only other army) is pretty much a bashed together job (example: my tacticals are mostly Airgun + 2 slaps of paint = finished), while my Orkz are painstakedly assembled, modded and painted to the best of my abilities...
But everytime I see those Orkz... I just want to slap on bling!!
Day 27 (approx):
Tally at the last weekend of the month:
7 Shootaz and one PK Nob, fully done.
(Read: "NO FORCE ON EARTH is going to MAKE me Touch these guys again!!"
Follow up comment: "Ok, you can't touch them = you can't pack them away. They're mine
")
4 shootas in progress. (and while writing this, I had a thought: Wait a min... where is that big shoota??)
10+ Sluggas still green
Still needs 1~2 slugga, 1 Nob w PowerKlaw, 2 Big Shootas
This is not good... I'm slightly behind schedule currently...
Now for pictures...
Caption: Da Boyz, front view... Heyz! Where's da Big shoota?
Caption: Da Boyz, back view
Caption: Da Boyz, 'eady ta Dakka!
Caption: Da Nob... oh, and take a guess why he got his Klaw?
Clue: He like to raise his hands all the time...
Caption: Guess who's unfinished...