ORKY greetings to one and all !
My History:I have recently just gotten back into the hobby again after selling all my models and going on a university exchange to Taiwan. A lot has changed during my time away and i recently acquired an Ork army ( through a commission paint job )
I decided that i would start up a thread about the construction and the painting steps i take to:
a) Derive a colour scheme
b) Experiment with the new techniques and colour theory
c) Convert models
d) Help out beginner painters with my modeste skill and hopefully shake off all the rust before i reach my character models so i can do a decent job !
Hopefully this project will inspire others to do so, as well.
I have changed my choice of paints from Citadel to Vallejo as I find that Vallejo colours can come in quite a variety of gamuts.
Aim:1) To paint an army to the best of my ability with the goal to improve on technique with every brushstroke
2) To learn more about colour theory and to get more into the technical side
3) To have a competitive army list to enter into local tournaments that also looks good on the table
4) To give a step by step account for what i do when i paint and convert an army
5) To have fun ! Painting should be an exciting and enjoyable aspect of the hobby – not a menial task.
Weapons of Choice:Airbrush
An ever increasing array of Vallejo paints
Weathering powders
Oil paints
Plastic medical gloves
Blu-tac
Corks
Hobby knives
Windsor & Newton Series 7 brushes in 000x2, 00, 0, 1 & 2
Digital Camera - For all those updates
6.25" curved sharp tweezer
5pc single ended dental pick set
Dremel 421 polishing compound
3/4" brass wheel brushes
32pc needle file set
1/4" x 9/16" cone rubber polisher
Last but not least my
'Palette o' Doom' A standard artists palette as pictured here:
The List:( note: the models in this are the base for an army i hope to play with/have – I have a great deal more models, but to avoid getting overwhelmed by the Orky madness I plan to break it up into models that I include in my 1000pt and 2000pt army list. )HQ: Warboss ( PK, Attack squig, Cybork, 'Eavy armour )
Warboss ( PK, Attack squig, Cybork, Warbike, BP )
Big Mek ( KFF, PK )
Elite:8 lootas
8 lootas
5 Kommandos + Snikrot ( 2 burnas )
Troop:4 Nob Bikers + Painboy
NB1: PK + Waaagh Banner
NB2: Big Choppa + Shoota/Skorcha
NB3: Big choppa
NB4: naked18 boyz + 1 PK nob w/ BP
19 boyz + 1 PK nob w/ BP
11 boyz + 1 PK nob w/ BP in a trukk
11 boyz + 1 PK nob w/ BP in a trukk
10 Gretchin
Fast attack:The Green Baron ( 1 Deffkopta was TL rokkits and a buzzsaw )
Heavy Support:Battlewagon ( Armour plates, Grot rigger, Deffrolla, 2x Big shootas )
Battlewagon ( Armour plates, Grot rigger, Deffrolla, 2x Big shootas )
See list above for assembly updates/ colour scheme patterns/ test model colours ect. as I will update this main post with links further down so you don't have to go searching The Saga:Chapter 1: Mold lines are the bane of my existance *sadface*
When you need to pretty much assemble and carve out/ file down all the mold lines on the models over a few days it pretty much will do your head in. So I'm a firm believer in doing it in small amounts and before you actually assemble the models. This way it will not put so much strain on the plastic/metal surfaces that are thin and or fragile.
After being covered in shard of plastic and metal for the last 3 days and swearing that if i see another mold line today i will kill its entire family and its pet Goldfish... ( and I'm not even half way through the assembling ) I have decided that enough is enough and its time to assemble, base and try test colour schemes on the ones i have done.
Chapter 2: Assembling the models and basing! -
In progress now.....Easy enough. Glue meet plastic, plastic meet glue.
Granted that the customising and the full conversion of this army is quite a project ! I believe that doing it this way will improve my conversion skills as well as my painting.
I have ordered some resin bases so, please forgive my models that are made up/painted on standard bases. These are only temporary.
Chapter 3: Creating a colour scheme.
Ahh probably the
hardest thing for me is to choose a colour scheme. Its definitely up there on the list with choosing a name for a character on an Online RPG.
I like to have a darker feel to my colour schemes. I will try and go with some realistic ( as you can get ) weathering with my Ork vehicles as well as adding a lot of colour nuances through the models to shy away from a 'flat colour with highlights and shadows'. I love the dark and gritty nature of WH40K and the lore surrounding it. That's my reasoning and I'm sticking to it hahaha.
I always like to start with a 'test model'
This is where i paint him with a very very vague colour scheme in mind, test the skin colours, try to identify whether the model should belong to a clan ( Goff, Bad Moon etc.) or should be a part of my overall army colour scheme. From there i pretty much go with inspiration of models i have seen and colours that i like. I have a general idea of what I want to paint prior to adding any colour to the model as I consult my painting bible !
Most of the time it works for me as i have basic idea of what colours complement others and what clashes horribly to look like M&M vomit of a small child who has recently taken LSD, thinks he is a squirrel-turkey monster and is currently trying to eat your shoelace.
So what i will be doing is the main infantry squads up one at a time, but at this point I am still in the conversion stage !