Orks, "'Ere we go!", "Waaaaagh!!" Etc.

My journey with One Page Rules continues at a pace. We’ve played a few games now and very much enjoying it.  Its wonderful to hear jaded old grognards like us howling with joy and laughter at a game. We play all sorts and while we love our hobby, games can be quiet, even muted as we earnestly push our Panzer IV’s or Alexandrian Companions about the tabletop battlefield. One of my friends said, “I never thought at 61 I’d be playing with Games Workshop toys”.

Anyway, these rules have lit a fire under my paint table and I’m really pushing on with painting armies I never thought would make it out of the box.  

This time it’s a collection of second-hand sci fi Orks that I’ve gathered over the years.  They needed a bit of rapair and some larger bases, which I added.  The ones with jetpacks are still a bit unstable, especially were they have some metal parts added, so I may have to figure out some additional method of shifting them to be "bottom heavy". Some of them have at least two or three coats of paint on them, I think. Can I be bothered stripping them? Of course not! So, an undercoat of black, white zenithal highlight, and away I go. 

As usual, things lick along at a pace, but I realise after the skin-wash and metal stages, that the zenithal may not have been the best choice.  I’m now faced with getting the black back in as I’m painting these little fellows as “Goff” Orks, which are mainly black. Pareto’s Principle kicks in and with this batch I reckon the last 20% of the work is going to take 80% of the time.

I’ll also be painting the chequerboard patterns – that’s going to take time as well.  I used to have a lot of transfer sheets, with these sorts of patterns on them, but I think it threw them all away during the last house move.  Ah well.

I think the next batch will be left black without the zenithal highlight, and I’ll under-paint in the skin with white.  It’ll still take time, but hopefully less time that the current processes.

Anyway, here's the kick off with the first batch.

 

The first batch of about 50 little green dudes.

One of the Bosses, or "Nobs" as the Orks call them.
He's certainly had a good few coats of paint and the detail is starting to be lost.

"Da Boyz". These have hand weapons and pistols - a suitably Goff load-out.

Here's the paints I'm using for the ork skin. It worked out well I think.

Here's the box of other Orks awaiting attention, and a few bags of bits for repairs!

There's about 100 models in here I think. Mostly Boyz (basic Orks)
Some I think are from the old GorkaMorka game, and their design
hasn't stood the test of time.

And the metal is on.

These should look good when they’re done though.

TBC...

...continued

OK, its been a week or so and I've made a bit of progress on these little chaps. Not going to lie, but these orks have been a pain to paint.  I've not been able to segregate parts for swift painting, or use my usual time-saving techniques, because the models themselves mix some different colours at their core. And of course, being Goffs, I wanted to lay down some checkerboard patterns, which took a bit of time to get done.

However, about 90 of the little chaps are done so not bad progress considering...

Obligatory Mob shot. Goffs like infantry wave attacks...

Ahem...WAAAAAAGGGHHHHH!!!!!!

These dudes have some serious firepower. Shame they're such a "bad shot".

Well...he looks like he's down to sort stuff out.
This is a good example of just going with these rescued models
as they come. If I'd have built it the squig back-banner would
have been vertical.

These helicopter things were relatively easy to paint, but feel VERY fragile.
I reckon they'll break easily in the rough and tumble of a game.

I got 10 of these jet-pack orks. Some of the parts are
metal, which makes them top-heavy.
These Weebles will wabble and very definitely
will fall down.

This is a metal model and its lovely and heavy! I like it too. The pet squig is fun!

Another nice leader, but some of the details are obscured. I rockon I painted over maybe
three or four other layers of paint applied by the previous owner! (Or "one thick coat")

This one is mad for grenades and I love it!

More to do of course. I have 20 orks with machineguns, and a good stock of "characters", as well as a small gathering of goblins (grots). These are reclaimed second hand models so I'll be doing the same with these as with the others.

I also have a couple of boxes of extras. Some "killa kan" walkers, and the big boss himself Ghazghkull Thraka. Not looking forwards to building these but they look simple enough, and Thraka might be fun to paint.  

With those finished, I sould have a solid One Page Rules army at 2000pts.

Part 2 - The showcase