Cheetor's Orks: Kommando Kill Team 16/10/18

[Dr. Kevin Moon III esq.]

Great stuff, Nazgrub in particular looks fantastic - I really like the old Brian Nelson GoMo figures, great sculpts.

[leonmallett]

Lovely work on the Marauders; love the weathering and palette. Great stuff.

[Mason]

Great stuff, cheetor!
I am really glad that you brought this thread back from the dead, as I missed it first time around.
 


There are some lovely examples of orky-bitz modelling earlier on and the Prospector is one of my favourite Ork figures ever.
 

[cheetor]

Thanks for the feedback guys  Prospector Wurrzag is an exceptional bit of sculpting alright.

Great stuff, cheetor!
I am really glad that you brought this thread back from the dead, as I missed it first time around.
 

I have actually gone back to add some more textures to the basing and to add an extra final highlight to the flesh on all of the figures painted in 2011, but I havent taken any more photos or anything yet.  The earlier batch should look a little nicer when I do snap them again.

Painting the various ork ranges off-the-peg, with a minimal bit of kit bashing (rather than proper converting) is proving very pleasant.  I have loads more greenies to come, including some of the Goblinaid figures and Goffik Rokkers soon I hope, but for now just a small gretchin update:

[Mason]

Some superb additions.
Red scarf is my personal favourite.
 

[Achilles]

Lovely deep rich skin on these Greenies. Well done!

[hubbabubba]

Yum yum, I always had a soft spot for those crazy Grot bandits with the oversized pistols.

Great painting.

[cheetor]

2014 has been green on my painting table, with the following painted and photographed in the last couple of weeks.  

Firstly, I got these three Deffkoptas painted.  Goofy models, but fun (something of an ork mantra really):



I find anything larger than a three or so 28mms hard to photograph, so these guys arent shown at their best here.  Here is a solo shot which might make things slightly easier to see:



The Deffkopta blog post with extra photos and blah blah is here.


Next is a silly conversion of a Heroclix with an ork headswap.  "Da Captive" is used in a number of Gorkamorka scenarios, so I decided to throw together a figure to represent it.  I think that it looks quite funny, like a dog with its tail between its legs, scampering off in its Wild West style long johns (Da Captive is the guy in the middle, obviously):



I forgot to take a photo of the rear of the figure, but I do have a WIP shot of his arse, wher I added what George of the Jungle used to call a "buttflap" I think.



Da Captive blog post is here.


Last but not least, I finished a set of Goff Rockers - "Mushrööm Klöwd" - complete with album cover and "Spacehenge Tour 990.M39" promotional image:







The "Mushrööm Klöwd" Goff Rokk band post is here.

I have more greenskins in the pipeline, but I have to do some work on my Alien Flora & Fauna project over the next couple of weeks, so the Bigdogz will have to wait for a while.

Comments/queries/criticisms all received with thanks

[Dr. The Viking]

Hahahahah

Brilliant!

[Vermis]

Fantastic painting and mad fun - the way orks should be. Makes me want to dig out me own AoBR orks.

You especially make the weird heads on the Deadzone minis look good.

[Mason]

Wonderful!
 

Love the Captive.
Very clever.



You brought a smile to my face with these.
 

[Suber]

Evreything here is Gork Mork approved!

[Vanvlak]

Those are just brilliant! 

[cheetor]

Thanks for the feedback everyone.  Some quite extreme, daft miniature concepts, but they have an appeal to a certain subset of gamers 

Fantastic painting and mad fun - the way orks should be. Makes me want to dig out me own AoBR orks.

The AoBR orks are good, if a little bit "static" in pose.  I dont really ever convert my miniatures much these days - its too much of a time sink and I would rather be making some headway in mining Monte 28mm - but the AoBR boyz benefit from a few simple arm repositionings to in an effort to mitigate the cookie cutter look.

They are fun models though.  I am looking forward to working on the big, chunky, plastic warboss.

You especially make the weird heads on the Deadzone minis look good.

Mantic miniatures are of variable quality, but conceptually I dont really mind whether an ork has a wide modern GW face or a long, vaguely crocodilian Mantic face: I like the variety when painting.  The RT ork faces vary hugely.  I like the variety.

Love the Captive.
Very clever.

Da Captives Heroclix body was minus its foot from a previous conversion, so when I spotted it in the box of parts it seemed like a unique opportunity to use such a unusually posed miniature.  The scampering look is absurd of course, but it makes me think about a yelping dog running from a fight, which is entirely appropriate in a Scooby-Doo sort of way   It also makes the model entirely distinct on the table, convenient for an "objective marker" sort of piece.

[phreedh]

Da Captive makes me think of Averell Dalton and Rantanplan of Lucky Luke fame. It's indeed a daft, but amusing, piece. =D What's the original model? Beast?

Nice job all round. I never really liked the Goff Rockers models but do approve of the record sleeve cover and nod to Spinal Tap. =) The painting of the rockers is absolutely brilliant though, love the jacket on the mohawk chap! Makes me view the models with fresh eyes.