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

[cp models]

Great painting they look great

Mark

[Jonas]

Those guys are awesome 

[hubbabubba]

 
Fantastic figs.
They have so much character, especially noticable compared to some of today's digitally sculpted figs.

[area23]

Very, very cool. Most of my orks are the ones with the plastic ars, but these are so much more characterful.

wouldn't it be about time for a group-shot of the orks now?

[Mason]

Wonderful!
Love the vibe from these fellas.
 

........Most of my orks are the ones with the plastic ars, ........

I know that you meant to write arms, but this is so much funnier.
 

[cheetor]

These little guys are fun sculpts alright, with their wildly differing clothes, equipment and physiology  

Regarding character, I quite like many of the modern plastic ork designs, even though many grognard types dont.  I do think that I have probably painted enough regular cookie cutter plastic boyz now though, so painting a load of unique sculpts like these in a coherent scheme is fun, even if it takes slightly longer.

wouldn't it be about time for a group-shot of the orks now?

Maybe.  I have a number to work on before an event that I am attending in early August though, so I will wait until I get those done before I get the while lot on the table for a photo.  There are still not that many really anyway, only about thirty or forty at a guess.  Small potatoes in terms of building an army (which I am not) but loads for the sorts of skirmish games that interest me.

Thanks for the feedback everyone.

[warburton]

Brilliant work. The ork scratching his chin is one of my all time favourite ork models, and one I have undercoated to paint myself in the last couple of days.

These really look great; dark and moody, yet with that bright spark of orkiness.

[Suber]

These Orks are absolutely awesome; inspired work, you have produced some real top notch greenskins there. The colours and scheme makes them unique.
I need a Freeboterz Waaagh right now!

[cheetor]

Thanks for the encouragement guys.

I added another six old RT era orks to the pirates this evening, with more in the pipeline.  Its funny how much a pair of striped trousers can change the vibe of the miniatures.



And a shot of all twelve of the pirates so far:



More photos of these guys on my blog.  

Im enjoying painting these old models.  I was never terribly interested in them one way or another over the years, but painting them is making me fonder of the goofy old guys.

[Mason]

They look wonderful as a band, mate.
 

I know what you mean when you say you were not too keen before, but I have a a hankering to paint some myself having seen yours.
The only catch to that is I have sold or traded almost all my Orks over the last few years.
I have kept one or two classics however, including that great Cybork Pirate, so a few will survive into a future RT project.
 

[warburton]

Brilliant.

As for myself, I too do not mind the newer ork plastics (though I preferred the Brian Nelson ones to whoever is sculpting them now). My main problem with them is their pose. There is something not right about the legs. Also the arms are just too big. Still, I have a few that I am not getting rid of.

The RT Kev Adams orks are in many respects not great. They are very small and largely monoposed. What makes them for me is the brilliant character in their faces that Mr Adams has managed to achieve. That is what gets me painting them.

[aliensurfer]

beautiful painting there 

[phreedh]

The RT Kev Adams orks are in many respects not great. They are very small and largely monoposed.

I never understood this... or well, I do understand it. In comparison with current orks they ARE small. I would say it's the other way around. I don't like any modern orks (or orcs) as they're all ogre sized lumbering hulks with stupid "just crapped my pants" poses. The Adams orks are fantastic. I wouldn't say they're monoposed at all. There are just a gazillion variants, but the amount of individual and distinctrly unique sculpts is very high:
http://collecting-citadel-miniatures.com/wiki/index.php/Space_Ork_Da_Boyz_by_type_-_Collectors_Guide

And that list doesn't even cover all of them. 

Paul - stellar work, as always! The marauder lad doesn't look too out of place. Good job!

[Mason]

....... I would say it's the other way around. I don't like any modern orks (or orcs) as they're all ogre sized lumbering hulks with stupid "just crapped my pants" poses. The Adams orks are fantastic. I wouldn't say they're monoposed at all. There are just a gazillion variants, but the amount of individual and distinctrly unique sculpts is very high....

Agreed!
I cannot stand the newer Orks for the same reasons.

[Dewbakuk]

Agreed!
I cannot stand the newer Orks for the same reasons.

I like the newer orks, they're designed around a gorilla body shape, hence the wide stance and longer arms. It's a recognised (at least subconsciously) shape that conveys power. That said, much like most of the figures they do these days they really overdo it with some of them.