Back to the Primitive...

Okay so firstly, do not worry, today's blog shall not include any spoilers, this for they shall not even contain any Night Lords at all, I felt it was time to give the Orks a little bit of love, seen as they have not been seen since the New Year.

Anyway, on with the show, as you should hopefully know, these Orks are from the Snakebite Clan (hell the Soulfly reference should have been a good enough hint) which is going to be the first of my Ork Clans, I have always had an affinity with the Greenskins and I love the tribal nature of the Snakebites, as such I very much wanted to make an army of them...

However, with such an army, you are always restricted with what you can get away with as it is important to maintain the feel of the army. As such I ordered several torsos from an English website called Bitz Box, go check them out, they are a great resource: 

So with these pieces and a Box of Ork Nobz from my FLGS, I set about building a unit of 20 Ork Boyz complete with a Nob with a Big Choppa and Boss Pole and 2 Big Shootas

Grey Tide?

Here is the mob in all its glory, ready to be painted (I probably should actually do some painting at some point)...

Da Nob

The Nob still needs a little work, filling the gap between the 'business end' of his club and his hand for example, but generally I'm very pleased with this fella.

Dakka Dakka

 the two big shoota boyz, the nob and there mates... ready to do some crumpin'

general boyz

A mix of fantasy and 40k parts went into these to help give them a slightly archaic feel...

However the general footsloggers are not the only models that have been receiving a bit of TLC... The Boar Boyz are also all built

Why go to war on foot when you can ride a bloody pig?

The Unit is now up to 8 strong, which coincidently is how many Boar Boyz feature in the 1000 point army...

And they're off!

So now you have seen the pretty pictures, now for a little motivation. On the 1st of EACH month I vow to update this blog with what next months objectives shall be, this I hope will help me to meet my goals that I have set at the beginning of the year...

So the objectives for March:

Firstly:

I vow to have my 1000 pt Snakebite Army Built (Another 20 Ork Boyz and 10 Tankbustas and a Weirdboy)

Secondly:

I vow to have my 1000 pt Night Lords Army Built (Huron Blackheart, 6 Berzerkers, 14 Marines, 5 Bikers, 6 Havocs and 2 Rhinos, which are all in various stages of completion)

Lastly:

My local Games Workshop has a painting competition each month, last month was a Squad, I wanted to enter First Claw, but ran out of time, this month is a Monster/Vehicle...

I'm really hoping I don't balls this one up but this guy is going to be getting painted up:

Yikes!

Oh did I mention that is a Bad Moons Battlewagon? Or that I have never painted yellow before?

Yeah I'm screwed...

As The War Machine Keeps Turning

Is it so? Can it Be?

Yes another update... I was going to keep this back until after Christmas, and probably after it was all painted up, but... I really wanted to show this off.

Big Mek Gubbinz has been tinkering with those Bloody Deffkoptas

It wont lie, I may have 'borrowed' this idea from someone else on the internet, Burntcustard on the Dakka Dakka forums, but the idea just appealed to me and I knew I had to make my own...

This is in no means complete yet, I still need to add the weapons and probably a pair of wings, but I haven't gotten round to it yet...

Aces High!

Although, they are such small machines, they probably could get away without a pair of wings on the sides, but then where will I put their guns...

Obligatory Comparison Shot...

between the Grots and tinkering with the flyboyz I even found time to add a few more normal shoota boyz to my ranks...

Between the Grots and tinkering with the Flyboyz, I even found time to a few more shoota boyz to the ranks of the Deathskulls...

Lots of Dakka!

Oh and started working on Boar Boyz 6-10

'Into the Valley of Death rode the Six-Hundred'

Even a Cyboar riding bad-ass needs mates right?

So, as promised, Post number Two

The Ork Waaagh continues to grow as work continues on the Snakebite Clan, the Boar Boyz, Spear Chucka and Grotz are all in different stages of assembly, while purchase for other clans have already started (naughty, naughty)

Now obviously, the Boar riders are easily the most iconic unit related to the Snakebite Clan and while they do not feature in the Ork Codex *grumble grumble* it is easy to represent them with Warbikers, and as any respectable Snakebite Waaagh, I plan on being able to field several units, with a unit of Cyboar Riding Nobs leading the charge in larger games

Anyway less talk, more photos right?

Boar Boyz - Because Even a Cyboar riding bad-ass needs mates right?

Here we see the first of Hruk Blacktoof's many Ork Boar Boyz, led by their nob with a Big Choppa (no prizes for guess which one that is)

 As the Boar Boyz are to be used as Warbikers, you can see they several are armed with Big Shootas (Dakkagun), each Boar Boy will eventually have a Big Shoota, which shall be equipped with a a sight (well an iron sight, cause anymore I feel would go against the Snakebite origins of the unit). This Unit is currently at five strong, but in time I will bring this unit up to full-strength.

Last week, I promised to show the Army List:

Hruk Blacktoof's Snakebite Clan

Hruk Blacktoof

      - Ork Warboss with Cyboar (Warbike and Cyboar Body), Big Choppa and Dave the Attack Squig

Weirdboy

      - Warphead

Huntas (10 Tankbustas)

      - 2 'Tankhammas'

Huntas (10 Tankbustas)

      - 2 'Tankhammas'

Ork Boyz (20)

      - Nob with Big Choppa, Bosspole

      - 2 Big Shootas

Ork Boyz (20)

      - Nob with Big Choppa, Bosspole

      - 2 Big Shootas

Ork Boyz (20)

      - Nob with Big Choppa, Bosspole

      - 2 Big Shootas

Grotz Mob (16)

Ork Boar Boyz (7 Warbikers)

      - Ork Nob with Big Choppa, Bosspole

Ork Boar Boyz (7 Warbikers)

      - Ork Nob with Big Choppa, Bosspole

Big Gunz Battery

      - Runtherd

      - 2 Kannons

Big Gunz Battery

      - Runtherd

      - 2 Kannons

Big Gunz Battery

      - Runtherd

      - 2 Lobbas

Now, this unfortunately has been done from memory, because I stupidly managed to loose the word document with the Snakebite Army Lists... Whoops, so the above list may not be 100% accurate

I need to come up with a decent name for the Weirdboy (suggestions welcome) and as you have probably noticed there are two units of Tankbustas in the list (how Unfluffy...) I may, or may not have something up my sleeve for them, but you'll just have to wait to see ;-)

Anyway, I'm gonna shut up now and go back to the Mek's Workshop, I will however leave you with this

This is my Axe, would you like to have a closer look?

Caio