The Lifta Wagon

I Couldn't think of a better picture to start this post!

So after much hard work, the Lifta Wagon is 95% complete, since it's last post I have cracked on and painted up the rest of the crew, the Tyres (I lied, they didn't need pumping up) exhaust pipes, rust, and lots of work has gone into painting the Lifta Arm and Weapon itself... (to name just a few.)

Such a Beast that one spotter was just not enough!

A real pleasure to paint, I estimate that a good 15+ hours have been put into this, which is probably more than I have ever spent on a single model... 

The Mekboy

I love the crooked grin, the look of glee as he pulls that lever down and ruins someones day... I will also get round to fixing that arm... 

Tyres...

And Tracks

As you can see above, there is a decent amount of rust setting in, just a light drybrushing with some brown paint (Vermin Brown I believe) was used to create this effect, and It has to be said I'm really pleased with how its come out, to me, I feel its just the right amount. 

And a few more further out shots, for the whole picture...

The Real Thing!

Cannot wait to drop this beast on the battlefield

The Other Side?

So what's next for the Bad Moons, a very good question indeed, I may have already started on their next Wagon, this one however wont be nearly as fancy, used to escort a mob of Ork Boyz around... That's not to say it isn't a massive conversion though... Here's what I've got so far...

The Chasis ready to be added to

The very, very basics...

There is, obviously a hell of a lot of work to go into this model before I even think about adding any colour to it, my main problem I feel is how will I get the vehicle to have that Battle Wagon feel to it... I would want to confuse/piss off my opponent.

What could be more fun than dropping your enemies tanks on his troops?

So here I am with another update...

As mentioned last week my local Game Workshop has a painting competition for a vehicle/monster this month and what more inspiration did I need to paint up my Lifta Wagon... I have to say, this one has been great fun to paint up so far... Taking the bull by the horns as it were I've dived straight in with painting yellow (certainly a challenge)

The Basics

So here she is, with pretty much the hull done... I'm so glad I'm doing orks and they are allowed to look dirty, as making sure the yellow was pristine would just be such a pain in the arse. What we have above is I would estimate about between five and ten hours of painting, and is as it stands a long way off from being completed. 

A Closer Look?

As you can see, the basics are done and I have now applied a wash of both Nuln Oil and Agrax Earthshade to the entire Battlewagon (Not the lifta arm yet) which I feel has given the Wagon a nice dirty look to it... typically Orky...

The tyres are currently being pumped up...

I love the contrast of the yellow and black, it was really fun to sit down and paint each individual section, and figure out as I went along which would be yellow and which would be black

It wouldn't be right not to show the Bad Moon symbol

As it stands there is a lot of work that still needs to be done, and plenty of weathering to boot too!

Am I brave to Paint on some black flames?

As you can probably see there is still a lot of work to be undertaken for this to be complete...

Lifta Arm WIP

The Lifta Arm is coming along nicely, you have to love Forge World and the amount of detail they put into their models, very impressive...

Hey Come Back!

Lots of work to still do on the back too... I also have painted up the Grot Rigger for this beast...

Here you can see him tinkering away, he was really easy to paint up a real pleasure actually... now there's just the rest of the crew to be completed, but all in good time... I still have at least two weeks to continue work on this beauty, oh and I may have ordered some parts for the second Battlewagon too... If I can pull it off, it'll be an awesome conversion...


Anyway

until next time

Caio!

Black & Yellow

just a quick update...

Seen as I'm on my induction course for my new job and don't get to do any modelling/painting I thought I would post a quick photo from before I left... taken from an iPhone, the quality isn't great but something is better than nothing right?

It's like a big metallic bumble bee!

Very much looking forward to putting some more work into this when I get back... in fact it almost reminds me off...

I'm seem to have an Obsession with Black and Yellow...

I also should really stop taking photos on my bed...

Ciao!

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...

Bad Moon Rising

So I hope everybody had a good Christmas... As I opened my presents on Christmas Morning, I had a pleasant surprise, a rather large Square box with a distinctive rattle. My mum, the sly devil had remembered a conversation we had had a few months back about a particular Ork Forge World Kit, with some particularly quirky rules. Now, as you are probably aware my plan for my Ork Horde, is to have several army lists, based upon the different Klans, which I will be able to pool together for a Mighty Ork Waaagh for Apocalypse Games. With my new kit, I have started work on the third Ork Klan, The Bad Moons, whose army list will be based upon a specific piece of fluff from the current codex: 

898.M41 - The Mighty Mangler's Battle Wagon Brigade

The Mighty Mangler of Bork, a Warboss renowned for being particularly pig-headed launches his Waaagh! from the head of a vast brigade of battlewagons. Each vehicle is incredibly well-armoured, and the ground shakes when his brigade is on the move. To the dismay of the Imperial armies sent to intercept him, the Mighty Mangler lives up to his name. Waaagh! Bork collapses the defences of the Ghoul Stars and claims a great area of the galactic fringe. 

Now of course, the idea of a mass army of Battlewagons appealed greatly to me. I mean who wouldn't like the idea of five or more Battle Wagons crushing their way through their opponents army. As such, I decided  a little more research was needed, this was when I stumble upon some material on Lexicanum, originally from White Dwarf 349, in which, it was revealed that Bork was a planet and the Warboss was called Klawjaw... 

I'm sure you all have seen where this is going, I present to you a rough version of The Mighty Mangler's Battlewagon Brigade at 2000 pts

Warboss Klawjaw

-  Mega Armour, Attack Squig and Cybork Body

125 pts

Big Mek Gutsneak

-          Kustom Force Field, ‘Eavy Armour, Cybork Body

100 pts

Klawjaw’s Brutes(5 Mega Armoured Nobz)

200 pts

The Mighty Mangler (Battlewagon)

-          With 2 Big Shootas, Deff Rolla, Armour Plates and Grot Riggers

135 pts

Ork Boyz mob (20)

-          2 Big Shootas

-          Nob with Big Choppa, Boss Pole

150 pts

Ork Boyz mob (20)

-          2 Big Shootas

-          Nob with Big Choppa, Boss Pole

150 pts

Ork Boyz mob (20)

-          2 Big Shootas

-          Nob with Big Choppa, Boss Pole

150 pts

Battle Wagon

-          Zzap Gun, Deff Rolla, Armour Plates and Grot Riggers

140pts

Battle Wagon

-          Zzap Gun, Deff Rolla, Armour Plates and Grot Riggers

140pts

Battle Wagon

-          Zzap Gun, Deff Rolla, Armour Plates and Grot Riggers

140pts

Lifta Wagon

-          Grot Riggers and Armour Plates

240 pts

Battle Wagon

-          SupaKannon and Grot Riggers

165 pts

Battle Wagon

-          SupaKannon and Grot Riggers

165 pts

And now, for the first of the Battlewagon Brigade, the Lifta Wagon: 

I mean, who wouldn't want to use this thing to throw enemy tanks across the Battlefield?

This thing is huge, the Gun is so nice and detailed and for once, wasn't actually that bad to put together (except for the Mek at the back, who almost went flying across the room a couple of times)

This beast is so big, it requires two spotters...

Grot Rigger Anybody?

This 2000 point will undoubtedly not be where this army ends, I already want to add a couple of looted Baneblades... but we'll see