Squig Power!

Gitz go in this end! (Borat approves)


Rrraaaawwwwrrrr...raaaaarrrrgghh


Grrraaaaawwwwrrr... ok I stop now.


The gun platform -- 6 guns in all


Good news: There's a driver. Bad news: It's an Ork!


Yes, he definitely has line of sight.

She's done!

I picked up this Gargantuan Squiggoth about two years ago, and only recently got her done. Why's she a she? Well her name's Roxy... Let's just leave it at that.

In all the model took me about 3 weeks or so to finish, jolly quick.

So why am I putting up pictures only now?

Turns out she has a rather epic backstory.

When I first received the model in the mail, I cleaned it up with detergent, as is usual for resin kits, before starting to paint.

Half way through the model, I was checking out the paintjob one day, when I ended up with a handful of wet paint, when the model should have been dry for hours.

Roxy, through a cruel twist of fate, was leaking uncured resin.

Thankfully I was able to get a replacement in the mail (thanks Nic!) and Roxy was back on track. But other projects crept in (like 3,500 points of Imperial Guard) and she was pushed back.

So it was a while before I got back to finishing this great model, and I'm glad I did. While all of the Forgeworld Ork stuff is suitably Orky-looking, nothing quite does 'Ork' like this model.

Must be the big teef wot eats ya.

Oi! We wuz 'ere furst!

This is why you should always check for mines first.


The mad blue rush begins. This is the view from my side of the table, just so you know.


Da uvver Bloo Boyz is trying to nick our stuff!

One immobilized Shadowsword tank. 4000 points worth of looting DeffSkull Orks = win.

Lawrence and I played this game to determine who'd be in charge for the upcoming 40K Armageddon campaign. The winner gets to be boss. The loser sinks into grotdom.

We set up the table to look as if the tank had been a'rumblin down a steep sided valley, when it got immobilized by landmines. Both armies then deployed on the short sides of the table, and a mad rush to get to the tank ensued.

The idea is that the player who had a model in base contact with the tank got to pivot and fire it as part of his army. If both sides are wrestling for the controls, then it's 4+ to see if it fires in the player's turn.

The result? I got the first turn, which gave me a huge advantage, so I grabbed the tank early. Lawrence was struggling to win fights around the tank as my orks were hunkered down in the craters around the tank.

Even though I could fire the tank's big guns at his stuff, his godly Kustom Force Field rolls saved him from the worst of it (goddammit).

End result? I won, but we're thinking of a rematch where he gets to go first.

But in the meantime?

"CALL ME BOSS, GROTBOY!"

Chaos Progress List

My first ever 40k collection!

And still not all done. sigh. Think I need to go lie down now :/



HQ
Daemon Prince ------------- done
Daemon Prince ------------- 95%
Daemon Prince
Chaos Lord -----------------done
Chaos Lord on Steed
Abaddon --------------------WIP - 80%
Greater Daemon ------------ WIP 70%

Troops
16 Noisemarines ------------ done
40 Chaos Marines ----------- 10 done
2 Chaos Rhinos -------------- done
10 Beserkers ------------------ WIP 20%

Fast Attack
6 Chaos Bikes

Elites
5 Chosen -------------------- done
6 Possessed ----------------- done
Chaos Dreadnought --------- done
5 Terminators

Heavy Support
Defiler------------------------done
Defiler ----------------------- WIP - 80%
Chaos Predator --------------- done
3 Obliterators ---------------- done
Land Raider ------------------ 95%

Apocalypse Assets
Brass Scorpion ---------------- WIP - 60%
Subjugator Titan --------------WIP - 30%

Ork Progress List

Ok erm this is the scary one.

HQ
Ork Warboss on foot ------------- done
Ork Warboss on foot
Ork Warboss on bike -------------done
Shokk Attack Gun Mek -----------done
Kustom Force Field Mek

Troops
150 Ork Boyz --------------------- 80 done
30 'ard Boyz ---------------------- WIP - 5%
10 Grots + Runtherd -------------- done
3 Trukks -------------------------- done

Elites
20 Nobz --------------------------- 8 done
10 Burnas

Fast Attack
20 Stormboyz
9 Deff Koptas ---------------------- 4 done
16 Warbikes ----------------------- 4 done
2 Wartrakks ------------------------WIP 5%
1 Warbuggy --------------------------done

Heavy Support
Looted Wagon --------------------- done
3 Battlewagons -------------------- 2 done
16 Lootas -------------------------- WIP - 40%
Big Gun Battery ------------------- WIP - 10%
2 Deff Dreads --------------------- 1 done
6 Killa Kans

Apocalypse Assets
Gargantuan Squiggoth ------------ Done
Stompa
Flakka Trukk ------------ WIP - 75%

And now for something completely different.

I have to say, ork models are heck of a lot of fun to paint.

You can do them as simple as you like, or detail the hell of them, which suits me just fine.

I started out doing the models as quickly as I could, since I wanted to get in games with them as soon as possible.

Before long though, I found myself dotting every rivet, perfecting every hazard line... The hours stretched away into the distance, but really, I was enjoying every minute of the painting experience.

What gives?

There's something innately fun to paint about these guys. I suppose it's all in the exaggeration and chunky details that set them apart.

As I write this I'm keenly aware that I'm resting my feet against boxes containing hundreds of the damn things... But more so than any other army in my collection, I think I'm most likely to finish this lot.

Weird huh?