Retro 40k Duck Style

After the “excitement” of 20 monopose Grots, I wasn’t quite sure that I could cope with the next batch of another 20 identical models <’nuff said>. So I decided to treat myself to starting on ‘da Orks. The eagle eyed among you will notice from my first post that although retaining 18 of the original 20 Space Orks (I suspect the other 2 got lost in the Warp), unfortunately I only had 9 of the original arms. I guess that 12 year old me may have been wayward with the arms.

So I started with the 9 (Nazgul pun intended) and I am sure that I will come up with something for the rest later on in this project. To spice things up – yes I know how to live. I threw in 2 old metal Gretchin as well as an old plastic Rogue Trader Ork with a very large Plasma Cannon.

After some thought I decided to stick with the same skin tone approach I described earlier however, I went a bit heavier with the wash and less heavy with the final stage highlights on the Orks, so they are slightly darker of tone than the Grots, which seemed right to me. I made use of a few GW Contrast paints, in particular Snakebite Leather was used to great effect on the ‘boyz axe handles and I was really pleased with the finish directly over my cheap White Halfords primer.

This is my half way basecoat shot. Here you can see the Contrast Basilicanum Grey basecoat on the Shoota and Axe, Black Templar on the body armour, Blood Angels Red on the trim and Steel Legion Drab on the trousers. The horns on the helemets got a coat of Skeleton Horde with a second one applied to the base of the horns, to darken them where the meet the ‘boys helmet.

After the Gobbo’s there was a surprising amount of detail on the ‘boyz. GW went to town a bit with the ‘ladz. They have quilted armour, pauldrons with sculpted details and belts and buckels that show how much ‘bigga and more important they are than the Grots. Anyway after a week of sold evenings work I got one test model done.

I had a lot of fun doing checks and Dags, as I felt that the model was worth the effort. I really wanted to try and do these models justice. I know by modern standards the models aren’t the greatest, but they have a nostalgia value that I feel, to me makes it worth going that little bit further than I would for my regular foot slogging Boyz. So I added Dags and a small amount of weathering . I wanted to stick with the 90’s style basing, although by modern standards it is pretty twee. I was very happy with how he came out.

Next up the rest of his Gang and my two custom Gobbo’s!!!