Retro Retro Retro

I’ve not posted anything for ages but have been working away on these two. The first is a newer plastic Ork I got free somewhere. Although a bit bigger than the older metal ones he will fit in ok.

I wanted to move away from the usual red and white for medic. I went for the deep green and gold of a Paramedic.

These are the opponent’s to the Orks below.  They were all painted with Army Painter speed paints with a little extra highlighting added. I’m going to need to put a battlefield together now.

I think this may have been a Christmas Marine from back in the 80’s. He’s going to be an assault marine now. Metal jump packs on Ebay are a little expensive so used a Cadian flamer tank as a replacement. He’s been drybrushed ready for Speedpaint.

These were all painted using Army Painter Speed Paints. There was a tiny bit of additional highlighting and a Dark Tone wash over the mettalics.

They are my 250 pts for Grimdark Firefight.

These were my test minis. Both painted with Army Painter speed paints and then a final few highlights added.

So when this ork came out of the gloop it was missing an arm. There was no arm in the gloop and I can’t remember if it went in with one. I hunted around for a suitable arm on Ebay. What I noticed was that ork arms in the 80’s were smaller than today.

I chopped the arm down quite a bit to make the fit and I don’t think it looks too much like a case of elephantiasis.

So what did I think of my first slap chopping. I looked at mini for 24 hours and couldn’t decide if I liked it or not. It’s very different from how I usually paint. I think I need a harder white drybrush next time. Anyway, I did a little more work on the skin and the hair and I think it is OK now

This mini was also in the gloop. I think it was from “Paranoia”. I thought he woild make a good test model. I bought a cheap chopping board feom Poundland and scored it up quite a bit and primed it black to create a drybrush pallette. I then gave the mini a strong drybrush of grey and then a light white one. I now need to buy some speedpaints etc.

Sell them on Ebay? No I couldn’t do that. Use them in One Page Rules Grim Dark Fire Fight, I think yes. So get them painted. I have to admit my eyesight is getting worse and painting is becoming more difficult. So I’ve decided to have a go at slapchop.  If it doesn’t work out they go can back in the Dettol. To continue on the retro path I found a can of Choas Black hidden away.

I also had a reasonable group of Marines. I remember having some of these when Rogue Trader was first released

Finally cleaned I had a mob of Orks . Some need a few repairs but they scrubbed up really well.

Using a peg, some sturdy gloves (that still smell of Dettol) I removed the minis from the 5 year old gloop .

I was now confronted by minis looking a bit like the below image. Using a toothbrush stolen from my daughter, the magic began to take place.

This all started when I decided to clear out the garage. I found a forgotten tupperwsre on a shelf with contents looking a little like the above.