40K Ork Apocalypse army / Spring clean challenge / how i'm beating the boredom of the Covid 19 lock down...

So recently I have been working on what I have termed my specialist boys. Lootas (heavy Weapons), Tank Bustas (ant tank rockets) and Skorchas (flame throwers. However, after plodding my way through 45 of them and still having 10 more to go (plus 10 more to even buy and build yet!) I was getting very bored.

Remember how I said it was important to finish a detachment at a time? Well it is, but I decided to take a break. I had 2 hours free last night while the Mrs caught up with her TV watching so I decided to tackle one big job that would fill the 2 hour gap and give me some achievements.

Basing.

My basing routine is pretty simple…

• Slap a load of GW Armageddon dust texture paint on the base except the rim.
•  Highlight / dry brush with Vallejo Iraqi sand
• Use Vallejo Flat brown on the rim to create a nice contrast.

I have found this scheme adds a really nice contrast to the regular Ork colours (green, red etc) and even use it on all my Necrons and Tyranids.

I use the basing process as a mental “closure” when finishing a unit. When it’s based, its done and I can tick it off my list. So that exactly what I did.

Tuesday night’s basing session let me tick off 4 units on my to print sheet and bring the Goff boys one step closer. The Goffs will require one final step, they get a small coloured square on the back of the base to separate their squads (see the example Necron Warriors above) so they will get ticked off soon but the bulk of the work in basing them is done.

This is a deviation from my earlier comments about sticking to units etc but I really felt bogged down for some reason with the specialist units, the switch really has brightened up my out look and inspired me to crack on.