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

Haven’t been able to update for a couple of weeks due to a stomach flu. I seem to be getting everything but the dreaded Covid 19 at the moment… go figure?

Anyway, I’m now at a stage with the army, where its getting harder and harder to bulk process units. This is because i’m left with odd units that  didn’t fit in with anything else I have been doing previously.

First big unit to get done was my Burna Bomma. Great fun these. These tings chuck out mortal wounds (un-save-able damage) to high powered units, and when they get shot down you can play a card which makes them kamikaze into enemy units automatically, causing even more death and destruction. Not amazingly competitive in a tournament but very Orky none the less.

I started with the traditional Fiat Broom yellow base coat and then detailed accordingly, using the Dakka Jet (painted over a year ago) as a base to copy. The rust effect paint worked wonders in places and the black and white really stands out against the dirty yellow.

Second odd unit were the Mega Nobz (Nob stands for “Nobility” in Ork society, not well endowed). These were part of a rescue unit. Models that had previously been glued together and painted before I got hold of them. I went with two units, each has 3 double kill saw Nobz and one Big Nob (snigger) with power klaw and custom shoota. The Kill saws are a little expensive points wise but the damage out put is very high. Team them up with a few character buffs and they can really wreck face.

Last unit to be done were the grot tanks. Similar paint finish to the Mega Nobz so saved a bit of time there I suppose. Grot tanks are not in the least bit competitive, but they are very funky. A few friends have suggested that I should build the Grot uprising army, no chance. I’m not painting another 360+ Grots who take longer to deploy on the board then they do to remove casualties. I’m sure someone will do it somewhere and I look forward to seeing it and applauding their efforts…. but not for me.

For the Grot tanks and the Nobz I copied the format I used on the Gorkanaut. Base coat black, silver flick to highlight edges etc, then detail accordingly. On the Nobz, I went back over the skin areas with white, and used Biel tan Green ink for the skin shades. A good dose of rust paint on the saws and other areas and we’re in business… just need to finish the bases when the next batch of bases are ready to do and et voila!

So what does this leave me? Well I’ve got 20 Storm Boyz to do, and 2 Mek guns…. plus about 4-5 characters. Unfortunately because of low stocks the other units I need to buy to finish the army will have to wait a week or two… but luckily a surprise delivery has given me something to work on. Ordered before the lockdown, my Ghazagkull warboss has finally arrived. Expect updates on him soon.