Bitz Box Bingo!

Small update.

I've done a bit more work on the Morkanaut.  Right now I am adding another layer of yellow to the armor to enrich the color and add a layer of depth.

Arm of Mork

 Close Up of Arm of Mork

 Close Up of the Arm of Mork

Also, I've been picking away at my 'Sky Fire' objective...  it's kind of a Bitz Box Bingo sort of situation but ... it's coming together. 

I added an Atari-esque joystick controller... because I thought it was funny. 

Objectives

Something I've been pick away at for a while.  Some time ago I picked up these faux slate coasters from Bed Bath and Beyond.  You can now find them on Amazon.com (Spectrum 19419BX Faux Slate Coasters, Black Set of 4) .

They were fairly cheap ... less than $20 for 4; includes shipping.
They make great objective markers.

Fuel Depot

Ammo Depot

Teleport Homer

Ork for Scale on the Teleport Homer

W.I.P. "Sky Fire" Objective

Progress on the Morkanaut! AND Pain Boy!

I've finished all the 'Mid-tone' on the whole Morkanaut!  Phew!  Actually, not as much work at doing the Deff Speederz.

So the whole model now has a fairly even coat of Averland Sun.  I left some areas around the rivets and in the cracks darker to start to build up color and convey a sense of age / dirt / grime.  When painting Orks I think about who would be maintaining these vehicles.  Certainly not the Orks themselves... they have slaves for that!  So.. I try to imagine some lowly grot being forced to clean armor, polish boot, load weapons... etc against his will.  Sourly wiping away grime and doing a half ass job ... but doing just enough to avoid being kicked in the teeth... or eaten.

Next layer will be a 50/50 mix of GW's Averland Sun and Vallejo's Model Color Flat Yellow (70.953).

In other news.... while waiting for large expanses of Morkanaut to dry I painted up an Ork Pain Boy!

I love this model.  I love everything about it.  I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out too.  The only dissenting opinion I've heard about this model is that there is only one pose... which I suppose I can concede but . . . I have one of the older metal pain boy models painted up too.   

I'm digging this model so much I may buy another one and chop it up to create a Paint Boy on a bike.

Schools Out!

Progress on the Morkanaut!

Base coated with Averland Sun

Washed with Agrax Earthsahde

Started mid-tone with Averland Sun.

So far I've "mid-toned" both legs, and the claw of Mork.  Working on the body now. 

Oh, and his base is pretty much done. 

New Project - Morkanaut

Started building a Morkanaut for my Ork army.
I've done the basic construction and laid down the base color.
I'm going to paint it in several sub-assemblies and then assemble it all at the end.

Deff Speederz DONE!

Phew!  Long project that I have been picking away at for months.
The speeders themselves were done about 3 weeks ago, but it took longer than I thought to receive the bases from Dragonforge.  Dragonforge is a great copany and does great work but essentially there is only so much he can do in a day.

Here are the finished Deff Speederz!
There are 6 different speederz, each one has it's own custom markings and identifying glyph.

Mek Speeder

King Speeder

 Double Down Speeder

Big Blast Speeder

Lightning Speeder

Dagger Speeder

The Whole Mob

Deff Speederz compared to GW AoBR Deff Koptas

The Deff Speederz are a little big but... I like the way they came out.

A little Update

Progress on the "Deff Skimmaz"

I primed the models black and then did some masking.  I wanted to give each skimmer a personalized look, as if each pilot had taken the time to mark his skimmer.  I masked out different patterns of black stripes along the fuselage and wings of each skimmer and a circle near the front.

Once the masking was done I painted the skimmers with a base coat of Averland Sunset.  I'm just looking for coverage here, it's a first step in.  After the base coat had dried I peeled off the masks and painted the personal glyphs and the front engine intakes on each skimmer in Khorne Red and then washed the entire model with Agrax Earthshade.

This establishes a good base color with shade.  I then starting layering a watered down Averland Sunset on the existing yellow portions, this will be my "mid-tone".

You can see I've started to block out a mid-tone color in the front of this skimmer.  The paint color looks fairly consistent here, but it's not and I prefer it that way.  Because I have watered down the Averland Sunset there are spots that are obviously thinner than others.  I encourage this.  These are Ork vehicles after all and I am trying to convey the idea of "used".    

More updates soon... I hope.