Tom's Bad Moon Orks (234 points)

Rank and File: Month 2

Let's kick the month off with some gribbly action from some squigs...

 

 

This guy 👆 is an Epic scale beast or demon of nurgle, but fits in well :)

These last two squigs are war hounds for my warboss!

Some herding action from some herders, to keep the squigs in line!

This guy sports a metal right arm from Gorkamorka (I think). I liked the arm up pose so much I gave it to quite a few characters. Including this guy 👇 

A bit of a shame that the shape of a handle of a gun can still be made out, but ho hum... The face on the backplate was mainly an accidental splurge of ink/wash which dried in the approximate shape and I just accentuated it. A happy little accident!

Here they are with their herd of gribblies 

Some Nobs join the fray - and about time too, the bois are running amok!

In serious though, I had painted these Nobs in the first month, as part of the warlords retinue. 

But, I'm not feeling great when sat at the painting table... I think I spend a lot more time just looking at the models in the paint queue! As a result I'm leaning on these boys to give me a little more time to paint up more rank and file. R&F is usually something I quite enjoy, especially if they're monopose. Ho hum!

Some heavy support with the plasma

This grizzled veteran is majestic AF., and my personal fave.

This guys a proper vet, with the scars to prove it.

Mega armour, a crushing fist and a big gun. What more could a nob ask for? Massive ankles? Check!

The boss! Second in command only to the Warlord. He surveys the battlefield, confident in his superior prowess

Here's a shot of all the nobs  mixed in with the guys I painted before the start of the Army Challenge. The photo is too good not to include! 

Although there's a bit of discrepancy between them - I used a lot more white in the yellow highlight - I think they fit in well enough. I did add some flames to the shoulder pads of the previously painted nobs to match the new blood :)

I hoped to have a few more heavy weapon boys this month, but it was not to be...I hated painting this guy. He's taken at least three or four times as long as he should have, and as such he's a little rough and ready, but ready he is! Fire in the hold! Brace! Etc etc.

Painboy. This guys an absolute savage. A pair of scissors. Scissors! Eesh...

Anyhow, I'm sure he and the runtherds have colluded with the mek for a big projekt. Hopefully whatever it is will be along soon.

Anyhow, that's it for this month. I hope I can plug out some moar boys for next month - especially more 'eavy weaponry (most of those are sitting half painted on the table. I just need to push on through!).

Fingers crossed, also something squig related!

Cheers!

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INTRO 

Proposed army list

(link)

JANUARY

Rank and file month 1

(link)

FEBRUARY

Rank and file month 2

156... Nobs x5

18...   Runtherd

18...   Painboy

42...   Boy with Missile Launcher

EXTRAZ

Runtherd x1

Squigs x10

234 points

Tom's Bad Moon Orks (191 points)

Rank & File month #1

Artist: Tony Hough, reproduced here without permission. 

Here's a photo of the pic from the sourcebook WAAARGH ORKS. It's one of my favourites, and throughout this month I've been flitting between army list and army list, and even thinking of switching to fielding Blood Axes in order to paint a regiment of Necromunda Goliaths to wield as mercs.... Needless to say, I've been incredibly un-orky and stuck to Da Plan!

Anyhow.

First things first - here's a piccy of all the models unpainted on the 1st of Jan, the newspaper as a timestamp. Rulez is rulez!

"Orkses is never defeated in battle. If we win we win, if we die we die so it don't count as defeat. If we runs for it we don't die neither, so we can always cum back for anuvver go, see!"

Commonly held Ork view of warfare.

All armies need bodies to feed into the grinder of war.

This month sees Da Boyz being painted up, although they are waiting for their mates who have a bigger guns - they should turn up sometime next month. 

In the meantime The Boys have managed to get the grots to wheel out a bigger gun to pull the enemy into their fire, as well as rounding up a few tasty snacks! Warring at their leisure 💪

And without further ado - some boys and a nob:

All da boys love a... Big Gun.

Which is crewed by two cravenly grots!

Ahh! Wook at dat wittle face! I'm very pleased with how the paint fell on him :) Please ignore that mould line - I know I can't see it from a foot or two away...

And where there are orky machines, you'll find a MEKANIAK tinkering away (and incidentally, I have always read that as mekanik, rather than what I presume the correct pronunciation to be, which would be similar to maniac. It's only taken 30 odd years to realise...) 

And what's a mob wivowt some tasty squigs eh?

This squig is fast becoming my favourite sculpt

This squig I think I may repaint at some point, but for now his warning stripes stand

The Runtherd send his squig hound to round up those two squigs. He'll be along later as part of The Warlord's Retinue

That's it for the first month of my OWAC Bad Moons. See you next month for some 'eavy weaponry - and a group shot of the ladz! 

INTRO (link)

JANUARY

120....Boys x10

13......Nob x1

18......Mekaniak

40......Traktor Kannon

191 points

EXTRAZ

Squigs x3