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Post subject: First units done (and potential diary)  Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 7:31 am |
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The flakwagon looks scary! Would fit well in a Blood Axe army.
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Post subject: First units done (and potential diary) Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 8:07 am |
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Post subject: First units done (and potential diary) Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:25 am |
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| Quote (Warmaster Nice @ 31 2004 Mar.,08:07) | | That flakwagon conversion is great! ..but seriously: Cutting up FW models??? You're mad! |
though those FW Ork Gunwagons are what cheaper than the new GW ones?
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Post subject: First units done (and potential diary) Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:44 am |
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I luv da konvershun, it looks great!
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Post subject: First units done (and potential diary) Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 10:11 am |
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Inspired! That flakwagon is terrific! Paint it! Paint it! Paint it!
Want see!!!
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Post subject: First units done (and potential diary) Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 12:53 pm |
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Hi all,
Thanks for replies guys, I've always had a thing for Orks in all GW games and I think it is the "konvershun" loving nature that appeals to me (especially when it's plastic and easy to do).
Also, after taking a look through the massive piles of old Epic plastics I have, I may indulge myself in painting up an extra thousand points of old Rhinos, etc as a Blood Axe component to this ork army, then the flakwagons can be reintroduced (and my Stormboyz! They've been useless so far, so I dropped them from this current army list). That'll give me an opportunity for a bitz box raid too, and give some of my old models a purpose again. Although I think that idea will have to be added to the end of the lengthening list of things I have to paint! 
@ Warmaster Nice: (Un)fortunately when I ordered a big batch of FW gunwagons, a large number of them were of such poor quality casting and had broken parts, that sacrificing them didn't seem a problem (they did send me an extra pack of them though ? ) The rest went into the current ork force and became test pieces for colour schemes.
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Post subject: First units done (and potential diary) Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 7:54 pm |
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Post subject: First units done (and potential diary) Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2004 8:00 pm |
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Freshmetal,
Very cool stuff!
I salute you!
Shabbat Shalom,
Maksim-Smelchak.
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Post subject: First units done (and potential diary) Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 11:24 pm |
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Update - 6/4/04
After staring at some unbased Orks for weeks, with no motivation to glue and sand them, I finally did yesterday whilst watching some DVDs.
Big Ork Warband
And the first unit from my secret(ish) project is finally made and painted. Although I'm not 100% happy with the flame paintjob, I present...
Burna Boyz
With most of the remaining units for both my Ork and Imperial Fists armies pretty much finished, I'm just awaiting my order of Warmaster Bases and I should have two 2700 point armies ready for battle.
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Post subject: First units done (and potential diary) Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 8:59 pm |
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8/4/04
Bit off topic this, but whilst looking around some military history websites for inspiration, I came across these. Possibly the most Orky ideas I've ever seen. Enjoy!
Early Warbike?
Fighta-Bomma
um...er...I give up.
Other than that, my latest supplies have arrived, so I will be basing up the rest of my vehicles shortly. I've also started to paint some Ork dreads and Fighta-Bommas, so I should have some nice pics of them soon.
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Post subject: First units done (and potential diary) Posted: Fri Apr 09, 2004 5:01 am |
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Being a closet historian, I've seen these pics before ... G/W-F/W routinely "takes" ideas from historical sources ... mostly WWII German. Look up "Kettenkrad" ... the original Warbike !  Plus there are many IG-Nazi interfaces ... 
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Post subject: First units done (and potential diary) Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2004 11:19 pm |
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14/4/04
Woohoo! Won eleven sprues full of Epic 40k era Orks on Ebay yesterday that (if the buggers turn up) will give me eleven more stompas, 33 bikes, 33 boars and a whole load of other orky stuff to fill out my army and to use for conversions, etc. (?26 - I think I got a good deal  )
On the painting front I have finished this week...
3 Stompas, 2 Dreads, 2 Kans, 3 Gunwagons, 3 Warbuggies, 2 Skorchas, 3 Fighta Bommas and the last of the Imperial Fist Rhinos. This only leaves a handful of metal sat unpainted on my shelf, but every time I look at it, I'm really not motivated to paint it. (Need inspiration!) I'll try to get some pics up within the next few days when the last of the KOS buggies are painted.
I've also decided to paint all the leftover space marine minis I have as Crimson Fists to produce a small army to suppliment my Imp. Fists too (I'm getting sick of painting yellow again), which should hopefully save me gathering a heap of useless minis.
PS: Anyone have any thoughts on what I could use two Mk1 Thunderhawks for? (they're the small SM2 era ones) I thought possibly command/recon units, but would like your thoughts.
PPS: Could anyone direct me to which issue of WD contains the Index Astartes section about the Imp. Fists? (or if anyone has the power, scan it and email it to me.  )
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Post subject: First units done (and potential diary) Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2004 7:04 am |
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Imperial Fists are in WD259.
As for the "Flying Brick" pattern Tuhderhawks, with little konvershun these would be very Orky vehicles; just add wheels! Or tracks.
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Post subject: First units done (and potential diary) Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2004 3:14 pm |
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?Oh well, I need them too, so no worries. It actually looks pretty cool now though. I also used another bowelbuna chassis with a bonecruncha turret for a second gunwagon.
?Think it'll only really work with Blood Axes but it's still cool.