Working through my Armageddon box. I've historically stuck to Space Marines and Astra Militarum, but these guys are soooo much fun to paint.

Painting my killa kans and for the checker pattern I decided to use a fine tip permanent marker fine liner. It went 10x better than my previous attempts with a paint brush...

What's the verdict?

I pencil in the rough pattern and then just fine line it...

Got new storage/display cases to avoid all the dust that would collect on these. Was able to fill two with fully painted ork models! Plus a bonus grot/meganob case

This is the first model I went all out on. I followed @thepaintingcoach YouTube video on how to paint it and learned TONS of new techniques. I’m loving contrast paints, but sometimes I want more “STUFF” to add like highlights or color differences and this showed me some stuff. The blue highlight on the armer is heavy for sure, but after some convening with others I decided to not try and fix it and leave it. Now I just need to make a custom base as the one they provide is boring.

Never painted yellow but I'll have to endure for the boyz

He’s finally ready (need to add a few things to the base) for the table this weekend with the drop of the new codex, however, my friend who’s new to the hobby wants to fight my custodes this time so my big yellow Ghaz will have to wait a week more!!

Lemme see your different colour big boyz!

Alroight boyz! Level with me because maybe I just don't understand. A lot of people are saying Flash Gitz with their cutta profile will make for good anti-tank but I don't understand how. The AP and damage is... ok I suppose (rolled damage is never reliable), but at one shot, hitting on 4's, hazardous, AND mostly wounding tanks on 5+ still (As most are T10+), I'm not sure why I just wouldn't use a busta rokkit instead. What am I legitimately missing?

I wanted to compile some general advice in building a new Ork army, and things to think about to keep it affordable. Feel free to add in the comments.

First off orks live off kitbashing, many sets can be turned into multiple units with some planning beforehand (I know planning.. cchhhrrr-PFF, but let Mork take over for a bit.)

Kitbashing needs two components, Bitz and Bodies to stick them to. Orks mainly have Boyz bodies and Nobz bodies. The new wave of miniatures have made them somewhat larger, but it's barely noticeable.

The older kits are often cheaper and with more bits to use than the newer ones but some look dated. My advice if you want the newer look but still keep your teeth: get one old box and one new, stretch the important bitz on all the bodies (mostly heads and weapons and more dynamic poses)

Here are some Kits I think are worth it for any Warboss just starting out to get loads of shiny bitz left over to use to maximise your playable units.

-->Old Nobz -they have static poses but they give you 5 Nob bodies and so many weapon bitz it will fill your Battle-Moon. Also Armour plates for days as well as trophy poles that can work as more armour, and decoration to "orkify" looted vehicles and the like. Combi weapons serve as access to flamer and rokkit Bitz, and Choppas and Power Clawz are great all around (two one handed choppas heads make for one interesting and intimidating 'Uge Choppa for example). You get five of each weapon option which is immense. Also many decorative pieces like Pouches, ammo and trophies. They also easily stretch one unit of (currently expensive) flash gitz into 10 guys, or convert it from scratch, just Dakka-up their Kombi weapons.

-->Deff Dread -its basically the Vehicle equivalent to Nobz. Loads of ranged weapons, loads of Armour plates and orky decor. (Use it to make vehicles from other armies into Trukks for example -Taurox, Chimaera, Rhinos etc.). Many new vehicles have more weapons than old ones (or looted ones), this kit gives you the rokkitz you were missing or the Buzzsaw you never had.

-->Boyz - get yourself some Boyz. Be it a cheap old Boyz box, the Armageddon Boyz or Boyz from the excellent old Combat Patrol. These are loads of cheap bodies that work extremely well together with other kits (Wrekka Crew as is next). The Nob or Loota kit gives you the Shootas/flamers and rolkits that the older kits are missing. Got some rolkits? - You've got Tankbustas, some trophies and fancy choppas?- Beast Snaggas

-->Wrekka Crew -yes it's an expensive Kill team Boxset but it hast the Bitz and the looks. Together with some Boyz and some proppa finkin. You get yourself a unit of Breaka Boyz and easily two units of Tankbustas which is hella points per dollar. (Even more easily done with leftover rokkits and armour from the Nobz)

-->Mega Nobz - again Amazing weapon, armor and Back Banner bitz. But it contains most importantly very special Big Mek Bitz that you get nowhere else. You get a choice of Kustom Force Field (to kitbash a Dakkarig or some other orky science Project of your own) or Tellyport Blasta (as extra fancy dakka, also makes a good Shock attack gun on another Nob Body). +Welding Mask, Hydraulic claw/drill ...Use one of them on your Big Mek and the other somewhere else, or both of you want to build 3 MANZ.

honourable mentions

--> Lootas - they are with Gork and Mork now, but that can make them extremely cheap on the secondary market. They have amazing bitz to make anything Mek related, interesting Dakka Bitz for all your needs as well as Boyz bodies. The spanna gets a choice of pretty much every heavy Ork ranged weapon and you get Flamers en masse and Orkey looking barrels and pipes for vehicles.

-->Mek Gunz -they are terrible points per money wise, but contain a load if fun weapon options. With some wheels from some toy car and some sprues you can easily make 3 out of one kit (even easier with deff dread bitz) (no one knows the different guns, just play them as you like). Or you can use the guns for your own creations.

->Also they have enough gretchin to make a whole new unit if you have a few more gretchin tokens or saddlegitz or something which is nice. You don't need them for the Guns to be playable they are just tokens.

-Flashgitz of course have loads of awesome Bits that are useful for anything mek or dakka related.

-Armageddon Charakters (on the secondary market) They are cheap and give you good bitz and most importantly Bodies. Big boss, Painboy and Banner Nob are amazing and unique Nob Bodies as Tankbusta/Breaka Bosses or as additional nobz for your Boyz.

If you are at a point where you don't need all your units to play, just mix and match models to create more unit diversity.

-Boyz units have 1 Rokkit per 10, 5 of those(or spannas/lootas/any boy with some heavy ranged) +nob (with Kombi rokkit/Bigchoppa as Smashhammer) make a unit of Tankbustas... and the other way around.

-Also Boss Nobz (from Boyz/Wrekka Crew/Wartrakk/Flashgitz/Big boss/Painboy/Banna Nob) make a whole Nob unit pretty fast

-Gretchin tokens/decor on other units make a whole unit at some point as I have said.

And I'm sure there is more. Planning these multi use Models makes this a lot easier, magnets can help here as well.

For kitbashing just stick with the relative size and similar armament (Big stick means good in melee/big gun means Dakka, no one likes to get Krumped up close by a guy with nothing but a gun) to the real thing and you should be fine (be upfront about your Multi Uses and Kitbashes).

Be smart, use what you have, and remember: finkin' and taktiks may not be proppa, but you don't only have your 'ead for butz.

Hi, here's my first Orc for a fellow player's army who simply has too many miniatures lying around to paint them all. I've never painted Orcs before, but damn, they really know how to have fun! He's not quite finished yet and still needs washes, etc., but I hope you enjoy him anyway. Feel free to give me feedback, positive or negative, whatever you notice. :)

C & C is always welcome!!

Hey lads, my friend is obsessed with armor and tanks and only plays guard and space marines so he can bring dreadnoughts and tanks. My army is very limited at the moment (I'm very new to warhammer) and I have very little anti-tank capabilities aside from 3 deffkopptas and a battlewagon, but their hit rate is terrible. Does anyone have any recommendations for what I should pick up to counter Tanks and other armored vehicles?

"Do you like hurting other people?"

...is not something that the so called Deff Skwad ever asked themselves. Hard-as-nails Nobz with as much weapons than they own teef, they work as the personal assassination squad / wrecking ball for powerful Waaagh Bosses, up to and including (if one is inclined to believe their bragging) the Beast of Armageddon himself.

The roster of the Skwad includes:

* Jacked (a.k.a. The Sergeant)

* Da Swonn (a.k.a. The Blademaster)

* Da Otha Swonn (a.k.a. The Gunner) (both Swan 1 and Swan 2 think they have gotten the better number over the other one - 1 comes first, but 2 is bigger)

* Beard (a.k.a. The Marksman)

* Da Porcine a.k.a. "da Beakie Butcha" (a.k.a. The Demolisher)

* Da Zee-Brah (a.k.a. The Headtaker)

* Da Rowdent (a.k.a. The Disruptor)

* Da Tigurrh (a.k.a. The Aegis)

* Da Urzine a.k.a "da Grah-Wiz" (a.k.a. The Bombard a.k.a. The Horde-Slayer a.k.a. The Breacher)

I've wanted to do a Hotline Miami-themed Kill Team for ages, and it was a lot of fun adapting the rules of the Death Watch operatives over to suitably orky counterparts (and yes, I added layers of cork so they actually measure up to Primaris height).

Hope you enjoy them!

Thinking of changing the face to a mask, adding some hoses and wires, anything else?

I’m thinking a boot print over the omega, blood and dirt on all the surfaces. Maybe a big Waaagh symbol painted on?

Did some research into how welding lines would look on pre-painted panels and tried to replicate that.

Just finished off my Beastboss on Squigasaur that’s joining my ever growing Goff band that I started (again) in 2018.

Think I'll do some blood splatter on the white bits. And try to boost the skin tone a bit more. Any advice would be appreciated 🍻 thanks and WAAAARRGH!!!! 🤘🤘🤘

Im not even finished putting together my first Ork and already accidentally cut my finger pretty good. Should I be trying to use a sawing motion with the hobby knife? Are you all able to cut those pieces off in one swing? It feels like i have to push fairly hard then it slips and hits the model (or my fingers). Im using a cheap $17 Amazon tool kit so I wonder if its because these blades are low quality. Anyone have any recommendations? Or can describe the motion for me?

I must admit I actually don’t dislike the pink now that I see this.

Recipe: grim rust, drybrushed with heavy metal and then stippled on AK Dead Red (the pink) followed with mix of dead red with light flesh. Then Imperial fist contrast yellow