Prototypes of Da Ork Dynasty Boyz Complete (mostly)

Okay, they need me to finish the bases but the figures themselves are done. For the most part I am please with how they came out. Now on to the second squad and their HQ.

Da Ork Dynasty and Delays Delays Delays

Gone through some massive life changes. Nothing like a divorce or a gender swap but very disruptive.

So what have I been working on?
This Year's Freeboota Toys for Tots is something of an open category and they took suggestions. Trying to harness the recent Redneck Revolution and the upcoming new Ork Codex, I have devised...Da Ork Dynasty.

Theme: Overall theme is an "ahem" Southern-style ork army, inspired by the Duck Dynasty TV show as well as "redneck" pop culture. Conversions to bring out that Duck Dynasty flavor are strongly encouraged.

Fluff: On the southern edge of the galaxy is a strange new ork clan. Its members sport facial hair and and wear bizarre camouflage. Their trukks are frequently jacked up and have gun racks on the back windshield. Other orks refer to them derisively as "Rednekz" but the clan wears this title with pride. They are lead by the mysterious warboss known only as the "Ork Kommanda".

My test squad is 80% painted but here are the raw shots (see if you can recognize anyone):









More shots as the army progresses.

30K Heavy Weapons and Scout Repaints

Knocked out the last of my 30K Heavy Weapons (for now). I will need to get a shot of them all together for ego purposes at some time in the near future:



I also repurposed some scouts I had converted for 30K. When I first started this project there were no army lists available so I just converted troops using the 5th ed rules as a base. As it turned out there are not scouts like we see them in 40k so these guys were left in the lurch. Fortunately, I needed scouts for my Dark Angels so a few dabs of Dark Angels Green later and they have sucessfully jumped ship:

Sternguard and 30K

This week I knocked out some Sternguard. I had previously converted some of my own but I recently purchased the boxed set from a friend on a whim and used some spare bits to expand it out to six rather than the five that come with the set:



I also worked on my low-budget 30K heavy weapons squad. Rather than dump a ton of money to Forge World (it's not that I don't love you guys but shipping is murder) I used my 2nd Edition figures to good use; they are already archaic and similarly dissimilar to the later heavy weapon troops. Plus the armor type with all the decorations is vague enough that it resembles some of the art in the Visions of Heresy books. Good enough for me. I have a couple already painted so this brings me up to a squad of six.



Lastly, I have an old Captain figure that I have repainted three or four times now, and a classic thud gun that can be used in either my 30K army or Imperial Guard (or Astra Militia or whatever they are called now):



Up next is more 30K heavy weapons and some repurposed scouts.

Also, big news that I cannot reveal for now but more in the next month or so if all goes as planned.

Even "Free" Has its Limits

I would like to officially announce that I am done with the Coke bottle cap crates. Don't get me wrong, they are cheap and addictive to make but painting them is tedious and I am out of inspiration. With this batch, I am done for the foreseeable future.

March In Like a Lamb, out Like a, er Platypus or Something

First out the door this month is my Stalker/Hunter:



And some nifty scenery from Antenocity's Workshop:


And a Servitor of questionable loyalty (I designed it to be traitor guard but could also be mechanicus or an inquisitorial ally):

Back To Ultramar

To finish February I finally got my Stormraven done:



I also equipped a command squad with some shields from Anvil Industries. They can also double as breachers should the opportunity arise:



Next up is my AAA Rhino and some terrain pieces.