The Warforge Miniature Modelling and Conversion

Trukkboy Nob is all done!

I'm done with the Nob for now. He's got the shoota/skorcha across his back. I like the way he looks. He's also got the grot shackled around the ankle to him to keep the git from runnin off mid-fight.

 

And a completed mob shot, 'for the road', as it were.

Making headway on da Nob

Incoming lots of pictures. I've painted and mounted the Nob's torso:

 

Nob base: Now with 100% more color!

I painted the Nob's base to see how it'd come out.. doesn't look bad. I'm going to get to painting his torso soon, I think.

 

Urban display base

Started making a base for the Nob. Sidewalk, curb, and asphault with a bit of gravel, flock (eventually), and a parchment blowing around. The gray shaded areas are where the nob and grot stand.

 

Roll call

I thought the former skintone was a little bit too dark, so I went ahead and made them all a lighter olive color that I think works better - now I'll be able to paint the nob darker colors to indicate 'ardness. I figured I'd take a few group shots in the mean time.

 

My nob, let me show you it

I may have a solution.

 

Well, this whole nob business is going slower than I anticipated because I had to spend the weekend celebrating my g/f's birthday, but I figured I'd throw a few pictures up of the W.I.P. I have so far. I simply greenstuffed it into a pose for photos, as I like to prime and paint separate parts to get at the cracks easier if I can. Grot not pictured at the moment, but he will be on the final model.

 

He'll be getting a 'Dead End' streetsign, freshly ripped from the ground with a concrete husk at the opposite end as his choppa. I've drilled the hand out as much as necessary for him to comfortably fit it in there, I just have to make it. I'm trying to figure out what the base is going to be exactly.. it'd be cool if I could put the hole the sign came from on it, but I might not have the space for it. I'm trying to figure out if a sidewalk-and-street-pavement arrangement is in order. I might do a simple asphault texture down the middle, with the yellow dashed lines running between his legs and a manhole on the base or something to that extent. This is already going on the next-up base size from the normal ork boyz, however many mm that is since I don't know off the top of my head, so that he can fit the carrying grot on with him.

I may actually rebase my orks for cityfight terrain, as their current 'brown-rocks' terrain is starting to bore me.

Da Jawz ‘uv Deff

 

I can't help myself. I started out making a PK based on the 'jaws of life' and it evolved into a huge mechanical arm that I know is excessively large but enjoy looking at. It's getting a bit more exterior armor, cables, and a rivet job, but I'm throwing pictures up here to see what the rest of you think. It's probably too big.

Cliche choppa

 

This boy'z all done, with a nailbat to stand in for a choppa.

I'm looking forward to working on the Nob now, really. The 'jaws of deff' idea based on the jaws of life is fantastic, and I'm definitely going to have to model a PK around it. I don't think I remember this.. do Nobz go on the regular sized bases, or are they on larger ones? I can't recall what the boxed nobz I got came with anymore.

I want the nob to epitomize the trukk-based mad-max army theme I have going on with this squad - lots of mechanics, probably armor made from tires and such, goggles (of course!)... I think I'll be outfitting em with a PK and Choppa, possibly with a shoota-skorcha kombiweapon slung across his back so that my less rule-lawyer opponents might let me use the unit as either a PK+Choppa nob or a PK+Shoota/Skorcha nob.

I'm going to get started on the 'jaws of deff', though. Going to try and make them look multifunctional - they can either pry an enemy tank clean open, or crush weak 'umie heads between the claws.

Orksas Chainsaw Massacre

 

Chainsaw! I would have given em a shotgun or hockey mask or all that, but I really don't want too much focus drawn on one boy out of the lot - if anything, I want the nob to stand out. I think it came out good, though. I may actually add a speed limit shoulder pad to him or something, as his arms look a bit bare, but I don't have the other boyz to compare to so I'll decide later on. I wish I could paint a little bit better, but it looks passable on the tabletop so I guess I'll survive.

Ork Tyson

 

Sorry for the poor compression, had to use Paint. I like this guy's pose more than the others, honestly, because he looks dynamic. Or, at least, ready to punch the hell out of something.

This brings the squad up to 7 strong, meaning I need at least two more and a nob. Should be fun.