The Warforge Miniature Modelling and Conversion

The ever infrequent update

Well...

The good news is that I have gotten both of my Secret Santa gifts done and out of the way. The bad news is that I completely and accidentally deleted the photographs of one of them in its final stages, so I'm going to hope that my recipient can take some decent photos of it and sent it along to me. Either way, now that they've been sent out, I think it would be a good time to point out the 4th Edition Lootaz project, as it won't ruin the surprise any more.

I also had the good fortune of winning an unusual model on Ebay. Apparently, a company called 'Demonblade' created models very similar to Games Workshop's... They promptly got sank under the lawsuit, but there are still a couple of these old models floating around, and I thought I might pick one up and give it a look-over. And while I'm at it, why not give all of you a chance to look as well! This is their 'Orc Warboss' model.

 

Demonblade existed around the time of 2nd edition orks, which might help explain some of his appearance, though that face looks more like a squig that has become humanoid! The Klaw is a neat touch, though - I like it a good deal simply because it looks good and orky. The gun is actually a bit inspiring, not because I find it particularly well made, but because it looks like it would make a reasonably good Big Shoota model. I'm actually contemplating making a similar weapon now, with the ammo drum and clip in a similar fashion, and maybe casting it for the benefit of my Flash Gitz. Either way, it's an interesting model - the face needs a bit of work, but I think if I get a big enough iron gob on him, he might be passable as a proper ork, though of what variety I could not say. Maybe he can be a mek, or something.

One last detail: I got the entirety of my BWBits Mega Grab Bag order. I'm pretty satisfied with it. I have posted loads of pictures of the spoils here so if you care to see them, venture that way. I'm feeling far too lazy to thumbnail and post up all of the pictures here when I think that post sums it up much better and cleaner, honestly. Not much ork stuff; primarily chaos, dark angels, marines, and nids, with little bits of everything else thrown in for good measure. I feel like I just broke even on the cost of the two bags, honestly.