One of the things that drew me to Orks for my second 40k army was the conversion potential — which goes double for the Deathskulls, who are notorious for looting stuff before the battle has even ended. When I was looking for Trukk conversion ideas that I thought I could pull off, I came across […]
Converting a looted Taurox Prime into an Ork Trukk, part 1 Read More »
My first mini of the new year (although, having been completed on January 23rd, “new” is a bit of a stretch) is my first Deff Dread, “Facepeela” Snarg. Facepeela is also the first model I’ve ever magnetized, a process that was not without its problems…leading to this also being the first model I’ve ever done
First finished mini of 2021: Facepeela, Ork Deff Dread Read More »
The best Bandai kit ever made finally landed at my house today: Yes, it is indeed a 1:1 scale model of a sealed Cup Noodle. I love the warning labels — “don’t eat this,” of course, but also “don’t pour hot water into me.” I also love that it’s not in any way a Gundam
Best Hit Chronicle 1/1 Cup Noodle Read More »
I’ve been chipping away at some stuff, recovering from my sprint to wrap up my Killa Kan by the end of 2020. Remember when I said version 3.0 of my Warlord, Moonkrumpa, was his final form? I was wrong! I realized how off it felt to have the leader of an army of Orks with
WIP it good: puttering Read More »
Even though I built Moonkrumpa on November 16, I held off priming him because I couldn’t shake the feeling that he needed a bit more…something. That proved prescient, as I kitbashed him to good effect in December — but he still didn’t feel 100% done. Last week, I read a comment somewhere (Reddit, I think)
WIP it good: Moonkrumpa’s third iteration, first time magnetizing a miniature Read More »
In 2020, I became a miniature-painter. Prior to February, I was a guy who sometimes painted miniatures and generally didn’t especially enjoy it. But this year I painted more minis than I had in my 30+ years of sporadic painting prior to 2020 — almost twice as many, in fact. So I’m still a beginner,
My 2020 in miniature painting Read More »
With an hour to spare, I finished a wild push — a week worth of painting in about two days — and wrapped up my final miniature of 2020: Mukkit, one of the Killa Kans in my Deathskulls Ork army. This is the best miniature I’ve ever painted. It incorporates everything I’ve learned this year,
Final miniature of 2020: Mukkit, a Killa Kan Read More »
Happy new year! I’ve got a little flurry of posts planned, and this one happened to be ready first. My recipes for Deathskulls Killa Kans are almost identical to the ones I use for Ork Boyz, but with some tweaks and additions at the weathering stage. Deathskulls blue armor/plates: Pick a recipe: Macragge Blue > Nuln Oil >
Killa Kan color guide Read More »
I’m in my sprint to see how many minis I can book in 2020, and this ruin — the largest piece of terrain I’ve ever painted (although it’s a medium-sized piece) — brings my December total up to 25. I’m not sure how best to photograph terrain. My lightbox wasn’t going to work because the
First larger Manufactorum ruin finished Read More »
I wound up working on a box of Gretchin at the same time as five Boyz (not my usual approach; it’s too many at once!), so they got wrapped up on 12/27 as well. Do Gretchin know they’re adorable? Like the Orks I painted at the same time, these Grots use three different skin recipes
Runt-Eata’s Grots finished up Read More »
