Thursday, July 1, 2010

Da big, bad, biker boyz!

A bit more progress on Da Orks over the last week - I decided that I'd take some time and finish up the Nob Bikers. I'd purchased the Ork Warboss on a Bike from Forgeworld as the model is just beautiful. On the other hand though, while I do like the look of the FW Nob Bikers, I find them to be prohibitively expensive, so I built mine out of the bits that come from the GW plastic warbikers.


The warboss is a seriously imposing model, and I really liked that they included a terrain base to go along with it. The model was missing a bracket for one of the mudguards, but rather than write them for a replacement for such a little bit I just made one out of plasticard and called it good. Once it was primered you can't even tell the difference.


I did make two specialist Nobs that aren't available via the regular plastic kits. First up, the requisite Painboy. I used a few bits from the Trukk sprues and build an 'Urty Syringe out of some plasticard, a slugga and some guitar string. I also included a Grot Assistant on a little fighting platform - he carries the anasthetic (in the form of a big club)!


Lastly, my favorite of the models, the Waaagh Banna. I wanted to build him in such a way that he really looks like a raving loon, so instead of sitting in the saddle, he's standing on it, steering with his foot and shouting. It worked out pretty well - he looks like a lunatic!


With that, I'm deciding what project to work on next, I think it may be time to swing back over into the Ad-Mech and work on the Scions of Mars for a while...

4 comments:

  1. Those look great! Very Evil-Sunny. Love the boss, I think he looks even more imposing among "regular" bikers.

    My only real suggestion would be that the banner looks pretty static for being on a speeding bike. Something like the banner from the Skaven Doomwheel I think would look even better and convey the sense of speed.

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  2. Dear Mordian
    They are absolutely gorgeous, with lots of little touches like the lenses that make the models stand out.
    John

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  3. The bikers are awesome. You are making Orks look like a fun army to build...STOP IT!! I already have a SM army planned if I ever get to the end of my guard. When will I ever find time to do Orks?

    Cheers!

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  4. Thanks folks!

    @Sonsoftaurus - Good call, I really need to pick up a Doomwheel for bits. It looks like there's a lot of good conversion fodder!

    @John - Thanks very much! I love the new Ork model sculpts for all the little details they added, they're a blast to paint!

    @Col. Hessler - When one hears the roar of Mork (and possibly Gork) it's hard to resist! As conversion work is my favorite part of the hobby, the new Ork kits give you a bonanza of fun options. Go on, join the Waaagh! No promises about it being a sound financial decision, though... :)

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