Orktober 2021 - It's Not Easy Being Green

Did you ever start spending so much time in an area, things start bothering you and you have to make changes? Happens to me a lot, and this past week it was the basement hobby area I call The Pitt (like G.I. Joe). I organized my video game closet, tore out some old wood supports for a long gone drop ceiling, removed some old furniture that didn't belong, and tossed out a bunch of stuff. Hopefully in anticipation of playing some games soon!

Then I recalled it was Orktober and I had a mission. Here's the results:

A Space Ork crew of mercenaries prepares for a new mission.

About a year ago I got the itch to have a small band proper oldhammer Rogue Trader era Space Orks. Slowly I tacked them onto other ebay purchases and added them to the goblin collection in the GorkaMorka box. I didn't have a project in mind, I just wanted to add them to the collection. So it was quite a surprise when Orktober rolled around and I noticed I almost had enough for a proper Stargrave crew!

Joining my goblin this post are four additional crewmates. From left to right you have:

1. Brom the Broken: A runtherdz who was missing his stick when he arrived. I'll use him as the first mate, an old grizzled ork loyal to his captain. Gave him a plastic powerfist and shoota. 
2. Shakbag: An un-modified goblin I really love. Will that pistol explode?!? Probably. 
3. Zodgul: An un-modified mekboy who got a plastic arm and shoota.
4. Grubrot: An un-modified painboy who got an old monopose ork arm with shoota. I just really liked how it blended in and gave him a tiny hint of armor.

So last post I mentioned I was having issues with my white primer. I still haven't found a suitable replacement so I stuck with grey primer. After applying the contrast color Aggaros Dunes as a base kaki color I found it had a very olive green look to it. So I ended up using that as the skin base for this group. I envision them as a few old orks who are tired of the Waaagh way of life and have become mercenaries. The orange in their uniforms were looted from a ship they liberated early on. I completed the look with tan, brown, and blues. 

I got inspiration and advice from how Suber finished his orks. With that in mind I decided since Brom and Grubrot are older orks they received darker skin tones. The final piece was the glyph on their back. I found that a circle or skull with an X behind it was the symbol for "Villun, Freebooter, Outlaw, Mercenary". I personalized it with a diamond instead to represent space mercenaries. 

So that's five members of the crew complete. Will I finish by the end of the month? (Spoiler: seems likely). 

'K Boyz, in an' out... by da book. 

PS: I picked up a new photo booth. Playing around with it a bit. I think the pics are starting to look better?