Narflung's far-flung hobby journey

Narflung

Narflung

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Welcome to the chronicles of my hobby journey, thus far extending over 20 years and many incomplete projects. Having been largely dormant in both online and irl hobby communities, I've awoken from my slumber to re-join the land of the living.

Generally I meander through projects for Necromunda (95), Mordheim and GorkaMorka, Warhammer Quest (15mm), WHFB, WH40k 2nd edition and more; I'm deadline driven though, so I'll open up with my last few Ork I need to paint before a WH40k 2nd edition game happening three weeks from now.

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Narf241104Orks2e.jpg

WIP

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Narf241024Cacti.jpg

Bonus cacti
 
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Whoa! Those are some classic orks! I used to have the space Ork raiders box from back then, and recognize that guy in the back left of the picture. (Honestly, I prefer the newer beefier orks, though.)
 
Thanks guys.

My collection of Orks spans from Rogue Trader through to more modern sculpts. I am a big fan of the older Ork fluff with their very colourful kultur, but I do also like the more brutish Orks that came later. The scale-creep from Rogue Trader to now is mind boggling though.
 
A little bit of progress. I converted a looted Leman Russ 20 years ago and painted it 15 years ago however, couldn't decide on the turret's cupola. I finally realised the 2nd Edition Ork Deadnaught crew would go perfect in the old Leman Russ Demolisher cupola ring.
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Narf241105OrkCupola.jpg


I'll go through at some point in the future (ETA 2035) and update the older paintjob, such as the drybrushed reds, to bring the whole model up to date with my newer painting skills/style, but I'm otherwise really happy. The wooden deck on the right sponson is for miniatures to be placed.

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Narf241105LootedRussFront.jpg

Looted Leman Russ. Converted 20 years ago, mostly painted 15 years ago, finished today.

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Narf241105LootedRussBack.jpg

Looted Leman Russ. Converted 20 years ago, mostly painted 15 years ago, finished today.
 
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Bilbostomper said:
Very fun! I actually have two of those old grots as crewmen in my FB O&G army. They are suitably non-futuristic.
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That's cool. I think it's really interesting how distinct the WHFB and 40k Ork ranges are; it can be quite difficult to find bits to substitute between ranges (I say with an entire mob of Snakebites that are converted from the WHFB 6th Ed starter).
 
I love that oil barrel gun barrel sooo much! 😍

It’s so perfect for Orks. Obviously it would never work without the force of the Ork psychic energy of belief.
 
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You're dead right about the oil barrels, but I thank teenage me for that artistic direction (I could pretend they're place over the top of the actual gun barrel, but they aren't).

More progress, this time the Ork Trukk. I bought this from ebay already assembled, so had some challenges removing moldlines and painting hard to reach areas on the crew. I also had issues with my choice of paints for the crew; I love Coat d'arms paints, but they are very low opacity so I had to do more coats than I would otherwise need with other brands. Given my time deadlines for my upcoming games, I'll use other paints for my remaining models of this force. I'll also do some freehand symbols and the like at a later date.

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Narf241107OrkTrukkFront.jpg

Game-ready Bloodaxe Trukk

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Game-ready Bloodaxe Trukk
 
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Update time. Two and a half weeks later (which included 5 days away and a week down with the COVID19), I have them all close enough to game ready. Plenty more work to do on all of them, ranging from extra highlights on some, freehand on others and a lot more work needed on the Traktor Kannon and Dreadnaught. I'm really happy with the progress though as this is way more that I would normally achieve and feel like I've got some momentum.

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Narf241121Orks.jpg

A bit of progress, but more work needed later.

They're all getting packed up tonight for an early flight tomorrow and a weekend of gaming (2nd ed and Necromunda). When I get back I'll hopefully do a bit more work to finish these guys off before I move on to the next project (Mordheim). Here's a shot of the 1500 points plus Van Saars in their carry case.

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Narf241121AllOrks.jpg

The 1500 point army with mismatched bases.
 
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