[This post was originally posted to Otherverse Games & Hobbies as part of a series called Plastic to Painted, or P2P. You may see logos or references to this site and series]
Shhh! Be Very Very Quiet. I’m Hunting Guardsmen.
My first 40k army was the Space Orks. I loved the whole concept of them. Well, except the fact it took an hour to set up, 45 minutes to make a movement, 25 minutes to resolve attacks, and an hour and a quarter to put everything away again. Even though I, at one point, owned well over 200 Ork models, I never ended up rounding out an entire army. One of my favorite units from the old skool Ork lineup was one that I never actually tabled. The Red Skull Kommandoz. Led by Boss Snikrot. Bane of the Imperial Guard and the Hive World of Armageddon.
I had gotten my hands on a handful of old early 1990’s Kommando models back in high school. But never did much of anything with them. However, during the COVID lockdown in 2020, I painted up a couple of them as a palette cleanser. I ended up liking them so much that I hit eBay and luckily found some more of those almost 30 year old pewter models. From there I searched for Boss Snikrot. He didn’t have a model back when I was younger. So I was pleased with the model that had been produced for him.
I am not a fan of many of the paint schemes I see for Orks nowadays. Using bright, rich, or vibrant greens for the Ork flesh and whatnot. To me, they look overly cartoon’ey. I try to use warmer skin tones and shades when painting my Orks. To accomplish this I use Army Painter Elf Green and Necrotic Flesh paints then Citadel Agrax Earthshade to darken everything up. I’ve found this combination to be really good for my old Orks.
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Robert
All of the following are true, except for one:
Robert is: a Hobbyist with too many hobbies to list, a Music Lover, an RPG/JRPG Gamer, a Mustard Lover, Chaotic Neutral, a Japanese Speaker, a Veteran, an Otaku, an Aviation Professional, a New York Rangers Fan, a Chaos Lover With Loyalist Tendencies, in a toxic relationship with spicy foods..
