From MikeW: More 40K Orks and 28mm Renaissance Foot (120 Points, +1 Squirrel, +8 Skullz, +50 C&F Points)

A belated Happy New Year to everyone!

This post sees another batch of 14 x 40K Orks & Grechin completed plus a batch of 28mm Landsknecht Hand Gunners. I had hoped to have a batch of 28mm Renaissance Horse completed as well but unfortunately time to do that has eluded me 3D printed. All the more for my next post!

Another batch of 40K Greenskins off the production line!

The Ork & Grechin batch consists of 10 x Orks and 4 x Grechin. If I start with the Grechin, 3 of these little guys are plastics from eBay, the Standard Bearer is metal and a former Gorka Morka figure - if I remember correctly.

Four Grechin, with the mighty 'Red Star Banner of the Rebellion', 
2 x Skullz on these little chaps

The plastic guys were painted much the same way as previously described, I have added a wicked looking bayonet to one of their weapons - a knife captured from the Imperial Guard spares box!

Rear view of the Grechin rebels

The Standard Bearer carries what appears to be an AK47 derivative - who knew that they would still be going strong in the 40K time line. The tattered flag is made of paper and suitably 'distressed' with the big 'Red Star' of the Gobbo Rebellion clearly visible. Otherwise painting technique is the same as his plastic brethren. Between them these four Grechin also carry two skulls and hence I have added an appropriate number of bonus Skullz Points.

Four standard Boyz, with hand blaster and 'Choppa'.
Look carefully and the Guy second from left has a skull on his Choppa.

Left to Right: One of the Boyz with a big gun for more Dakka! a Mechanik
and a converted Fantasy Black Orc

Four of the Orks are represent the fairly standard Ork Boyz, that make up the core of the army, armed with axe or sword Choppas plus hand blaster. A fifth Ork is a conversion of an old plastic Black Orc figure originally released back in the 1990s (I think) which I have converted to a 40K Ork with the addition of a hand blaster and a captured Space Marine 'Chainsaw Bayonet'. As this guy is a little different to the rest I have given him snazzy striped trousers. Another of the Ork Boyz is armed with a heavier blaster, he will act as support to the above group, between them these guys we have 2 more Skulls about their persons.

Close up of the converted Black Orc. I simply added a hand blaster in his right hand.
Note a tiny skull on his left hip - they all count!

Business end of the Big Blasta, note skull on his head

Close-up of the Mechanik

Next is another Gorka Morka metal figure, this time representing a Mechanik, hence the monkey wrench in his left hand and welding gear on his back, he will be able to help fix equipment that is damaged on the table top.

The Standard Bearer, he carries a total of five skulls about his person.

The final figures in this batch are a couple of Big Boyz, an Ork Nob Standard Bearer and an Ork Nob with a Rocket Pack.

Another view of the Standard Bearer

The Standard Bearer is an older metal figure sourced from eBAY, with a plastic skull added to replace the original missing Or symbols, as this hints at a wilder more savage background, I have used browns to paint the clothing of this character, then added the usual red plate armour over that. Arguably he should be on a bigger base but that is what he arrived on my doorstep with - so that is what he keeps!

Stormboy form the front

The Ork StormBoy with the Rocket Pack is a much more modern plastic figure, he arrived with no base, so I have glued him to a UK 2 pence coin, to give weight and added stability.

Stormboy from the left side

And finally from the right hand side

Ork Nob with power axe and hand blasta.

From another angle

Lastly there is my first batch of Landsknecht Handgunners, these are Warlord Games plastic figures which are really quick to put together and undercoat in off white / ivory. I based them on the equivalent of a 2 Pence piece so that they can be considered 'Open Order' troops. For close order troops (Pikemen) I shall use the equivalent of a 1p piece, I've got a batch of these on the go now as well.

A group of 10 plastic Warlord Games Landsknecht Handgunners

With the rear rank moved forwards

So Landsknechts are not so scary to paint as they are to spell! After the undercoat had dried, I dry brushed these guys with white paint and again left to dry. Most have leather tunics which have been painted a suitable brown colour, watering down the paint so that they colour flows really easily into the details.

Close-up of fur of my favourite figures from the batch

It was then fairly straight forward to paint in a base colour for shirts and trousers / leggings in either grey or a muted green shade, then add stripes of colour to the arms and legs, using the folds in the clothing as a guide.

A final closer view of the hand-gunners

Straps and other leather work was added in a suitable contrasting shade of brown before their guns were painted with a suitable wood colour and good old dependable 'Oily Steel'. Flesh and hair was added to taste, trying to keep a higher than usual proportion of blond hair - well they are meant to be Germans after all...

Hats and feathers were coloured somewhat at random before sepia wash was used to shade the flesh and brown areas and then a watered down dark tine wash was used to shade all other areas on the figures. A less watered down version being used on the handguns.

Bases again finished with fine sand and electrostatic grass.

POINTS

14 x Orks & Grechin @ 5 Pts ea                                  70 Points

10 x 28mm Landsknecht Handgunners @ 5 Pts ea    50 Points

TOTAL                                                                         120 Points

Side Duels

+1 Squirrel Point

+8 Skullz Points

+50 points towards the  Codpiece & Feathers Side Duel

From TeemuL: Lovely greenskins and landsknechts! Those old Fantasy Battle Black Orcs keep on giving, I have used them as Fantasy Battle Black Orcs and Blood Bowl Black Orcs, they seem to be an easy job to convert to WH40K setting, too.