Ork kommando for Necromunda

Another addition to my Necromunda Ork gang, this is one of the metal Kommando models which if I am not mistaken are still in production. I 've always liked Kommandos since the WH40K 2nd edition, not only for their background (which is quite cool) but also because the models are very well sculpted. Many nice features on this one, my favourite being the night vision goggles and the full face mask.

I didn't go for the traditional urban camo paint scheme on this guy, I rather went for a more WW2 British commando paintjob with lots of brown and tan shades. For the base I used my typical underhive/urban battlefield idea of mesh and painted plates with some decal insignia - you can see the white markings on the blue girder under his legs.

Heavily armed with grenades, extra ammo, spare choppa and lots of climbing rope, he should fit right in the industrial Necromunda terrain, sneaking through tunnels and vents like a proper kommando.  I was tempted to buy another few of those and make a full guerilla style gang, but since the troop needs some long range firepower, next to come will be a couple of Boyz with shootas - Blood Axe urban camo this time.

Ork Nob for Necromunda

This Ork Nob came a few years ago as a freebie with a White Dwarf magazine - back in a time when GW would still give free stuff with any major release. I started painting him sometime later, but eventually he sadly found himself in the 'miniatures limbo', a place full of half finished minis with no prospect of being finished in any foreseeable future. Lucky for him, I am slowly (but inexorably!) preparing a Necromunda Ork gang, so who would be more fitting as a leader than a huge, all muscle one-eyed Nob?
He sports a pretty bold colour scheme on his trousers, kind of like a kilt or checked pattern - I don't know what was going in my mind back then when I decided to paint him like this. It's really weird how when you pick up a mini started ages ago, you spot all kinds of things you probably wouldn't do if you were to start in now.. anyway, he'll soon be leading a small group of greenskins through the Underhive!

Necromunda Gretchin

Mr Finger somehow sneaked into this photo...

This is the latest addition to a Necromunda Ork gang I am trying to put together at the moment. Orks always carry Gretchin around to do all the boring stuff, so the gang couldn't be complete without at least a couple of them. For this one I used again my favourite basing method, which basically is a combination of mesh and some brightly coloured metal pane floor - I really think it brings out the sci fi aspect of these minis. I added a white star decal from an old model kit on the floor, as the mini itself is quite small so there was quite a lot of dead space there. Also a tiny white star on his bandana!

It's funny how under original Necromunda rules, which was basically WH40k second edition, Gretchin were more or less equivalent in statistics with an average Human. Now, if you look at the stats, Gretchin have become quite weak and soft - contrary to the average Ork which under current rules is a proper killing machine, even without any special equipment.

Necromunda Heavy - Chaos cultist

 

This is (obviously) the Chaos cultist with the heavy stubber from the Dark Vengeance box. I like all the cultist minis from that set - I really think they capture the cultist/outcast/thug feeling - unlike the rest of the DV miniatures which were rather disappointing. The best thing with this cultists however is the fact they can easily become a Necromunda gang, which is one of my all time favourite games.

Although cultists can be painted as regular 'chaos' guys, I prefer to give them a more generic 'underhive ganger' appearance, as I did for this guy. The mini itself is quite decent, and I guess it's modelled after the archetypal 'butcher/executioner/all muscle - no brains' character. The main focal point is obviously the faceless mask, so in order to go around this and give a less sinister look I filled the chaos star on the mask and gave it a skull balaclava paint. Guess that's what any self respecting ganger would do to scare off the competition! I also gave him a tattoo on his left hand as the area seemed somehow empty - this guy has a lot of muscle. I decided to give him a simple tribal design, as any true thug should sport at least one arm covered with tribal tattoos.

The butcher's apron was left white intentionally, to take away a bit of extra evilness, and the base was done from plasticard to resemble some forgotten underhive dome. I particularly enjoyed the way his gun came out - I used progressively lighter tones of metallics on top of a gunmetal coat.

Reaper Bones Marsh Troll - Elephant for DBA/DBM

"Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs trolls of war"

This is the second Reaper Bones mini to paint for my DBA Orc army, and I will obviously count him as an Elephant. Fun mini, however the are a few issues with the sculpting here as well: His head somehow seems too small for his body, and the plaques on his back, well, I don't think they stick to the mini so well - he looks more like a dinosaur or like Godzilla! I must say though that Reaper Bones line do have some well fitting minis for fantasy 1/72 armies, and hopefully I will paint another one soon. Till then, humans beware!

Light Warg Orcs

 Hit by arrows! If it was a normal mount it would have died, but not a Warg!

 Runnin' wild

These Light Warg Orcs are probably going to be used as cavalry for my DBA orc army. It took me longer than I expected to finish them, and they are only six, but it's double the work since you have to paint the warg as well. Sculpts for the riders are average I'd say, but the wargs have cool poses and look really dangerous. Humans beware!