40K2ndAC V - Month 4 Complete! (May 2024)

 Ragnak Gutzsmashah, Rabidfang's Stunties, & Da Ragewhacka

Continuing my trend of Ork names that could easily be 80's metal bands this month we have Evil Sunz Mekboy Ragnak Gutzsmashah and the wartrak Da Ragewhacka.  The spinning maelstrom that is the Eye of Terror has spat us out this week in the actual present day.  These fine Orky gentlemen and their horseless carriage were my May entry for the current 2nd edition army challenge which is on its 5th season this year.  This year's trusty coordinator should be posting all of May's entries on his great blog very soon over at The Wachtmeister's Patrol - https://wachtmeisterspatrol.com/

Speaking of the Wachtmeister, I can't wait to jam up his fancy Deathwing Terminators with warp-crazed snotlings beamed through a teleportation tube straight into their armor.  Thanks for dropping by and we will be back soon with more entries from past challenges and a battle report or two to show these great looking armies in action.

Ragnak Gutzsmashah - Evil Sunz Mekaniak, Shokk Attack Gun                      43 points

Rabidfang's Stunties - Evil Sunz Snotlings, 3 x Snotling Bases               15 points

Da Ragewhacka - Evil Sunz Wartrak, Twin-Linked Heavy Bolters               50 points

40K2ndAC IV Flashback - 2nd Month (February 2023)

 Mob Slag-Dregga 

The clearly seen Eye of Terror in the background explains the time delay in getting this post published.

Ships cursed by the time tossed eddies of the warp translate back into realspace often far removed from the time and place of their original departure.  This post also disgorges from an uncertain past into a mostly verifiable now to display the second core troops unit in my Ork army, Grimskraga and his Goff boyz mob.  Besides forming the center of my advances on the tabletop, these chaps helped solidify my practice at blended reds and classic Goff black and white checks.  Grimskraga's banner pole also contains a salute to my long gaming history being topped with a beakie Mark VI helmet from my first box of RTB01 that I got for Christmas in 1990.

I wrote about them for the season IV of the 2nd Edition Army Challenge here :  https://cowabungajournal.com/2023/03/04/40k2ndac-iv-month-2-wave-2/

Season V of the challenge has a new home at : https://wachtmeisterspatrol.com/

"Recently returned from their tour of Europe opening for Metallica, let's give a huge Waaaggghhh for Slag-Dregga!"

Grimskraga Slag-Dregga – Goff Nob: Power Axe, Bolter; 5 Goff Boyz: Axe, Bolt Pistol; 91 points.

Cover Gallery - White Dwarf #137 Back Cover

 

The flower of Bretonnian chivalry defends a town from an Orc raid.

Cover Gallery - White Dwarf #134 Back Cover

 

Blood Bowl WIP III

Trolls And Orcs And Gobbos, Oh My...

My son needed a troll for his orc team so instead of ponying up $35 plus tax for GW, I dug this long forgotten chaos ogre out of my bitz box and drafted him for the cause.  With green flesh and colors that match the orc team I think it disguises the fact that this guy started life as a ogre and makes him have a passing resemblance to a troll.

These orcs were my first attempt at the classic paint it yellow then shade it green approach to orc flesh.  I really like the vibrant color and dark recesses this method produced so I will have to remember the formula when I get around to finally painting my RT orks.

Cover Gallery - White Dwarf #122 Back Cover

Waaaagggghhhh, Da Orks!!!!

There is certainly some bias involved since this was my first issue, but this is my favorite of the back cover dioramas in WD.  I spent so many hours in the pre-internet days of my teens staring at this picture and dreaming of how I would paint the models or use them in a game.  I loved reading 'Ere We Go and built so many aspirational ork armies on paper that never saw a game.  The original plastic boyz, battlewagon, and warbike are still sitting in their boxes twenty-five years later just waiting to recreate this classic scene.  2023 hobby goals perhaps????

More Space Ork Banners

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This weeks banner installment includes another suspicious proto-symbol under the guise of Space Ork Raider banners.  The "Victory Banner" on the far right looks very similar to one interpretation of the noble badge of the Tanith First and Only...

OG Space Ork Banners

In Honor Of Orktober We Humbly Present...

Those who are not celebrating Dreadtober or it's radio cousin Rocktober, may have their sites set on feting all things green this month whilst painting models for Orktober.  These original RT Orks always have had a special place in my heart from staring at so many pictures of them in 'Eavy Metal back in my early White Dwarf reading days.  I'm also enjoying seeing how many of the concepts in these early banners were repurposed for other factions later on.  In this week's feature above, I'm pretty sure that Ork Raider Vampire banner was repurposed for the World Eaters insignia.  Thanks for stopping by, hopefully next year I'll really coordinate my actions and paint an old school Ork Dreadnought for Dreadtober.