Goff Dreadnought (Part 6)

Whew! That was close, but I managed to get this thing done by the deadline! Here are the final stages, picking up from the previous post, Part-5.

I used the old Citadel Color Blood Red to punch up the red areas. Nothing says "Games Workshop model from the mid-'90s" like an overwhelming amount of intense red. Blood Red.

Going thru a red phase.

Here is the model's base, which I sufficiently rusted up. I like the idea of the concrete slabs being a side walk, mainly because I wonder if some now departed citizen once walked his Cyber Collie thru this sector on a morning walk before starting his 18 hour workshift...

If sidewalks talked...

After tightening up the red parts I painted the hydraulics and rivets using Mitheril Silver.

Metal!

I superglued the arms into position and the hatch. I employed a Q-tip to prop up the hatch until it was firmly glued as well.

Propping up that hatch.

Finally, it was time to attach it to it's base, making the model whole and together.

We are one.

But I felt it needed something. So I added a few grass tufts to the sidewalk cracks and this gave it a touch of realism.

The finished model.

And with that, I finished this model! I am pleased with how it turned out. It will fit in wonderfully with my Goffs who are so deliciously '90s retro (right down to some of them having red guns) it almost hurts.

This has been fun. Well, back to my art chores, hopefully I can knock out a few more paint jobs in between task...

Goff Dreadnought (Part 5)

Moving on from Part 4, I continued by focusing on the chequered pattern.

Desert Sand layer.

Apple Barrel Territorial Beige was the tan color I used for the base coat, and I used Americana Desert Sand to serve as a middle coat.

The featured colors.

I then used a thinned White Scar to highlight those cheques before I applied the final highlight of solid White Scar.

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Once that was done, I simply painted in the opposite cheques with Abaddon Black straight from the bottle. After a few minor touch-ups, the chequered grid was done to my satisfaction.

Abaddon Black chequers.

Next I finished painting the flesh on the Ork pilot. Now I am contemplating how to paint up the cybernetic bits on his head...

Finished Pilot flesh.

See you back here soon!

Goff Ork Dreadnought (Part 4)

As if I didn't already have enough challenges to my time, this week I got a ill! It was easier for me to do a bit of painting than it was trying to do 2-D art, especially since I am not at any sort of detailing stage, yet, on this thing.

What little I got done was some touch-ups on the Goblin Green flesh layer and paint a tan color onto the main plate of the Dred itself. This color will ultimately be a White color by the way.

Touched up flesh and tan main plate.

 Next, I mixed up Green Ink and Yellow Ink to get a color resembling anti-freeze and washed it over the Goblin Green. I had a bit of that left over and applied it to another ork model I had in queue, but more on that in a future post.

Grid lines drawn on.

Last thing I managed to do, between coughing fits, was that I drew on the chequered grid using a mechanical pencil. No ruler or edge, just straight-hand drew it. I can't imagine the gretchen artisans tasked to apply decor to Ork machines are as skilled as some 'Eavy Metal painters would have us believe. So the end product won't be perfect, or as perfect as it appears on the original box, and that is how I intend it to be. More as I progress...

Image from the original box.

Goff Ork Dreadnought (Part 3)

Here is this week's episode of "I'm getting there, slowly but surely, I'm getting there."

I was about to paint the driver all the way, when the urge to test-fit him into position hit struck me. Thank goodness I did too, because the efforts to work him into the compartment scrapped and scratched off a lot of the basecoat. I would have been quite upset if that had happened to the finished paint job!

 Battle scars earned...

I decided that ultimately I would have to paint him while he was permanently in position. I am not thrilled about that, but it is what it is.

The red basecoats were done using Khorne Red. The middle coats on the black areas were accomplished using Apple Barrel Graphite. I still have a lot of work to do on this thing, and I am running out of October days...

Goff Ork Dreadnought (Part 2)

Progress has continued on this Dreadtober project.

First off, I had to take the time and file down and otherwise remove the flash and mold lines. Something that can be quite time consuming when it comes to pewter miniatures.

A metal puzzle.

After that I superglued the hull assembly together. I left the arms slack so that I could paint them more easily. I will glue them into their final positions at the end of this project.

Together at last!

After this I took the miniature outside and spray painted it with Chaos Black. After a few days I got back to it and applied Abaddon Black to solidify the black coat and make it more consistent. (Um, looks like I may have a few spots...ah, the Joy of working with metal!). While doing that I started to work on the base by basecoating the sidewalk.

Primed.

I am still considering what to do about the pilot and whether or not I want to just go with a closed hatch on the model. I will likely dwell on this right up to the last post, but I wouldn't mind to hear opinions on the matter, so feel free to leave a comment.

Pilot or hatch?

Goff Ork Dreadnought (Part 1)

Hello and greetings! It's that time of year once again where the leaves are changing, and falling, and when some of us miniature hobbyists commit ourselves to painting either a Dreadnought (or something in its class) for Dreadtober, or something Orky for Orktober. As I have cheekily done in the past I am combining them both and once again I am painting up an Ork Dreadnought. This time it's a Goff themed one, straight out of Warhammer 40,000 2nd edition.

Straight from .94.

This model was released in early 1994, mere months after the launch of 40k 2nd ed. It was a replacement for the cardboard dread that came in the starter box, and the design of this model was very close to the image in that 2-D "model". (re: Waaagh Bink}.

They were nigh invulnerable from the side...

In fact, I think I like the way it's colored on that cardboard Dreadnought than I do the one on the box. Something I shall ponder on while I get closer to that stage...

exploded view instructions. 

Assembling this model is fairly easy but just in case the back of the box has this simple exploded view available. When I put mine together it be without the back banner, as those things are just to fragile and prone to snapping. Also, storage is more challenging with them and I am having enough challenges in that regard as it is and don't need any more complications in that matter.

Pre-assembly.

Here is the model, bear in mind that this is not glued. It never has been during the past 25 years that I have owned it. It's a testament to the design by Norman Swales and Alan Perry that this thing can practically snap together and stay together to some degree. I will finally choose a pose for it and glue it properly in the upcoming weeks.

I am still facing challenges to my hobby time but I am getting to a spot where I can squeeze in some miniature work. It's practically lamentable how little output I have had since June but the 2-D art I have produced has been very satisfying (and I am getting paid for it). But I have every intention to complete this Dreadtober project by the Halloween deadline (bookies are now taking bets).

Once it's done my goal is to have it clank across the battlefield blasting my enemies with it's mighty guns and ripping them apart with it's massive power claws. Just like it says on the box!

Dig that flavor text. 

See you in October!!!

The Road to Gorkamorka (Part 4)

Well, it appears I was more done with this guy than I had realized when I wrote up the last post. All that was left were a few touch-ups and some basing flock and off to da waaaargh!!!!

Da front.

Da rear.

Da Side.

What is next up in this series? Well, it is looking more and more unlikely that these guys will actually be played in a Gorkamorka gang so I am going to work on them still with the mindset that they will be reincorporateded into my over-all ork force as part of the Goffs Detachment. I talked about this recently that I plan to breakdown my Ork army into clan themed battalions. I have at least finally primed the boyz and two trukks, which,  believe it it not, actually is progress!

Progress thru priming.

The Road to Gorkamorka (Part 3)

The mostly done Runtherd.

The road for this chap has been a long one for sure. Continuing from Part-2 I decided to work on the white area on the shouldetpad giving it a dark grey basecoat which I will work up to white. I used a dark brown paint on the metalic areas and the whip.

Basecoats.

Firy Orange was the basecoat for the pistol and Khornate Red for the red trim on the armor. Ulthran Grey was used over the dark grey.

More basecoats and some midcoats.

Sunburst Yellow was the next layer on the fun  and it was also the highlight color for the Ork skin. Mephiston Red was applied onto the red armor trim.

Red muzzle.

He is starting to come together nicely. I use a craft paint called Graphite on the black armor and then I apply Nuln Oil over this. I find it gives the flak armor a bit more depth. I tbink he is turning out to look quite Goffik.

Mostly done.

I decided to follow Warhammer TV's tutorial on how to paint grot red noses on the really big boil on this guy's head. Kev Adams sculpted many zits onto his Ork miniatures back in the day, and I am glad to have finally found a painting method for them that I like. Of course I topped it off with a White Scar highlight.

Like I said, it is mostly done, I just couldn't knock out the final steps in time for this post...

Da Goffs 7 ( Part 1)

Since my last post featuring my Goffs I kinda been distracted by these old Orks and that is pretty much all I have worked on. At the end of that post I had already declared that I was going to knock out these last seven Goffs and that I was going for a more rugged approach with their paint jobs. But I looked at the 40k 2nd edition boxed art and threw that notion to the wind. Yup, I went full flame'n 2nd ed Goff on this guy!

"The '90s called..."

 I totally tried to copy one of the Orks from that painting, right down to the red horns, triangles on the shoulder pads, etc. I even crudely painted the red stripes onto the yellow gun also.

"I seez red. It 'urtz me 'ead." 

 Unlike the models I painted 20 years ago, I decided to ditch the browns on the leathers and the wooden axe handle. This axe handle on this one is just a dark gray drybrushed over black.

Seriously, how long could you stand like this? 

Here is a snip from the John Blanche art that adorned the 2nd ed boxed set.  My feeble attempt to replicate the white jags on the helm were abandoned and painted over. And despite my embrace of the red horns or this mini, I just couldn't bring myself to paint the gun clip red. Still, I wish the final models had those spikes on the shoulder pads, it would have vastly improved these boyz.

Goff painted by John Blanche*

So there you have it, my retro Goff. Ah, but what about the other six minis? Well, they are progressing...

The other six.

*Art by John Blanche (C) Games Workshop Ltd 1993, image used for reference purposes and not as a challege to copyright.

Goff Talk

Goffs!!!

Yes, today I am talking about Goffs. The Space Orks clan of axe-wielding, horn-headed, bull-skull love'n boyz in black. Specifically my Goffs. The Goffs are my primary Ork Clan. Sure, I have some Bad Moons, Snake Bites, etc. But the primary theme for the army is Goffs.

These Goffs I am talking about today are the models that came with the Warhammer 40,000 2nd Edition starter set. That set came with twenty mono-pose (OK, yes, technically you can raise or lower the gun arm, but whatever) Goff Orks. The box had a brilliantly executed John Blanche painting on it that was totally inspiring. And the 2nd Ed Ork Codex had a color section in it that showcased a variety of different Goff color schemes. Please keep in mind that this was the mid-'90s. The RED '90s. Over 20 years ago.

I decided to paint these guys in squads of five so I could break them up into smaller units if I ever needed to. To best pull this off I chose to paint these groups using the 2nd Ed Ork codex as a guide.

The first group I painted is essentially my go-to Goff scheme. The "Ork Pizza" boyz that I first posted on here way back in 2011, in a post called Orky Love, are sort of based on this scheme, sans the red.

Mostly black Goff.

One boy has a uniquely painted gun inspired by the Blanche art. I really like this and I wonder why I never repeated this on any of the other boyz...

The Goff with the yellow gun.

My favorite color scheme was this one with the dark green flak armor. I think If I painted this group today I would play down the red and ditch the tan pants for red.

The green Goff scheme.

The red and white Goffs are very...disco. Yet I like them. Not sure how I would tweak this if I were to do it now.

Red and White Goff.

The red orks. Definitely a product of their time!

The so-red-it-hurts Goff.

In time I added more Goff Orks to the original twenty but I never painted them. Well, witb exception to two metal Orks, one of whom was this Nob that I am still quite proud of.

Redklaw Da Kripple.

 Old Redklaw, and other two metal Goffs (they are front and center in the top pic) were the only Goff boyz to have their bases flocked back then. And I am glad for that as these will be redone, in time, with the brown color that I like to use.

I happen to have seven more of these style Orks and the notion hit me to finally finish them. This whole post started when I decided I wanted to finish these two models from the path to Gorkamorka posts.  But I couldn't recall exactly how I painted my older Goffs so I dug them out to look at them and saw these gits just begging for paint.

Totally begging for paint. 

I started on them right away by basecoating their skin and painting their bases. And I think, sticking with tradition here, that I will paint these boyz, with their own five-man subgroup, in a weird fusion of these two color schemes. But I will likely down-play the reds.

A date with fusion.

They will get their own post at some point. Also I plan on finally basing the older painted guys. It should be a lot of fun!