Friday, 8 February 2019

Rogue Trader Ork Dreadnought pilot, taking a break.

I've been painting a lot more Rogue Trader Orks, but more of those in other updates. For now, here is a conversion of an Ork Dreadnought.

I have always loved the film 'Kelly Heroes', and Oddball's tank crews in particular. One of the crew, known as 'Turk', amused me. It must have been the fez, as I like fez's. So I converted an old solid based Orc crewman  from Citadel's Arcane Monstrosities TA4 Orc War Machine. It was a simple conversion, bending the arms, and adding a green stuff fez and cigar. The Dreadnought was painted in a rusy style, with Citadel's Typus Corrosion, Ryza Rust, and Runefang Steel.

And so there you have it. A chilling out Ork pilot, taking a break somewhere on Rynn's World.

Enjoy, and don't hit me with any negative waves Moriarity. :)

 Chilling out.
 Close up.
I do love how Citadels Technical Paints turn out.
I am not sure the Fez looks as tidy as a real fez, but could always be more of a smoking hat instead.
 Rear view.
Oddball's crew.
Next will be more Rogue Trader Space Orks!
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14 comments:

  1. Suber8 February 2019 at 20:50

    Bravo! You made me chuckle, this one is so great! :D

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    1. Goblin Lee8 February 2019 at 21:04

      Thank you, it makes me chuckle everytime I see him too :)

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  2. Dave Stone9 February 2019 at 08:40

    Great conversion Lee, always fun to see a persons love for a film move into their gaming

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    1. Goblin Lee9 February 2019 at 21:35

      Thank you, I always loved the cultural references in 1980's Games Workshop, and also when people added their own to their miniatures. Some of the old 'eavy Metal photographs have some fun references which people have made.

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  3. Phil Curran9 February 2019 at 11:38

    Kellys Heroes started me out on my life long love affair of Tiger tanks, yes I know now it was just a T34 in drag, but when I was under 10 my Corgi Tiger and I fought many a carpet battle.

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    1. Goblin Lee9 February 2019 at 21:37

      LOL, a Tiger in drag! That's quite funny. You're right, I seem to recall reading that the film makers had access to lots of ol Shermans, but had to convert some T34's into Tigers. It's a great film :)

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  4. Skully9 February 2019 at 13:55

    This is the long lost coolness Games Workship is desperately seeking (by just re-releasing retro units) and will never find back. Awesome work!

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    1. Goblin Lee9 February 2019 at 21:39

      You're right, GW is looking back at a lot of it's old background and design concepts to capture some of the old magic. It's nice that they are trying to, and it's good to see it, but I think they are constrained by what they can do now. I think it's up to gamers/collectors to pcik up where they left off and are leading.

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  5. Neil Scott9 February 2019 at 16:09

    Great looking conversion

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    1. Goblin Lee9 February 2019 at 21:40

      Thank you, it was a bit of fun and enjoyable to do.

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  6. Nico9 February 2019 at 17:05

    Great add, love the plasma cannon (^_^)

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    1. Goblin Lee9 February 2019 at 21:44

      Thank you.
      I was reading the old Rogue Trader rules for the Ork Dreadnoughts and they said (to paraphrase) that Orks, being Orks, are quite free with the weapons they use on their Dreanoughts. This is catered for in the Dreadnought option rules. So, as the Heavy Plasma Gun is used by Orks, and is on one of the diagrams of Dreadnoughts, I thought why not? I took pains to use the 'correct' older style design of Heavy Plasma Gun too.

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  7. (Kym) + Warburton + (Classic40K) 10 February 2019 at 23:08

    Excellent conversion! :)

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    1. Goblin Lee10 February 2019 at 23:55

      Thank you. I like your Orks in Power Armour, and Skaven too.

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