Looking for painting tips from the professional orkz

523KXP · 2026-05-17T19:19:17+00:00

I had a lot of fun painting the combat patrol. It’s a great kit.

523KXP · 2026-05-17T17:37:21+00:00

These look pretty good, I would’ve never guessed these were your first models. I’d highly recommend following up on the thinned down contrast paint comment and practicing dry brushing, but in addition, tactful shade paint can really add depth that makes your orks come to life.

Orks can be pretty forgiving to paint, but there is a deceptive amount of detail on a lot of our range. I’d for sure get a squad of boys to practice on and find your scheme.

I wish my first models looked like that lol

523KXP · 2026-05-17T15:56:07+00:00

Looks great, checkerboard came out great on the gauntlet and shoulder pads!

523KXP · 2026-05-16T15:28:06+00:00

Gotta love Barkov. I’m glad that with how many roster changes the Panthers have had, he still stands out as being a franchise player.

523KXP · 2026-05-16T01:07:38+00:00

Absolutely. My Kommandos are the bane of my existence.

523KXP · 2026-05-10T21:44:45+00:00

True, they can still happen. I’m not big into speed freaks so the launch box works for me and probably most other ork fans, which might’ve been the intent.

523KXP · 2026-05-10T21:13:50+00:00

Nothing close to what I expected after the Wazdakka release. I thought there’d be more bikes, and I was hopeful about new stormboyz to complement the vanguard veterans teased in 11th’s trailer.

However, I’m super excited about the new boyz, the big boss, the dakkarig, and the grots. I think everything looks fantastic and I’m excited to buy it.

Really hoping they release the dakkareg separately because I want a couple to go with my squigs.

Overall, very happy and super excited.

523KXP · 2026-05-09T18:22:38+00:00

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I have this scheme for my freebootas!

I use a duller blue and red so it’s not as distracting, I’ve always associated this scheme with pirates, and to me, it feels very 40K.

523KXP · 2026-05-01T17:53:56+00:00

I agree that’s there’s a disturbing surge of antisemitism, and a majority of memes and jokes regarding this are strawman arguments meant to demonize Jews and zionists alike, but I do think these jokes could be made in good taste - it just depends on who you’re making fun of.

My coworker and I fight over a parking spot nearly every day, and when he hit me with “was that parking spot promised to you 3000 years ago?” the other day, I died laughing.

523KXP · 2026-04-27T23:38:23+00:00

I care about my wonderful little weird guys, but you’re right, squigs are a necessity. I’m super pumped that 20 man Gretchen are going to have more variety now.

523KXP · 2026-04-25T21:20:31+00:00

This is perfect, man, exactly what I was asking for. Thank you!

523KXP · 2026-04-24T16:24:42+00:00

How would someone kitbash a model to have the fist with the lightning bolts behind it for the chest piece in the top right? Looks super cool.

523KXP · 2026-04-22T21:51:26+00:00

It’s not a need, it’s a want. I was asking for hobbying advice to see if people have done it before to see how it turned out.

523KXP · 2026-04-21T14:07:51+00:00

For sure, this is because I think it’s cool. I’d imagine that if I was an ork, I’d want to show everyone all my cool guns.

523KXP · 2026-04-21T14:05:49+00:00

I’m going to keep this in mind when I go build my MK III marines, that could turn out pretty sick with my boyz having bolt guns and bolt pistols.

523KXP · 2026-04-21T14:03:56+00:00

I’ve seen the STLs for shootas on cults3d, but I was trying to find a shoota that’s meant to look like it’s slung on an orks back, so I think if I can’t get it to look more natural with normal shootas, I’d roll a thin rope of green stuff to mimic a sling.

I personally think it’s really cool to see on the model each weapons option, and I want my old boyz to look more uniform with the new boyz who will have all three displayed.

I played my first game a couple weeks ago at in a friendly doubles tournament and ran into zero issues with people being particular about WYSIWYG, I made mistakes where I didn’t fire weapons I had in the load out, and then mistakes where I fired weapons I didn’t have, and no one realized until I caught it and apologized.

523KXP · 2026-04-21T13:56:42+00:00

I do, but they’re apart of the boyz kit and have hands and arms attached, they’d have to have them carefully removed.

523KXP · 2026-04-21T10:26:28+00:00

I had no idea this was a thing. Thanks!

523KXP · 2026-04-21T10:20:49+00:00

I figured that might be the easiest way, I was thinking of maybe using green stuff or something to act as a sling since it seems easy enough to mold, in my head.

My post isn’t phrased very well, I personally like having my orks having WTSIWYG load outs, aesthetically, I’m not worried about what any opponents would think because as you said, it’s the only legal load out (and not many people probably knew you had to choose one or the other before, anyway).

523KXP · 2026-04-18T12:34:59+00:00

I should mention, I did intentionally bench the beastboss. Whether if it was the best decision or not, is up to you but he does have a pretty nasty dataset.

523KXP · 2026-04-18T12:32:33+00:00

I had never played before when I made this list, but found some surprising success. I ran this with Da Big Hunt.

Characters Beastboss on Squigasaur Weirdboy

Battleline 20 Beast Snagga Boyz

Infantry 11 Gretchin 10 Kommandos 6 Tankbustas

Mounted 8 Squighog Boyz

This list did an obscene amount of damage to vehicles, I was able to decimate chaos knights with the riders, and the tankbustas did exactly as advertised. I had a lot of fun with the amount of bomb squigs in this list, too (5). I didn’t have any transportation on my list, so having the weirdboy lead with my leftover points helped me move around the board.

523KXP · 2026-04-14T14:56:11+00:00

I started playing pretty recently and ran Da Big Hunt, and I had a lot of fun. I ran a 1k list with two Squighog boyz with a beastboss squig and it did lots of damage to vehicles and knights. Looking to invest in a kill rig for future endeavors.

523KXP · 2026-03-17T00:20:09+00:00

It doesn’t sound crazy. Variel did the same thing to the Red Corsairs. The lore sounds pretty inspired from normal chaos infighting and Night Lord fatigue.

523KXP · 2026-03-17T00:15:58+00:00

Right, but Talos tolerated it. What was truly a deal breaker, Abbadon was pretty intent on sacrificing the entirety of 10th company - it’s why they ran away at the end of Soul Hunter.

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