Sukigod's Ork Waaagh! Log

[sukigod]

Ahem.

I'm back (for now )



Painted checks on the engine cowlings the other night. Now that schools over, I can devote a little time to Moar Dakka, and i look forward to every minute of it

Later!

[Christopher Valera]

Thanks all.

Just proving I'm not sittin' on my haunches this break...

Blocking out the metals by going over them with Badab black first - always base your metals with black, there's a very good and scientific/optical reason why they look better that way. If you're curious, let me know and I'll do a tutorial!

This takes a long time to block everything out so be patient. I'm hoping to be doing stenciling and checks by weeks end.





Later!

Came here from the BoLS facebook to say this is awesome.

--Chris
[url]www.chrisvalera.com[/url]

[Moriar52]

definitely an orky design. not sure if anyone has noticed but the trajectory of the primary engine exhaust would obliterate the tail planes and booms as soon as they were started. still that's orks for you. cool build never the less.

[sukigod]

Busy. So very busy!

Life is a cruel mistress, especially where hobbies are concerned. Between work, school, teaching and preppign for Waaagh!Fest!, I don't get much free time, but with what little i do, Itry to make it orky

Wanted to do a little showing off now that they are finished

Each year we host a pub tournament called Granite City Waaagh!Fest! in honor of Redd's own Kalm Before the Storm. Beer, pretzels, food, friends and 40K. It happens that every other year I attempt to make something specials for the top placers. Along with their already handsomely etched 1 ltr. beer mugs, two years ago I made custom ork boy slugga pistols using Nerf Mavericks as a base.

This years creation was actually two years in the making. I had the idea for last year's event and the poster even had it incorporated into it (#1 Squig!) but it just wasn't working out creatively (wrong artist) and price wise (too expensive). This year, the warp aligned and I found someone who could (would) do what I was looking for. Behold the Stuffed Squigs!




Adorable! There are actually four but I still need to attach a miscast toof to the last one. Their about the size of a basketball and a very bright, deep flame-colored, brilliant red (which is hard to photograph). I've got them slavering over a stock GW battlewagon as a Barry shot for scale.

I am really excited at how well they turned out and can't' wait to give these little buggers out in two weeks (1 1/2?).

[Shaughnn]

How can I buy one for myself? These look great!

[Hokiecow]

How can I buy one for myself? These look great!

^^ This!!

Great job!

[Dave Fothergill]

Must have a cuddly squig !! They are amazing !

[Yaum]

You need to make more of these...

[Meph]

Kickstarter it and be rich!

[sukigod]

Kickstarter it and be rich!

Hmmm. Hadn't thought of the Kickstarter approach. We did price these out to see if they would be worth producing for sale but we were looking at nearly $120 a piece to make them worthwhile. We'd never make them in batches large enough to bring the price down below $100 each. Of the three people involved, all of the labor was either worked for in trade or donated. It helps to have friends with skills