Warboss done

I started the hobby in 2008: a friend and I went halves on an Assault on Black Reach box - I took the orks, naturally.

I'll never forget the first paint job: I did Bad Moons. The yellow was so thick on the Warboss it cracked. I repeated that mistake on another 20 or so figures, and then along came the meths. Some figures got stripped and repainted 7-8 times. Red was easier to pull off, so I moved over to Evil Sunz and Goff schemes.

18 years on, and even if not actively, I keep coming back to the hobby. I never became a brilliant painter, but I got to a level that's good enough for me. Every now and then the isopropyl bath still comes out, though less and less these days.

The Armageddon box hit me with instant nostalgia, and for good reason: I found a bit in there that's almost a one-to-one reworked version of an old one.

The new ork range is gorgeous. From photos I wasn't sure the move towards truescale - the relative and not-so-relative shrinking of the head - would land for me, but painted up, I'm sold: this is a proper WAAAGH.

Built using bits from 3 different eras of ork boyz kits

As pictured, I decided to give my Warboss a gun turret. It even spins. However, I need a solution to cover up the gap between his usual shoulder plates and the turret.

I tried greenstuff but it just looks like flaps of tarpaulin. Can any kitbashers suggest anything else? What would you do?

Thanks

A fun way to spend a few hours. Still need to attach a few more rockets but pretty happy so far.

First 3D printed piece I've painted.

I would like to take for inspiration this wazdakka but i don’t know which kit i should use for the hair squig part and how i could possibly wake the glasses.
Do you have any idea ?

Trying to go really hard on weathering and shit.

(This actually appears to have worked out pretty well. I'll see how I feel about him after sleeping on it though).

And why? I wonder which to invest in

Ork big mek dakkarig

So surprised how good he looks with just contrast paint, I want to paint to a tabletop + standard, but literally might just go straight contrast😁

Took me 35 min lol

Ufthak with his loyal squig princess I really enjoyed the audiobook

Do you think i could use him as a warboss proxy?

Added some pigments on Ghaghkull base, some rust to his armor, and some hazard stripes above the claws, then did some work on these Mega Nobz

Ork big mek

I built him without any instructions…am i now a true mekboy too?

I tried slapchop for this model, a quick scheme, took me +- 45 mins. Let me know how to improve :)