Looks like I’m back after a bit of a hiatus/rest/blogging burnout. We’ll start with posting the last few models of 2023 and then the next couple of posts will be catching up to the present moment of mid-February. So here as have a couple of metal Space Orks from the opening months of Rogue Trader’s release back in 1988. I’d planned to get these done for Orktober 2023 but they got finished in early November. Well, I say finished. I just did the tufts yesterday – but the painting was November so I’ll call these last year’s models because that’s when the hard work was put in.
I painted them with desert-themed camouflage as well as orangey-brown quilted armour as a nod how I always painted this kind of armour back in the day myself. I’ve still got a fair few of these old classic metals to get painted and they’re definitely in the queue, just not at the front right now. I do look forward to getting all(!) of my old Ork metals painted and finished in 2024. Let’s cross our fingers there…
See you tomorrow with the next bit of catch-up!
Azazel's Bitz Box. 
Nicely done mate – these oldies are such a joy to paint 🤘
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Cheers Alex. It’ll be even more a source of joy when I finally finish these old Orks!
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Great to see you back on the blogs mate, you have been missed, and excellent job on these classic Orks
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Thanks on both parts, Dave!
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Neat mate 👍🏻sorry that I have been absent but I will try to catch up this year 👍🏻😎
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Cheers Pat – this is my first post since November. I’ve been having a break myself so you probably didn’t miss a thing!
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😂😂👍🏻cheers mate that makes me feel a whole lot better😎
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It’s a pleasure to read your posts again after some time – we too had been absent from the blogging world for a few months. And even better is the return in oldhammer style, with the grinning faces of Kev Adams’ orks!
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Thank you mate. I’ve got a fair bit of stuff to catch up on from my hiatus. I’ve got a fair few more of these oldhammer Orks to get painted sometime as well!
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Great to see you back blogging again, and some nice work there on those classic minis!
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Thank you Dave! Much appreciated!
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Welcome back to the blogging world! Nicely painted, I love the nostalgia of these.
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Cheers AB. I’ve got a bit of work in front of me to get the rest done!
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Cracking work on da boyz and good to see you back from your blogging break. 🙂
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Cheers mate. I missed the interaction in a lot of ways, but was quite happy not feeling the obligation to post constantly. 😀
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Welcome back mate. Hoe you are doing better. Judging by the pictures i’d venture things are looking up?
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Thansk mate – these were painted back in November as I was fading out. Still tired but I’m getting hobby stuff done again now so time to get this stuff photographed and thrown up online!
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Nice minis! :-) I like the sandy quilted armour look! Good to see you blogging!
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Thanks John! Luckily for me my OG armour style still fits fits the desert theme of these Boyz!
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Welcome back again! I wouldn’t have chosen a better option to come back! Truly lovely greenskins, I’d love to see more!
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Thanks mate – there will indeed be more as I’ve got a few more WIP on the table from the same batch. So hopefully sooner than later?
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Lovely and crisp
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Thanks mate!
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That’s kind of cool, don’t think I’ve seen Orks in brown leather before. Welcome back!
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Thanks! The Brown Leather is really a throwback to the way that GW originally painted these, so it’s a nod to both those old models, and the way I painted models from this era myself – while still fitting the desert theme of how I’ve been painting my Orks for awhile now. 🙂
On a bit of a blog hiatus again right now, but I’ll be back eventually!
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Its good to see you back at it, mate and these are great minis to return with too. Your desert basing looks top notch as always!
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Thanks Kuribo. Having another bit of a break now, but just getting the painting wheels turning again in the last few days. Hopefully I can get some more of these old-school Orks done this year!
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I remember those figures fondly. You’ve done agrerat job on them.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thanks Pete – still a good few of these to go, so look for some more of them this year. 🙂
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Glad you’re back! Fantastic work on the Orks, those are some lovely old-school minis.
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Thanks mate – working on some “midhammer” models at the moment, so expect those to start dropping in when I get back to posting (again!)
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Very cool, looking forward to seeing them!
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