Stalinz Orkan

The competiton image(s)

2009-08-25T04:25:00.000-07:00

Well, I've been playing around with the images I have and tried to create an image to submit for the competiton.
Here is the first, but I definately won't submit this one.
It's more a joke :)

Image A

Image B

Image C

Image D

Image E

Image F

Image G

and image H

Oh, so many choices.....

Animation :)

2009-08-24T04:13:00.000-07:00

Cool, huh?

Most productive weekend

2009-08-24T02:55:00.000-07:00

Despite my nephews 15th Birthday
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Florian (Curles in the center)

and his little garden party, I had the chance to work alot on the Kazushaaah.

First I completed the look-out with his special binoculars

Then came the Goldtoof with the machine-telegraph

Then came Rambooh and his little toy

The little Grot on the pole came next

Next to last was the assistant gunner - handeling elevation of the launcher

And the final crew member was the Mek Skoottie

Added some oil and grime to make him extra dirty

I think he fits nicely into his working environment

And then it was time to mount the bombs

Spent some extra effort on the rocket exhaust

Next update will then be the final images and competition collage.

Cheers

Three with one stroke

2009-08-21T02:21:00.000-07:00

Well not quite with one stroke, but at least in on evening.

First I completed the mascott Ha(w)king...hmm, I think I need a better name...

A close-up of the SM helmet

I really, really like how the pose turned out.

On with the (flying) Dutchmaan

Some positioning...

And then there was time for Klang-Klang, the pianomaan

And the first four members of the crew in their final position

Cheers

Klaus

An evening with the Boss

2009-08-20T03:28:00.000-07:00

I spent last evening with full attention to the Boss Stalin.
The following images show him after his second black bath, ready for highlighting:

And a face close-up

And these images are with the highlighting and detailing done:

I like the way the black leather turned out

Grim dude

And in position on the Kazushaaah.

Next up will most likely be the mascott.

Cheers

Taking a bath, Rust and Dust

2009-08-19T02:15:00.001-07:00

Over the last few days I slowly added details to most characters.
First is Stalin, now ready to take the first bath in a bronw dipping.

Next was Haking, the little mascott

Pompous little prat :)

Then mek Bikwrench was ready for the dipping.

notice the tattoo "MOM" - Masta o' Meks"

Assistant gunner (who's elevating the launcher)

Then I started adding damage to the vehicle

Then I experimened with pastels as pigments for rust and dust

Nice and dirty

Driving through teh Dencara desert creates quite some dust

I wonder if there's a car wash big enough for it :)

And I worked on the launching bombs exhaust flames

I think this will look nice in the final position

:-)

Dutchmaan after his second bath in brown

And Ramboo

That's it :)

Cheers

Klaus

2009-08-17T02:21:00.001-07:00

As you can see, the rest of the crew also received their camos.

not much to see so far, but they'll turn out nice ;-)

Then more details, like the steampunk scales

and navigation display

Several scales for the engine together with even more grime.

Then I did some highlighting to the colored panels.

Added the nametag

and a personal message :)

A direction marking for the piloz

And another crew posing test

Then I started with the basic skin color (pls remember they will all be dipped - http://www.coolminiornot.com/go.php/go/articlephp/aid/725? - so everything is just base paint)

Also the piloz received their first skin coat

leather

The boss is progressing nicely

Just as Goldtoof the Speedboy

Da Navigator

Cheers

Klaus

More paint

2009-08-14T04:32:00.000-07:00

For ease of painting I removed the launcher section from the vehicle,

and started on some detials, like the organs keyboard, targeting screen, and the red searchlight.

The rear-section with the steampunk engine received some more black washes and speckling with Chaos Black.

The remaining crew members also received the Commando Khaki base coat for their uniforms.

well, that was last nights work ;-)

Cheers

Klaus

Rusty base, rookits, and camoflage

2009-08-13T01:57:00.000-07:00

After several washes and a thinned coat of Tin Biz the Kazuchaah looks really promising.

A nice rusty base.

And another drybrush of Boltgun Metal makes it look quite proppa!

In the meantime also the bombs received several coats of wash and drybrushes of Blood Red. Then some highlighting of the details...

Now I need to do the interiors, the exhausts, the details...and then I can do the weathering...

While the vehicle and the bombs were drying, I suffad with the boyz camoflage patterns.

It is still very light, as the whole character will receive several rounds of dipping when I'm done with the skin.

But I think this will look quite nice

and is easy enough for all the of crew members

Kinda like the German Flecktarn pattern...

Then the vehicle got some first spots of color

Looks Dead 'ard wun!

Oh, yes, I promised some more of Stalin....

Cheers

klaus

First paint

2009-08-10T03:33:00.001-07:00

I worked some more on Stalin, completing the epaulettes

Eventhough I added some more details after these were taken

Filled the stitches

I don't know why I didn't take any images of the final Stalin - the coat received some more rims and a belt.... Oh well

Then I took everything outside and gave it a black base coat

The weather was ideal - pretty warm and sunny, no wind

Back in my "office" I gave everything a first rusty painting (here the paint is still wet)

Then I gave the bombs a first try...

I don't think I will keep this paint scheme....it just doesn't look right

Then the Kazuchaah received another wash of rusty brown

I'm pretty satisfied with this rusty base look

Cheers

Klaus

More on Stalin and the Orkan

2009-08-06T03:17:00.000-07:00

Another line-up shot of the crew.

I worked some more on the sculpt of Stalinz coat

Still pretty WIP and needs a lot of detailing

I will connect the holes with some more putty, making git look like stitches

The left side should pad (epaulette?) is also still to be done

Then I worked more on the Kazuchaah, adding some railing

Details and rivets in the rear

The left side

And the front

Also the main deck received some more plates and a lot of rivets.

The crew in position

Da bombs

ready to launch

and bomb 1 taking off

I will try to make some smoke with batting for the starting bomb

Before I went to bed I started to cut some glyphs

And here's an Intelligence Intercept from the Dencara system......

Cheers

klaus

Rivets, characters, and changed plans.

2009-08-04T03:11:00.000-07:00

Wow, I can tell you one thing: working with Orks makes a mess of your desk :)

Since I'm constantly searching through my plasticard pile and bits box, everything is cluttered and messy.

Anyhow, I spent two days riveting.

All four bombs now have rivets.

Another gazillion of rivets were placed on the launch platform.

In addition I placed an operator for the elevation mechanism :)

Then I got carried away again, and built a vehicle for the organ:

Its a big crawler like vehicle with tracks

Looks Orky enough?

and with the launch platform

May I introduce?
The Kazuchaa

And I started to add more characters.

Here is the Mek

working on the engine

which is placed at the rear of the vehicle

and another look at the forward section

Next is the engine telegraph and its operator (some may recon this item as originally produced for the ZEUS)

next is the navigator at the "wheel"

The organist, operating the launcher

And the captain....

as you can see I had a major change of plans here.

I wasn't able to finish the body in a satisfactory manner, so I decided to use the body of the "Black Reach" boss together with my sculpted head.

I think it is a decent start, with the custom gun. I will try to add a longcoat, similar to what Ursarkar Creed wears, draped over his shoulders.

hopefully this will be last major item to really add.

I still have to do some detailing on the vehicle, like railings ect before I can start painting....

and the deadline is approaching very fast :(

Cheers

Klaus

Major Update

2009-07-29T04:27:00.001-07:00

Well, despite some major Migrane attacks I was able to do some work on Friday and Tuesday.
So here is a rather large update:

I started working on the actual launch ramp.
Here you can see the "organists" station.

A typical ork contruction (and a great way to get rid of some of my leftover plasticard).

There are still some details to the organists-station, but you get the idea.

I started to modify a Ork biker to be the organist.

And I started on the Grot-bombs....well actually more planes than pure bombs. And instead of Grots I have real Orks manning.

Bomb 1 in launch position

some details...

And a fingerpost, so the Orks know which way to go *grin*

more details

But still missing all the rivets..

Bomb 2

Bomb 3

Bomb 4 (this will actually be launching)

And all four in launch position

I think it is progressing nicely, eventhough I'm coming close to my internal timeline. Since the competition ends on Aug 28th, I wanted to finish the actual building by Aug 1st and then start painting....I don't think this is still realistic, so I will have to cut the painting timeline....

Cheers

klaus

Little Boy

2009-07-24T02:35:00.000-07:00

Hm, looks as if little boy isn't so little after all.
Almost biger thatn the average Ork boy and a standard human...a bit large for a Grot.

On the other hand, who says that little boy needs to be a Grot?

He's the mascot of the battery...

...and arrogant to boot :-)

Well, I added more details yesterday, improving the facial impression and adding a shawl.

I'm envision a white "pilots shawl" - like Snoopy from the Peanuts wears when he's flying.

A real diva's pose

So, this weekend I will work some more on the big boy and hopefully start with the organ itself.

Cheers

Klaus

More sculpting and challenges

2009-07-22T03:12:00.001-07:00

Since I wanted to smoothen out yesterdays sculpt (the big boys arm), I tried to delute some green putty, so I could brush it onto the sculpt.

I'm not sure, but I think using rubbing aclohol was probably the wrong deluting agent

as the result is rather grainy.

Eventhough the deluted putty nicely flowed into the grooves and gaps, similar to inking or diping, the rather grainy consistency prevented a really smooth finish.

I will have to find out how I can solve this little riddle, before I can continue.

In the meantime I worked some more on the little boy.

I added the base for his head.

Which gives a lead on the rather arrogant way he's gonna hold his head.

Additionally I added decoration to the sholder pads.

on one side it's explosion symbol (more or less for artillery)

And on the other side the powerfull/dangerous symbol.

Cheers

klaus

More Sculpting

2009-07-21T03:25:00.001-07:00

I continued sculping the big boy.
Added a decoration rim around the cap and modified the upper lip.

He looks more aggressive this way.

Also I added a skull decoration to the top of the cap.

Really Orkish ugly :)

Than I continued on little boy.

I added the pants and jacket for the right side, plus some deatils, like a skull emblem on the chest, some more cords and a belt thingie.

On the rear there's still some cleanup to to.

But the pose is really what I wanted.

Then I worked on the body of the big boy, and started with the neck and left arm. Eventhough he will wear a uniform, I think I will leave the arms exposed (I have yet to see an Ork with a long sleve uniform).

I'm statisfied with the skulpting of the arm (eventhough he still needs some cleanup), but from the proportions it is now clear, that I have to make the legs longer.

But I will do that once the torso is completed.

Here's a mockup of the head and torso - not quite the final position, but you get the idea.

Cheers

Klaus

Building the characters

2009-07-20T02:33:00.001-07:00

As described in my previous post, the diorama will be based on the cartoonish side and will be based on the individual characters.
So I started of with the commander of the artilery battery, the nob (so far without name) and his mascot.
Since I wanted the special pose shown in the previous sketch I couldn't really use a off the shelf nob for this - I also want him to be bigger, yet smaller than a real boss. So with some cutting and pining I created the base for the nob.

Then I started to flesh him out and fill the gaps - wiht my standard IG stormtrooper for scale.

There's still a lot of filling and forming to do, but the basic shape is there.

Next was the face. Again, the standard Nob head seems a bit small, so he will have to be altered. Cutting away the ponytail and an ear, I prepped the head.

Then I "jack-palance'ed" him, by giving him a strong chin, large jaws and some extra cheekbones - together with the tiny nose, he reminds me of Jack Palance *grin*

As you can see, his left ear is missing - and will remain so.

After the ear- and noserings I started to add the base for a cap.

It will be one of those large soviet style ones.

While the Pro-Sculpt cured I started woking on the Grot masot.

Basically he'll be in a conquerers pose on a Space Marine helmet. He's a compelte scratch sculpt.

Again, time to cure, so i returned to the Nob.

I added an Ork skull dekoration and the top of the cap.

I think it looks just right.

It will get some more decoration and details, but I think it looks great.

While these pieces cured, I contuniued on the Grot.

As you can see, his grand pose will be acompanied by a grand uniform, with epaulettes and stuff.

I only worked on the right side, as there we some small items on the left still curing.

But I think this is a decent start.

Cheers

Klaus

Stalinz Orkan

2009-07-20T02:05:00.000-07:00

Stalinz Orkan?
Whus dad?
Well, Stalinz Orkan will be my Ork version of "Stalins Organ" or "Stalinorgel" aka the BM-13 "Katyusha".

Actually the whole project will be for a new contest at Work in Progress:
"The Summer of Shelling" and artillery challenge -

Since my Imperial Guard is heavily involved in the building of the ZEUS super-heavy tank and the ATHENA airship, I decided to enter this challenge with my Stachelnschweinz Ork Clan.
This blog will be a secret blog (only email updates to some of my friends), but will serve after the challenge as a WIP and PIP protocol.

So, back to Stalinz Orkan.
In the end it will simply be a overglorified Grot Bomb Launcher, well, Multiple Grot Bomb Launcher, or "throw as many grot bombs at the enemy as possbile". I'm trying to capture a more cartoonish feeling and it will be based on the individual characters of the diorama.

So here is a first idea of the batteries Nob (not sure if I'll really name him Stalin) and his Grot mascott:

He will wear a simple uniform (plus probably a cloak) and his chest will be decorated with countless medals and stuff - soviet style. I'm not sure if he'll get a Stalin mustache, as that would probably cover his teeth.....
More images in my next post.
Cheers
Klaus