Friday 27 October 2017

Hacking the head off me Nob for Orktober!

Been a while since my last blog post hasn't it fellas! I've got a good excuse though, after severely  injuring myself during a masturbatory incident I was left unable to hobby for a few months. A word of warning to all you kiddies out there, slow and steady wins the race. Anyway, minis......

Over the past couple of years I've been able to track down all of the old RT Ork Nobz, for use in running The Wolf Time campaign. The scenario requires ten, plus a character model, so eleven in all. The only problem is is that I'm pretty sure that GW only ever produced eight variations of the PA Orks. I managed to purchase all of them, but to fill in the missing three that I needed I decided to use one of the other Ork bosses with chunky armour, standing on a SM helmet, as a PA Nob. Another mini I got hold of to proxy as a Nob was this guy from Knightmare Games. That left me one short. Luckily for me, one of the auctions I won on Ebay had an Ork Nob double. So I decided to convert him......I don't like doubles :(

So that's the subject of today's post. Below is the double, which just happens to be my least favourite out of the range IMO. I had a butchered Hhruk mini in my bits box, so I decided to use him for the conversion.


The one I'm going to keep as is.
The one I attacked with my saw.
The donor head from Hhruk, and some of
the shoulder from the Nob.
I changed the leg position and fixed up the damage I caused with GS.
I grabbed an old Space Crusade placky mini and removed his shoulder.
I originally wanted to equip him with a chunky weapon, so I combined
a SM Scout HB with a modern Ork bolt pistol arm.
After I added a few bits & bobs to it I then put the mini together.
I was happy with the shoulder and overall pose of the conversion.
But the gun was just way too big in comparison to the other Nobz weapons.
So I just went with a simple Chainsword swap instead.


Here he is all converted up, standing beside his counterpart.








And here's the ugly bastard all painted up:









So, that's my entry for Orktober 2017 out of the way. I'll get cracking on with the other Nobz soon. Hopefully I'll have them done by the end of the year.

Before I sign off I'd like to bring your attention to an awesome Kickstarter that's running atm. It's called Mini Gangs, created by Curtis fell (a friend of mine), who runs Ramshackle Games. It was fully funded in under a week, but now it's only got a few days to go before the KS ends. So, if your looking for a complete miniature game, catering for easy entry level play all the way through to in-depth adult level complexity, then have a look at the KS before it ends. It's an ace game!


Ok, that's it from me. See you in the soup :)





20 comments:

  1. A lovely conversion. Mind you the blog title made me wince.

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    1. If I made you wince then my job here is done :D

      Thanks Phil, he turned out alright I reckon.

      Cheers :)

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  2. I didn't realise how comprehensive your conversion work was on this guy - I thought it was just the chainsword! Excellent work integrating all those elements, he looks like he was popped out of a mould just so, 30 odd years ago :D

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    1. I'm a master of disguise, it looks like I've done fuck all, but only done just a fraction. I didn't want to do just a simple head swap, and besides which, I had to butcher the hell out of his body removing his gun....had no choice.

      Thanks bud :)

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  3. I loved him with the gun! I hope it gets an outing on another figure.

    Some great work there resculpting the missing areas on the leg.

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    1. I liked the gun too, but it is a lot bigger than the others. And the guys aren't equipped with any heavy weapons in the scenario. I'll definitely be using it for something else :)

      Thanks for the vote of confidence about the sculpting too. I'm very slowly getting better at it....baby steps.

      Cheers Chris :)

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  4. Lookin Proppa (even if not a Blood Axe Proppa)
    Are those vintage (ancient?) RT era orks even possible to acquire today? For less than an arm, leg, kidney and Golden Throne of Terra...

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    1. Thanks Ranalcus, They are a bit hard to find, but if your patient you can still buy them at a reasonable price. Took me almost a year to gather them all.

      Cheers :)

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    1. Thanks Matt, I'm pretty happy with the result too....took me a bloody long time to finish him :)

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  6. .....and he's back! Top not Erasmus!!!

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    1. Cheers big ears! The rest of the Nobz will be getting some attention soon :)

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  7. Excellent! I do share your concern about having two identical minis, but whoah, your commitment here is outstanding. Well done!

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    1. Thanks Suber :)

      Yeah, I almost always try and convert up doubles. I'm glad you like my Nob :P

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  8. Blimey I read the title and thought 'this bloke is really taking Orktober to another level'!

    Lovely conversions by the way!!

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    1. Anything for Orktober Riot.....ANYTHING!!!

      Glad you like him, he looks different enough from his brothers I think.

      Cheers :)

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  9. Careful with that chopper...

    Very nicely done! The conversion/repositioning/repair is really good. I think you were right to go with the chainsword, too.

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    1. Thanks Toby,

      Yeah, that gun I made was far too OP wasn't it. I'm pleased that my reposing and slight conversion work did the trick. He looks different enough from the orginal.

      Cheers :)

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