WarbossKurgan's Orc Pirates

The Old Lads still have a charm all their own. It is a treat seeing them again. GREAT WORK!  

Thanks Alan!

The whole Rotmoons warband with added Troggoths:

UBERCOOL! I do LOVE Group Portraits. The Lads are a photogenic bunch. OUTSTANDING WORK!  

Fantastic group, you have a very good army!

Thanks guys!!

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This wasn't  a re-base, strictly speaking, as the looted cannon never actually had a base... But as part of my re-basing project I am adding bases to this and the other five or six guns I have in my Pirate Orruk army. So here's...

Geedo Forks and Da Fireworkz! (counts as a Rock Lobber)



As well as making a new base for it I have re-painted the fabric that is wrapped around the gun carriage, to match the Rotmoons colours. I intend to assign one (or more) guns to each of my pirate crews.

The base adds a lot of visual interest to the cannon. TERRIFIC WORK!  

Beermoth the Aleguzzler Gargant

These photos were taken before undercoating - I sprayed him black and gave him a zenithal spray Mournfang Brown basecoat.

The Big Pirate Lad is LOOKIN' GOOD!  

The Charybdis Occulum

This is the start of my Realm of Beasts scenery for my Orruk Pirates.

Blackrocks Bay is a ruined port town that has been partially rebuilt using materials from shipwrecks.

The base models are a Numinous Occulum and an Eternity Stair, with "shipwreck-timber" decks made from Goblin Town platforms. I still have to add some kind of masts, rigging, a striped sailcloth awning and a lot of nautical detritus.

The first few photos are from about 4 weeks ago:











I've done a bit more work on the Charybdis Occulum since then. It's taking a bit longer than I expected as I keep distracting myself with other projects!

I have added some more details to the base (mainly shipwreck timbers and some more nautical detritus) - I hope to start painting it soon.





I couldn't get the sphere to fit together, so I made an "Orruk Pirate" repair to it!

The Storm Bell

I finished this about 4 years ago (it was made for the Storm of Magic as an Arcane Fulcrum) but I never got round to photographing it before I had to pack everything hobby-related into storage (we were going to move house).

As I want it to be part of my Blackrocks Bay scenery set I dug it out of storage so I can use it as a colour reference for all the other rocky scenery. It fits nicely into the whole "skull-carved rocks, ship-wrecks and ruined buildings" vibe I am aiming for.











Red crabs will feature a lot... 

They do look UBERCOOL, but W.I.P pieces belong in the Scenery or Painting & Modeling Sections.  

Two very characterful pieces with all the extra bitz you added. As I read it, you had a hard time putting the sphere together. I've got the Archway and assembling was really a pain. It's not painted yet and I think I'll follow you in first adding some extras for a less artificial look.

DeafNala wrote:

They do look UBERCOOL, but W.I.P pieces belong in the Scenery or Painting & Modeling Sections.  

Thanks Alan,

To be honest I didn't ask for this thread to be moved to the Gallery section - I think Tom moved it years ago!.  

I think I would rather it was in the general painting section as I like to keep all my work for one army in one thread.

Grimscull wrote:

Two very characterful pieces with all the extra bitz you added. As I read it, you had a hard time putting the sphere together. I've got the Archway and assembling was really a pain. It's not painted yet and I think I'll follow you in first adding some extras for a less artificial look.

Thanks! Yeah, the AoS scenery kits have a bit of a bad rep generally for being hard to fit together, but they are not awful.

I always think scenery kits look better if you modify or mix them up in some way, otherwise every battle in the world is fought over the exact same battlefield!

WarbossKurgan wrote:

DeafNala wrote:

They do look UBERCOOL, but W.I.P pieces belong in the Scenery or Painting & Modeling Sections.  

Thanks Alan,

To be honest I didn't ask for this thread to be moved to the Gallery section - I think Tom moved it years ago!.  

I think I would rather it was in the general painting section as I like to keep all my work for one army in one thread.

I agree about keeping it in one section. If you should ever want it moved let me know.  

Beermoth the Rumguzzler Gargant













Beermoth and Grapeshot are good friends but they bicker and argue constantly...



I've just realised I haven't painted his name on his base - and I need to add a Jolly Roger to the black flag loin cloth!

You really captured the Pirate chic with these two even though Beermoth reminds me of Dwight Eisenhower gone cracked. GREAT WORK as always!  

DeafNala wrote:

You really captured the Pirate chic with these two even though Beermoth reminds me of Dwight Eisenhower gone cracked. GREAT WORK as always!  

Hahaha!

Thanks Alan!

Wow! Since I’m relatively new here and can’t go back and comment on each of the 32 pages (and counting) of professionally outstanding conversions and painting, I can only say that, you sir, have set the bar for fantasy pirate fanatics everywhere. Congratulations!

The free hand tattoos are amazing! They look scurvy filled and ready to plunder! Great job.

Wonderful new giant WbK!

Wow! Amazing work. Those tattoos work so very well.

Thank very much guys!!

Astoundingly Beermoth survived his first appearance on the table top!

Base colours are pretty much all down now. Onto lots of washes and drybrushing next.

LOOKIN' GOOD! The verdigris is an especially nice touch. Keep up the GOOD WORK!  

The latest batch of pirate orruks from the Ironfang Fleet to get re-based for Age of Sigmar are the Ogresuns! I have a great deal of affection for this crew - I've enjoyed more swashbuckling adventures with them than any other warband over the years.



Kaptain Salty Ogbad





Dredger Zug





Navigator-Shaman Wyrdtoof





The infamous Fishgutz





Barnacle Nog





Komodor Defgit (retired)





The deposed Kaptain Bilgewater





Bilgewater's crony, Leftenunt-Shaman Jonah Wail