Beach Boyz Killa Kan in 15mm - One Page Rules

 Beach Boyz Killa Kan

In the last post, I showed of a 15mm scale Killa Kan for my Space Orks army that I will be using One Page Rules with. That was a melee Kan and I needed some more as ranged attack type Kan's. But I was watching Gamesnight on YouTube and saw a fantastic battle report where an amazing surfer Space Ork army face off against a Pirate Ork army in a 40K battle report.

I love how these Beach Boyz Orks were made and I got to thinking, "You know, Orks fight amongst themselves as much as other factions. Why not make a 15mm Beach Boyz Ork army of my own?" I readily agreed with myself on this endeavour and suddenly fell down the rabbit hole.

The first of these creations is almost completed. More on that in future. But next up was making another melee Kan for my Beach Boyz. Here's where the Bambu A1 printer came into its own. I printed off another Kan and set about kit bashing with more stuff from my Gaslands Refuelled Implements of Carnage.

This saw me put two wrenching balls on this Kan instead of just one. A suitable pose was needed showing the thing viciously smashing the ground in front of it. I then thought, "how can I make this dude look distinct?"

It occurred to me that if I had a face mask of appropriate beachiness, this would be ideal for the Kan. Bambu Labs Maker World to the rescue! An appropriate mask downloaded, a quick resizing to the height of the body of the Kan and a quick printing later and "hey presto!" a unique, beach/islander look for my Kan.

But it needed more. I decided that it should have roof racks on top of it and surfboards added. I used a fender grill from the Gaslands stuff as it would be ideal for such racks. But when I tested it, it just didn't look right. So, I decided that the rack should go on the back of the Kan rather than its head and in this way, it would carry around the Boyz surfboards for them on its back. It also highlighted the unique faction that the Kan belong too.

The surfboards are from eBay and are plastic spare surfboards for Matchbox cars. The scale is perfect for the 15mm Ork army.

Some gaudy paintwork later and its done. I'm not going to ink the sand as I want it to look at home on a beach rather than look like it has soil and rocks on its base.

So, there you go. Another Kan added to the Space Ork arsenal.

A Killa Kan in 15mm for One Page Rules

 

I've been wondering around the interwebs for a while looking for a good STL file that would make a nice Orky Killa Kan. I've found a few files I liked the look of and decided to give one a go on my Bambu Lab A1 FDM printer with the 0.04mm. This is the result.

I kit bashed it a bit with items from the Gaslands Refuelled Implements of Carnage. This Killa Kan is a melee stompa that comes equipped with both a harpoon gun and a wrecking ball. The original STL however has a rotary saw and HMG arm options. So, it was gratifying to see that the Gaslands stuff worked well with my 15mm rescaling of the original STL.

The poor Imperial Guard proxy who is about to meet the business end of the wrecking ball is from Vanguard Miniatures and is produced by Troublemaker Games in their 15mm scale. Time to kit bash some more of these blighters.

Might call this one Miley for now whilst I think of a more suitable Orky name.

Roky terrain for Space Orks

 

Inspired by playing the remastered original Space Marine video game I wanted some Roks for my 15mm Space Orks to drop in uninvited with. Looking around the interwebs, I wasn't able to find a suitable 3d file for an ork Rok. Sooooo, I decided to make my own.

I took a small round ball and glued the twist tops from several yogurt snacks to said ball. I then cut up my favourite cardboard coffee cup holders to make corrugated iron sheets of various shapes and sizes. I fixed these to the ball with PVA glue. Needless to say, this took some time to do.

So, for the smaller Rok's, I decided to find some asteroid STL files and print them out on my Bambu A1 FDM printer. I also found a suitable hatch that would work as the egress point from these smaller Roks and affixed them to the models with hot glue. The thrusters are the rear of the Rok are various thicknesses of straws.

I've given the larger Rok a spray or two. But the smaller Rok's are yet to be painted.

My thinking here is that the larger Rok can house several units of troops and a Stompa, but the smaller Roks can only house one unit of Orks each, or maybe two units of Gretchin.

So that's the Rok's done. All I need now is some Stompa's. And something for the Orks to fight.

15mm Chimera and Centaur

Grimdark Future - One Page Rules

I continue to work on my 15mm scale forces for Grimdark Future from One Page Rules. As I slowly paint up the Human Defence Force troopers, I realised that I would need some solid infantry fighting vehicles to transport them. So, I looked around for some nice Chimera and Centaur proxies to print on my Bambu A1 FDM printer.

These were all painted with the 0.4mm nozzle with a layer line level of about 0.08 (if I can remember correctly). I also used the thin tree supports. I'm pretty impressed with how well they turned out for the 0.4mm nozzle. Especially for the Centaur turret gunner. The layer lines are still visible. But at 15mm scale, this is impressive and won't look weird on the tabletop.

The Chimera on the right has a blade at the front

Good proxy for a Chimera

Another good proxy, this time for a Centaur

The paint scheme for the Chimera's will be identical to that of the 15mm scale Leman Russ proxies I've already printed and painted. Not sure yet if I want to paint the Centaur in the same scheme or as a plain green or even a blue/grey colour. Have to think about that one a bit more.

Hillbilly Technicals for Earth vs the Invaders

These lads are from Team Yankee's WWIII range and are American Pickup Trucks. They are 10mm in scale and you get four to a pack. I'm going to be using them for Earth vs the Invaders from Small Batch Miniatures.

There will be some scale creep as the rest of the miniatures I am using as human forces will be 15mm Flames of War, as Earth vs the Invaders fits nicely with the 50's and 60's sci-fi movies like Earth vs the Flying Saucers, Them and The Blob.

I'll initially be using the Human Forces Jeep with Machine Gun stats for these vehicles.

The final image shows the four technicals facing off against the Insect Faction's Giant Soldier (a soldier ant in this case).

Now to make some more Hillbillie special vehicles to bolster the squishy humans.

15mm Space Orks - The Beach Boyz

 

Inspired by some images I've seen online and a playthrough on the Gamesnight YouTube channel, I started experimenting with my own colour schemes for my version of The Beach Boyz Space Orks. 

This is the first batch of that experiment. I'm not happy with all the colour schemes currently. But it's getting there. I've repainted some parts of these lads over and again to get to where I am right now. But I consider these Boyz to be finished in their colour scheme, and I'll try other colours with the next few batches.

Now to get them mounted.

15mm Leman Russ main battle tank painted

 

I got round to painting the first of my 3d printed Leman Russ tanks. I haven't inked it yet and I'm in two minds as to whether or not to do so. But I'll see if I want to add some transfers, etc first before I commit to inking the blighter.

Alright. Now for some Orks.