Great Gargant The Great Gargant in the centre of the picture was assembled and painted way back in 2001 for Epic 40,000, hence why it is on a slightly different base to the two others. I originally painted it using what at the time was my basic ork palette of colours of distressed metal, black and red. This however did look a little too dark so when the two additional Gargants were done earlier in the year, I took the opportunity to brighten up the red and add a few additional colours to help tie all three of them together better. Gork and Mork
Once I had received the finished model back, I then did some additional final light work to blend it in with the other two Gargants, more of which I will cover later. The second Gargant I painted myself and knowing in advance that Dave had equipped his with a Supa-Zzap-Gun and Mega-choppa, I kept the handy close combat weapon, but instead chose an additional Soopagun for the left arm instead to give an extra couple of barrage points. Note: Before somebody emails me to point out the obvious, yes, I do know in the rulebook it states that the Zzap gun and Mega-choppa are either/or options and not both. However, as it is unlikely to be included in any kind of official tournament in the future, I am not really overly concerned that Dave's includes both weapons. Anyway, it's just plain 'Orky' so its all good as far as I am concerned and just adds further variety.
For the red I started with a 50/50 mix of red gore and terracotta to which I added blood red and finally blazing orange for the highlights. Add this stage I also painted on the ork glyphs on the shoulders to match with those Dave had painted on his and also some using ork decals from warbuggy and bike kits. Tip: Blending in decals The trick to making the decals appear natural is to first of all paint the panel you are going to apply them to in gloss varnish. I used a Windsor and Newton acrylic gloss in this case which you can get from most good art or hobby retailers and left it overnight to dry properly. This help stop air getting trapped behind the decal and reduces 'silvering' where you can see the decal film clearly on the model surface. Once the decal was fixed in place I then sealed it using a matt varnish which both protects it and helps further blend it into the model. The reason I apply the decals at this stage is so I can then apply all my weathering over the top of both the model and the decals making them appear a part of the paintwork underneath all the dirt and grime rather than something stuck over the top at the end as an afterthought. To help tie all three models together I gave all of them a final wash of devlan mud and a very light dry brush of bleached bone over the base and up the lower half of each of the models. This helped mask any subtle differences in painting approaches between Dave and myself and help reinforce the appearance that all three Gargants were part of the same army. Along with the even older 'Stomp Smash' seen here, my Epic ork horde was starting to grow nicely and I could see it being time soon to add some seriously larger mobs of boyz. Until next time, happy gaming. More Ork Horde Formations. | Warband and Guntrukks | Kult of Speed | Big Gunz and Stompas | Ork Aircraft | Old Great Gargant | Ork Landa's | |
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For
a bit of fun I decided with the two Gargants to divide them up
between myself and Dave Stone; getting him to paint one of them
for a bit of variety. I didn't give him any detailed brief other
than to make it suitably 'Orky' and blend in with the rest of
the force. After checking out the rest of the Ork army done so
far, and bearing in mind he had also done the Fighta-Bomma
conversions, Dave produced a 'Death Skulls' Clan inspired
Gargant with a trademark blue head. Having a similar painting
style to mine, Dave started with a boltgun and tin bitz dry
brush over the entire model before picking out some of the
highlights in brazen brass and silver. The whole model was then
given a number of washes and inks to dull and distress the
metalwork before block painting in the panels in reds, greens
and blue.
After
adding a few additional details to the base from the Epic
infantry bases sprue, I used exactly the same approach as Dave
and heavily dry brushed all of the Gargant with a combination of
tin bitz and boltgun metal. A lighter dry brush of brazen brass
and silver was then applied to pick up the raised details before
giving the entire model a wash in devlan mud and chaos black.