 Continuing with my bits box exploration to unearth a few relics to celebrate Epic's 20th Anniversary, I dug up an Ork Gargant that has literally been out of action since the days of Codex Titanicus. Ork Ancient Gargant – Old 'Stomp Smash'
To help make the old fella stand out a bit from the rest of my Ork forces, I decided to take an entirely different approach to painting it from normal. Usually I start off my orks with a black basecoat over which I dry-brush various metal shades to give a dark, rusted appearance. With this one however, I wanted to try this vintage model out using a thoroughly modern paint, namely the recently released new Citadel washes and very little else. To start I began with an undercoat of skull white primer. I then painted all of the hull, the shoulders and turrets in Sunburst Yellow and left it to dry. At this stage the model looked alarmingly bright yellow and white, but believe me, this is exactly the perfect starting point on which to add the new washes. Beginning with a wash of Thraka Green, I liberally applied it to several of the panels over the body letting it pool around the rivets and work its way into the detail. I then used Devlan Mud to pick out the three primary weapons, feet and the various pipes and grills around the body, as well as all of the areas I painted yellow. Once all this lot had dried fully (there is a lot of drying time using this particular method, however the end result is well worth it in my opinion), I then picked out a few of the rivet details, grills and weapons with Gryphonne Sepia. For the head, I mixed up 50/50 Terracotta Red and Red Gore and painted all of the main armour panels. I also picked out one of the armoured plates on the belly to add some contrast and a few of the panels on the main weapons, in particular around the barrage launcher. This was then highlighted by adding a drop of blood red to the mix before the head was given a wash of Devlan Mud. To finish some of the metal grills and weapons I picked out a few details in boltgun metal and chainmail silver to show extra wear and tear before giving them a final wash in Badab Black. The chest details were then added using a mixture of some old decals which were blended in with the assistance of the washes and the chequered pattern which was first painted in bleached bone then chaos black. A final wash of Gryphonne Sepia was then pooled into the lower half and around the rivets for wear. Finished Gargant. One of the nice things about Orks is not so much that you don't need to be neat about the paintwork, but that you can experiment with all manner of paint effects without fear of really messing anything up. In this case using the washes as the primary paint source directly over a yellow base created some really amazing natural staining and weathering and, amzing as it may seem, even just over a white undercoat created some incredibly lifelike looking stained metal (yes, the majority of the metalwork was purely created with the washes and not as you might think metallic paint!). The other thing is regardless just how old the model is, when it comes to orks, it still fits in just right even against the latest range of models. In fact greenskin armies just look better and better then more odds and ends you add in there, so don't be afraid of digging deep into those dark recesses of the bits box because you never know what you might find. Until next time, happy gaming. |
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Whilst
searching for the parts to put together my Reaver Battlegroup, I
stumbled across the rather forlorn remains of an Ork Gargant. At
first inspection nothing particularly special as I have a drawer
full of Gargant parts. This one however is quite literally a
first edition in lead and is the rather more ‘full figured’
rounded version that was first released back in the days of
Adeptus Titanicus and Space Marine. After a quick
inspection I managed to find all the parts with the exception of
a missing left arm weapon. No amount of searching turned that up
sadly, but not to be thwarted, I fished around in my bits boxes
and turned up a ‘very’ old Warlord barrage missile launcher.
There were a number of weapons I could have used, including the
left arm from an up to date Great Gargant. However, I felt that
the ‘scavenged’ missile launcher from the same era as the
miniature was more appropriate.