40K Ork Kommandos

It has been a bit quiet here; I'm flitting between too many projects and getting distracted, and I don't like showing work-in-progress posts until I know I'm done with something.

Anyway, here are some Ork Kommandos I got distracted by. These were a lot of characterful fun to build and paint. They're festooned with backpacks, pouches, stikk bombz, and Swiss Army knives. I used SpeedPaint Forest Sprite for their skin. I tried to stick to a limited muted palette, and not get distracted by camo patterns. The metals are an orange-brown dry brushed with metal.

The Boss Nob has the option for a big choppa or a power klaw; I used a magnet to allow either choice. He's got darker skin; I recall that as orks get bigger and more aggressive they get darker.

Boss Nob with big choppa.

Boss Nob with power klaw.

Snipa Boy

The Burna Boy has an oven mitt and burn scars.

I'm not entirely satisfied with the white for the rokkits, but it will do for now.

Rokkit Boy.

I like the Dakka Boy; reminiscent of a Royal Marine with a knitted cap and pullover. You can see the Swiss army knife many of them carry.

Dakka Boy.

Breacha Boy with ram.

Comms Boy with shokka pistol.

Slasha Boy with multiple choppas.

Bomb Squig!

Grot, with scuba gear for this desert world.

Kommando Boy.

Kommando Boy.

Skull-o-meter™: 13

Necromunda: Underhive hangers-on

I'm trying to concentrate on, if not one thing at a time, then less things at a time. I'm really glad to have these underhive characters painted- they're fantastically overdetailed sculpts and were not amenable to batch painting. I did use a few Speedpaints and worked on getting them finished rather than perfect. I'm trying for a somewhat limited, earthy palette.

Underhive Hangers-on

Rogue doc and servo skull

The classic plague mask with a bunch of scalpel fingers, poking implements, and doctor's bag. He's got a handy medi-skull as well.

The doctor will see you now.

Ammo jack

She's wielding a power hammer in one (augmetic) hand and a cigar in the other. Her backpack is festooned with grenades, magazines, ammo, and a boltgun.

Perfect for home defence.

Slopper

This cook carries a brazier and has roast mutant rat and a tentacle on his advertising pole. He's got a cleaver, knife sharpener, and pepper pot on his belt as well as an oven mitt. The ladle is lashed to a crowbar.

"More?!"

Dome Runner

I think this pose and vaguely rodent-like mask is as close as we'll ever get to the Ratskins coming back. The dome runner is an underhive guide, and I liked the idea of him having a blueprint spread out.

"I know a shortcut..."

Hive Watcher

This is a great figure, more machine than man. I gave him very grey, sallow skin.

Skull-o-meter™: 5

40K Lamenters: Phobos Librarian

Whilst I was doing camo capes last week, I used the opportunity to polish off this character. He's a stealthy space wizard, using his abilities to mask his brothers' efforts. The force sword came out much better than I expected, and I like the chequered bookmark.

40K Lamenters: Eliminators

These Lamenters are snipers, hiding their canary yellow power armour with camo capes. I'm quite happy with the sergeant's magnoculars.

Skull-o-meter™:     10

I've painted those three and touched up my earlier standing Eliminator- I've changed the markings to reflect the 10th Company. I like how his pauldron is proudly on display.

ANZAC Day 2026- WW1 Rifleman

I've painted another rifleman to join my growing infantry section.

Lest we forget.

40K Sisters of Battle: Cherubim

I love 40K Cherubs. They perfectly encapsulate the grimdark bonkersness of it all.

They are vat-grown bio-constructs designed to look like babies. No truth to the rumour they are lobotomised infants, no. These cherubim are carrying ammunition canisters and a censer. At some point I may add more details to their scrolls.

I have an idea for a bitter AdMech aspirant who discovers how cherubs are 'made'- the true horror is that he could do it 1.4% more efficiently! Cue conflicts and shenanigans.

Skull-o-meter™: 2

Necromunda: Caryatids

Caryatids are bizarre blue things in the underhive. They are said to bring good luck. They have been associated with Necromunda since the before-times of Confrontation (1990).

This is a plastic Caryatid Prime from 2024. 

This metal Gargouille is a John Pickford sculpt associated with the second Colony 87 Kickstarter (2016). I don't think the figure was ever released commercially. He's on a 20mm base.