So Ork Warbosses no longer are allowed wear Mega Armour… for some reason. Most likely to sell that wartrike thing. So my little Ork army had an index only boss. So I decided to be cunning but brutal and Gitbash Skullkrusha – Da Bloo Wonda is now a Big Mek!
Having looked back into the site I can’t seem to find a post about the completed Warboss himself. Best I could do is spot his Mega Armoured self in this post:
He gently snuck in to photo-bomb Mag Urk Ghazhkul Thrakka himself. There were a few little conversion touches to make it more unique, reposing, extra armour and the Ork skull. But that wouldn’t do for a Big Mek with a Kustom Force Field. Time to break out the bits boxes and roll up some greenstuff!
Gitbash Skullkrusha – Da Bloo Wonda
With a grab bag of pieces from AdMech bolted on and some GS tubing to tie things together we are starting to get there. Greenstuff rollers for tubes are a brilliant tool, highly recommend them. The rest of the gubbins are from various AdMech kits that I used in my Tale of Two Warlords series. Next we need some paint to tie it all together:
I went bright for some object source lighting (OSL) to try highlight the difference. The energy is fairly buzzing there but I try to keep the effects subtle in there shine on the rest of the model. I went over a number of sections of the blue to brighten the colour up, it had been quite dark originally.
So there we go, a few simple additions and I now have a Big Mek with KFF. What do you think?
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I do hate when they make significant changes like that, removing core choices. Clever idea though and it came out well. That OSL looks great.
I understood it when they removed things they hadn’t made models for but this sort of core choice astounds me.
Thank you for the compliments, I think it will work and be clear on the battlefield.
Do you think I should add some more blue and white cheques?
If I remember right, the only Warboss in mega armor they made was Ghaz. So, probably removed it for that reason – no model. Same reason they removed all the Chaos Lord mount options.
I think you’ve got the right amount of cheques and dags on there honestly.
Could be it I suppose. At least I dont have it as bad as marines with HQ weapon options.
Great conversion. Quite convincing and unique! Very cool.
Thanks, always nice to have someone different to lead things.