A few years ago I participated in a competition on Yaktribe where the objective was to build and paint three versions of a model that showed it as a novice, experienced, and veteran. I decided to do three stages of an Ork: showing him as a yoof (otherwise known as a yoot), one of the boyz, and a nob.
What I ended up with...
What I started with... an old GorkaMorka boy, a standard Ork boy, and a standard Ork nob.
The only real change I made to the model was to put some little horns on the
helmet. I planned to paint them up as Goffs, and Goffs seem to like
horns.
The painting process.
As he got older and more experienced, he replaced his six-shoota with a
slugga. After loosing his right hand to the nob's ferocious pet squig,
he was forced to visit the doc to have a choppa attached to the stump of his
arm.
Silk, as usual, oversees all the progress.
Eventually he took over as the nob of his mob. I added some extra
armour using plasicard, and if I remember rightly, the mask is from a
fantasy model.
I combined two sluggas to make a kustom shoota. I seem to recall this
bit being very fiddley to make.
He also got a bionik power klaw. The standard one was a little weedy,
so I made it a little bigger with plasticard.
I put them all in the "say what again" pose.
The number of stikkbombs you get to carry apparently increases with
experience.
The yoof.
I gave him a scar on his left arm.
Ork skin gets darker as they get older, so as a yoof his skin is pretty
light.
I was experimenting with clear bases. While I like the look of them,
it's a royal pain in backside to mount the models on them. Eventually
I'll get around to rebasing these dudes.
The boy.
How awkward would it be to have your lower arm replaced with a big honkin'
blade?
Armour maintenance apparently isn't a big priority for Orks. Well,
this guy anyway.
While his skin tone is darker, his scar has lightened some.
The nob.
I'm pretty happy with how the power klaw came out.
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