Az killy az a sack of Catachan Face Eaters, and twice az hard to catch!

Warboss Grimzod on Gron’s Kommandos.

For the past few weeks I’ve been working on the Ork Kommandos that came in the Kill Team Octarius boxed set. I’ve taken a narrative approach to this project and decided to base the team members on the characters in my Ork Kommando short story The Dark Stabba. Now I’m halfway through the ten Ork team this seems like a good time for a blog post!

Bomb Squig

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The first model I tackled was the Bomb Squig, just because it’s such a cool miniature! I wanted to give the impression of burning fuses on the dynamite, just like in the Kill Team cinematic trailer. To achieve this I used the materials and techniques detailed in my LED Nighthaunt Candle tutorial to creating the fuses, only this time I used yellow glaze rather than green.

Snatchit, Kommando Grot

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As soon as I saw the Grot I knew I had to give him proper glowing infrared goggles! I used two 3V Red Ultra Nano SMD Chip LEDs available from Small Scale Lights. The LEDs are wired in parallel with each other, then in series with their supplied 100Ω resistor. Rather than recast the head in resin as I often do for LED eyes, in this case I decided to drill out the eyes and fill in the lenses with the ubiquitous Splash Gel. This was mainly because I thought the very fine details of the tiny head might loose a bit too much definition during the recasting process.

Snikbad, Slasha Boy

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There are no LEDs on the Slasha Boy, but it didn’t need any. The colour scheme is based on the classic Blood Axe Kommando colour scheme, as seen in my Kommando ‘proof of concept’ model post. As with all non-LED models in LED units, I’ve raised the top of his base slightly with modelling putty, as though there were a battery holder in the base. This is so he doesn’t look shorter than his comrades!

‘Eadrekka, Kommando Boy

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This Kommando Boy uses my brand new technique for producing simple LED muzzle flares. Check out my new Simple LED Muzzle Flare tutorial if you’d like a full step-by-step guide.

Dakkagor, Dakka Boy

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The Dakka Boy uses the same new Simple LED Muzzle Flare tutorial that I referenced above, except that I used three LEDs of the same type instead of one! The three LEDs all share the same connections and the same battery. The three LEDs are wired in parallel with each other, but then still in series with the resistor, battery and switch.

That’s it for this week, I hope you’ve all found that interesting. I’m really enjoying painting the rag-tag Orks as a nice change of pace from neat power armour. Hopefully I’ll be back again soon with Gron’s Kommando Kill Team – Part 2!