Ork Killa Kan

Somewhat amazingly, this is the first Orky thing I've ever painted.

This isn't one of the original metal 1980s killa kans; those go for up to $100 on eBay. Instead I got this 3D print off Etsy for a whopping $15 back in October, which is a pretty decent price for a nice chunky model. 

It came with a choice of weapons, so I opted for a couple of pincers to rip up enemy vehicles and a heavy bolter to pulp the soft pink bodies of those pesky 'umies. I'm not sure if it's supposed to have four weapons but I thought it looked good enough with three and left it there. 

Despite not being a huge fan of yellow, I decided that painting it as a Bad Moon kan would be the most fun, although "most fun" did translate to "biggest pain in the arse" at times.

After a basecoat of Celestra Grey I painted the whole model with Imperial Fist Yellow, thinking this would be the easiest and fastest way to get it done. Mistake. The yellow looked terrible over the grey undercoat and before I could overthink it to death I slapped on two coats of Averland Sunset, which improved things immensely. 

After a wash with Nuln Oil and another with thinned Agrax Earthshade it was looking a lot orkier, and I moved on to the arms. 

All the arms and other metal bits were painted Iron Warriors and then slathered with frankly ridiculous amounts of Nuln Oil and Agrax Earthshade. After a quick drybrush with Ironbreaker I ran in some of my homemade rust wash to give the weapons a nice crappy patina, exactly the thing you'd expect from something ork.

Returning to the yellow body, it was drybrushed with more Averland Sunset and some Dorn Yellow. I then went pretty much to town with wear and tear, using Dry Rust, Fresh Rust and Agrax Earthshade liberally over the panel edges and just about anywhere else I thought it would be needed or just look good.

I also used my own rust wash to add some streaks, and that's the reason I've recently got some AK Streaking Rust off Amazon.

The kan came with two hatches, one closed and one with a gretchin sticking out, and how could I hide the muppet steering this thing? He was painted just like my snotlings and Night Goblins, that is to say Death Guard Green over Waagh Flesh. 

I painted the teeth on the front to look like real teeth, and then I remembered what I was painting and redid them in plain White. All the joints were painted with Neutral Grey and gone over with Abbadon Black contrast, and I added a couple of transfers I had lying around.

The base is the by-now almost stereotypical Stirland Battlemire, drybrushed with Flat Earth and with flock and tufts added.

I'm well happy with this kan. It stands out a mile on my shelf, was a ton of fun to paint and made me take a tentative step into the world of orks.