Ork Deff Dread
Deff Dreads epitomise three main ideals of Ork warfare: big, shooty and stompy. They thunder and clank towards the foe, limbs waving as heavy weapons spit death into the enemy ranks and powered shears snip excitedly in anticipation of the bloodletting to come.
~ From the GW Website
Gosh! Scary aren’t they?
This model has been really fun to paint. There’s so many little details on the model and different textures and materials for trying out various paint effects. I’ve had a go at (with varying degrees of success):
- Weathering powders to make rust, dust and soot;
- Oil spillages;
- Glowing ‘plasma’ weapons;
- Verdigris;
- Chipped paint/battle damage.
Still got a lot to learn in terms of refining those techniques, but overall I’m very pleased.
Oh yes, pictures. Please excuse the carpet backgrounds, I couldn’t be bothered to crop them onto my normal background:
