There's a little English pedant tucked away inside my tubby frame and he dies a little every time the Orks are saddled with yet another deliberate misspelling of a word, and the latest victims of this are these lovely Tankbusta figures. Originally purchased by the most excellent Cylindric, but he gave up on the idea of building an Ork army and I duly inherited them. Two hours in the paintstripper and they were ready for some action.

The assembly phase was a little frustrating and needed quite a bit of pinning and some milliput to fix things into place. They're great figures, and packed with character and were a blast to paint. With most of the army consigned to a rather dull shade of bluey grey for cloth, I wanted to liven these lads up with a brighter blue and some put red on the rockets as without it, they blurred into a single lump of metal. They're bright, brash and very clearly a little unstable in the mental fragility department.

Bases aren't quite finished yet, but that's because I'm mid-crisis as to how I want to paint all my army bases and mulling whether it's worth continuing with this style of basing. As usual, big shots below, and I warn you there's quite a few of them so it may take a little while to load. After my frenetic activity over the past two weeks, the tally now stands at ... 2009 Pledge. Purchased: 3. Completed: 28.