Yay new models!

Very little has been done on the ork painting frontier but that's okay because I got two new models.
One of the models I got is a Dark Eldar jet fighter. I thought it looked cool and I have so many ideas on how to paint the thing. Large amounts of smooth space on a model make for a great canvas. I have had a bit of trouble putting the jet together which is really frustrating. I can't seem to get the bottom to fit into the top. It fit great before I put all the small parts on but now it does not. I guess I will have to shave down the connecting areas a bit until it works.
I plan on painting the jet in pieces to make my life easier.

At least all the small pieces were easy to attach....

The other model I got is a Privateer Press model instead of a Gamesworkshop model. It is a piece from the horde army, Circle of Orboros, called a Celestial Fulcrum. I saw it in one of my husband's magazines and fell in love with it. It will look like a planet orbited by moons when it is completed. However, it won't be put together until it is painted.

This model is made of pewter and resin

Stormboyz 1 (work in progress)

I wanted to post what I have been up to since painting my dragon. Of course, I haven't finished any models yet but I am working on some stormboyz. Painting a unit is painful but at least I get to paint killa kanz when I am done with these boyz.

I have a work desk that is mostly used as storage

I started with the skin on these orks. I want them to be as well painted as I can accomplish. I only did the first 2 skin coats so far and a bit of bolt gun on the weapons. It is very slow going.

The skin is still too dark, ugg

Prismatic Dragon

I didn't paint for months and then it dawned on me that I wanted to paint my black dragon. I love the model and I felt that it allowed me to do whatever I wanted with it. I don't know if I will ever use the dragon for dark elves but I still love it as just a show piece.
This is my first attempt at non-metallic gold. I think this dragon took between 36 and 48 hours to paint.
The fire is made out of green stuff and a stick. It is removable but I felt that if the dragon has his mouth open he might as well blow fire.

Left side view

Front view

Right side view

Back view

3/4 view

Right view of base

Left view of base

Top of dragon view

Close up of dragon head

9 Ork Nobz

Ok so, I haven't posted in a while but these nobz took 2 or more hours a piece. I think they turned out nice. I only have 2 units from my original group of orkz left to paint.

Our Current Project (40k City)

Here are some pictures of unfinished scenery that we are working on. My husband wanted a before and after thing so here goes with the before.

Overall View (there will be several interchangeable pieces in addition to what is shown)

Gun or radio thingy (i think that is what he said)

Sewer pipes

A ruined building (will probably add a crater in it)

Centerpiece statue

Ruined building

Ruined building (he always asks me why it sideways)

3 Warbikes (finally)

Ok, so it took a week and a half to paint these warbikes but here they finally are:

And here's a picture of the very first models I painted, the other 3 warbikes of my unit. It is amazing how far I have come with painting since these models.

2 HQs and 1 Painboy

I finished my warboss by brightening its colors. I also repainted a fantasy squigg and glued it to the base so it would count as an attack squigg.

I painted my Big Mek with Kustom Force Field. He turned out very colorful.

I painted my painboy and his grot orderly. I got the idea for the rusted utensils from painting Witchfate Tower.