Ok, here is the final post for the Ork Burna unit with the inclusion of the leader, Mekboy Gear'ead Gazlugg. Gazlugg, like all of his ilk, has a desire to construct and deconstruct in equal measure.
He's really just the old stock plastic Mekboy with a bit of a fancy base. I've put him on 32mm to help distinguish him as the squad leader (that and his big shinny gun!)
And finally, here is the shot of entire 11 man squad. Not bad given 60% of the squad is based off 2 models.
A few years ago, in an effort to use up some long ignored minis, I found I still had two of the original metal Burnas. Having only 8 in my Burna squad it seemed like a good time to boost their numbers.
Of course I needed to convert them given I had already used these guys twice (so much for my original plan of no dupes!)
Nothing too complicated here - head swaps from Spell Crow, weapon swaps from the plastic Burnas.
Then came the hard part - cutting out parts of the metal back-packs and adding different fuel containers to each to change them up a little.
Next up is the Mekboy, who technically was done ahead of these two, but seamed like a better mini to end on.
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Some Orks just want to watch the world burn. They are cleverly called Burnas.
During a Waaaah, these flame loving fellows are fearsome flamethrowers reducing all in their wake to molten slag or crumbling ash. Because their weapon of choice is also a powerful torch, they often join boarding parties where they can cut through the thickest bulkheads to gain entry or assault large warmachines to slowly dismantle them. In 'civilian' life, Burnas are often employed by Big Meks as welders in their construction projects or in scarp and salvage work.
My Burnas originally started out as heavy weapon options for my boyz mobs (as was the option in the 3rd ed codex).
I needed 4 Burnas for my 2 squads but GW only produced 2 single piece metal models (remember metal). Never wanting dups, I built two others using 2 standard Ork boyz, Burna mask heads, Scortchas from the old (metal) dreadnought and a few Skaven Warpfire Thrower backpacks.
Next up: more Burnas and what happens when Burnas become a squad of their own!