you know, its weird, but I think this budget warboss turned out as one of the best ones yet. The base may have been cheap, but it was decently dynamic, and not a pose I'd seen a warboss in yet, and it gave him a much different feel than most warbosses I see.
I've been a huge fan of orks for a while now and with the range refresh they are getting I'm seriously thinking of jumpin gon the bandwagon and starting my first ork army. But I do want to kitbash and make the army my own. All your conversions are super inspiring and really motivates me to take the plunge. Basically I just wanted to say thanks :)
As much as I like the massive and beastly orks you’ve done before this may be the best one, simply because it’s cheap very easy and roughly the right size to be used as a normal ork warboss
That's a really nice idea. Challenges that force oneself to go outside one's normal modus operandi can be quite stimulating and rewarding. How about a conversion based on in some manner randomly chosen bits?
Plus this is in the spirit of the Orks! They don't get premade prepackaged things, not like a guard tank or flak armour from the factory, they got to cobble together what they can to make their big armour! I love this, i want to make something now!
I always love these Orky convertions. They are the main reason why I subscribed, and make me eager to try my own hand at it. I wondered, would you be able to make a larger boy or boss without the bionics, power packs, power claws, leg harnesses, armor or other cyber bits that replace much of the natural Work? A Snakebites warboss perhaps
While I really enjoy your vids, I feel like, and I know you don't paint, that the models would greatly benefit from at least a layer of primer and some basecoat + drybrush, to tie everything together. Like the color of the OG miniature shining through, green globs of greenstuff, especially on "metal" surfaces like the claws, white plastic card that extend the grey chest armor despite being different colors on the "same" piece. Same can be said for shin guards made of GS combined with regular grey plastic, which just really "bothers" me. It's nice to see what you're doing, and how creative you get, but I can hardly see the end result before my eyes. Sorry rant over. Anyway, keep on doing your stuff, enjoyable regardless.
I have an idea. Tau warboss. Hear me out... A warboss who already leans more towards shootahs than choppahs hears that "da blueskinz gotz da best dakka" and sets off to acquire some. I'm picturing the armor being made out of a looted battlesuit, with huge over the shoulder cannons, cobbled together to wrap around his hulking frame. Maybe instead of a normal powerklaw, he's just got a giant fuck off cleaver sword in mockery of his favorite foe. Alternatively, ork inspired Tau. Though I got no idea what that would look like. Just regular Tau but with four times the guns?
Budget warboss is the best warboss because it really leans into the Ork concept of since their stuff is made out of scrap metal and random bits and bobs there's literally no uniformity
Cool conversion! But can you prime the model in the end? I would be interesting to see them tied together. Maybe with a central highlight. Than you can see how great your conversion work really is. Just one further step and your videos would be perfect.
That's 'Jaagrath Kreeg'#46 from the 'Pathfinder Battles, Rise of the Runelords'-Range. Might be easier to get one of the standard ogres in the UK, they are a bit less dynamic, sadly.
theres an fourth option, buy the warboss that come with the pack of Ork Warboss Grukk's Boss Mob, is the same warboss they release as a commander in kill team and is amazing
"I want to make a cheap Warboss that anyone can make" $5 more than the stock GW Warboss, not including all the shipping of parts, finding a specific cheap base model and the first part is a resin cast head.... I like the model (aside from having a gun barrel touching the back of his hand) but you didn't really nail your goals. My first attempt at a cheap Warboss was extending the proportions and bulking out a standard nob. Maybe start there next time?
That's actually a really good point, shipping is kinda important for the American crowd, since most bit sellers are located in Europe. So I suppose he didn't do that well when it came to cost effectiveness... model looks great tho.
@@themageofcontext7071 I think his point was, that Kitbosh set out to make a cheaper Warboss and failed, which is technically true, even if the model still looks great!
Minor nitpick, but I think it would have looked better with the axe facing the other way. right now he looks like he just completed a swing, but the other way he would be starting his full-out attack
What, with the axe head pointing towards himself? Imagine holding an axe with the edge towards you and then striking someone... its an incredibly awkward motion... you are wrong
I think you're misunderstanding what I meant... Currently the axe head is pointing to his back right in his right hand I'm only saying the head itself (and only the head as it was attached to the shaft) should be rotated 180 degrees so it points to his front left, which would make it point to his target in front of him instead
but if it's €18 just for the materials used, then you'd have to factor in the amount of time you spent building the whole model. You haven't said how much time it took to build it, but between choosing the right pieces, putting the green stuff on and waiting for it to solidify, and the overall assemblage, I'd wager that it took you at least an entire morning, or 3-4 hours. Assuming a €10/h, which is sort of a minimum wage, then you'd have to add other €30 euros to the model, which would make very, very expensive. Of course, if we're treating it like a full job, then you'd be making way more than just a single a model in that amount of time, but that's not really my point. Rather, regardless of you building it for a hobby, you're still selling it at a net loss for yourself, because you didn't give any value to the time and the mental work you yourself put in the model. Which is a shame, because it's clear that you're very talented. Now, if I had a friend who built models from scratch for a hobby, and would be willing to make one for me, as long as I payed the raw materials, then it'd be great. But I can watch this and say "screw the companies that are overcosted". Ok in part they are, but they also have to pay the employees, and at that point at least €5 euros on top of the components' base cost would be more than fair. Sorry for the long posts, but just to try and be clearer, where a company might put to high a price, thus overvaluing the "human labour" aspect, you're doing the exact opposite, by not giving a value at all to your own work.
Or, you know, 3d print it and screw it. Because honestly, when a company gives you the middle finger you should remember you got one of those as well. VOTE WITH YOUR WALLET, there is no improvement without competition.
So why am I spending money on official models when you can just take any plastic pieces and say its a specific unit? Kind of defeats the entire purpose of the mini models and the Warhammer 40k game altogether. Great job!
you know, its weird, but I think this budget warboss turned out as one of the best ones yet. The base may have been cheap, but it was decently dynamic, and not a pose I'd seen a warboss in yet, and it gave him a much different feel than most warbosses I see.
He also finely started pinning his weapons... I'm so proud of him!
A cheap warboss? Now that's an interesting challenge!
All in all a good job, I never thought of using D&D minis...
Using cheap toys as basis for conversions is always great!
I'd like to see more of these budget conversions in future, makes them more achievable for viewers and makes an interesting challenge
the iron fist, from the ogres, could have been the middle lower talon of a powerclaw
I've been a huge fan of orks for a while now and with the range refresh they are getting I'm seriously thinking of jumpin gon the bandwagon and starting my first ork army.
But I do want to kitbash and make the army my own. All your conversions are super inspiring and really motivates me to take the plunge. Basically I just wanted to say thanks :)
Jumpin’ on the battlewagon*
Fixed it for ya
@@yashabreslove8276
Cheers! :P
@@JojoJohnie It is a good time for it.
Ork vehicles = toy tractors and diggers
The pose of the ogre with the parrallel feet is so goofy and unnatural - great conversion
The base mini you chose here did so much work to elevate the final boss to a striking pose
While I'm not always the biggest fan of your human models, I always love your Orks. This one was great, might even get me to start an Ork army.
That up skirt at the end! 😍
Now get him painted!
The most budget Warboss is the one I print using like $3 of resin
Keep in mind - did you also include the software to 3d sculpt it or the cost of the file?
@@themageofcontext7071 Blender is free. The printer was a gift. :)
Can you link the website where you got the stl file?
@@chrislin6570 I would assume they 3d sculpted it themselves
@@chrislin6570 I would if I didn't sculpt it myself.
As much as I like the massive and beastly orks you’ve done before this may be the best one, simply because it’s cheap very easy and roughly the right size to be used as a normal ork warboss
Great mini my friend
This is one of the most enjoyable videos I’ve watched on CZcams, very quality and cool (:
Its not a proper Orky shoulder spike if it can't draw blood when you grab it from the wrong angle XD
This is a great series. Keep them coming
Always inspirational - keep them coming!
Solid video, really shows that a bunch of simpler steps can lead to an amazing and complex looking conversion.
That's a really nice idea. Challenges that force oneself to go outside one's normal modus operandi can be quite stimulating and rewarding. How about a conversion based on in some manner randomly chosen bits?
All those bases he uses normally are either 80 or $100+ here in aus.. I wanna build some warbosses but it’s so much
I love your conversions. Always super practical, but they look way, way better than the GW base models.
Plus this is in the spirit of the Orks! They don't get premade prepackaged things, not like a guard tank or flak armour from the factory, they got to cobble together what they can to make their big armour! I love this, i want to make something now!
I'm more into scratch building but you're starting to make me want to try kit bashing now so well done! Great build.
Games Workshop :
Oi, you got a loicense for dat?
Hulk toys and cake toppers are also great.
I always love these Orky convertions. They are the main reason why I subscribed, and make me eager to try my own hand at it.
I wondered, would you be able to make a larger boy or boss without the bionics, power packs, power claws, leg harnesses, armor or other cyber bits that replace much of the natural Work? A Snakebites warboss perhaps
While I really enjoy your vids, I feel like, and I know you don't paint, that the models would greatly benefit from at least a layer of primer and some basecoat + drybrush, to tie everything together. Like the color of the OG miniature shining through, green globs of greenstuff, especially on "metal" surfaces like the claws, white plastic card that extend the grey chest armor despite being different colors on the "same" piece. Same can be said for shin guards made of GS combined with regular grey plastic, which just really "bothers" me. It's nice to see what you're doing, and how creative you get, but I can hardly see the end result before my eyes.
Sorry rant over.
Anyway, keep on doing your stuff, enjoyable regardless.
Would be nice if you spray the end result in a simple grey primer coat. That way all the details and your design work comes into it´s own.
I like the name Poorhammer lol
To start arming my war boss I begin by disarming him :p
I have an idea.
Tau warboss.
Hear me out... A warboss who already leans more towards shootahs than choppahs hears that "da blueskinz gotz da best dakka" and sets off to acquire some.
I'm picturing the armor being made out of a looted battlesuit, with huge over the shoulder cannons, cobbled together to wrap around his hulking frame. Maybe instead of a normal powerklaw, he's just got a giant fuck off cleaver sword in mockery of his favorite foe.
Alternatively, ork inspired Tau. Though I got no idea what that would look like. Just regular Tau but with four times the guns?
Budget warboss is the best warboss because it really leans into the Ork concept of since their stuff is made out of scrap metal and random bits and bobs there's literally no uniformity
Cool conversion! But can you prime the model in the end? I would be interesting to see them tied together. Maybe with a central highlight. Than you can see how great your conversion work really is. Just one further step and your videos would be perfect.
This is a neat channel
Thank you man I have so little money for minis
now this is proper orky stuff
Looks rather good honestly
here's another thought, maybe you could buy a really cheap hulk figure or something too as a base
But how much is the sheet of platicard and the green stuff along with tool to effectively use both?
Hey was just wondering, but how do you go about finding these obscure models that you use as a base? Was it just something you found randomly on eBay?
But... to get all these parts I need to buy loads of different kits... I'm too budget for even this...
you wouldn't happen to know if the buyer for the budget warboss ended up painting it or not? i really would like to see it fully painted.
Any tips on where to get a hold of that base miniature in the UK? Haven’t had much luck searching for “DND Ogre”
That's 'Jaagrath Kreeg'#46 from the 'Pathfinder Battles, Rise of the Runelords'-Range. Might be easier to get one of the standard ogres in the UK, they are a bit less dynamic, sadly.
@@Dohlenblick thank you!
threw you a sub!!!
theres an fourth option, buy the warboss that come with the pack of Ork Warboss Grukk's Boss Mob, is the same warboss they release as a commander in kill team and is amazing
Can we see you paint this model
what are the orks at 0:29 ? they look amazing
Those are from his “Beast Arises” Ork series!
Waaaaargh
25 dollars?
god dam it i remember this mi nature for 15 euros
holy .....
Duck marine on a budget?
Cool✴️l
Why didn’t you just use a 3D printer or parts from orks you didn’t color?
It would be nice if u included pounds at the end for us english viewers
"I want to make a cheap Warboss that anyone can make" $5 more than the stock GW Warboss, not including all the shipping of parts, finding a specific cheap base model and the first part is a resin cast head....
I like the model (aside from having a gun barrel touching the back of his hand) but you didn't really nail your goals.
My first attempt at a cheap Warboss was extending the proportions and bulking out a standard nob. Maybe start there next time?
That's actually a really good point, shipping is kinda important for the American crowd, since most bit sellers are located in Europe.
So I suppose he didn't do that well when it came to cost effectiveness... model looks great tho.
Yes, these are entirely realistic criticisms, but, is 5 bucks over the original really that much for a much better, more personal model?
@@themageofcontext7071 I think his point was, that Kitbosh set out to make a cheaper Warboss and failed, which is technically true, even if the model still looks great!
@@boneman-calciumenjoyer8290 yes, a war boss cheaper than the other decently sized options
Early squad
Early squad
Minor nitpick, but I think it would have looked better with the axe facing the other way.
right now he looks like he just completed a swing, but the other way he would be starting his full-out attack
What, with the axe head pointing towards himself? Imagine holding an axe with the edge towards you and then striking someone... its an incredibly awkward motion... you are wrong
I think you're misunderstanding what I meant...
Currently the axe head is pointing to his back right in his right hand
I'm only saying the head itself (and only the head as it was attached to the shaft) should be rotated 180 degrees so it points to his front left, which would make it point to his target in front of him instead
paint it
but if it's €18 just for the materials used, then you'd have to factor in the amount of time you spent building the whole model. You haven't said how much time it took to build it, but between choosing the right pieces, putting the green stuff on and waiting for it to solidify, and the overall assemblage, I'd wager that it took you at least an entire morning, or 3-4 hours. Assuming a €10/h, which is sort of a minimum wage, then you'd have to add other €30 euros to the model, which would make very, very expensive.
Of course, if we're treating it like a full job, then you'd be making way more than just a single a model in that amount of time, but that's not really my point. Rather, regardless of you building it for a hobby, you're still selling it at a net loss for yourself, because you didn't give any value to the time and the mental work you yourself put in the model. Which is a shame, because it's clear that you're very talented.
Now, if I had a friend who built models from scratch for a hobby, and would be willing to make one for me, as long as I payed the raw materials, then it'd be great. But I can watch this and say "screw the companies that are overcosted". Ok in part they are, but they also have to pay the employees, and at that point at least €5 euros on top of the components' base cost would be more than fair.
Sorry for the long posts, but just to try and be clearer, where a company might put to high a price, thus overvaluing the "human labour" aspect, you're doing the exact opposite, by not giving a value at all to your own work.
Ope you modified a model GW is gonna come for your nuts and your wallet
Or, you know, 3d print it and screw it.
Because honestly, when a company gives you the middle finger you should remember you got one of those as well.
VOTE WITH YOUR WALLET, there is no improvement without competition.
So why am I spending money on official models when you can just take any plastic pieces and say its a specific unit? Kind of defeats the entire purpose of the mini models and the Warhammer 40k game altogether. Great job!