The "Sump Snakes" Orlock gang and their convoy ship, the Sumpcarraldo...

Another post, so soon after the last! I'll try and keep up a more regular posting regime when I can, it helps to document what I've been up to and is a bit less transient than Facebook.

This time, it's my Orlock gang for new Necromunda, the Sump Snakes, and their convoy ship, the 'Sumpcarraldo':

Lots more photos and details after the break...




So, this is a slightly different take on the standard Orlock ganger style, I decided to make them as a gang that specialises in convoy support, offering protection to traders shipping cargo through the Sump to and from the Ash Wastes beyond. To aid them in this, they have their own Convoy vessel, the Sumpcarraldo. Added to this, they can take their vessel out of the sump and to a safer area, via their Herzog class heavy cargo lugger and custom trailer: 

Because of the nautical theme, I decided to forgo the usual Orlock heads and went for WFB Empire heads mainly, as they looked older, more grizzled and rough looking.

The leader of the Snakes is Captain Kinski. Here he can be seen with his pet Trazioran Spire-Hawk, and alongside his faithful Servo-Monkey, Klyde:

Model-wise, he's a fairly heavily converted Forgeworld Slate Merdena Hired gun. The monkey is likewise also heavily converted, and I think he's from the Empire Handgunners plastic set.

The rest of the crew is a motley bunch of conversions based on the Orlock box set but with headswaps and a few additions from the bits box. I've not got as far as naming them all yet, so here they are in all their glory. The couple of younger models I'm treating as Juves in-game. One is a converted gobbo and the other is a Gorkamorka model.

Lastly, there's Macula, the cybernetic hound that came with the Slate Merdena model. As it's such a nice model, I had to paint it and add it to the crew.

And now, on to the ship itself. This was originally a 'Rambo' Patrol boat kit made by Monogram in the 80's, with a whole world of junk glued to it! It does separate from the trailer, so eventually I want to make a scenic sump water base for it to sit in. One of my eventual aims is to make a Necromunda table that incorporates elements of a dock on the edge of the Sump into it, so hopefully it'll fit into that. One day, lol.

The boarding ramp you can see at the back is double-hinged, and can be raised or lowered to allow access into the rear crew area.

The Sumpcarraldo name came from my long-term obsession with Werner Herzog films, specifically in this case, 'Fitzcarraldo', where the eponymous 'hero' transports a steamship through the South American jungle in a doomed attempt to make a fortune. The filming was notoriously difficult, as they did genuinely transport a 320 ton steamship through the jungle. There were several deaths, and Kinski himself almost ended up getting murdered by locals as they hated him so much. Hopefully my Captain Kinski isn't hated so much by his crew, and manages to win a game or two! 

So, there you go, another pointlessly large vehicle built by me that has absolutely no use in-game beyond a big piece of scenery! I'm hoping to actually get a game in with the crew at some point though, I vaguely paid attention to the Necromunda rules when making them, so hopefully I can get a game over at Warhammer World at some point.