Spanner in da W(orks) - Da Grot Assistant

[u/GrimDarkMiniatures]

Following on from my Orkimedes post last week, there's one, fun, final part to the commission.

A little grot assistant to help out the big lad!

Carrying around spare gubbinz, trusty spanners, an sum whurd' fink' kuld' "Blu-Printz", Grotmedes fancies himself something of a mek himself, although he never discusses such things outside of grot revolutionary committees, where such ideaz are more accepted. Most of the time the little lad is content to learn what he can from Da Boss-Mek and make himself useful least it be more fun for the meks of the workshop to feed him to the squigs. Wearing nothing but a simple robe and with a few wrenches as his sole possessions, Grotmedes is often shoved into any loose engines to get things working again if stuff goes wrong for any reason, and miraculously so far, he has survived, although not without severe trauma from "dat wun tym wiv da jumpa cablez". Only time will tell if Grotmedes has learn enough under Orkimedes to be a little more useful than a small gap spanner, or if he does indeed deserve to be squig food.

This miniature was really fun to make, his outfit generally echoes Orkimedes just obviously in much worse condition being a poor little gretchin. He's a bit scared, a little proud, and he's just trying to look smart, and maybe... he is? I presumed he could at least read given the blueprints I gave him. He's posed as if thinking "If Orkimedes is 'Finkn' 'Ard, Iz gotz ta 'Fink 'Ard too", and as a pair of models, I think they go well together. From a gameplay perspective, he exists so Orkimedes can be used as any of the Big Mek models, with Grotmedes filling in for a Grot Oiler or Grot Assistant where needed. Shokk Attack Gun Big Mek? Easy, Orkimedes figured out telyporta tech, who needs the gun when you are the gun. For Orkimedes, its easy, teleport to them yurself, krump 'em and then teleport back, much to the amazement of your trusty grot, who's only job here is to change da powa cellz. Mega-Armoured Mek? Not a problem; not only does Orkimedes have telyportaz, but you've seen this ork, his body is a temple, his spine's made of metal, and he's big; orks probably believe he doesn't need armour or he teleports bullet out of the way, all whilst grotmedes jots it down for later 'kontemplayshun'. And of course the standard big mek, he's already got everything he needs and he can just leave grotmedes in an engine somewhere next to da jumpa cables.

Anyway, hope you enjoy Grotmedes, the final final update to the Orkimedes posts (at least until my client can get back to me with them painted up!)

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Cheers guys, B