Fin

It's official I'm over it. No I didn't have COVID, I mean I'm over this mini! I called it done yesterday.

In the end I don't even hate it. I think that the arm positions are wrong and it's got some other issues (looking at you pig skin), but whatever.

I've done worse.

Back side.

So yeah, that's a wrap. The next next project is the snake-bird thing, whose fantasy name currently escapes me, but I plan to practice on the smaller bat wing dragon beast, (I'm really botching this).

Cheers,

HMP

War Pig

Happy New Year!

Apologies for the shortage of updates, but we moved during the winter "break" and my living room looks like this. 

And that's the best room in the house! Painting hasn't been a priority, but yesterday I just said fudge it, and painted in the garden.

Ammo Runt

More paint was mixed! Yesterday I completed (almost) the "Ammo Runt". I think he's some sort of Snotling, or related diminutive  creature, perhaps some strain of mixed Goblinoid/Ork origin. 

The role such creatures play in Ork society was at first a mystery to the Imperium, and early imperial scholars didn't recognize Snotlings as a separate race and instead thought they were baby Orks!

This theory was however completely debunked by High Inquisitor Ratcliffe in his publication titled "Lesser Greenskins" published in the journal Xenos Autem Exterminavi, the data for which he acquired from a drone on planet XC-42936 in the delta quadrant, prior to orbital bombardment/exterminatus.

Ratcliffe found that not only were Snotlings efficient at hauling around gear, those with large hindquarters also served as pre-warmed meaty snacks for hungry Boyz.

Cheers,

HMP

Ork Knobs WIP 2

Having more fun painting than blogging, so just a single photo...

Orks!

As with all Ork, checkers are very important.

Cheers,
HMP

Ork Knobz

Ahh, that moment when you realize you've botched a base...

On the Workbench

Lots of silly things on the go. I've completed some "Screaming Fungus", the adventurers should have trouble sneaking into the goblins lair...

Screaming Fungus

Orc vs Ork

There was a King tide today, so we ended up going to the beach and looking at the tide pools. This had a negative impact on the quantity of painting. Most of the model is color blocked, and the shoulder pads have seen the most attention.

Checkers are important 

Black Pants

I also tried a new method for painting black. I started with black, then used Kantor Blue for the first edge highlight, and some kind of gray for the second highlight. It's the closest I've come to copying the GW style for black trousers.

Ork Flesh

I thought I had a good handle on green, but it's turning out to he tougher than I expected. Not as hard as yellow, but tricky none the less (more on yellow later). Below is the line of paints, minus the highlight which is a mix of Ushabti Bone and the lightest green (very conventional).

Waagh Flesh, Loren Forest Green, Warboss Green, Skarsnik Green

 Ork 1 used Loren Forest over the base of Waaagh Flesh while Ork 2 went straight to Warboss Green. Both were then washed with Camoshade and then layered up the other greens (I lost track of the order and blending, so a "guide", this is not). Then the red accents were put in with Carroburg Crimson. Results are not too bad.

Boyz with Shootas

Boyz with Shootas

Ork 3 (seen below by ork 1 and 2) is a hybrid, where I tried to retain more green in the facial features. I think I need to push it brighter, for more contrast, then come back in with a green glaze to tint it more green.

3 Boyz with Shootas

It's all still work in progress, but they're staring to come together. So far I really like them. Once these three are fully finished I'm going to try something a little different on the next one. Mostly with the pale flesh around the ears and mouth, I might try putting it in earlier, then adding green. I'm also going to try the green glaze... hopefully they don't come out looking like grots or snotlings.

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