Orcs, orcs, orcs, orcs! Part 3

Read Part 1 here

Read Part 2  here

So far I've shown off the Orc Boyz and Goblins from my recent army commission. To round out this series of Blog Posts, I'll take you through the tough stuff! Black Orcs, Characters, and the Boar Chariot were the elements that filled out this force.

These black orcs were great fun to paint! I was happy with the result of the beaten/ battle damaged look of the armour, which makes them look like grizzled veterans, without being too messy.



Next up we have Udglud 'Eadcrusha astride his fearsome, armour-clad warboar, and Mazdag Ardnut, the Army Standard Bearer. You'll notice that the blending of colours is a little smoother on the Character standard minis - these little touches help the models stand out from the rank and file.

 Battle Standard Bearer Mazdag 'Ardnut glaring menacingly behind his iron mask as he holds aloft the Banner of Mork.

The limited edition Orc Shaman has a lot more skin on display than the rest of the orcs in this army. I didn't want him to look too bright overall, so I picked muted tones for the cloth and wrist straps. Balancing colours like this is an important part of making an army look coherant on the tabletop.

On the Boar Chariot, I painted the boars and crew separately before completing the assembly. This made it much easier to access the hard to reach spots on the mini and overall saved me time with the paint job.

Eadcrusha's Horde in all its glory! Who knows which unsuspecting settlement they'll ransack next?

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Cheers!

Thomas Moore

Orcs, orcs, orcs, orcs! Part 2

Click here to read Part 1 first.

This is the second part in my series on an Orc army that I recently painted. Last time I focused on the centre point regiment in the army, the Orc Boyz. This time around we'll take a look at everyone's favourite sneaky little fellows, the Goblins!

First off the Night Goblin Big Boss and two units of Night Goblins.

 A regiment of Goblin Wolf Riders 

These guys were great fun to paint! There's something about greenskins which sparks my imagination. I find myself creating little narratives for them, in my head, whilst painting them. I find that when painting armies, keeping that flame of inspiration alight is key. Being faced with a massive load of models can be quite daunting, so I think it's important to find ways of getting through them and enjoying doing it (it is our hobby (for me it's more a jobby) after all).

Thanks for looking guys,

Check back for more Orcs and Goblins fun!

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Thomas Moore

Orcs, orcs, orcs, orcs! Part 1

Last month I was tasked with painting an Orc army, something that I have wanted to do for a while now. Orcs were my first army that I ever painted, and were what really hooked me into the hobby so I really wanted to revisit them and apply my current painting knowhow to the models which I had painted (rather badly) around 10 years ago!

The client's brief was, 'Paint them like the box', so I had to break down the 'Eavy Metal paint job and make it fit the client's budget. I produced three test pieces in order to work our how I wanted to paint the army and for presenting to the client for approval.

Test Pieces

 

The client approved  the test pieces so I was able to crack on with the army.

The first regiment that I decided to paint was the Orc Boyz:

And here is another shot of the Orc Boyz, this time on one of Golem's gaming tables in our new Gaming Room.

That's all for now folks! Check back for more on this Orc army!

Thomas Moore