The Unfamous Waaagh Of "hrmm, Dunnowuttanamehim", Finally, my army blog...

Hi All! So I have found myself recently unemployed (by my own choice, got tired of my deadbeat boss) and finally able to spend significant time rooting around the storage area after our move to find my minis. Dear lord, what a surprise!!! There are so many recruits that need to be inducted into the WAAAAGH!!!

I managed to dig out the case with some of my painted items in it. These guys were painted up well over 2 years ago prior to my move to California and now that I have some free time during the day, I hope to actually get an army put together and maybe get some games in.

On to the goodies!

Here is a set of older Night Goblin Netters:




Next up, a set of really old school Night Goblin Fanatics:




And now, two Night Goblin Shaman from the Skull Pass set:




Alas, I got started on pictures a bit late today and the sun has since moved to the other side of the apartment building. The pictures in the shade on the blacony are not turning out that great, so more to come hopefully tomorrow.

Comments/suggestions would be much appreciated as this blog continues! I'm hoping this will inspire me to get back to painting and fine tune my skills.

Glad to finally get this army blog started up!!!

Good to see a new blog, thanks for sharing with us

I like finding forgotten models, it's sort of like another Christmas surprise

Just a couple of thoughts; a black wash (whatever the GW name for it is now) would do wonders for the grey drybrush you have over the black robes, should tie it in nicely. Also, perhaps a darkish wash over the green skin areas to give a bit more depth.
Noone likes going over painted models again, but those two things are dead easy and take stuff-all time to do.

Either way, I look forward to seeing what else you post up here

RoV

Nice too see another nice plog ^^ I like those models, and I second the black wash advice, it would improve those robes a lot

Cheers guys! Thanks for the suggestion on the black wash. If I could only find my pot of black wash now... Hopefully I can dig it up after another foray into the storage room and give it a go on some models over the weekend if not sooner.

Here are some snotlings that have latched onto the growing army:



And a couple of Forest Goblin Spider Riders from the Skull Pass set. I have yet to finish this unit up but have no clue what paints I had used over 2 years ago!

Looks like a Mechrite Red drybrush on the spiders to me

Nice snotlings there, I like the little guys.

RoV

I think it was a different red Rat of Vengence. I don't remember having a Mechrite Red in my paint supplies. Thankfully I did find the rest of the unit last night and discovered that all of the spiders are painted and done! (amazing what two years away from painting will do to the memory! LOL) the only items remaining on the Spider Rider unit are the unit champion and standard bearer.

So it has been a gorgeous morning here in sunny California and I was able to find the remaining painted figures in my growing force and get some more shots in the sunlight. Off we go!!!

Here is the full Night Goblin army thus far in all it's glory. So far I have the following painted up and ready to put on the gaming table:

40 Night Goblins with Spears/Sheilds (2 full commands so this can be 2x20 or 1x40)
40 Night Goblins with Bows (2 full commands so again, 2x20 or 1x40)
2 Night Goblin Shaman
5 Night Goblin Netters for use with the Spear regiments
3 Night Goblin Fanatics





And here are some shots of each of the regiments so far:






I have to total up the points on this group so far. It should give me a pretty good start on an army. I'm thinking for the time being of just using one of the Shaman as the Army General to get some games in. I'm a stickler for only putting painted figures on the gaming table...helps to keep me on track with my painting.

I have dozens more Night Goblins primed up and ready to go, just need to get to painting. Any tips or suggestions to make the next batch look better would be much appreciated. I'm keeping the suggestion of using a black wash in mind for the next regiment and am thinking of changing up the color...maybe a nice purple?

Happy Weekend fellow Warbosses!

I mentioned earlier that I was thinking of a purple theme for the next batch of Night Goblins. I got these three Fanatics finished up to test out the colors:




I also started work on a Black Orc, certainly still in progress. I'm stuck on what colors to add and just how to go about it though...




Looking for some comments/suggestions/tips to help make the purple colors come through better and also to get the Black Orcs looking sharp.

Looking good. If you want advice on where to go with the black orc, I'd definitely add some washes to get into those cracks. If you look in the chainmail, you can see some silver has gotten in the holes, so a black wash or a brown wash could work really nicely on tying all the metals together. And also, always remember to shave or file off the mold lines of your models - you can see a prominent one on the back of your black orc's arm. It just makes painting easier on yourself at a later stage.

As for the fanatics, they're looking fine. If you're wanting the colours to come out more, well you're using the drybrushing effect on the cloaks from the looks of it, so you're not using the full pigment. If you want stronger colours, try layering it on. But if you still want it darker as it is, you can then add some dark washes to the cloaks, or just leave it as it is, because they're not too bad. The only thing which stands out at all is the white/bleached bone rope. It's a bit garish because it looks as though you've painted directly over black. Even small details should be approached with patience - layer on some browns then work up to white/bleached bone if you'd like (although, I tend to keep my rope darker and in the light browns). You'll appreciate it later and it makes your model look professional if you pay attention to the details.

But overall, really nice work and if you didn't do anything, it'd still be a better paint job than most people could muster and is solid.

Oh yep, I never used to worry about mould lines, but they only take a minute per model to clean them off. A sharp knife at right-angles to the mould line and they'll scrape right off.

Watered-down Black Ink is my friend! I use it shade nearly everything. With a basecoat and only one layer of drybrushing it's a quick and effective shading technique. It usually looks pretty good too.

Sometimes with purples I lightly drybrush Blood Red around the edges of capes. Sometimes pinks look a little too bright and erm, girly. It helps to define the edges and seperates different parts of the model.

Solid paintjobs all-round though, your army is looking pretty cool

@Da Spawn Man - thank you for the feedback and the tips! The Fanatics, dare I say that was my attempt at layering, not drybrushing? LMAO I used a black undercoat, and Warlock Purple as a base, and then a layer with some Warlock Purple/White. The purple I have is quite thin already, maybe it's not showing up well over the black undercoat. I think I'll try a wash over the rope as you're right, they do look pretty slapped on in the picture. Need to practice layering still.

As for the Black Orc, I was so excited to have the paints and brushes unpacked and out again that I just grabbed him and started in. In my excitement I dind't even think of the mold lines. I just noticed too that I left the cloth scraps sticking out from the shoulderpads as silver when they should be painted a spot color. Still trying to decide what color I want to go with for the army.

@Sokk - thank you as well! Painting is certainly a still very rusty skill for me, but it's the part of the hobby that I can really get into once I get going. I'll have to try out the red drybrush. Do you have any pictures you can post of what it looks like?

I'm hoping to pick up some of the new washes soon as there seems to be a good variety. We'll see if the new Citadel paint line will turn me into a top caliber painter on their own.

If that was layering, either your paint is too dry ('Eavy Metal painters try to keep their paint the consistency of thick milk) or too thin, and only just showing. There's loads of cool tutorials online to help.

I have nothing useful to add, but I'll be ecstatic if I can get my pieces looking half that nice.

Yea, I need to get into a regular painting schedule to hammer out some techniques and get a good amount of practice in. Thankfully, there are a few dozen willing Night Gobbos in the wings that have offered to let me add some color to them! LOL

LOL Thank you Shane! Although these are far from looking individually nice, I think as full units or an overall army it comes off OK. Do you have an army blog going already? I've already gotten some good tips on improving the look and feel of these guys and there are some really talented folks on the forums that I'm sure will be happy to help out!

Aww sorry , I only have my camera phone which takes quite blurry pics, or I'd show you some robes as examples.

However, I did find this Dark Elf Assassin on the interweb...

http://www.coolminiornot.com/articles/1049...d-to-use-colors

It's pretty similar to how my Liche Purple with Blood Red Highlights looks, although this guy is a VERY slick painter and uses a much more complicated method. The contrast between the purple and the highlights is much the same, so it will give you an idea of what it looks like before you paint up a model.

I usually go with a Liche Purple basecoat, followed by a very thin Black Ink wash in the folds of the cloth, then a light drybrush of Blood Red over the raised parts. With the paint on my brush a little bit 'wetter' I drybrush a bit more around the very edges of the cloak with Blood Red again. For bolder highlights around the edges and the raised folds you could carefully paint thin lines of Blood Red or a lighter pink, or even Bleached Bone or Skull White, although I find that my hand isn't quite steady enough for that sometimes!

I don't mix my paints if I can help it, I find it easier to go one or two shades brighter for the highlights (instead of the 60/40 mixes this guy talks about on this site).
I find it much easier to get a consistent shade if I'm painting a whole unit at once, it's faster too and less wasted paint.

For example if I'm painting leather, I'll basecoat with Bestial Brown, Black Ink wash,then highlight with Snakebite leather. For Goblin skin I use Snot green as a basecoat, Black Ink wash, then Scorpion Green for highlights. Some colours look too dull with a Black Ink wash, so it pays to experiment until you get the result you're after.

However if there's the occasional little dangly bit or necklace or soemthing that I don't have the right colour for then I mix paints.

I've found that not everything really needs a highlight though, as most of the detail is lost when the models are on the table and the dice start rolling. Noone will probably pay much attention to the little crescent moon belt clasps I painted, highlighted and varnished to look like blue minerals, but hey it's cool if people DO notice the little details like that.

I hope this has been helpful for you

I don't think that assassin is a good example - the layering is not very good IMHO. :/