A Few Orcs...

[Shadowlord]

I have been away from greenskins for a long time but now I have found the urge, and rebought my sold orcs, to paint an O&G army consisting of orc units and goblin support units. I want a steppe sorta feel so I will get a lot of wolf riders (convert them using goblin arms, legs and torsos with other shields, grot heads and Fenrisian wolves).

I will not include any Black Orcs (too dangerous), nor any Night Goblins/squigs (too sneaky), or any Savage Orcs (too crazy) INITIALLY because of that specific look and feel I am after. I will however have common orcs, arrer boyz, big uns, and when they make new ones - a lot of common goblins. The army will also include three giants, scores of warmachines, wolf riders, orc boar boyz, chariots, and common trolls.

Blogs are not for me so I will just show some of the stuff I have made that I take pictures of now and then. The conversions this army offers almost match my Ogres so I will probably do a lot of these as time fly by. Some of my favorite Orcs of all time are the previous 40K Nobz so I am using a few of these on my bosses.

Here are the Warboss Shorka Toothcracka and Bogrot the BSB (and a new banner style on a common orc I am testing):



The Warboss is my favorite orc model of all time (he is muscled like an ox and has a duck like walk), the LE BSB, with added parts from the plastic Warboss kit. I have one like him that I intend to mount on the Azhag Wyvern. The BSB is the Ruglud body with the AoW Orc Lord axe, with the banner from the plastic Orc Warboss kit, and a head from a 40K Nob.

Here is a Big Boss I named Longshanks (I have added paint to the lip ring and shield handle):



He is done by using the metal Arrer Boy with the sword using a sword from the plastic Orc Warboss kit, a metal shield (the new ones GW sells), and a head from 40K Nob (and some greenstuff fur).

My last, and most posh Big Boss named Zagstug:



He is done using the Wyvern rider body, Black Orc Big Boss axe, Black Reach Nob head, a metal Orc shield, and some greenstuff.

I also painted Skarsnik (this weekend) and Gorbad (some time ago) for two friends (I personally do not use special characters).





This post has been edited by Shadowlord on Jun 25 2012, 11:59 AM

[Snikpik]

Nice painting and a good start. ARe you planning to make this in to an army blog?

[Groznit Goregut]

Very nice! What colors did you use for the skin?

[Krysdagger]

Those are some beautifully painted minis .. very nice work..

[Tartar Sauce]

Its always nice to see your work, good stuff as usual.

Do you use something like Tamiya's Smoke to get the wet affect on the blood and Squig tongue?

[Shadowlord]

Thanks guys!

Skin recipe -> WAAAGH Green, Agrax wash, thin Loren Forest green.

Wet Tongue -> regular gloss varnish

Blood -> Tamyia Clear Red in various stages with black color

No blog planned though.

[Morkmillian]

is that rugluds main body for one of your BSB's (middle one in first pic)?

[Da Spawn Man]

Very nice work. Your painting makes the figures look heavy - I like that.

[Krolog da FaceMangler]

Great looking mini's that dark colors on Gnobbla are just amazing!

[theorox]

That's some awesome painting! All of the characters look fantastic so far, I really like the skintones.

Theo

[stashman]

Nice work nephew!!!

The Gorbad model is mine

[WarbossKurgan]

@Shadowlord - very, very nice work. I love your use of bits, your painting style and the colour palette you've used!

@stashman - lucky you!

[Klavier]

Wow those orcs are full of characters,
Great conversions and paintjob, very ispirational.

[Jafu]

I like you use of parts to make your own orcs, your individuality will make this Waaargh stand out from the rest.
The painting is awesome, very inspiring.
Keep up the brilliant work

[Noisy Assassin]

Noice!