Further WIP

Done a little more work on the TFF Orc. highlighted the skin up and blocked in belts and straps, put some shade colour to the purple.

Method (continued from prev post):
Skin: So I started highlighting the skin with 50/50Goblin Green and Golden Yellow then 25/75 same colours, next came the same mix as before but adding in Skull White so 25/75/25 Goblin Green/Golden Yellow/Skull White, then I added more Skull White to the mix and only painted on the highest areas (brows, cheeks, knuckles).
Belt, Straps and Boots: All I've done so far is paint them flat Bestial Brown but I'll wash them Devlan Mud then add some Bleached Bone to the Bestial Brown and highlight them up!
Purple: Not done much here either, just painted all the areas to be purple with a mix 50/50 Liech Purple/Chaos Black.

 Back Picture!

By the next update hopefully I'll have the purple mostly done and have made some progress into the white.

Frame of Reference

I'm posting up some pictures of Orcs painted by Paul Benson (Eavy Metal), in issue 120 of White Dwarf, way back in 1989!



I want the Blood Bowl Orc I'm painting currently to have a similar skin tone to this. I'm trying the capture the Old Skool feel as the model I'm doing was made in 1988, hopefully I'll nail that retro look.

Step by Step

By popular demand (one person), I'm going to run a step-by-step of what I've done so far. then with the next picture update, probably on Sunday, I'll step-by-step up to where I've gotten to then.

Starting at the bottom then;

Base rim: GW Codex Grey, pure and simples

Base: As I mentioned I glued sand to the base with PVA before I undercoated the Mini, the undercoat helps to seal the sand to the base, this means when I drybrush the sand it won't all just fall off.
wash the base GW Devlan Mud, paint GW Dark Flesh, drybrush GW Graveyard Earth, drybrush GW Bleached Bone. Done.



Metal: Paint 50/50 GW Bestial Brown/Chaos Black, drybrush 50/50 GW Chainmail/Chaos Black, drybrush GW Mithril Silver. Done (for now)

Purple: wash GW Leviathan Purple. Thats all I've done so far, more to come.

Green Skin: wash Devlan Mud, paint GW Goblin Green, wash GW Thrakka Green, layer(leaving the deep recesses on the face, under the cheeks/around the eyes/where the skin meets the helmet and the edges where the skin meets cloths/armour etc.) Goblin Green. Thats it for now but the skin will be the longest process by far!

more to come

TFF Legacy Team WIP

Thought I'd best start posting some stuff.

So here's the 1st of my WIP pictures of an Orc Lineman that I'm doing for the TalkFantasyFootball 2011 Legacy Team, link http://www.talkfantasyfootball.org

Here he is! He has had his base dipped in sand, to simulate an earthy texture. I undercoated him as I do all my models with white spray paint. In this picture I've already blocked out the areas of him I want to be purple and his skin which will be a light green colour.

2nd picture. Now I've painted the base to look like earth, might need to darken it back a bit. I've painted the metal areas: helmet, buckles, toecaps and wristband with the same drybrushing technique that I used to do the base. His skin is now green but will need a few more layers of highlighting before it's as light as I want it.












That's it for now. More soon!

First Post, with Objectives

O.K. so what I'm going to be doing here is keeping a record of my painting work, both Commisioned and Personal. I'll start with some things I've already finished and then move into posting WIPs and other things I'm doing right now.

Hopefully this Blog/Plog will help to keep me motivated through slow times and gain me some exposure to getting more Commisions.

Scally, out.