I love the odd shape of his axe-like weapon, wielded with the help of a hook "hand" - an experienced warrior, this one!
The other spot of brushwork from the last few days is these four little fellows. They are Kev Adams' sculpts for sale though Alternative Armies as "lesser goblins". As with all such momentous decisions, I hummed and hawed about how to base them but decided on 20mm square bases. This way I can pop four of the together as a snotling base, or use them to bolster the numbers of a goblin unit, or use them as very low level threats in a dungeon crawl. Win, win, win!
They're tiny, detailed little buggers, full of the manic wickedness that we've come to know and love in Kev's little caricatured self-potraits (seriously, look at his photo alongside one of his goblin sculpts. - uncanny!), and as such were rather tricky to paint.
You'll have noticed that they're brownskins, not greenskins. I'll have a range of skin tones for them, but may well go with the smaller the goblinoid, the browner the skin tone I choose. Who knows?!
For now, I'll leave you with a family photo of the army (har-har!) so far:
If you haven't already, why not slap some pigment on a goblinoid for orctober?
Cheery-bye,
Rab
They look like they could just have stepped out of the pages of an early 90's WD, lovely stuff! That Ork with the hook hand is one of my all time favourite ork sculpts and all. He is a fun one to paint.
ReplyDeleteEarly 90s White Dwarf, eh? I'll take that - cheers, Sean! He was a fun model to paint.
DeleteNice, I love the green skin tone on the Orcs, and the brown on the Goblins. Also the chequed pattern on the Orc's jacket is a nice detail too.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lee. I was rather pleased with the checks, even if they are a little uneven in size. I figure he's an orc and unlikely to have a tailor with OCD about evenness...
DeleteI also love the hook handed orc with the jutting chin, a real veteran with character. Great job on him.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Stuart. The characterfulness of the sculpts from this range makes them really appealing to collect and paint.
DeleteLooking good. I love those Lesser Goblins. My own attempt on 'em may be seen here: http://drumsdeep.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/war-at-edge-of-end-by-eternal-champion.html
ReplyDeleteAnd very nice they are too! You definitely get bonus points for painting the eyes, and old-skool points for using hex bases.
DeleteThey look much better in the flesh: gloss-finished models really don't photograph too well.
DeleteWell there goes my excuse - I don't varnish at all!
DeleteLooking good Dude, keep it up!
ReplyDeleteSadly hordes take an age to get painted!
Thanks! And I shall bow to your superior experience of horde painting :)
DeleteNice looking figures. Those Alternative Armies goblins are nice, I may have to get a few. You don't seem to have an email listed in your friend connect profile. I played with the image of your original orc and I want to send you the results. I'll also look for you in G+.
ReplyDeleteYou found me! And I've added you back.
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