April! On to the main muscle of the army - the regiment of orc boys.
I very much enjoyed working on these, and the reminisce from 'back in the day' was super strong.
I am again, very pleased with how they've come out and also how bright they are on the table. I've been gifted a few LOADS more monopose orcs from a local gaming club. Many thank you's go to Phil from Carmarthen Old Guard (instagram), so I really should paint a few more!
I'd really like to do a 'start to finish' guide for one of these boyz by the end of the Challenge...
Anyway - on to the pics:
And a close up in threes. I just added the champ in here to make up the numbers :) He's got his own pic below...
And on to the iconic command!
The drummer:
The standard bearer. Again, I might add a checked streamer later...
I also have painted up the orc archers, which I surprisingly enjoyed as well! Originally these were not on the planned list, but I very much HAD TO PAINT THEM!
I think I have simplified the paint application a bit through the regular boys, and when it came to these I found them a lot easier.
And then as a final thing, I painted a test model for the black orcs I have planned for the final month.
He started off covered in balck and white checks, but I thought it would take way too long. It was also very hard - I did the checks way too small and was too demotivated to redo them, so settled on red with white dags. I still think a flame motif on the upraised wrist guard would be kinda cool, or a faded checkerboard on the sword...
I've painted up a few more now, and simplified the paint a bit - especially the skin. This tester model's skin is a lot richer than the more recent ones, but it took AGES 😂😠Fingers crossed I'll manage a whole unit, but right now I'm really struggling with 11 black orcs left to paint...I keep painting single space marines 😬
Anyhow.
The breakdown to round off this month:
Intro: link
January: Rank & File #1 - link
February: Rank & File #2 - link
March: Leaders - link
April: Rank and File #3
93.5... 17 x Orc Boys
33... 1 x Orc Champion
11... 1 x Orc Musician
11... 1 x Orc Standard Bearer
103.5... 10 x Orc Arrer Boys
Total... 252
Beautiful work mate. They could be the box art. I particularly love the Blanchesque paintjob on the champion's shield.
ReplyDeleteI'm likely painting a similar army next year, so I'm also very relieved you've gone first and I don't have to compete with your attention to detail on the glyphs, patterns, and textures. Top stuff :)
Ah, thank you! The shield is heavily inspired by Jaakko's wonderful shields from last month. I'll be looking forward to your take on the O&G's next year!
DeleteGosh, these are superb! That skin tone is perfect (yes please to a step-by-step guide!)
ReplyDeleteAnd you've painted so many models! Amazing combo of quality and quantity.
Cheers George! Moot Green is a wonderful colour for the orc skin (shout out to Louise Sudgen for that!)
DeleteWhat a fantastic month once again! You’ve struck a great balance between quality and quantity. The units are a good size and look impressive. The Black Orc you’ve already painted looks amazing, and I’m really looking forward to seeing the rest of the unit!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much! I've really got to dig deep into that motivational reserve to get it done, and your comment really helps with that - thanks!
DeleteClassic almost-luminous Orcs.Fantastic effort.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much!
Delete