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Author Topic: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.  (Read 100870 times)

Offline Cubs

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #270 on: November 14, 2019, 03:50:48 PM »
And you've done as good a job on the halberdier's right arm as is humanly possible; it's no surprise that the slightly later armoured-orc variant got a chainmail sleeve!

Not the finest example of anatomical rendering is it? Odd, because the left arm is okay, but the misplaced musculature and odd crease on the inside of the elbow … not a fun bit to paint I must admit.
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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #271 on: November 14, 2019, 03:53:53 PM »
Mogro Necksnapper's also a reminder that there's no particular reason why an orc leader has to be some ogre-sized lump. All the McDeath-era orc chiefs were much the same size as other orcs - as was Harboth.

Yeah, with him being an early slotta-base, he looks positively undersized next to pre-slotta Orcs benefitting from the extra height of their integrated base, before the scale-creep and steroid abuse of the Citadel Orcs began.

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #272 on: November 14, 2019, 10:54:38 PM »
Very nice indeed. Never very keen on the almost lime green highlights on the citadel orcs after a certain point in GW hisory Love the reddish skin.
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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #273 on: November 15, 2019, 05:29:04 PM »
Another Spot - this time the official model with the smaller sting tail. I went for a paler colour scheme, closer to the original McDeath cover art.






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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #274 on: November 15, 2019, 05:33:42 PM »
The orcs, dragon turtle and hound are all really fine!  :-* Nice choice for a base for the dragon turtle. Proxie Models?

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #275 on: November 15, 2019, 05:45:21 PM »
The orcs, dragon turtle and hound are all really fine!  :-* Nice choice for a base for the dragon turtle. Proxie Models?

I think so, yes, the customer provided it for me (he loves the hex bases).

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #276 on: November 16, 2019, 04:58:00 AM »
Love the Spot model.  Your painting really makes it come alive.  :-*
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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #277 on: November 16, 2019, 07:07:58 AM »
Superb painting :o

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #278 on: November 16, 2019, 07:22:52 AM »
Incredible painting on some lovely old school miniatures

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« Reply #279 on: November 16, 2019, 09:12:29 AM »
For a dog with two heads and a scorpion tail, that's got to be the most natural paintjob I've ever seen on a hound!  :o

Offline Cubs

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #280 on: November 27, 2019, 12:39:21 PM »
A lovely little personal project for myself to clear some of the lead pile and indulge in some nostalgia - Citadel Half Orc Hero, foot and mounted. I thought he was the 'Half Orc of Grim Countenance' in the FA listings (he certainly does have one) but I've been informed he's a C-series adventurer. Reminds me of the 60's/70's actor Hugh Griffith (look him up).













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Offline Hobgoblin

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #281 on: November 27, 2019, 12:47:08 PM »
Brilliant!

He's crying out (or yelling harshly) for a group shot with your other Aly Morrison half-orcs.

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #282 on: November 27, 2019, 12:58:25 PM »
I want to get a few more of those Half Orcs painted first, so I can get a decent group-shot going. I thought I'd been really good keeping my collections limited to rigidly set boundaries, but there's (obviously) still a huge lead mountain to work through.

Offline Bearwoodman

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #283 on: November 27, 2019, 01:42:47 PM »
Wonderful painting! I am especially taken by the hound, the way you have captured the different textures, the wrinkly skin, the shaggy fur, the wet mouth, is great. I painted a dog once and it did not look half as good (although thinking about it I would be very pleased if any of my stuff looked half as good as any of yours). And that grim-countenanced orc; coming from a species not famed for its beauty he might be the most repellantly ugly I have seen.

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #284 on: November 27, 2019, 03:49:09 PM »
The half orc is superb. His face is full of charactor   :o