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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: G2 on September 19, 2011, 02:59:13 PM

Title: Empire Ogre - Old School with new colours
Post by: G2 on September 19, 2011, 02:59:13 PM: Hi all. This is the latest mini from my paint table. It's an old-school GW sculpt, but I decided to use some NOT so old-school colours.

(http://www.majhost.com/gallery/g2/miniatures2/g2sminis0095.jpg)

Note: I tried a new technique with the white, but it didn't really work out how I thought it would, basically the shadows are too dark.
Title: Re: Empire Ogre - Old School with new colours
Post by: Mason on September 19, 2011, 03:13:27 PM: Lovely paint job! :o

Quote from: Bezzo on September 19, 2011, 03:02:23 PM
Seems strange saying this about an ogre but he's....beautiful.

He is VERY pretty! :-*
Title: Re: Empire Ogre - Old School with new colours
Post by: Faust23 on September 19, 2011, 04:20:07 PM: Really nice work! Landsknecht Ogres are awesome.

Noch Weiter!
Title: Re: Empire Ogre - Old School with new colours
Post by: Blue in vt on September 19, 2011, 04:29:28 PM: Just love this guy...and your PJ is ;D ;D

Cheers,

Blue
Title: Re: Empire Ogre - Old School with new colours
Post by: Funghy-Fipps on September 19, 2011, 04:51:42 PM: Excellent model (especially when one think's of GWs more recent Ogre incarnations... :?) and equally excellent brush-work. No one's going to call him a 'poofter' for wearing pink, are they?
Title: Re: Empire Ogre - Old School with new colours
Post by: Prof.Witchheimer on September 19, 2011, 05:15:06 PM: Unexpected choice of colours, wrong on so many levels but it works, he looks just like an ogre on the way to a date :)
Title: Re: Empire Ogre - Old School with new colours
Post by: mweaver on September 19, 2011, 09:47:04 PM: Love that miniature. Veeeery interesting color choice. But only a bigger ogre would comment on it of course!

Lovely paint job.

-Michael
Title: Re: Empire Ogre - Old School with new colours
Post by: Diakon on September 19, 2011, 09:50:47 PM: Nice. Love the colour scheme. lol
Title: Re: Empire Ogre - Old School with new colours
Post by: Hybrid on September 20, 2011, 03:36:38 AM: I love it!

It reminds of my old gaming groups habit (in the late 80’s and early 90’s), of painting many a miniature with Bilious Green and Titillating Pink clothes. Ah those were the days :)
Title: Re: Empire Ogre - Old School with new colours
Post by: Pil on September 20, 2011, 08:59:22 AM: Fabulous work on a great model! :-*
Title: Re: Empire Ogre - Old School with new colours
Post by: G2 on September 20, 2011, 10:23:35 AM: Hey Blue

Thanks for that. The funny thing, is I tried to copy your technique in painting white. I looked long and hard at your empire stuff, and I remember you posted somewhere that you use many consecutive lighter shades to get get your minis looking so good. So I tried this on my white. I am not entirely happy with it, but it is a better white than what I have managed to do in the past. So thanks.

I will keep trying the white, until I get it as nice as yours. :D

Quote from: Blue in vt on September 19, 2011, 04:29:28 PM
Just love this guy...and your PJ is ;D ;D

Cheers,

Blue
Title: Re: Empire Ogre - Old School with new colours
Post by: clam on September 20, 2011, 10:27:38 AM: That's surely a miniature only a "mother could love" ;) The choice of colours is .... interesting...in a "what have you been taking" kind of way - but painted to a very high standard. Another spectacular PJ, G2.
Title: Re: Empire Ogre - Old School with new colours
Post by: Blackwolf on September 20, 2011, 10:31:02 AM: Nice :) Wish I could paint bright colours,you did a cracking job!
Title: Re: Empire Ogre - Old School with new colours
Post by: Evil Bob on September 20, 2011, 10:53:36 AM: Nice job!
Title: Re: Empire Ogre - Old School with new colours
Post by: DeafNala on September 20, 2011, 01:06:07 PM: It takes a tough Ogre to get away with wearing pink...could account for most of his scar tissue. That aside, VERY WELL DONE!
Title: Re: Empire Ogre - Old School with new colours
Post by: Galland on September 21, 2011, 11:22:41 AM: I think this is a beutiful miniature, and the choice of colours are not that far off. Consider the fact that the original warhammer old world concept derives from the 1500 germany (Holy Roman Empire), and they where not strangers to colours that we might seem odd in modern day society. With that in mind I think the colours are great, well I would anyway.