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Offline Grumpy Gnome

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #570 on: July 12, 2021, 07:50:44 AM »
Great work on those Orcs!
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Offline Ockius

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #571 on: July 14, 2021, 07:37:04 PM »
Love the orcs, and realised I have two of them myself - now I’m inspired to strip them and update the old and bad paintjob they have at present!
My armies:
- Henry VIII's army (WIP) 15mm
- Ancient Germans (28mm)
- Ancient Belgae (Gauls with German allies) (28mm)
- Massilian Greeks (Greeks and Gallic mercenaries/subjects) (28mm)
- A few EI Romans (28mm)
- Handful of WW2 British (15mm)
- A load of old 1993-1999ish Warhammer Orcs and Goblins

Offline Cubs

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #572 on: July 14, 2021, 08:02:41 PM »
Love the orcs, and realised I have two of them myself - now I’m inspired to strip them and update the old and bad paintjob they have at present!

They're lovely models and take the paint so well. The only issue is that there's a lot of hidden detail that I found tricky to make out until the bits around them had been coloured in.
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Offline Ockius

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #573 on: July 16, 2021, 02:28:23 PM »
They're lovely models and take the paint so well. The only issue is that there's a lot of hidden detail that I found tricky to make out until the bits around them had been coloured in.
And now I can benefit from you having done some of the hard work for me, as I can refer to your paint jobs if I have any troubles   ;)
This is definitely one of the tricky bits of painting - there’s many a model that I have painted a few of and then eventually realised I’ve been mistakenly identifying a certain little item or fold of material all along.

Offline Cubs

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #574 on: October 01, 2021, 03:03:52 PM »
Having been laid low with the Covid for some time (10 days my arse!) I have finally managed to crank out some old school models for the 'Magnificent Sven' scenario. First up are the Slann, who if I'm honest, I struggled to get to grips with. I tried using pictures of Amazonian frogs and such, plus South- and Meso-American designs.

As an aside, there's a lovely thing called 'Moss Effect' that I've used for the first time on the bases, just splodged on my usual 'forest floor' blend of old tealeaves and mixed herbs. I really like how it automatically dries into different depths of shade. I got it from Great Escape Games (shameless plug) https://www.greatescapegames.co.uk/online-store/weathering/modelmates/mm-moss25




















Offline batu

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #575 on: October 01, 2021, 04:47:34 PM »
Love it, as usual!

Offline Severian

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #576 on: October 01, 2021, 04:48:48 PM »
Cracking work on those Slann - the variety of colours and textures is a real treat for the eyes.

Offline Pattus Magnus

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #577 on: October 01, 2021, 05:10:45 PM »
Those are stunning! The jaguar pelt shield is especially good, but everything turned out well on those.

Offline majorsmith

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #578 on: October 01, 2021, 06:14:35 PM »
Bloody awesome 😎

Online Hobgoblin

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #579 on: October 01, 2021, 09:15:41 PM »
Amazing! So much to gawp at, but those obsidian weapons are a terrific touch!

Offline Cubs

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #580 on: October 01, 2021, 09:52:02 PM »
Thanks guys, that's very kind. If I'm being honest, I didn't love these guys - I was never a Slann-Fan and couldn't get comfy with the Amazonian vibe at all. I wanted more skin to do more froggy stuff!

Amazing! So much to gawp at, but those obsidian weapons are a terrific touch!

Now those I did enjoy - literally just Googled obsidian weapons and took it from there. I definitely went for a greenish tinge to add a bit more depth and I'm happy with how they turned out. It's always fun to try out new effects.

Offline Grumpy Gnome

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #581 on: October 02, 2021, 04:33:18 AM »
Those are stunning! The jaguar pelt shield is especially good, but everything turned out well on those.

I quite agree. Brilliant work on all of them but that shield really takes the prize for me.

Offline Bloggard

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #582 on: October 02, 2021, 09:20:18 AM »
great stuff.

Offline has.been

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #583 on: October 02, 2021, 10:04:27 AM »
Only you could make me like Aztec Frogs. :D

Offline Citizen Sade

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Re: 'Old Citadel Nostalgia' - an ongoing project.
« Reply #584 on: October 02, 2021, 10:26:23 AM »
Beautiful work.

What’s the reason for the hex bases?