Orcs and Goblins: Old School Nouveau style

[Nicklas P]

Thanks all!

it would be nice to see these showing at something closer to their real size as well as the close-ups.

I'll see what I can do.

That's beautiful. Is the texture in the face all painted on?

Thanks, it's a mix, but mostly the texture is just painted on, or at least very much exaggerating the subtle texture that might be there. Unfortunately this low res image from the kickstarter is the only image I can find of him unpainted.

[Andrew Rae]

Either way, you did a great job with the texture. It looks painful!

[blacksmith]

Awesome skin!

[Andym]

What a perfect couple of Orcs! They really fit into what I think of as Orcs. No flashy colours or stuff!

[Exiledadmiral]

Wow! That skin blows me away! Lovely dark armour too, is it a dull metallic or just matte colours?

[Nicklas P]

Thanks guys.

Wow! That skin blows me away! Lovely dark armour too, is it a dull metallic or just matte colours?

It's similar to the recipe I used on the Sepulchral Guard skeletons but with Scale75 Black Metal as a base.

Couple of pics of the finished Orc.

[Cubs]

Shit the bed that's good.

[Tungdil]

This face, skin and his eyes are awesome. 

[Elk101]

Shit the bed that's good.

  what he said!

[Cubs]

What I really like is the way you've crammed so much work into that small area around the face. It just goes to show you don't have to kill yourself trying to overwork every square millimetre of a model and it would be counter-productive anyway, drawing the eye too many places at once. That's damn good art technique right there with your decision to make the face the big focus, with the rest of the model content to fade into the background (but with lovely subtlety in the use of the dark shades and heavy, old iron feel) and damn good craftsmanship to wield the brush so beautifully.

I'm really angry with you right now.

[**GS**]

I just ran out of superlatives!

One of the best orc faces I've seen so far!

Kepp on
Cheers
GS

[Nicklas P]

Cheers guys!

What I really like is the way you've crammed so much work into that small area around the face. It just goes to show you don't have to kill yourself trying to overwork every square millimetre of a model and it would be counter-productive anyway, drawing the eye too many places at once. That's damn good art technique right there with your decision to make the face the big focus, with the rest of the model content to fade into the background (but with lovely subtlety in the use of the dark shades and heavy, old iron feel) and damn good craftsmanship to wield the brush so beautifully.

I'm really angry with you right now.

Thank you, Cubs. That was exactly what I was aiming for. The original intention was to challenge myself to finish a piece in one sitting, something I’ve not done in many years. I decided the best approach would be to treat the figure like a portrait, making the face the main focus of my efforts (and the viewers focus) and letting the rest of the figure frame it. Like you say, I think the rougher finish on the rest actually complements the face.
 
Big fan of your stuff so I hope you won’t be cross with me for long. 

[Nicklas P]

Painted up one of Kev's old classic sculpt in a more classic style.

https://www.instagram.com/nicklas.pihlstrom/

[Nicklas P]

Painted up a Night Goblin archer in a more "realistic" style.

https://www.instagram.com/nicklas.pihlstrom/

[Nord]

Those eyes are hypnotic 

The rest ain't bad either