Orcs and Goblins: Old School Nouveau style

[Suber]

I love your take on this one

[snitcythedog]

Your painting skills blow me away.  From that angle the bow looks a bit rude, like he is getting ready to assault you with something he found in the naughty drawer. 

[Andym]

Great painting! I really do love that skin colour choice!

[Nicklas P]

Took some new photos of an old Kev Adams Orc Big 'Un I painted last year. More angles on my instagram.

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

[von Lucky]

Lovely highlights and the axe head in particular.

[Bloggard]

blimey - these look fantastic at the size they're showing on (my) monitor, which is huge. Amazing.

[McYellowbelly]

Stunning work.
Anybody want to buy a load of minis, i'm taking up stamp collecting after seeing these!

[Nicklas P]

I painted up another orc from the Knightmare Miniatures range. I decided to paint him in a more traditional green but with tints of red and flesh where the skin would be thin or flush with blood. I also added some textures similar to the big orc with the two cleavers that I painted earlier. Snow was made with various snow products from AK Interactive.

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

[beefcake]

 
Amazing work. Love all of them.

[Nord]

Wonderful. 

[Cubs]

Gorgeous again.

[Elk101]

Fantastic brushwork. Can I ask what sort of technique you use to do the mottled red effect, or is it just very controlled painting?

[Dilettante Gamer]

Masterclass - simultaneously inspiring and intimidating! 

[Hobgoblin]

Superb! They're all brilliant, but I think the paler, more naturalistic skin tones are best of all. Staggering work on the brighter green fellows too, though!

[Nicklas P]

Thanks all!

Fantastic brushwork. Can I ask what sort of technique you use to do the mottled red effect, or is it just very controlled painting?

I paint on random dots and patches and then refine the shapes, adding highlights and shadows to give it a 3d effect. For the reddish skin I use a thin glaze of Scale75 Red Leather and then bring up the highlights by mixing in a Sc75 Harvester Flesh to the green and then White Sands (a warm off-white) for further highlights.