Author Topic: Tolkien Orc Kitbash p.24 - Second batch of Uruk-Hai, and more trolls painted. (Read 55601 times)

Hobgoblin · « **Reply #105 on:** June 20, 2020, 05:36:59 PM »

That's a splendid addition!

Those helmets really take the Oathmark figures up a notch. And glorious painting as ever!

Bugsda · « **Reply #106 on:** June 20, 2020, 06:11:43 PM »

Excellent! I'm sold on that flesh colour now

Captain Blood · « **Reply #107 on:** June 20, 2020, 06:59:56 PM »

Quote from: Bugsda on June 20, 2020, 06:11:43 PM

Excellent! I'm sold on that flesh colour now

It's actually dead simple, in case anyone wants to try it. Three colours plus a slight wash.

Base coat, 50:50 Vallejo Flat Earth and Dark Flesh
Wash with a VERY thinned burnt umber (oil) - but I guess Army Painter 'soft tone' ink/wash would be much the same. Or whatever the GW equivalent is these days. Maybe an Agrax/Seraphim mix?
Mid coat - as base coat, but with Vallejo Pale Sand added to taste
Topmost highlights - almost pure Vallejo Pale Sand, with a whisker of the basecoat mix in it.

cameosis · « **Reply #108 on:** June 20, 2020, 07:12:21 PM »

angus mcbride is my go-to middle-earth guy, credit to merp and i.c.e. … passed away too soon, heart attack it was, i believe.

the olog rogrog vs man-beast:

Cubs · « **Reply #109 on:** June 20, 2020, 07:18:36 PM »

Good to see you getting 'down and dirty' with the shabby distressed effects! Another great addition.

jamesmanto · « **Reply #110 on:** June 21, 2020, 05:09:18 PM »

Quote from: Captain Blood on June 20, 2020, 05:18:45 PM

Thanks all

I don't mind at all - say what you like

Although Alan Lee also worked on the Peter Jackson LOTR movies, I think it was rival Tolkien illustrator extraordinaire, John Howe, who gained the upper hand in production design, and was probably responsible for the excessively gothic/rococo look of some of the orc plate armour and weaponry... Howe brought a lot of his own highly fertile imagination to his myriad visualisations of Tolkien's world. Not sure he ever paid much attention to what is actually described in the books

Anyway...

Orc Number Three:

This one is really a straight build from the Oathmark Goblin set, but with the addition of a Victrix Saxon helmet and kite shield - plus a raggedly Green Stuff banner.

Now we are three...

Plodding steadily on through these amongst other projects... Will have a whole unit before you know it

ooo-er! very nice indeed.

Hammers · « **Reply #111 on:** June 21, 2020, 07:26:34 PM »

Quote from: cameosis on June 20, 2020, 07:12:21 PM

angus mcbride is my go-to middle-earth guy, credit to merp and i.c.e. … passed away too soon, heart attack it was, i believe.

the olog rogrog vs man-beast:

I always thought there is quite a bit of homo-erotica going on in that image, bless'm.

Jonny · « **Reply #112 on:** June 21, 2020, 07:41:11 PM »

Absolutely inspirational thread! Some of the best goblins I’ve ever seen 😃👍

Plynkes · « **Reply #113 on:** June 22, 2020, 11:56:05 AM »

Hehe, Hammers sees homo-eroticism wherever he looks! I think if you are looking to find something, you will find it!

Mcbride is my go-to guy too, but for Zulus. Again, burly lads not wearing an awful lot. You should check 'em out, H, my dear.

Richard, these are phenomenal. For some reason I am especially drawn to the coat on the standard bearer guy. It's the business!

Edited for my inability to spell 'Mcbride.'

killshot · « **Reply #114 on:** June 24, 2020, 11:21:55 PM »

Fantastic conversions and equally skillful painting on these!

sonthonax · « **Reply #115 on:** June 25, 2020, 12:17:08 AM »

They look great, and about as good a visualisation of Tolkien-style Orcs as I can think of; I totally agree with your observations about how Tolkien wrote and thought about orcs.

NickNascati · « **Reply #116 on:** June 25, 2020, 01:14:22 AM »

Captain Blood,
Man you have really done some serious research to create those minis. Beautiful work. I have to ask though, pulling pieces from so many different places, what did each figure actually cost you?

BaronVonJ · « **Reply #117 on:** June 25, 2020, 06:33:16 PM »

Sorry I just found this thread, Richard, Fantastic work as usual.

Captain Blood · « **Reply #118 on:** June 26, 2020, 12:23:08 PM »

Thank you chaps. Must crack on with the next one!

Quote from: NickNascati on June 25, 2020, 01:14:22 AM

I have to ask though, pulling pieces from so many different places, what did each figure actually cost you?

Honestly, very little. I bought two frames of the Oathmark goblins off eBay. They cost a few pounds. That was the only thing I bought specifically for this. Everything else I had already. I have a pile of about 30 assorted plastic figure kits, and I just draw on those for components as and when I need them. The cost of those kits is sunk and accounted for long ago as far as I’m concerned. Some of them are 10+ years old and almost exhausted, but still yield useful bits for kitbashing. Others, like the recent Victrix Saxons, I will use across many other projects over time. It’s a long term investment in endlessly flexible and long lasting resources

Mason · « **Reply #119 on:** June 26, 2020, 01:46:57 PM »

Another great addition, Riccardo!

Pepsi looks great in her new jacket, very classy!

Can't wait to see what you do with Shirley!

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