Pattus Magnus' Fantasy Armies - 15mm Barbarians and Giants

[Pattus Magnus]

Thanks for the compliments!

I agree about the direction GW has gone with figure design, the newer sets are much more difficult to kit bash than their older stuff. The number of components per figure gets a bit extreme, too - I’ve seen 1:43 display models with fewer pieces than some of GW’s larger creatures!

In any case, converting the old orcs was fun and as ogres they’ll see some action in future games!

[trev]

Just seen this thread.  Nice dwarf army and I like ogre conversions too.  Good work.

[Ceeteegee]

I do like the Ogres you've made. I have GW and Reaper Ogres ( with has GW heads), and those might be just what I'm looking for to crew the cannon.

[Pattus Magnus]

Thanks trev, CeeTeeGee!

I still haven't primed the ogres, too damp this weekend, but I finished off another recruit for the Oathmark army - Marbag the Tall.

The figure is a "Ral Partha Imports" figure - Armored Cloud Giant - that I found in old stock at a hobby shop. I didn't love the original helmet (and it had a casting flaw), so I used greenstuff to build a new one.

I have no idea how he'll perform in Oathmark, but I figure if nothing else he'll give my opponent something to worry about and will soak up a lot of missile fire while the rest of the battle-line advances...

[batu]

Wow, he looks great!

[hubbabubba]

Fantastic body of work, very well co-ordinated paint scheme.
I thinks it's aslo the first time I've seen a full unit of female dwarves.

[Pattus Magnus]

Thanks Batu,  Hubbabubba, I appreciate the feedback!

I’ll have more updates soon, the weather has dried out enough to prime the new ogres and I am part way through rebasing some figures for the human component of my force.

[Pattus Magnus]

As is often the case, I got distracted from my wargaming plans and went off on a tangent. This time it was painting orcs, when I had planned to expand the human contingent in my Oathmark army. At least with Oathmark, I can start another kingdom to use these fellows!

These figures will serve as a unit of orc warriors - better armed and even more vicious than the usual orcs (which will be provided with ex-Grenadier plastic figures). These are "Orcs of the Crimson Wave", or something to that effect, ex-Harlequin figures that are still available from Black Tree Designs. The shields are not the ones supplied with these figures and come from an old set of Mantic's goblins, with a few from the GW Morannon orcs.

They were fun to paint, so I might paint some more orcs and goblins before getting back to the humans and dwarves from my first kingdom. I probably should finish a few more units of goblins and orcs anyway, the dwarves and humans outnumber them, even without Marbag the giant...

[Pattus Magnus]

A little thread necromancy here, as it has taken me about 8 months to get around to finishing up these units. I posted WIP shots of some of the kitbashed ogres earlier in the thread. I primed them not long after that, but got distracted by some orcs and a very productive side trip into painting 10mm Seven Years War figures.

A few weeks ago I finally dusted off the kitbashed ogres, and a couple of old metal figures, and started painting them.

The warriors are all conversions based on GW Orcs. The linebreakers with pole arms are also based on GW Orcs, while the other 3 are metal figures. I picked up the two on the flanks from Alternative Armies, while the guy in the middle is a figure I picked up from old stock in a local gaming store. I think he might be one of the old Heartbreaker figures sculpted by Tim Prow.

[Grumpy Gnome]

Great conversion, they look brilliant! 👍

[killshot]

Those are amazing!  Do you mind sharing the skin color recipe?

[FreakyFenton]

It is amazing how much the addition of noses changes the overall look of the models.

[Pattus Magnus]

Thanks for the compliments!

The recipe for the flesh tone is fairly simple to do. I started with the white primer, then gave the flesh areas a coat of GW Reikland Flesh wash. Next I painted in all the rest of the colours and I used a trick I learned from Hobgoblin’s blog - each figure got a dry brush all over of very pale warm grey (it is Vallejo silver grey, or something like that). That gives the skin and everything else a highlight. Then the flesh areas got another wash of Reikland Flesh to add more depth. Finally, I added a few highlights to the noses and other high points with P3 Ryn Flesh (or whatever their palest flesh tone is called). I hope that’s helpful!

[killshot]

Thank you!  Did you block paint the base colors and then do the dry brush if grey or did the grey and then paint over everything?

Thanks for the compliments!

The recipe for the flesh tone is fairly simple to do. I started with the white primer, then gave the flesh areas a coat of GW Reikland Flesh wash. Next I painted in all the rest of the colours and I used a trick I learned from Hobgoblin’s blog - each figure got a dry brush all over of very pale warm grey (it is Vallejo silver grey, or something like that). That gives the skin and everything else a highlight. Then the flesh areas got another wash of Reikland Flesh to add more depth. Finally, I added a few highlights to the noses and other high points with P3 Ryn Flesh (or whatever their palest flesh tone is called). I hope that’s helpful!

[Pattus Magnus]

I block painted everything except the metal parts, which got a black wash. Then I quickly dry brushed everything, painted the metal parts and applied the washes (flesh wash on the skin and red parts, GW camo-shade green on the green parts, and Agra’s earth shade everywhere else).

The technique is based on the one LAF’s Hobgoblin put up on his blog here: https://hobgoblinry.blogspot.com/2018/05/fast-and-furious-speed-painting.html?m=1