Narsty Orcses

[manic _miner]

 The little stories really brought the Regiments to life.I still have the Journals and Compendiums with them in.The GW cataloges have gone way down hill since they stopped putting stories and such in.

[thebinmann]

The little stories really brought the Regiments to life.I still have the Journals and Compendiums with them in.The GW cataloges have gone way down hill since they stopped putting stories and such in.

And since the figures got worse and more expensive!

[thebinmann]

The little stories really brought the Regiments to life.I still have the Journals and Compendiums with them in.The GW cataloges have gone way down hill since they stopped putting stories and such in.

I remember spending hours reading the journals and ever fig was different!

[Thantsants]

Tis a shame that GW couldn't keep up the individuality and richness of the Warhammer world - the new style of orcs just seem completely soulless and humourless if that makes sense- even more cartoony than the old ones, but a rubbish cartoon produced only for merchandising opportunitites! The same could be said of most of the warhammer races these days but I think its particularly telling with da greenskins. 

Mind if I ask what colours you used for the ogre's skin?

No probs Rob - several coats of a 50/50 mix of vallejo game Leather Brown and vallejo model flat flesh over a black undercoat (sure there's loads of equivalents for these). Gave this a slightly watered down brown ink wash and once dry several layers of the flesh mix watered down, adding more flat flesh to the mix each time for the highlights. Then to finish another watered down brown ink wash and once the whole model was done a very watered down black ink wash (you can see where some has collected and dried on the side of his right hand ).



The camera seems to have picked up some yellow on some of the raised areas - must just be due to the lighting?

Hope that's of use - makes me sound quite knowledgable but I seem to do something different every time I pick a paint brush up... 

The freehand looks dead Orcy. Nice one.

Thanks - ignore my previous self doubt about freehand - this was the very effect I was after!! 

[DFlynSqrl]

I really like that guy!  Neat mini and good painting.

[Thantsants]

Thanks DFlynSqrl  - most kind!

Now from big to small!

More snotties - probably the last - fiddly little buggers... Sure there's loads of rough edges on these...






A bit of a back story has been growing on me as I've been painting them up -



May I present the once mighty Grom, half mad and delusional after his defeat at the hands of the dwarves, and his still loyal subjects -

Narx the Whiner, who heralds Grom's every move with a shrill fanfare.

Also, worshipping Grom almost as a God, are a small tribe of snotlings who have been following him ever since he joined the warband too.
 
More info on the blog!

 http://teasgettingcold.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-mighty-are-fallen.html

[Super_Gibbon]

Great stuff, keep it up!

[Thantsants]

Cheers Gibbon - will do, although I've been thwarted by a fish pie tonight...  (making it that is, oh and eating it!)

Not that I'm procastinating in any way, shape or form because the next job is 17 troopers from Ruglud's armoured orcs...   

[rob_the_robgoblin]

Awesome.

I have loads of bloomin snotlings waiting to be painted up.

Not sure whether to base them individually or not.

[Thantsants]

Don't base them on a scenic resin base, say with big rocks and earth on it...

Been a right pain to blend the little lead bases the snotties have into the scenic base with greenstuff  Thank goodness for static grass!

Glad I only bought 20 on a whim on ebay, although they are cool little minis!

What size base would you put 'em on individually out of interest?

[rob_the_robgoblin]

1P coin sized.

Colour me ignorant, but I don't know other currencies versions.

I guess the closest would be 20mm round washers?

I wouldn't base them on lipped bases as they would be nearly as tall as the models themselves and look a bit odd! 

Yeah I love them and no, I definately wouldn't put them on resin bases. Who would be silly enough to do that! 

[Thantsants]

I think a horde of individually based snotties would look v. cool swarming across the table top 

Wouldn't envy you or your opponents the time it would take to move them all individually! 

[rob_the_robgoblin]

HAHA!

Yeah, I have to agree!

Alternative Armies did some by Kev Adams and they look JUST like the GW ones, so I might get a few of those, mix them in. I think Harlequin's ones were shown as a snotling 'phalanx'!

But yeah, hordes of the wee ones! I think that's how you go about it in SOBAH rather than swarm bases, you have proper swarms!
Perhaps you need to get a rotary tool, they you could have filed the base away in a matter of minutes, and just stuck the snotties down...

Also, do you remember the background for them in 40k? With Mushlings and Snotrooms! Snotlings that eat too much fungus and eventually become more fungus than snotling! hehe.

[Thantsants]

That takes me back - snotrooms! 

40K orks were even dafter!

I think that's how you go about it in SOBAH rather than swarm bases, you have proper swarms!

Would look great but not sure I'd fancy your chances with your activation rolls!  Is it two failures in a row and play passes to your opponent - law of averages aren't on your side - that's why I've "cheated" and gone with phalanxes  - one roll for 10 or so minis!

[rob_the_robgoblin]

Nah, it's fail one roll with more than 2 dice.
So if you choose to only take one action with them, it's fine!