Orc Shaman WiP

I bought this the other week when I was at Maelstrom for the WAB Open (and yes, I'll try and do a report this week).

Avatars of War Orc Shaman

A great looking model, but I'm not enjoying painting him, the detail is almost too fine to pick out. He's certainly harder for a painter of my standard to do well than an equivalent GW model.
So far it's mainly base coats and Devlan Mud.
The skin is Orkhide Shade, Knarlock and Goblin Green with a Thrakka wash.
Next step is to go back over the main areas with the base coat colours and then add some highlights.

Retinue Finished

Finished the retinue. Rather pleased with them (though they didn't help my performance in the Open-of which more later). Click the pics for big views.

Musketeer Miniatures Atheling Saxon and Scop
Little Big Men Studios transfer for the shield.
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Retinue WiP (4)

More work last night.
Pretty much finished apart from bases and a nice Little Big Men transfer for the Atheling's shield

Atheling

 

Highlighting on the hair with Bubonic Brown. The tail on his hat was worked up wth Bubonic, Bleached Bone and Skull White and the shield given a coat of white in prep for the transfer. Some metal edge highlights with Chainmail and Scorched Brown/Bleached Bone highlights on his footwear.

Wiglera

 Highlighted the severed head with Pallid Fesh and did the hair with Bestial Brown and Devlan Mud. The fox pelt (I decided it was too wee for a wolf) is Dark Flesh, then a Dark Flesh/Tanned Flesh drybrush over the Bestial basecoat, followed with an Ogyn Flesh wash.The feathers are Fortress grey highlighted wth white and Chaos black highlighted with Shadow Grey.The pouch on the staf is Bubonic with Gryphonne Sepia wash and the piece of jet is Chaos Black with a Gloss Varnish. Boots as above.

Scop

Iyanden Darksun and Gyphonne Sepia for his headband. Mechrite Red with a Devlan wash for his Seax handle and assorted Browns covered with Devlan mud for his spearstaff. Boots as before.
Hopefully I'll get them all finished tonight.
Still struggling a bit with the picture taking those these seem a little better.

Retinue WiP (3)

Did a little more work on these last night, not as much as intended, but some is better than none. Not sure the pictures are much better ether *sigh*.

Atheling

Bestial Brown highlights on trousers and Bestial on the tail on his hat. Tallarn/Elf Flesh highlight on the flesh. Shining Gold over the gold bits followed by a Chestnut Ink wash over all the gold and the leather bits. Scorched Brown on his boots.

Wiglera

 Drybrush of Graveyard and then Bleached Bone on his staff. Pallid Flesh folowed by Ogryn Wash on the severed head. Fortress Grey highlight on the beard. Bestial Brown on the animal pelt. Flesh, gold, boots and leather as above

Scop

 Flesh, gold, boots and leather as above. Dark Flesh highlight on his hair.

Retinue WiP (2)

Work continues apace on the retinue.
Just as well as the contest finishes this weekend and I need to use the models in the Open at Mansfield on Saturday.
Unfortunately the pictures are rather dark. I'll take some more tomorrow, by which time they'll hopefully be nearing completion

Atheling

The leatherwork is Snakebite Leather. His flesh areas have been re-highlighted with Tallarn Flesh and his green clothing with Knarlock Green. The hair is Tausept Ochre with a Gryphonne Sepia wash. Trousers are Bestial Brown with a Devlan Mud wash and there's some Tin Bitz where the gold will be. The cloak has had most work (not that you can tell from the picture) with Mechrite, then Red Gore and finally some Blood Red/Red Gore mix highlights.

Wiglera

The Wiglera has had highlights of Calthan and then Calthan/Kommando Khaki on his frock, with Deneb Stone on the cloak. The staff is Charadon Granite, drybrush Graveyard Earth and then a Devlan Mud wash. Beard and hair is Astronomican Grey and his manbag is Khemri with the ubiquitous Devlan. Flesh, leather and gold are as above.

Scop

 
The scop has had Mordian and then Enchanted Blue highlights added to his cloak and Khemri and then Khemri/Kommando Khaki highlights on his trousers. The hair is Dark Flesh. Flesh, leather and gold are as above.

Hopefully I'll get some more paint applied this evening.

Retinue WiP

I'm painting up some of the lovely Musketeer Miniatures Saxons. For three reasons. One, to use them in the WAB Open in early April, two to enter in the Warhamer Forum painting competition this month, and three because I've had them for about four years now and really it's time I got on with it because they are jolly nice.
So here they are at an early stage of develoment.

Atheling

So far the armour has had a Boltgun Metal Coat followed by a Badab Black with a small amount of Asurmen Blue wash. The Cloak is Mechrite Red with a Purple Wash and the other clothing Knarlock Green with a Thrakka Green wash. The flesh is Tallarn followed by an Ogryn Flesh wash.

Scop

I love this model, really dynamic, I can almost hear him proclaiming heroic Sagas about his Lord.
I figured a Scop might be a bit of a dandy, so he's been given white clothing (White highlights over Deneb Stone) and a rich blue cloak (Mordian with an Asurmen wash), his fine moleskin trousers are Khemri brown with a Devlan mud wash. The armour and face is as above. I'm planning to give his clothing some trim, which will test my painting ability.

Wiglera

Crazy badass Pagan Priest, another really caracterful model. So far he's had a Calthan brown smock washed with Devlan mud and a Deneb stone cloak washed with Gryphonne Sepia.

Next stage is to finish off the basecoats and washes then start building up the highlights with the basecoat colours. Stay tuned for further developmens!

From the Deep

Tried to get some better shots of my Fishman (this is not a euphamism).
Not sure they are much better, but the gloss varnish is making life tricky

He was fun to paint, though he'll probably never get used in a game.