Orc Big'uns

Painting has been happening! But to be honest, I am in a building kind of mood. I have been building Orcs. My Orc and Goblin army consists of almost 150 models. 20 of these models were Orcs. I decided that was not the way to go in the new rules, and I want some variety in future games. So I started to build Orcs with shields. I decided part way through the day, that it would be even better if they could be mistaken for Orc Big'uns. Therefore I have been busy converting! (Sorry honey, I Promise I will vacume this mess!)
Let me know what you think!

The unit Boss. (Beastman Axe head)

40k Head and GW sheild

More pictures...

Base Work

Very cool and intrecate base. Lots of detail, that I am starting to realize only I will notice. The Spider will not only sit over a great portion of the wood and goblins, but will dominate a persons attention. Therefore, a decent, but not spectacular job will be good enough. All that is left are the webs and a few shrooms, then a wash or two and then gravel/flock and attach spider. I will be painting the underside of the spider before then though.
The Howda is coming together. I was thinking I would make Ol Red here a catapult version of the spider. Not sure I like it. So Red is going to be a generic spider that will run along with the small red beasties.

Bard

Fan of the fangs

A small amount more work has occured. I worked on the front fangs and the spots. I think the fangs look OK, as I was going for an aged look. My brain had them look different, with a glossier more greenish tinge to the overall appearence, but I may just be OK with this.

The model lines on the back show up ALOT on the last shot, but fear not, the Howda covers this nicely from what I have seen of the completed model on the GW website.

Fangs



a look at fangs, horns and dots



Close-up on fangs



Side view of spots

 Bard

8 Eyes

Its starting to take shape. Here is a shot that shows what i worked on last night, as well as what I had time to do tonight after work. The eyes turned out well in my opinion, hope you all think so too. The spots are ... OK. I am unsure if the outer blob should be orange. My first thought was to paint the blobs space wolf grey, then white inner spot. Maybe that small shade of blue would have worked better with the blue of the eyes?
Let me know what you think!

Bard

Red Spider WIP

Not a bunch to look at, but the picture shows that a primered spider sat on my desk, and then hit a paint brush that had some paint in it. Go figure. I started off with the foundation paint red. I then dry brushed some highlights towards the edges of the carapace. Lastly I outlined the edges with a bright red. I then washed the model in Baal Red, and once that was dry, a Sepia wash was applied. I am going to let that dry over night. Tomorrow, when/if I have time in the middle of work assignments and being sick, I am going to add some white spots to the beastie's carapace before giving the whole thing another wash, but this time of a watered down brown.



Once the shell is done, the flesh will get some attention. I plan on painting it in a very pale flesh tone. Hopefully it will look like it hasn't seen the sun in a long time. It will also hopefully contrast nicely against the carapace. I plan on giving it sever highlights that will be mutted by a Ogryn flesh wash. The horns I am undecided on for color. The eyes will be a black/gemstone effect...Thinking the same thing for the front pincers/fangs.
The success of the coats of paint from tonight have led me to decide that my little spiders need some adjusting. Firstly I want them to match this big fella, and secondly the current method I have been using on them is way too time intensive.

But as Seb has asked several time... No I am not giving up on my Skaven. I just want a break to paint this delecious model. I put it alongside my green skin army tonight and pictured the troop of goblins that will go on top and can't get over how good a force they are to look at. This spider is the first model of the entire army that will have received the now popular wash. They look damn awesome, but wow were they a major time drain. The Skaven have come together so much faster than the goblins and orcs. I believe I still have more painted goblins though.

What the hell is the matter with me?? TWO HORDE ARMIES to finish?!?

Bard (p.s. Is it just me or is the followers section not showing up anymore?)

SPIDER Smash!!

Its all about the size comparison! HOLY smokes this baby is massive!! And he was very easy to put together...apart from the number of pieces. My only complaint is that the two back legs, which are made so they can only go in one place...don't fit! The one rear leg is supposed to fit into a hole along with the other leg.
Superb model, and he doesn't even have the howda on yet!!!
Bard

Bandwagon Jumper

An eight legged Bandwagon jumper to be exact! The new spider Arachnarock has my attention in a big way. It reminds me of the excellent Stegadon model for the lizardmen that I painted a long while ago. Therefore, in preperation, I have started painting a regular unit of spider riders for my goblin horde. Ol' Red Death will proudly march alongside these small offspring into battle.

I do have a question though...should these baby spiders be a brighter red, with Ol' Red Death a much darker red?
Cheers, Bard