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Re: Mireadur's O&G log. Pics of Christmas macro-siege 27/12/

#901 Post by Prince of Spires »

I love it. Now get it featured in a game and make us jealous with pictures ;)

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Re: Mireadur's O&G log. savage orc + foot bigguns 13/03/17

#903 Post by Mireadur »

hey guys, i came back to the painting bench last weeks, so far ive been working on some bigguns and the savage boar rider boyz. You will notice the boar i painted belongs to a normal unit of boar boyz, this is because the savage orc box was missing half a boar and i had to use one from the other kit. I plan to exchange it for the one boar i have painted with no armor on it, so it will fit better withing the savages.

So, some pics, they are pretty bad, but in this northern hell is hard to get decent light at all. even the houses are poorly illuminated and the one from my painting lamp alone doesnt cut it.

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The banner turned out pretty nice i believe. I hope you also like it. Heres a closer one on it.

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Re: Mireadur's O&G log. savage orc + foot bigguns 13/03/17

#904 Post by RE.Lee »

Fantastic banner and top notch painting in general =D>

I'm so buying those boars to act as Razorgor for my Beastmen :twisted:
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Re: Mireadur's O&G log. savage orc + foot bigguns 13/03/17

#905 Post by Prince of Spires »

Mireadur wrote:The banner turned out pretty nice i believe
That's an understatement... It's a great banner. Both the savage boar riders and the unit of bigguns are starting to look great.
Mireadur wrote: So, some pics, they are pretty bad, but in this northern hell is hard to get decent light at all
:lol:
And at the moment it's actually pretty nice weather in that northern hell... ;)

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Re: Mireadur's O&G log. savage orc + foot bigguns 13/03/17

#906 Post by Mireadur »

Indeed, nice week. im currently in nijmegen, neat city with impressive houses.
I'm so buying those boars to act as Razorgor for my Beastmen :twisted:
Yeah good idea with some chaosifying of them would be perfect.
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Re: Mireadur's O&G log. savage orc + foot bigguns 13/03/17

#907 Post by ceeprime »

These orcs look awesome ! The banner is indeed very nice, with a very John Blanche-esque feeling.

Perhaps the red should have been a bit more vibrant in order to blend in better with the whole feeling you're going for, but that is just a tiny detail :wink:

I don't know if this has been said but maybe you could have a look at Louise Sugden's blog on Tumblr, she does savage orks for 40k which​ have a somewhat similar vibe...
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Re: Mireadur's O&G log. savage orc + foot bigguns 13/03/17

#908 Post by SpellArcher »

Yeah, great banner, old school!

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Re: Mireadur's O&G log. savage orc + foot bigguns 13/03/17

#910 Post by ceeprime »

Sure here it is : link
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Re: Mireadur's O&G log. savage orc + foot bigguns 13/03/17

#911 Post by Mireadur »

wow i just checked the link. Crazy colourful! Shes awesome. Im going to study those war paintings because its where im lacking the most.
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Re: Mireadur's O&G log. savage orc + foot bigguns 13/03/17

#912 Post by Prince of Spires »

That is indeed crazy colorful. But it somehow works together. And some of those conversions are amazing. Very original and well thought out. Thanks for the link.
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Re: Mireadur's O&G log. savage orc musician 19/03/17

#914 Post by RE.Lee »

Nice - love the warpaint here.

Just touch up those base edges :wink:
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Re: Mireadur's O&G log. savage orc musician 19/03/17

#915 Post by Mireadur »

when i look at the model i feel i went too far in the contrast between the obscured skin and its lighted parts. Nonetheless, IRL looks cool... if you imagine he's covered himself in whiteish warpaint :mrgreen:

Its the side effect of trying different skin tones every model... some are better, some worse and some, some are just weird..
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Re: Mireadur's O&G log. savage orc musician 19/03/17

#916 Post by RE.Lee »

I like the sharp contrasts - its not something I have the audacity to attempt so I enjoy looking at other people's take :wink:
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Re: Mireadur's O&G log. savage orc musician 19/03/17

#917 Post by Prince of Spires »

It works on the model, though in the picture it does indeed look like he's covered in a lot of white warpaint :)

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Re: Mireadur's O&G log. savage orc champ 24/03/17

#918 Post by Mireadur »

hey guys, champion done. This week could barely do any painting due to lots of overtime, but snatched a few minutes here and there to finish this one up. Lets see if i can finish the banner during the weekend and then the shaman in another week, that one model is deliciously busy.

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Re: Mireadur's O&G log. savage orc champ 24/03/17

#919 Post by SpellArcher »

Nice stonework!

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Re: Mireadur's O&G log. savage orc champ 24/03/17

#921 Post by Prince of Spires »

you make it sound so easy...

great model / unit. Can't wait for the complete picture :)
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Re: Mireadur's O&G log. savage orc champ 24/03/17

#922 Post by hoten »

Very nice colors Mireadurer! I love that free hand on the banner! =D>
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Re: Mireadur's O&G log. savage orc banner 5/04/17

#923 Post by Mireadur »

thanks.. This unit is a little bit too much of a circus #-o #-o I went too far with the savage feeling. Banner done, and unit now completed. Now its turn for the finecast ''falling on itself'' shaman.

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Re: Mireadur's O&G log. savage orc banner 5/04/17

#924 Post by Prince of Spires »

I think the circus feeling can be fixed by simply making the unit twice as big... Making it bigger would (or at least could) reduce the variations in skin color and mount color. Which makes it more uniform and less all over the place.

That being said, it doesn't bother me. I think they look great, and it matches the rest of the army in how varied the models are. I think they'll look fine (if a bit extravagant) when they're in the middle of the rest of your army.

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Re: Mireadur's O&G log. savage orc banner 5/04/17

#925 Post by Mireadur »

hahah extravagant is the word... I completely disregarded the overall look while i painted each model. In my mind it was only to make them different from one another hahaha.

Not a chance im painting any more models BTW :mrgreen: Im really close to finish orcs now, i think only 4-6 months to go after +3 years of full dedication!
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Re: Mireadur's O&G log. savage orc banner 5/04/17

#926 Post by SpellArcher »

Something slightly...Egyptian about that banner?

I really like how you've done his boar Mireadur.
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Re: Mireadur's O&G log. savage orc shaman WIP 9/04/17

#927 Post by Mireadur »

yeah i think im an expert in boars. They come out quite nice. Its a very very rewarding model when painting it. This way of making animal hair or feathers of GW models allows to paint one by one for a very good result, even if its less realistic ''per se''.

WIP of the shaman. Boar done, (missing some dust on the lower parts that i just remembered i have to do).

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EDIT: i finished the goddamn shaman, Its seems as they scultped every possible trinket an orc shaman could have in a single model. Busiest pice of finecrap ive ever seen. The model is still nice though, but seriously id could have done with half the trinkets its carrying around.

Ugly light overall sorry.

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Re: Mireadur's O&G log. savage orc shaman finished 22/04/17

#928 Post by Mireadur »

I painted the last spider riders after 7 weeks off with the family. I did a quick paintjob on these, only 15 hours for all 5 as im almost done with my orc army now! missing some foot orcs, 3 characters and the FW spitting squig that im gonna paint also.

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Re: Mireadur's O&G log. spider riders finished 25/06/17

#929 Post by RE.Lee »

Good to hear there's some more stuff coming. The Boar Boys look great, I'm using the beasts to convert into some Razorgor. I'd never have the patience to paint the bits of fur one by one - its drybrush all the way for me, but I appreciate the effort you've put into these. It really shows. The white one is my favourite I think!
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Re: Mireadur's O&G log. spider riders finished 25/06/17

#930 Post by Mireadur »

thanks, personally i think the black ones are my best! but the white is cool too jejejeje.

I just finished the banner for the top of the Squiggoth. I think it looks great! unfortunately i wont be able to plant it on top of the mob until late year #-o

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