To be honest, I lost my enthusiasm for the models and sort of phoned it in on the paint job near the end. They're better than primer or bare plastic though, so I'll take it.
I added white stripes for the player numbers, as plain white numbers didn't look right. The Orc-style font I tried ends up looking a little off, but good enough to mark them out on the board.
My base ring colors are sloppy. I got tired of chasing colors back and forth with the black. Again, good enough for the board.
You might notice that the lineman is missing a finger on his left hand. I dropped these models on the floor more than once, and the lineman suffered an amputation, while all three lost the tips of spikes here and there. Oops.
The bases are just small rocks and sand glued down, painted brown, and some pale green flock added. I got it years ago in a pack from Secret Weapon, and can't for the life of me find the rest of the bag, I just have a tiny bit left in a sandwich bag. I may have lost the rest I the house move. I chose it over the bright green stuff because I figure plants on an Orc pitch would be in less than ideal health.
Now that these are done, I'm working on some Raven Guard models (a Rhino ad a few more Assault Marines) before I try my hand at some Harlequins. I'll randomly select three more Orcs to paint ad add them into the queue.
I know the feeling on phoning things in. Prolonged projects do that to me too. Still, they look good. It's a very unique color choice, as you know, that works very well with these guys. As such, you can let that work for you, and take some shortcuts in other areas. It's what I do with my rank-and-file CSM. The half-scheme draws attention, often away from where I'm cutting corners.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I hadn't really thought about it that way. I'm interested to see how the pink turns out on the blitzers, since they have so much armor on faces and whatnot.
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