Next batch - more WIP Orks...

New WIP

Following on from my last post, I picked out to paint the rest of the Grotz I have on hand, the Runt Herd and probably my favourite Nob.

As a brief  aside, the Nob box kit has got some awesome bits in it and gave me lots of great parts to build some really unique Nobs to flesh out my existing Black Reach collection - I even used some of the parts to customise the Black Reach Nobs somewhat but I will leave that to a future post to show off a bit more.

Nobs are awesome - this guys my favourite - a real 'I'll smack you in the face' look to him

Anyway, these guys are early WIP.  I did the bases and metallics last night as these are always the messiest for me as I go at them roughly with a couple of beat up dry brushes.

I know I talked about my basing method last post but I actually forgot to record the recipe so I took a stab at it last night and am pretty happy with the result although it is slightly off from the last batch.

I have taken a picture of the colours used and their order for posterity purposes.

See - posterity

As for the metallics, they are simply Vallejo Game Colour Tinny Tin over the black base coat, followed by a heavy drybrush of Boltgun Metal and then a lighter drybrush of Chainmail.  I'm not aiming for neatness or uniformity in application here - getting colours down is the important part.

I then bind it all together with a heavy wash of Devlan Mud - awesome product that - Arcadia Prime recently posted a cheeky blog musing on the potential profits to be had if it was sold by the gallon.

Following the wash I go in and add my armour colour - in this case red.  I start with a mix of Scorched Brown and Mechrite Red which I splotch on haphazardly but covering most of the armour.  I then layer on (again splotching) the same mix but with a bit of Blood Red, and then straight Blood Red - these last two I concentrate towards the centre of the original splotches - giving the suggestion that the armour is old and worn, with the paint faded/scratched out and flaking.

Finally, I apply a light Devlan Mud Wash to the painted sections to dull it down a bit and then selectively reapply the Blood Red.

Grotz and their Herder - the guy with the forage cap, and the Ammo Runt are cool

These Grotz are a bit more samey - that is, they all have similar poses to each other, or ones from the last batch but they still have unique characters.  I'm thinking of adding a white star to the forage cap guy - maybe he has a bit of a revolutionary bent?

Any who, must keep cracking while the painting mojo is flowing.

Happy hobby all,

Pom