GG 2026 A Waaagh (or Oink?) for Golden Gobbo

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Starting a new (easy-peasy, nothing major) project:the 1st character of a dramatic saga i'll work on from time to time.

The idea behind that came up as a bit of a joke with a friend: I've been owing him a painted mini since a couple of years, but a) I preferred not to interrupt working on the war-chicken (maybe "land wyvern" would be more appropriate...I could name her La-Verne:grin:) and b) I'm not very fond of giving away my painted minis:mrgreen:.
In the meantime I developed a little backstory which is inspiring me to work on another character at the same time, which will stay in my collection and will be followed by another 4:
we have these two twin orc brothers who enjoy spending their lives together, looting and bbq'ing like there's no tomorrow: during one of their raids in a village, they stumble across a two-headed piglet, which incidentally is the beloved familiar of a sorcerer, who dies trying to save it from the hungry orcs.
Before dying, though, the sorcerer casts a curse on the attackers: the actual piglet killer will get pig traits himself and the other one, unable to recognise his brother anymore, will spend the rest of his life trying to catch and devour his own kin.
I'm now working on the 2 cursed twins: I'm trying to pimp them up a bit to make them more interesting.
Later rather than sooner :oops: I'll complete the cast of characters with the sorcerer, the piglet and a freelance knight as the sorcerer's son mounted on a pork dad, seeking revenge together.
 

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dazza36 said:
Was that originally a Ruglud's orc ? What's with the extra long foot !
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yep! the only one with a large enough face to accomodate a snout:mrgreen:.
The foot is the same: I 've just cut and sanded the armour plates in order to bend it a little and added a rose thorn as a poulaine.
 
I'm intrigued by the weapon shaft. It looks like you have waited until the putty has hardened before adding the woodgrain ? If so what do you use ?
 
dazza36 said:
I'm intrigued by the weapon shaft. It looks like you have waited until the putty has hardened before adding the woodgrain ? If so what do you use ?
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First of all, i've found an incredibly easy way to make wood shafts identical to the originals: i apply a bit of putty around a needle/rod and roll it repeatedly on the handle of my cutter, finishing at an angle in order to create some irregularities in the pattern.
The first time i probably didn't apply too much pressure and in the end the grain was barely visible: some light passages with coarse sandpaper along the wood grain did the trick👌
 

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