[Warfork Fantasy Battles] The Road To Power Campaign
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KingOfTheLeadPile
Lord
Interesting. I know of Mörg Borg but never delved into it. So any similarities are purely coincidental. Or subconscious... who knows
Geroak II
Baron
My knowledge about it is also rather limited; watched some reviews on youtube and checked out kickstarters for minis by Westfalia but that's it. 
Didn't mean to blame you of copying or anything like that (sorry if it felt like that!), but I spent a moment looking at your minis and thinking they reminded me of something and it took awhile to connect. I think it's something about how macabre both your beastmen and official Mörk Borg miniatures look. Can't quite put my finger on it, something like Mordheim on steroids; very grimdark feel and yet completely different in style.
But anyway, I do like what your doing with the gang here and look forward seeing how beastmen and others end up looking once finished.
Didn't mean to blame you of copying or anything like that (sorry if it felt like that!), but I spent a moment looking at your minis and thinking they reminded me of something and it took awhile to connect. I think it's something about how macabre both your beastmen and official Mörk Borg miniatures look. Can't quite put my finger on it, something like Mordheim on steroids; very grimdark feel and yet completely different in style.
But anyway, I do like what your doing with the gang here and look forward seeing how beastmen and others end up looking once finished.
KingOfTheLeadPile
Lord
Same for me.
Didn't read your post like that. But if I had intentionally copied Mörg Borg's look and you had recognized it, it would have been a compliment
Thanks, I would also like to know how everything turns out ... I do have an idea, but that often doesn't match with what I createBut anyway, I do like what your doing with the gang here and look forward seeing how beastmen and others end up looking once finished.
Slave to Darkness
Baron
I also get the Mork Borg vibe, it's a good vibe to get. These are gonna look good when finished.
KingOfTheLeadPile
Lord
This project has been pending for too long, time to continue. Following the airbrush stage, I choose the following colors to complete the paint job (plus some metallics later on), all from the Golden SoFlat line.
First, I used a piece of ripped off blister foam to give the minis the mottled effect from my reference photo. For that I used Cadmium Primrose.
With a brush, I then put Titanium White dots randomly over the models, mostly into the primrose dots.
For most of the other areas, I added Dioxazine Violet Deep. For example the wood is violet plus Raw Umber, highlighted with Titan Violet Pale, instead of a grey I would normally use for aged wood. The red on the shields started with violet plus Pyrrorole Red, then highlighted up to pure red.
For the leathers, I used Raw Umber, Red Oxide, Pale Yellow and Titan Violet Pale. I had all the colors on my wet palette, then did a random mix for each leather section, starting dark, then adding lines to represent wear and tear in lighter colors.
I recentely became a big fan of these limited palette jobs, it somehow creates a more intense and specific mood for me.
Areas like the wood and also the skin will be treated with oil washes, or perhaps rather filters, to further tweak the colors, pushing the wood more into a brown direction, for example. For the skin I am thinking of a red, or perhaps reddish brown, to tone down the mottled effect and blend more into the skin, as well as for more shadows. Not exactly sure yet.
First, I used a piece of ripped off blister foam to give the minis the mottled effect from my reference photo. For that I used Cadmium Primrose.
With a brush, I then put Titanium White dots randomly over the models, mostly into the primrose dots.
For most of the other areas, I added Dioxazine Violet Deep. For example the wood is violet plus Raw Umber, highlighted with Titan Violet Pale, instead of a grey I would normally use for aged wood. The red on the shields started with violet plus Pyrrorole Red, then highlighted up to pure red.
For the leathers, I used Raw Umber, Red Oxide, Pale Yellow and Titan Violet Pale. I had all the colors on my wet palette, then did a random mix for each leather section, starting dark, then adding lines to represent wear and tear in lighter colors.
I recentely became a big fan of these limited palette jobs, it somehow creates a more intense and specific mood for me.
Areas like the wood and also the skin will be treated with oil washes, or perhaps rather filters, to further tweak the colors, pushing the wood more into a brown direction, for example. For the skin I am thinking of a red, or perhaps reddish brown, to tone down the mottled effect and blend more into the skin, as well as for more shadows. Not exactly sure yet.
Brother Meredith
Lord
Works well with your theme and inspiration pic!
What are you planning for the bases?
What are you planning for the bases?
KingOfTheLeadPile
Lord
I do all my bases the same way, minis, terrain, ... I want them to look like they are all on the same surroundings.
For examples, see this thread, for example.
Brother Meredith
Lord
Deffo think more “realistic” bases will work well with the more limited palette. 
MichaelStockin
Lord
This is the way
KingOfTheLeadPile
Lord
The beastmen are done for the moment. I painted all metal in Vallejo 77.720 Gunmetal Grey, then applied a few patches of AK Interactive 8040 Corrosion Texture on them as a first weathering step. The trims of the shields as well as the horn were painted in Khorne's metal color, brass (Vallejo 72.801). The bases were painted in my standard dark black/brown mix.
The oils and other weathering effects I will do on the whole warband at once.
Next came the Halflings. I started by painting their skin. These poor fellas are on the path to Chaos with initial good intentions, but were let towards corruption quickly. So I wanted to give them sickly skintones. I used Golden SoFlat Dioxazine Violet (same violet used on the beastmen), Titan Green Pale, Titan Violet Pale (also already used on the beastmen), Pale Yellow (as on the beastmen) and Titanium White. I had all of these colors on my wet palette, then painted one model after the other, doing a different mix for each halfling. Nails were painted in the skin color with a visible amount of yellow added. The eyes, which I would normally only paint white, also had yellow added, for that sickly look.
All the wooden parts have the same violet / Raw Umber / Titan Violet Pale as on the beastmen. On the cook, I already started to paint the garments as well.
The oils and other weathering effects I will do on the whole warband at once.
Next came the Halflings. I started by painting their skin. These poor fellas are on the path to Chaos with initial good intentions, but were let towards corruption quickly. So I wanted to give them sickly skintones. I used Golden SoFlat Dioxazine Violet (same violet used on the beastmen), Titan Green Pale, Titan Violet Pale (also already used on the beastmen), Pale Yellow (as on the beastmen) and Titanium White. I had all of these colors on my wet palette, then painted one model after the other, doing a different mix for each halfling. Nails were painted in the skin color with a visible amount of yellow added. The eyes, which I would normally only paint white, also had yellow added, for that sickly look.
All the wooden parts have the same violet / Raw Umber / Titan Violet Pale as on the beastmen. On the cook, I already started to paint the garments as well.
KingOfTheLeadPile
Lord
Some progress on the halflings. For using only a few pots of paints, I got a suprisingly different look to all of them; rag-tag as such a heretic band should look like.
