Zog's models

[zoggin-eck]

Hi everyone! As the introduction section made it abundantly clear, posting of photos isn't so much encouraged, as required. I promised that I'd behave, so here goes

I guess some people might see the same photos I post on other forums, but I'll try to stick to fairly "Oldhammer" models, so I hope it's all good!

I love old models of all sorts, not just Citadel. I also love less commonly seen models, too. I think there are some great figures still easily available that don't get painted and photographed enough.

First up are some Harboth's Orc Archers I finished the bases for today:

A Ral-Partha swordsman. Anyone know more about this model? It came with a metal base with holes, with plugs in the model's feet.

I tested an simple skin scheme on him (and a harpy )

Also, for some reason I've gone off static flock a little. Perhaps it's because I've been looking at older models/photos lately, and they didn't have it? Regardless, I had a go at using flock and painting it on a couple of more recent greenskins. It's been a long time since I used "normal" flock! It gives a more textured look, to me, rather than the "fuzzy" look static flock gives. I can never decide on a basing scheme!

 

[Orlygg]

Love these! I especially like the big cat skin used to clothe the orcs. I'm going to try that out myself one day! Interesting to see and compare other models. The old '80s orcs are so much better designs than the more recent goblins are they not! Too generic for my tastes and not enough character to keep me interested.

More pics please!

 

[axiom]

Nice looking figures! The orcs really exude character.

Where's the harpy from BTW?

 

[Just John]

Lovely orcs - I like the mismatching shoes Do you undercoat all your figures like that or does the highlighting drybrush differ from figure to figure?

 

[Ti Pouchon]

Where's the big orc with the axe from? Brilliant mini!

 

[tancrede]

I like your old orcs (with a very old school green tone for the skin), but this barbarian is a really cool mini !

 

[Count Von Bruno]

Nice stuff mate...uuuueeeggghhhrrr hag boobies

 

[zoggin-eck]

Love these! I especially like the big cat skin used to clothe the orcs. I'm going to try that out myself one day! Interesting to see and compare other models. The old '80s orcs are so much better designs than the more recent goblins are they not! Too generic for my tastes and not enough character to keep me interested.

More pics please!

Thanks! I may or may not have been watching old episodes of The Flintstones when I painted the animal fur...

I do agree that the current goblins aren't as characterful, but I don't mind the newer night goblins. As an army of models, I quite like them. They do get very "samey", though. My army is an unholy mix of ranges anyway

Nice looking figures! The orcs really exude character.

Where's the harpy from BTW?

Cheers mate. The harpy is from "Das Schwarze Auge" (The Dark Eye) range, a German RPG available from Ral-Partha Europe. (I hope it's OK to post a link? If not, let me know!)

http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/d ... -c-30.html

A really underrated (or unheard of!) range in my eyes. I bought five for a unit. Sadly, my plan of bending the wings of each to make them a little different didn't work out. The metal used is way too stiff, I even cracked this one slightly trying it out! I do love the model. I much prefer them to have wings replacing the arms, rather than stuck to their back. So many models have awkward "surfing" poses, or the weird "pawing at the air" look.

Lovely orcs - I like the mismatching shoes Do you undercoat all your figures like that or does the highlighting drybrush differ from figure to figure?

Yes, the different coloured boots/shoes etc. is something I want to do with every second or so greenskin model

The all-over undercoat and drybrush is something I've been using for almost every model lately. Pretty much anything that isn't going to be largely white. If I want a strong colour somewhere, I'll just re-paint it white first anyway. It's two-stages of brown artist's paint over an undercoat of matt finish artist's "background colour" paint. Really cheap paint, covers really well. I sometimes do the same with two different greys instead of brown. I still use white for the odd figure, ones that start off light and rely on all-over washes to darken (like my plaguebearers). I guess pictures would help explain?

Undercoat:

(I find that I need to go over it again to find any small bits missed. It's a little "dry" to work with and sometimes doesn't flow into recesses (it may be that I'm trying too hard not to undercoat heavily, though). It dries pretty quick, so it isn't an issue. It seems to chip off just that little bit easier when I'm heavily drybrushing the whole model. That may be because I usually wait the absolute minimum of time, I must admit! I've used it solidly for a year or two, and haven't had a painted model chip (I guess we all varnish/clear coat anyway).

Drybrush paints (I usually use that dark "Earth Brown", followed by their "Burnt Sienna" (which reminds me of Citadel's Vermin Fur):

How the brown looks. Green coveres well, and the odd part can be left brown anyway!

A rare grey drybrush (and a not so rare Mantic model!):

A "cheating with washes" white model:

The bases use the same browns, plus the "fawn" colour shown earlier.

Where's the big orc with the axe from? Brilliant mini!

That it is! It's one of Kev Adams' orcs from his "Heartbreaker" range from Ral-Partha Europe. I got a few others, too. They of course fit in with his 4th ed. Citadel models, which is where they've hopefully go.

I like your old orcs (with a very old school green tone for the skin), but this barbarian is a really cool mini !

Thank you, too! I wish I had more, but for now, he'll join my Empire Greatswords:

Nice stuff mate...uuuueeeggghhhrrr hag boobies

Yup, I always wanted a unit of "proper" harpies. That is, ugly! No sexy elf who happens to have wings here.

 

[mbh]

interesting with the washes


Did you basically dry rush white before the wash?

 

[zoggin-eck]

interesting with the washes


Did you basically dry rush white before the wash?

On the flagellant? Pretty much. Kind of the "half drybrush" I usually use, not quite as randomly as drybrush, not quite as precise as normal. I knew that I wanted the highlight on the robes to look like the wash colour itself, so went with white.

Actually, I really like using straight white anyway. I know some people avoid it (I certainly used to), but as a final highlight for yellow, light brown, even skin, I like it.

 

[zoggin-eck]

More today. I finished the Zombiesmith "Barbagia" models and finally based a RAFM hyppogryph I painted last year (still available, too!) I need to paint the hatching eggs that came with it

*Avert your eyes!*

 

[zoggin-eck]

Here's a few recent models. Some are a little more recent, but I hope people find them interesting nonetheless:

When I saw that the wraith I always loved in John Blanche's undead bridge-crossing diorama was still in production, I just had to have one! The plan was to paint it as similar as I could, but chickened out when I got to the symbols on the robes.

An odd mix of "Ogres" (anything on a 40mm base that doesn't have a home counts as an Ogre to me!)

When painting similar models in the same colour scheme, I try to alternate the different sections.

I finished the barbarian! I now know that you can still buy it new, so I needn't have bought it second-hand anyway.

 

[Ti Pouchon]

I like your style. Very effective, vibrant finish - nice work!

 

[Harry]

Great stuff.

Really interesting painting techniques .... and wonderful results.

 

[Sigi]

nice style and great colours ... i especially like your ogres

 

[tancrede]

Very interesting style, with bright colors and a nice result !
Just paint the eyes of the last minis, and it will be perfect....
And I really like your stone golem.

 

[zoggin-eck]

I think people are a little surprised at how bright I paint models. For those who know me, I'm an animator and cartoonist (when not having to work a "real" job to pay the bills....) so my colours tend to be turned up a notch in everything I do!

To be honest, I really do love realistic, gritty painted models like you see in competitions and sites like CMON, but more as an observer or fan, if that makes sense. Kind of like enjoying landscape paintings and portraits, but having no desire to emulate it myself, and prefer to just doodle stick figures driving around in tanks in the margins of paperwork. I've enjoyed painting models much more since I've given in to painting brightly and with a little less "thought" or preparation. Whatever results in me actually finishing an army/model, that's what I tell myself!

I like your style. Very effective, vibrant finish - nice work!

Great stuff.

Really interesting painting techniques .... and wonderful results.

Thanks very much you two! I'm glad you like them so far.

nice style and great colours ... i especially like your ogres

Thanks for the kind words. I've joined a monthly project on another forum, and one of the armies is ogres. I figure I'll be able to paint 2-3 a month for the next year, and will certainly show them here. I have a ton of 80's citadel that need attention, as well as more Ral-parhta, Reaper and a few unknowns.

Very interesting style, with bright colors and a nice result !
Just paint the eyes of the last minis, and it will be perfect....
And I really like your stone golem.

I did mean to paint the eyes, but forgot before the basing! Sadly, the bartender model didn't survive the change from metal to the "bones" plastic (or was always a poor cast!) so his eyes will pretty much need to be painted on. I like the model, but it was perhaps the first one I haven't enjoyed painting in years due to this and the mould lines. The golem is a great, solid model. I may get a few more, perhaps even a different stone colour each time.

*****

Now, this forum being oldhammer and all, I'm sure there are a few Kev Adams fans, so probably know about what he's been through and about "Goblinaid". In a fairly recent Ral-Partha order, I got myself a few of the models sculpted for it, along with a few of Kev Adams' own models they sell.

I painted two very different goblin shamans (and an unrelated goblin shamaness, another model from the Dark Eye RPG range), one of which has the cutest little familiar/pet.

Often the backs of models are quite interesting and go unseen, these were good fun with their different textures.

Perhaps this fella is more "bush goblin" than "forest goblin", since I based the feather scheme on the Aussie native galah (which also unfairly doubles as an insult, for those overseas!).

 

[The Fat Git]

Really like your painting style! I have a massive collection of skaven that I think will benefit from your brown drybrushing technique. Thanks a lot!

 

[Harry]

Love that orcy witch model on the far right ... where is that from?

 

[zoggin-eck]

Really like your painting style! I have a massive collection of skaven that I think will benefit from your brown drybrushing technique. Thanks a lot!

Thanks! (Such an awesome user name...)

I have plenty of Skaven that need attention. I've always played against them, so never got much of a chance to paint my own.

Love that orcy witch model on the far right ... where is that from?

Ah, it's another of my models from the "Das Schwarze Auge - The Dark Eye" RPG line that Ral-Partha Europe sells:

http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/1 ... -1002.html

I loved painting it. Great pose, just enough of a hunch-back, buckling knees (dare I say it, saggy boobs!) and so on. It's pretty awesome that the most realistic, not silly proportioned fantasy female model I've painted happens to be a goblin It might be my imagination, but there's a kind of scratchy, textured feel to the cast, which I think is the metal they use? I need to paint more to see.

One word of warning, their orcs and goblins all have hairy arms! The funny thing is that since this model is wearing clothes and furs, it looks a bit like a knitted jumper. I kind of like it, and would love a hairy goblin regiment, perhaps they're a cold-weather variant?

The whole "Das Schwarze Auge" range is something I want to look at a little closer. There's very little in the way of good photographs and info in English, but what I've seen I like. A little personal project to showcase an under-appreciated range, perhaps. Plus, I like being able to buy something without stalking ebay for hours

Actually, the whole "Dark Eye" RPG seems to be one of those "hidden in plain sight" cases, and keeps coming up. Since I made an effort to learn what it was, I've seen it in retro video game mags (even more embarrassing than old wargames?) with 90's computer RPGs being based on it, an upcoming film trailer of the same name/setting. Even the 90's Heroquest knock-off sold as "Dark World" in English is really a Dark-Eye game. So weird.

Since long posts without pics should be banned, here's a mage from the same range (who's face I did quite poorly ):