Not quite so fancy ogre

 Last ogre until I can get in the attic to look for unpainted reinforcements.  Another by Marauder Miniatures.

Pleased with the face, another success for the contrast paints.

Very pleased how the rust on the gauntlet turned away

Fancy Pants Ogre

Another classic ogre.  This time from Marauder Miniatures.  Trish and Aly Morrison produced some rather nice landsknechte style ogres.  I'll admit though that this one sat on the 'must get around to painting pile for quite some time, on the basis of just looking like quite an intimidating task to paint, starting from the colour choices onwards.  I had to get over the idea of choosing clashing colours deliberately, which felt odd.

Pleased I did it though, and pleased with the result (although the photo makes him look a bit shinier than he actually is).

Reiksgard foot knights

A little palette cleanser between ogres, a pair of GW’s old Reiksgard foot knights in classic colours. Nice models and pretty pleased with the paint job overall. 

(updated with better photos)

Hot of the ogre production line!

 Yup, another one!  

Another C Series Ogre

 

 

Another ‘C Series’ ogre completed!  Another completely beautiful sculpt, with loads of detail, from all the kit on his back, to the patches on the clothing.  Had fun trying to to make the mail look rusty, without it just looking like odd coloured metal or plain brown, think I managed it!  I also wanted the bladed weapons to look tarnished, but at the same time well sharpened.  Highlighted contrast paints for the face again.

 

More Painting - Ogre and Man at Arms

 I’m making an effort to do a few hours painting every day at the moment, for therapeutic reasons.  Trying out new techniques and challenging myself a bit.

Here’s the latest results.  First up, an older GW ogre.  This time the ‘musician’ from the (I think) second iteration of the “Golfag’s Mercenary Ogres” Regiment of Renown.  I’ve previously painted the champion, trooper and standard from this set.  Lovely sculpt, loads of great detail.

I was particularly pleased with the rust effect on the sword, and the rather large bone he’s holding! Flesh was done using one of the new contrast paints, which was something new for me (more on that below).

Next up, and a bit smaller, is an old GW Man at Arms. Ready to take part in a floral themed conflict of your choice!  Another lovely little model, possibly a Perry sculpt? Armour done with a Nuln oil wash over bare metal before highlighting.

Finally some work in progress.  I have to say I’m surprised and impressed with the contrast paints. So far I’ve only really experimented with the flesh colour, but it’s doing a great job on some more ogre faces.  This is washed onto a white base coat (two layers usually), then highlighted with Kislev Flesh.

What’s on the table today?

So what’s on the painting ‘table’ tonight?  Quite a few bases to do, and prepping some projects I’ve meant to get around to for a while.

Another Orc Wizard!

 

Tanks, Tanks, Tanks

 A few years back I made some 1/72 Armourfast tanks for my British/Commonwealth forces.  Armourfast are cheap, come two to a box, but are definitely basic, and at the time I wasn't too impressed with the Shermans in particular (the Cromwells aren't bad).  Since then I've mostly built Italeri or PSC.

That said, I've seen a few build of these kits recently that looked quite nice, so I thought I'd revisit them using some of what I've learned in the intervening years, and I'm very glad I did!  With an all over wash of GW Agrax Earthshade, then a drybrush with VJ Russian Uniform and khaki for edge highlights, plus a few bits of stowage, I think they've brushed up quite nice!

Two Shermans (one Firefly).  Crewman is from the HAT Tank Riders set.  Details are still a little soft, but hatches etc look much better.

The Cromwells.  These are a better kit than the Shermans overall, much better detail on panel lines, rivets etc. and took shading and highlighting very well.  Although still with the Armourfast aversion to including any tools on the mold.  Another HAT crewman, although this one looks a bit like he's been caught short (not good for the gunner or loader!).

Bit of a curate's egg here - a diecast commonwealth 105mm Sherman, treated same as above.  As far as I can tell these were only used by Canadian and Polish forces in Italy.  Ah well, it's another tank, and when I'm playing solo I'll just squint at it!