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So far amazing.

Wouldn't an ork of this size have some scars / battle damage to his fists though?

I think he's fine with the amount of gubbinz attatched but he just looks very smooth ATM.

I was going to suggest that 'double' base when I read the earlier post ^_-.

Now, what else can I mind-meld out of you? o.o

all good all good

runs to store too get a troll.
briljant conversion. very very good scuplting.

Waaagh_Gonads: Wouldn't an ork of this size have some scars / battle damage to his fists though?

An ork of this size would be dunno how old and would have seen hundreds if not thousands of battles.
So i second this idea


Realy like the grot on his shoulder

ein, would it be possible for you even to get the measure ments of the plasticard height and widnth?

im thinking of making an iron fist for a dreadnought

Wow look's great. I'd be tempted to give Urk reins. But that's wrong for a warboss. A petrified Grot trying to control him would be just funny.

Ein,

When you mentioned doing Mork and Gork on the weapons, I immediately saw two grots on his shoulders.. possibly fighting each other.. one with a Gork banner and one with a Mork banner. similar to the familiar angel and devil that we commonly see trying to persuade the average person.. Perhaps here, the grots are trying to persuade Your boss to the side of their patron diety..

I know it's an odd suggestion, but there you go.

So, I figured that the fact that my white primer was spent was a sign that maybe this guy needed just a little bit more work. With that in mind, I tried my hand at adding some scars to his bulkitude.









I think the one on his back came out looking the best, and the one by Urk looked the worst. Still, I figure all of that can be touched up with paint. I know it looks like there's a 'seam' between where I added the scar and the rest of the musculature, but I did my damndest to try and smooth them together. I think it's also partly to do with the fact that the hue of the greenstuff used for the scar is different (since the mix was probably slightly different), which lets you see the edges and boundaries of the scar itself. After primer, I'm hoping it'll be indistinguishable. The stitching was the only way I knew of communicating an injury. Hell, it might not even end up being stitching - I could paint the brown 'stitches' boltgun metal and treat them as staples. The scar seemed like a good detail to add to the back, anyway, since it was sort've bare.

I tried adding bullet holes in a place or two, but nothing looked right so I popped them off.

I need to find a tutorial for properly blending the proper colors for this thing, since I want the skin around the scars and where the cables meet his flesh to be 'raw' looking, slightly pink tinted.

I'll probably grab a sharp knife and put some dings and gouges in his power fists a little later so that they look a little less fresh.

jamsessionein wrote:I need to find a tutorial for properly blending the proper colors for this thing, since I want the skin around the scars and where the cables meet his flesh to be 'raw' looking, slightly pink tinted.

Lo and behold:

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?aId=9200009

They are not the BEST painted models, but the tutorial on how they painted the warboss gives a very nice breakdown on how they did HIS "raw" looking areas.

Hope it helps.

Eric

MagickalMemories wrote:

jamsessionein wrote:I need to find a tutorial for properly blending the proper colors for this thing, since I want the skin around the scars and where the cables meet his flesh to be 'raw' looking, slightly pink tinted.

Lo and behold:

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?aId=9200009

They are not the BEST painted models, but the tutorial on how they painted the warboss gives a very nice breakdown on how they did HIS "raw" looking areas.

Hope it helps.

Eric

Jesus-t****-*****ng-Christ, paints are £3 each now? I'm sure they were £2 last time I looked.

incredible as always, if I may posit something regarding scars however; The stitched wounds are very nice looking, but some old healed scars would of course be on par with the models no doubt storied history, there's a couple of Skarboy conversions in the old dex that illustrate what I'm talking about, big gnarls of knotted tissue.

Some bullet hole pocks would also be a nice touch, as I'm sure there's not a patch on him that's not been shot with something by now, and even orks cant heal everything, a good example of this in makeup is Tom Cruise's scars in "The Last Samurai"

Other than that bit of suggestion, I think the model is going along great, keep it up man!

maybe he could have some sharp objects stuck in him?

Thats awesome ork! My friend never seen so cool miniature he is looking it like this

Looking very good Ein. It definitely needed something to break up the smoothness of the figure. Some more blemishes would help too, although I can understand your reticence at covering up the great sculpting.

Something on the top of his head? You just KNOW he's nutted a few things by now!

AMAZING work, i'm definatly tuned in to this thread.

This guy makes the Hulk look like a weeny!

So. Primed and paint's started.

I just want to mention that Tamiya's White Fine Surface Primer is a terrible product. I figured I'd give it a chance, and I sprayed it on a Black Reach boy. Great coverage. What I didn't know is that paint does not stick to it worth a damn. It just slides around. As a primer, it's terrible, but I'm discovering that a bit late.

Anyway! I'm not much of a painter, but I'm giving it a go. I did a base coat and highlights on the skin some, and then washed it down a bit. I'll probably continue washing the crevasses and trying to even out the highlights a little bit more.











Just a start, anyway.

The metal parts have been blacked out for now.

Pants are going to be brown... not sure about that rag yet, though. Part of me wants to do it blue and make it like a marine banner he just tore down and wrapped around himself.

IMO, you'll get better results with a reddish rag, as double contrast against the brown (saturation) and green (color).

Also, don't forget to use green glaze to tie the skin tones together & brown wash to link the shadows...

I say paint those pants purple and you've got yourself an incredible hulk. The colour on the muscles just really reminds me of that. Great work and a great sart on the painting!

Lucas

Stiiill going. I think I'm done for the night, though.









Doing the face and scars. The scars are iffy, need a bit more work, but it'll get there.

Finally got the internet at the house...so I actually have time to browse all of Dakka.....


Wow...


Thats it

It's lookin' ace! Can't wait to see this thing finished.

Remember: The bigger and darker they are, the tougher they are.

I really don't think he's dark enough.


Your paint skills are just fine, though.
I think it's funny... Every time you start to paint one of your creations, you slam your painting skills and say something about 'doinf [your] best" or something... then it turns out freaking beautiful.


Eric

BTW:
Did that link help?

Magickal: Somewhat. I looked at it for reference, but I'm sort've just winging it.

I'll give him one more black wash on the skin to make him a bit tougher. I don't want to go too dark, though. I think you'll notice a huge contrast once I get Urk up on that shoulder.

Offhand: What does everyone think of red fists, with boltgun for the dakkaguns? And checkers. I don't know if it'd clash with a blue loincloth, but still..

Dude you totally made the Incredible Hulk. Simply awesome.

MagickalMemories wrote:
I think it's funny... Every time you start to paint one of your creations, you slam your painting skills and say something about 'doinf [your] best" or something... then it turns out freaking beautiful.

Eric

EXACTLY my thought lol.
I love your paint jobs. Very vibrant.

jamsessionein wrote:

Offhand: What does everyone think of red fists, with boltgun for the dakkaguns? And checkers. I don't know if it'd clash with a blue loincloth, but still..

Actually, I think it would look fine with red firsts and blue loincloth. Theres ALOT of green and youll need some sort of contrast. I think the regular brown loincloth would be a tidbit boring for a massive orc like this one. Ckeckers are a must!

Awesome. Pure awesome. I want one too!

After pinking the scars a little bit more, I worked my way down and got some blue on the rags, a greyer color on the pants instead of my originally-planned brown, and brown boots. I'm still sort've trying to clean it all up and I may need to re-highlight some things because all the washing I'm doing is making it pretty dark.











I'm not as pleased with the lower half as the upper right now, though it's roughly a tabletop standard. The top of the leg that is in front will probably get a band of checkers running up it, because that spot is pretty bare and too smooth for the washes to be of much use. I'm also thinking of putting that ultramarine 'U' right up by his belt buckle, because there's a pretty smooth-ish area there that I could use for it. I don't think I could manage painting it on the folds in the cloth.

I know it's a bit late for this next idea, but the huge area of green really needs to be broken up a bit.
If you're not planning any tattoos or extra scars, what about a top-knot?
Some decent flowing squig hair would contrast and complement the large areas of green.
Just a thought.

Still looking ace.

Deadite makes a good point - maybe breaking up that green would be a good thing. One idea that struck me was that maybe he could have little tattoed kill makings on each arm, kinda showing how many gitz have fallen under each metal fist. Just an idea...

The painting is looking really nice though. One thing I would suggest is to add a little more of dark touch to either the boots or the pants, so that you have a little more contrast between the pants, legs, and cloth.

Don't forget guys, the green will be broken up by the little Grot dude later... I think that although on a normal Ork you'd be itching to fill the spaces with scars, tattoos, warpaint, gear, armour etc, in this case leaving massive expanses of plain bare skin is perfectly acceptable just to show off how god damn sexy this sculpt job is!!!