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 youwashock wrote:
The skele-ghosts are really trucking along, now. Big fan of how the armor turned out. Ogroid is off to a great start.

Thanks youwashock! I couldn't do an army of them (I believe you need like 60 of those guard as baseline), but those few models are perfectly manageable.

And finished the ogroid, had lots of painting time slots throughout the day.

He's called Azraq and he's fallen out of grace with Tzeentch after being on the losing side of a battle against SCE to secure a Stormvault. That's why his complexion is far from shiny and his horns are bleeding out of the skull, because his glamour is wearing off. To top it all, the eye on his front is just lifeless silver und not the mystic green it once was to show him glimpses of the future. Now he is forced to stalk the Eightpoints and hire himself out as a mercenary to try and gain Tzeentch' favor again.

Wow, quick turnaround! Looks cool! The crest really stands out.

Great rate of progress with the skellingtons and cool skin colour choice for the Ogroid

Wow, a lot of col stuff going on in here since I last stopped by. Great seeing all the warcry warbands getting some love. Really liked the Cabal. Im a huge fan of the contrast paint line and you are making some really good use of them.

I really like the painting and of course a little backstory is always good. Of course now I'm feeling a bit sorry for the poor old ogre. Play some tricks! Get back in favor, man

Your skelly guys are looking great in blue.

Loving the blue all around. The Ogroids Thama$&#**(whatever???) looks great in that color.

youwashock wrote:Wow, quick turnaround! Looks cool! The crest really stands out.

Thanks youwashock! I was surprised myself, how fast it went after doing his skin, because there's not much else to do after that, if you don't attempt the official paint scheme.

gobert wrote:Great rate of progress with the skellingtons and cool skin colour choice for the Ogroid

Thanks gobert! Gonna use the vacation time to the max (without abandoning wife and kids )

squall018 wrote:Wow, a lot of col stuff going on in here since I last stopped by. Great seeing all the warcry warbands getting some love. Really liked the Cabal. Im a huge fan of the contrast paint line and you are making some really good use of them.

Thanks squall018! Contrast makes some painting definitely faster, but the correcting if you don't stay exactly on target can get tiresome. But with 9 models, it still was pretty fast.

amazingturtles wrote:I really like the painting and of course a little backstory is always good. Of course now I'm feeling a bit sorry for the poor old ogre. Play some tricks! Get back in favor, man

He sure as warp will get his chance for redemption, once I can start a campaign with my group (curse you virus!) and the allmighty eye of Tzeentch will glow again!

aku-chan wrote:Your skelly guys are looking great in blue.

Thanks aku-chan, wanted to try something other than traditional bone, glad you like it.

Theophony wrote:Loving the blue all around. The Ogroids Thama$&#**(whatever???) looks great in that color.

Thanks Theo!It was a spur of the moment thing with the Ogroid, saw the primed mini, the pot with the blue-grey contrast and thought... "eh, how bad can it be"

Started work on the other Ogroid and this time didn't shy away and did - for the first time - real layering. Normally I do base, wash and some small highlights and call it a day. This fella got base, wash, reapply base and than another color. Thought about doing some fine highlights in orange, but fear to ruin the skin with it, so orange is reserved for most of his hair and I may give his face some. Not sure about his beard, I think it should have the same color as his top hair.

Good stuff all round. The skellies look great in the pale blue.

Sad ogroid was pretty cool.

New ogroid looks great so far. I agree with the beard matching hair. Are you going to do anything else with the symbolic scarring, or leave it as is?

That red is lovely, very hellboy vibe.

That did come out pretty nice. On worry about ruining with another layer, man, I feel you, thats like 80% of my models, but I'd say go for it, hypocritcal as it is. Just really thin it down and sop off a lot before you apply, just a nice light glaze of orange. Keep it to narrow areas and have a dry brush ready for cleanup, and hey, if it doesn't work, another layer of red wash or a bit of 2nd color reapplication will hide it well enough. When I can convince myself to try it in similar situations, it usually ends up looking decent.

Woo red! He looks good, and i agree, his beard should match his hair. You don't need to dye, ogroid, you look wonderful with your natural colors!

Red Ogroid looks great! Sorry to create more work, but I think all of his hairy bits would look best in the same colour as his head of hair.

monkeytroll wrote:Good stuff all round. The skellies look great in the pale blue.

Sad ogroid was pretty cool.

New ogroid looks great so far. I agree with the beard matching hair. Are you going to do anything else with the symbolic scarring, or leave it as is?

Thanks monkeytroll! I‘ll leave the scaring as is, may have a second go with aimed wash. And the beard is repainted.

inmygravenimage wrote:That red is lovely, very hellboy vibe.

Thanks graven! He is kind of a test, because I have the Hellboy KS unpainted on the shelf.

Vejut wrote:That did come out pretty nice. On worry about ruining with another layer, man, I feel you, thats like 80% of my models, but I'd say go for it, hypocritcal as it is. Just really thin it down and sop off a lot before you apply, just a nice light glaze of orange. Keep it to narrow areas and have a dry brush ready for cleanup, and hey, if it doesn't work, another layer of red wash or a bit of 2nd color reapplication will hide it well enough. When I can convince myself to try it in similar situations, it usually ends up looking decent.

Thanks Vejut! Yeah, I always encourage others here with stuff I‘d never do myself But I followed your advice and am very happy.

amazingturtles wrote:Woo red! He looks good, and i agree, his beard should match his hair. You don't need to dye, ogroid, you look wonderful with your natural colors!

Thanks amazingturtles! And from the Ogroid also, he loves that you like his hair

Did another session (kids wanted to listen to Bob the Builder in silence, so I got to paint in silence ) and am really happy and I love, love, love that sculpt. It‘s so beautiful Next up is metallics, loincloth and than cleanup. Gonna go with the Fang for the loincloth and light blue-grey accents.

Great work on the face. Extra work on the skin shows, too. Nicely done.

Loving the Ogroids. Those are some really great sculpts to have fun with!

The red Ogroid is great, looks an absolute beast , just with great hair .

I agree with the rest here, the Ogroid looks great and has lovely hair! He's like Hellboy's good-looking brother.

Great work on the Ogroids, have you considered a blue mane on the red ogroid to do the inverse of what you did with the Tzeentch one?

Very nice Viterbi.

Cheers,

CB

Very nice

Cypher's looking great! Nice use of a Necromunda base. I really like the way you've treated his sword. All the details are really crisp.

New Ogroid looks fantastic!

Yes, red ogroid is looking great. Can't get Hellboy out of my head looking at hiim.

Both of those ogroids came out really well. Like the skin of the 2nd one.

The red skin looks great, definitely worth forcing yourself to add the extra highlight, it has added a lot, particularly on the face

That red fella sure is popular

youwashock wrote:Great work on the face. Extra work on the skin shows, too. Nicely done.

Thanks youwashock! Adding another highlight really paid off, I am glad I took Vejut's advice.

Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll wrote:Loving the Ogroids. Those are some really great sculpts to have fun with!

Thanks Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll! I love Red more, but they are both really fun to paint.

Theophony wrote:The red Ogroid is great, looks an absolute beast , just with great hair .

Thanks Theo! Because of all the hair comments, he's thinking of endorsing Head & Shoulders

Pomander Cask wrote:I agree with the rest here, the Ogroid looks great and has lovely hair! He's like Hellboy's good-looking brother.

Thanks Pomander Cask! I would consider Hellboy the better looking one, but everyone to his tastes

ListenToMeWarriors wrote:Great work on the Ogroids, have you considered a blue mane on the red ogroid to do the inverse of what you did with the Tzeentch one?

Thanks ListenToMeWarriors! Had considered it in the planning stage, but quickly went for something more neutral, because I wanted to do the cloth blue or green and thought it wouldn't mesh well with blue hair.

Captain Brown wrote:Very nice Viterbi.

Cheers,

CB

Thanks Captain Brown!

monkeytroll wrote:Very nice

Thanks monkeytroll!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Cypher's looking great! Nice use of a Necromunda base. I really like the way you've treated his sword. All the details are really crisp.

Thanks Don Qui Hotep! It's actually one of the Sector Mechanicus Bases. It lay around painted for about 2 years, I even did the cables back then And I love that you feel that the details on the sword are crisp. I am very happy with it, but would have loved to do some finer edges.

IGtR= wrote:New Ogroid looks fantastic!

Thanks IGtR=!

Don Qui Hotep wrote:Yes, red ogroid is looking great. Can't get Hellboy out of my head looking at hiim.

Again thanks! And with so many Hellboy mentions I feel like I should put the disc in this evening.

howie wrote:Both of those ogroids came out really well. Like the skin of the 2nd one.

Thanks howie! The second one definitely was more effort and I'm happy that his skin (besides his hair) is so popular

Maharg wrote:The red skin looks great, definitely worth forcing yourself to add the extra highlight, it has added a lot, particularly on the face

Thanks Maharg! Yeah, that ominous extra mile really can help.

And now, the second Ogroid is also finished. And because it seems that I had too much time on my hands this morning, I wrote some fluff for Red. And after that you get some glamour shots of him and of Azarak.

Kamir Mah was an Ogroid full of contradiction. Stories were told about him at campfires at night. About his trusted spear, that could slay gargants, but was rusted and crusted with blood. And about his shield which was in stark contrast to the spear: Gleaming and blinding his foes with the sun’s reflection. The reason, it puzzled no one for long was his reputation as a creature that could set a warband on the right track for Archaon’s recognition. He took only a small fee, but fought like a berzerker. It delighted the warbands - and probably would’ve not, if they knew the reason behind this.
Once upon a time, Kamir Mah was an Ogroid on the fast track. Even as a youth he was one of the deadliest creatures roaming the Eightpoints. Only armed with his spear he slew monsters, chaos worshippers, order soldiers and more without discremination. This brought him to the attention of Khorne who bestowed gifts of strength onto Kamir Mah. But while ascending the corporate skull ladder he realized that he actually had to deal with politics, if he ever was to ascend into demonhood. Bewildered he tried his hand at this new game and actually managed to gain traction. The now fading ritual scars on his body are witness to this. But it soon became clear that butting heads was more of Kamir Mah’s game and one night he found himself ambushed in his sleep by rival Ogroid Armik and his pals - 50 Bloodletters. After a vicious fight only Kamir Mah was left standing. On that day he cast his back on Khorne and went home to the Eightpoints, leaving his spear encrusted in the blood of those he had slain that night, but polishing the shield every night as an reminder of the treacherous act he narrowly survived, reliving it while cleaning the shield.
But he’s a happy Ogroid now. Back to stalking the Eightpoints, fighting for himself and sometimes pushing a warband closer to the gods they’re praying to… knowing what will await them, if they succeed. And while thinking of this, his features against all probability turn into a huge and honest smile.

Solid pair of minis, man. The varying techniques are cool to see. I was sure I liked Red more before, but now I am uncertain.

The duo look great together. I really like that you have gone for two different schemes, and have made each version work. I can get very bored of models that look the same, especially where a (magical) creature is involved. I think AoS is a really good opportunity to do something like this, as there are no blocks of 1000 goblins, and you have done a great job

I like your take on this very much. Whilst AoS can be a bit swarmy I think you're approaching it in absolutely the right way. Interesting, characterful models.