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I need a Black Orc Warboss for my ever growing O&G army for WHFB and decided that something completely over the top needed to be done as it would, in effect be representing my online orky persona.

I also needed him to ride a boar for the ability to ride with boar boyz, get an extra +2 armour save when with infanrty and so that he will stand out for players choice at tournaments.

I looked at Grimgor Ironhide, but he is to small...

Cue the 40k Warboss, the rhinoxen from the ogre kingdom scrap launcer and alot of bitz from several kits and a little green stuff to end up with....





As a side note I was going to use a cannon wheel for a shield but wanted one that looked like a black orc one.

Still have a few odds and ends to add, and add sand, but should start painting next week.

It looks pretty good so far, can't wait to see it painted!

Yup, looking good...

Boar needs tusks...

What about the 'uge ones off da battlewagon...

Otherwise, looks sweet.

I'm still trying to work out where to put the tusks, it will require more filing and greenstuffing.

Nice helmet, I did the same thing for my 40K Warboss! Fantasy Black Ork Drummer bitz?

Keep on Rockin'!

It is the Black Orc standard top.

very, very common conversion because it works so well.

Are you going to paint the head as a mask or helmet, or something in between?

Waaagh_Gonads wrote:It is the Black Orc standard top.

very, very common conversion because it works so well.

QFT

I like it! I have two comments-

1) What is the "plate" at his back? It doesn't quite look attached, or the banner is going down behind it... something about it just looks a little bit odd.

2) Pet peeve, but I feel like if he were to swing his axe, it'd get caught on his right horn! I wish his horns were curved up so he didn't get in his own way, or get it caught in a passing tree

I love the fact that he's steering with his feet... very orky! The boar does need those tusks, though

The plate on his back is his shield (scratch built).
I just couldn't get it to fit well on his arm.

The horns are a problem, and with the size of the axe, the position it is in now is the only way it could fit on the model.

I've added tusks (pinned and greenstauffing done) and Just need to work out if the shield needs rivets, sand on the base and then painting.


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The helmet will be done in a dirty white, as I do all my standard tops and shield icons...

Ah, of course! I'm sure once it's painted it'll be obvious it's a shield... and I thought as much about the horns, he's got some large gear (horns, axe, squig...) so there's probably not too many options available with the torso being a chunk of metal.

Looking forward to seeing it progress to painting!

So I've done the underlayers, ready for devlan mud.




Yes I know it looks totally lame.
Tomorrow the post devlan mud (and badab black on the chainmail metal) look.
Then the rehighlighting.

To much attention is brought to the squiq. Try to give it some heavy washes to tone it down. Also, what is up with the pink on the boar?

The pink is dwarf flesh for the skin.

Relax. This is WIP.

It is painted as blandly as possible for a reason - Devlan mud and rehighlighting cures all ills. Even totally lame painting.

Devlan mud and badab black (to the chainmail metal only) is all dry.

Which leaves us with...




So looking much better already, now time for the rehighlighting.

Should be more pics in a couple of days.

Looking really good! I love the conversion mixing ork 40k stuff with the wh fantasy really good. And what a massive boar hes riding ist that the rhinox from ogre kingdoms range? keep it up!!

//Avach

You weren't kidding about Devlan Mud and Badab Black!

I haven't used them yet, but they really do appear to be All That And A Bag of Chips!

Nice stuff!

Does Devlan Mud and/or the other washes work this magic on skin/flesh tones as well?

Seems like it would be a GREAT way to help achieve nice looking skin tones...

Thats some slick paintin there tex. Looks good and orky. I might have to try this devlan mud everyone keeps talking about. What kind of material is the helmut supposed to made of though? It looks like bone to me.

Thanks for showing us the before and after of the washes! It really is quite dramatic. He's looking good now

The only thing I'm not too sure about is the black (fabric?) that he's sitting on. I didn't notice this in the conversion shots? I can't really tell what it's supposed to be, and I don't like the grey on black highlighting. Maybe after the next step it will be more obvious what it is.

I am a HUGE fan of the helmet! Sweetness!

RiTides wrote:Thanks for showing us the before and after of the washes! It really is quite dramatic. He's looking good now

The only thing I'm not too sure about is the black (fabric?) that he's sitting on. I didn't notice this in the conversion shots? I can't really tell what it's supposed to be, and I don't like the grey on black highlighting. Maybe after the next step it will be more obvious what it is.

I am a HUGE fan of the helmet! Sweetness!

I believe the black fabric stuff is leather.

The boar is the rhinox from the scraplauncehWHFB Ogre line) You can get it as a bit for GW direct.

I used devlan mud on pretty much everything I need to tone, even the red for my BAs (except gold, when I use Gryphonne sepia).

Here are before and after shots of my giant.
Devlan mud

Rehighlighted.
(Was still a WIP at the time pic taken)


It even works on red (rehighlighted):


3 Tips:
Only use up to 2 underlayers, otherwise you lose any subtle shading.
Rehighlight over the top with the highlight colour pre devlan mud (I don't do it with the adeptus battle grey on the black cloth). If not it is perfect tabletop quality but rehighlighting makes it really 'pop'.
Splash it on absolutely everything, including the base, I use a GW 'large brush' and thin it slightly (dip in DM and quick dip in water) then just splash it on everywhere. The more the better (within reason)

The helmet.... I don't know what it is, but my Night Goblis used the same pattern for painting of standards and shield bosses, and my orcs are using a metal skull motif (the 2 symbols are on his backpack). so I wanted to tie it all together.

The black fabric will be NG robes & so will have patterns painted on.

I'm not a fan of how tiny the legs are, maybe i'm just missing something, but from my perspective they look really tiny compared to the rest of the body.

I could have used ogre legs but orcs tend to have rather short legs...

I need to do this conversion (with the rear of the boar replaced with a wheel and metal body work) as a Snakebite Boss.

For warhammer or 40k ?

Looks good Gonads. The only real weakpoint is the shield on his back. It could have used more attention.

Looking good, especially the stark highlights on the giant; it'll really make him pop!

This is for WHFB.

Finished model.
This guys is what happens when you rehighlight over devlan mud.

Also the skin is meant to be dark. He's a Black Orc.


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Superfriends!

I might need to get some of this Devlan Mud stuff... does it work well on vehicles? My orky stuff looks too...clean.

It is brilliant on vehicles.

Here's a site I found via google searching for 'devlan mud'

http://santacruzwarhammer.blogspot.com/2008/07/new-citadel-washes-on-plane.html

It shades everything for you and gives a dirty, natural look.

In saying that there are situations you wouldn't use it.... such a SMs unless you cover the whole model again, leaving the devlan mud on metal and in the armour gaps.
I also haven't used it on my high elves so far as I want a really clean look. But I am using the purple and gryphonne sepia and badab black washes.