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I'll be using this thread to update tabletop painting tutorials I'm writing for the Orc Starter Set, with the Army Painter Greenskins Paint Set. The BGG KoW forum doesn't have much activity, so I'll use it to file away my various tutorials. The tutorials are aimed towards new painters who wish to paint the models for tabletop gaming.

Chariots: https://boardgamegeek.com/article/24296003

Pole arms : https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1687847/painting-tutorial-orc-starter-set-pole-arms-army-p

Shields for your fall home decor, and rust and blood for the rest of us.



https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1691133/painting-tutorial-orc-starter-set-shields-army-pai



https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1707989/painting-tutorial-orc-starter-set-axes-blood-and-r

Orc arms with rusty axes, orc arms with shields, and orc heads and orclings with no axes or shields.



https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1719717/painting-tutorial-orc-starter-set-orc-arms-axes-w



https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1719098/painting-tutorial-orc-starter-set-orc-arms-shields



https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1718447/painting-tutorial-kings-war-orc-starter-set-orc-he

Thanks!

I'll be using the square bases from the starter set, using the Army Painter Battlefields Basing Set : http://www.miniaturemarket.com/amyst5114.html

Here's a close-up of the bases from another blog. : http://brownk29.blogspot.com/2011/11/mantic-zombies-part-1.html

Updates in the arms with weapons, and arms with shields threads.

Just for fun, here're a coupla guys with arms, heads, and bodies assembled. Still need to write up the body painting tutorial. Yes, that's a Reaper Bones Star Spawn in the background!

Thanks!

I really like the detail on the heads, arms, and armor too, although the backs of their bodies are kinda vague.

Dark and oily (or at least oily!) comes from the Army Painter brown Strong Tone Ink. They need to sell this by the pint, but, if you buy the Army Painter Quickshade Ink set, you can also use the brown Soft Tone Ink for tabletop.

Added a thread for painting the bodies, as well as updates on orc heads, orc arms with weapons, and orc arms with shields on the BGG Kings of War forum: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/85204/kings-war/forums/0

Thanks!

Finally got the gore (boars) painted. I would paint them after doing all the orc figures. I found the skin and fur a little more difficult to paint than orc skin, because of the larger area and because, I think, it's harder to paint something realistic.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/85204/kings-war

Polearms for the Mantic Orcs Army Goreriders finally done.
Painting tutorial: https://boardgamegeek.com/article/26001793#26001793


Looks like I forgot to post the bodies...
Painting tutorial: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1727863/painting-tutorial-orc-starter-set-orc-bodies-army

Probably! Depends how they actually look on the table. Still have plenty of sprues to get through!

More gore rider pieces in the tutorials: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1719717/painting-tutorial-orc-starter-set-orc-arms-weapons

Well, dang! I found this pic on a seller in the Netherlands!

Also including the Starter Set to be complete (pics kinda larger, so keeping it in a spoiler). Thanks for pointing this out!

Thanks!

More heads from the Mantic Orcs Army and Army Painter Greenskins paint set. Only fourteen more sprues to go! :cry:

Tutorials on the BGG Kings of War forum: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/85204/kings-war

More bits painted.

Tutorial posted! : https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1719717/painting-tutorial-orc-starter-set-orc-arms-weapons

Thanks!

I have the Undead Army starter set, so will paint that next. No plans to paint any more factions, but, if the undead army takes as long as the orc, who knows. Thanks again for the support!

A few orcs stomping off the tabletop!

Mantic Orcs Army set painted with Army Painter Greenskin paint set.

Assembly-line tutorial in the BGG Kings of War forum!
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/85204/kings-war/forums/0

Just some more hands painted. Hard to see in the pic, but they're there. Half a sprue left to paint (times 14)!

https://boardgamegeek.com/article/27234788#27234788

Posted a KoW tutorial for orclings! : https://boardgamegeek.com/article/27407707#27407707

Thanks!

Last batch of orc bodies from the Mantic Orcs Army set, painted with the Army Painter Greenskins set, and other paints. Mantic has a Black Friday sale going on.

Tutorial: https://boardgamegeek.com/article/27542871#27542871

Finally got to assembling the army. Movement trays keep the greatax and other miniatures from poking each other, and let you increase your army without painting more miniatures!

Museum Wax is useful for dry-fitting miniatures, as well as creating an impermanent bond so that you can fiddle with your armies later (eg. convert an Ax unit into a Morax one). The bond's obviously not as strong as superglue and plastic cement, but is far easier to work with. Six bucks on Amazon for more than you'll ever need.