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Looking very good, Cleatus! Love your painting style

Sweet paint job mate, hope to see a front view when hes done.

Ooh...that is some tasty yellow there!...nice work

If I had to be picky, the highlights are maybe a little chalky/powdery though...thin your paints (although yeah, that is a painful process with yellow specifically)

Slinky wrote:Looking very good, Cleatus! Love your painting style

Thanks!

stonned_astartes wrote:Sweet paint job mate, hope to see a front view when hes done.

Thank you, sir!

ZoBo wrote:Ooh...that is some tasty yellow there!...nice work

If I had to be picky, the highlights are maybe a little chalky/powdery though...thin your paints (although yeah, that is a painful process with yellow specifically)

Thanks. Personally, I think the chalkiness makes the paint job seem more authentically Orky somehow.

Anyhoo...

I finished the Nob's paintjob, and got him based. The humidity has been high in my area recently (it rained here on Christmas), so not a good time to spray varnish. Should get pics this week. Work has also been bonkers recently, and as a result my free time has suffered. Oh well. It's a hobby.

 Cleatus wrote:
I think the chalkiness makes the paint job seem more authentically Orky somehow.

I agree actually ...in fact, quite often when I'm painting "painted" armour/vehicles/etc, I actually try to make it a bit rough/wonky/imperfect, to simulate it having been painted by the grots

No worries about showing WIPS. Just label the photos clearly, and ignore the knuckleheads.

Ork Nob with Komb-Skorcha:
Here he is, painting is complete. Not entirely satisfied with the way these pictures turned out. They seem to have a strange blue-pink hue to them. Need to readjust my lighting rig.
(EDIT: I took a second set of photos of this guy. I think they came out much better than the first. Previous pictures are in my gallery if you're curious.)
I still haven't had time to spray varnish him. Hopefully this weekend. Anyway, here you go:
















One more overexposed dramatic shot, just for fun:


I'll take a few more pictures when I've got him varnished. Hopefully I don't mess that up! hahaha...


Other Stuff:
I recently started painting some Reaper minis. No real use for them, just something fun in between more serious business. Here are the first two, Cassie and Sister Maria.:


Primed:


I've actually finished painting Sister Maria. She's a gift for a friend.




I found it a bit challenging trying to highlight the details on this tiny little mini. Overall I would say this was a nice change of pace.

Still not sure if I will start a separate blog for these other minis or not. Maybe I'll just rename this blog "Cleatus Paints Whatever The Heck He Wants", or "Happy Little Trees, Orks, Et Cetera". Or leave it as is. It hasn't been purely scratch builds the whole time to be sure. Some conversions, some scratch building, some painting. The name just fit nicely with my little joke, which is a play on "Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel" from The Simpsons if you hadn't already caught on.

OK folks, back to work. Hopefully I'll have some hobby time to myself this weekend. My backlog of projects needs attention. Miniatures, they're so needy!

Thanks for looking.

Just caught up with this PLOG - googled "Scratchbuilt Gargant", wound up here and very glad I did, there's truly inspirational stuff here - I doff my hat to you, sir!

 Skinflint Games wrote:
Just caught up with this PLOG - googled "Scratchbuilt Gargant", wound up here and very glad I did, there's truly inspirational stuff here - I doff my hat to you, sir!

Thanks! Gosh, I haven't even built a scratchbuilt gargant... maybe I should.

The finished Nob looks great, Cleatus!

He looks brilliant bud, love the yellow you ar doing.

Sister Maria looks cool, nice gift, and it was good advise to me recently, change it up a bit, really helps.

And as I said before, 2 blogs can work, but splits your readership.

Combi-Nob and nun look great.

Really like the yellow on the Nob.

EDC

Slinky wrote:The finished Nob looks great, Cleatus!

Thanks!

Camkierhi wrote:He looks brilliant bud, love the yellow you ar doing.

Sister Maria looks cool, nice gift, and it was good advise to me recently, change it up a bit, really helps.

And as I said before, 2 blogs can work, but splits your readership.

Thank you!

evildrcheese wrote:Combi-Nob and nun look great.

Really like the yellow on the Nob.

EDC

Thank you!

Really, thank you gentlemen. (Or ladies. Or dogs. Or fish. Whatever.) Your comments are greatly appreciated.


On the Workbench:
Working on another Ork Nob, same color scheme. WIP shot:

Still some detail work to do. Needs shoulders, maybe a backpack.

Started work on my entry for the new LOER competition.
I'm imagining a structure being climbed by Grots, and then when they reach the top the little guys slide down in some fashion. Perhaps from corrugated awning to awning.
Not much to look at yet, yet, but here's some cardboard I've cut to size to get the ball rolling for the tiers:


Taking inspiration from these images:
(spoilered for size)

Make of those what you will...

Thanks for looking. Back to work!

Why did I not know of that new comp? Did nobody announce it on the prior thread?

Grot Tower of Babel...
Can't wait.

So seldom are penguin races and the tower of Babel referenced together!

Looking forward to seeing what you kick out.

Shoots Nob is looking great too.

EDC

This is going to be very interesting.

I may have bit off more than I can chew with this terrain project. I've been letting it grow organically thus far. Last night I was starting to assemble the substructure, and I realized that if I were to follow the Tower of Babel image closely, the build would call for 8+ tiers, and at least a 12" diameter base for the first tier. Impressive, but perhaps a bit too ambitious given the my available free time. So I think I need to scale back, by let's say 50%. If i have more time, I could always add additional tiers and details.

Very nice colours and blending on the Nob.
Curious to see how the babel tower turns out!

Was searching for more inspiration today. Found some good stuff. Progress pics coming later tonight when I get home.

WIP photos, as promised:








I'm using a 6"x6" base for this build. If I manage to get it finished and painted before the deadline, I might add more tiers.


Here are some concept sketches:


One thing I have struggled with when building with cardboard in the past was making right angles. Specifically, holding the two pieces together long enough for the glue to set. For this build, I made myself a jig out of foamcore to hold the pieces in place while the glue set. This allowed me to quickly knock out these little 1"x1" shanty buildings.


The build is proceeding nicely. I might be able to finish the overall structure this weekend, but there's still quite a bit of detail work to do.

Thats wicked mate, Looks very ramshackle like I've always imagined orky abodes.

Those buidlings are great.

That jig is brilliant, but since when do Orks care about right angles? :-P

Pardon me for this brief interlude...
2nd Ed Ork Boy
Just for fun, I decided to paint up one of the (many) 2nd edition Ork Boys I have sitting around. I used the same skin technique that I used on my current Orks, but stuck with a bright paint scheme for the armour. Oh, and I gave him a classic green base too.






We now return to our scratch-building, already in progress...

stonned_astartes wrote:Thats wicked mate, Looks very ramshackle like I've always imagined orky abodes.

Thanks!

adamsouza wrote:Those buidlings are great.

Thank you!

Anpu-adom wrote:That jig is brilliant, but since when do Orks care about right angles? :-P

Right-ish angles. And this is a Grot city/town/scrap-heap. They are smarter than the average Ork.

More WIP photos. It's getting there!








Have to work a little this weekend (gotta pay the bills!), but hopefully I can squeeze some hobby time in.

Thanks for visiting!

Love it Cleatus... Just Love it!

Nice work on the ork boy, fond memories.

The shanty is looking amazing, fantastic work.

OK, I think the build is done.











Now to paint. Paint like the wind!

(cross-posted to the terrain competition thread)

It looks amazing as is.

 Anpu-adom wrote:
It looks amazing as is.

Yeah, with paint on it will probably blow my mind