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Here are some IG characters I did for a friend. I really had fun painting these, they are such characterful models. As always, C & C welcome!

Col. "Iron Hand" Straken:







And my favorite, Nork!

Awesome work.

Iron hand's face is fantastic, well done! looks great and the weathering on the stock of his gun is nicely done as well!

Looking good, especially the skin. The stubble on Straken is a nice touch, and well executed.

grrr

Nicely done. I like the camo and the scriff on the ol Iron Hand. Good work.

Omg amzing man well done

I've always had a soft spot for the Straken model, despite being a Mordian man myself. Great work!

Oh my, these are fantastic! The faces especially are exquisite.

Very nice camo!

Nork looks like Wallace.

looks great, iron hand is pro you did a really good job.

Whoa! Great and unbelievable work! Can you put a tutorial for the painting technics? I would be greatfull!

+1 for that ^^^^

I would especially like to know how you did Nork's face?
Great work thou, nice and clean and really awesome highlights!
Would love to own these.....

Good work! I love that nork!

Thanks for all the comments!

I actually used 2 different colors for the skin, 1 for each model. For Straken, I used Bronzed Flesh, and old GW color I still have (and horded once I heard they discontinued it). Vomit brown is close enough to use. I washed it with Ogryn Flesh, and then highlighted back up to Elf Flesh.

For Nork, I basecoated with Tallarn flesh (I like the darker, ruddy color for Ogryns). I washed with Ogryn Flesh, and then highlighted with Tallarn, then 1:1 Tallarn:Elf Flesh, then Elf Flesh. A gentle sepia wash and Orgyn Flesh in the recesses (watered down) helped smooth the transitions. The lower lip was then glazed with thinned Warlock purple.

The key to both was, as always, thinning your paints. While some use paint thinners, I just use water, and it's more of a "feel" thing than an actual formula.

Hope that helps!

Amazing detail, truly something to be proud of. Nice work!

Great work man! The camo on Straken is awesome.

Crisp and clean painting, awesome work.