A little bit of scatter terrain that's been sitting primed on my bench for too long got finished the other day - some 3D printed wheeled garbage and recycling cans, printed for me by my friend Dave from STLs from Tiny Furniture. He printed two of each design, closed and slightly overflowing, so I paired them on some 40mm round bases.
These are actually painted to match the ones sitting outside my house right now, with the brown lid on the recycling bin. Not sure how standardized those are to other areas. The recycling symbol is just free-handed with some white paint. These will make some nice scatter on modern tables.
And having received more orcs for the Oldhammer Orc Project, I figured it was a sign I should paint some! I had primed a batch of 15 6th edition metal Savage Orcs about six months ago to accompany a shaman I painted a couple years back now. And since I received some more of those same Savage Orcs, I decided to start in on the primed ones. These have had their skin done, and tomorrow or this weekend I'll start in on the assorted skins and hides they're draped in.
These were sculpted circa 2000 by Brian Nelson, and while Kev Adams is very much "the Goblinmaster," the more Brian Nelson orcs I paint, the more I appreciate his take on greenskins. They're bigger and more muscular than Kev Adams' orcs, but that musculature and the textures of the faces paint up a dream with the washes and drybrushing I favor. I'm looking forward to having some fun with the various furs and reptile skins they're wearing, and then going in and applying tattoos with a fine-tipped micron pen.
Miniatures Acquired: 71
Miniatures Painted: 86
Terrain Acquired: 0
Terrain Painted: 2
Scatter Acquired: 0
Scatter Painted: 4
Sigh..."greenskins." Never having been a GW fan, I am opposed to all green-skinned orcs or goblins...haha! Speaking of GW, those dumpsters look great! Nice idea to base them x2! Our recycling here in Columbus, Ohio, are bright royal blue while the garbage is the same green.
ReplyDelete"Speaking of GW" in regards to the trash is more or less my opinion these days as well, Mike. I may start selling off what I have left in my unpainted orcs box - the army has gotten to a pretty significant size already and at this point is 100% an art project versus a wargaming project.
DeleteI always enjoy seeing your orcs especially the old classic ones.
ReplyDeletei agree with the GW trash comment. in recent times GW figures or i should say models..are so super detailed and such that it's like a chore or a second job to paint them, certainly a squad/regiment.
reason why i will always love the era of figures when i was playing (late 90's), because miniatures were simple and yet still had character.
Thank you! These were current when I entered the hobby, and I remember seeing them on the shelves at my local (now long gone) GW store a quarter century ago now. Definitely makes me feel a bit grognardy.
DeleteCompounding the issue, from what I've heard a lot of recent GW kits have instructions that are just flat out wrong. I think I saw that the Cathayan Sentinel kit either has you glue pieces together out of order of what they need to be for subassemblies to fit, or tells you to glue a piece on backwards.