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Okay, I got in the last few hours of this paused challenge tonight. 101 models, 24 hours. I did not get them all basecoated. Despite failing the main objective, it was a lot of fun and gave me so much motivation and enthusiasm. Here is a ‘now’ shot:

Most, if not all of these models were simply primed Chaos Black at the start and have had all this work done in the 24 hour period.

Section 1: Mordor Orcs (26)

First up is my converted Orc Captain, whom I have dubbed ‘Crow Skull’; a tracker and fighter garbed in black wearing an oddly shaped skull helm.

• This model is 90% finished. He needs:
• Basing: sand and a wash with tufts added.
• Shard: The shard protruding from his base will be painted a glowing kind of purple.
• Skull: Possibly Needs to be touched up. Maybe it’s the increased focus of the photo, but it loos better in person and sucky in the picture.

Next up are various Mordor Orcs. While I did not basecoat them, the old ‘three colour minimum’ for a tournament was done. They were painted a dark brown, drybrushed a lighter brown and then washed. Half were washed in Soft Tone and half in Strong Tone. They were then drybrushed with the same lighter brown again.

Their weapon blades were basecoated, higlighted, washed and edge hilighted. Their skin got two thin coats as a basecoat and washed. Next will be a hilghlight. I have done various skin tones.

How I continue with them, I am not sure. While I know how I want bows, boots, skin, hair and fur to look, I have not decided on an overall colour scheme for the force.

I’m half tempted to buy a visual companion to the movies just to have as well as use as a reference. I am a collector and a hardcopy enthusiast so to me it is nicer to have that in front of me then say, a tablet with pictures I collected here and th