Orcs & Goblins: the Old World

Finished a chariot with its driver. Need to touch on the base with some tufts and pigment powders.

There is a small magnet hidden at the back of the chariot. Will eventually finish painting an orc shaman and an orc warboss, so I get to choose which one is riding the chariot ?.

It’s the troll from the Battle for Skull Pass box. I had no intention of painting it, as I don’t like the miniature so much.

But once primed, I thought it would be a quick project with some drybrushing.

I actually like the model once it is painted. Since it is the only stone troll I have (so far), I will probably use it as a goblin unit filler.

I planned on finishing the first phase of my Orc and Goblin army by the end of 2023.  Surprisingly enough, I am almost done and the only thing left to paint is another orc warboss mounted on a converted chariot.

This is a model from 3D Art Digital that I painted a few years ago, but I just completed a minor conversion.

Its aesthetic does not fit classic/ oldheimer orc models and both head options looked a bit off.

This was a weird conversion as the whole model was already painted and I did not want to wreck the old paint job.

I cut the front part of the helmet to add bits from the Kruleboys range.

It was also standing way too tall, so I had to change bases.

Overall, I am satisfied with the conversion and I will probably use it as a savage orc warboss leading the kruleboyz.

I have a few (unpainted for now) Kruleboyz that I will use as Savage Orc Warboss.

Bought four super cheap 3-D printed ballista from a seller on Etsy (like 5$ each).

Did minor conversions to make them look different (plasticards and random bits)

Then I went for three different recipe for painting woods:

1- light brown primer, followed by Agrax earthshade wash, than a lighter highlight

2- off-white primer, followed by a dark brown oil wash

3- off-white primer, followed by a slightly diluted Cygor Brown contrast paint

To my surprise and disappointment, the wood effect was fairly similar  for all three ballistas  🙁

The fourth and last ballista was a giant head cleaved in half. It does look good in a sense, but it also looks too evil or chaos.

The other goblin spear chukkas have more of a friendly-goblin vibe, so I don’t plan on painting the last one, at least for now.

Two snotling pump wagons I scratch-built about 10 years ago.

From what I remember, they behaved erratically (random attacks, random movements) and they were not a very good unit, which means they are a classic goblin unit 🙂

They were not based, and the paint was showing its age.

Just added a homemade mdf base with some tuffs and pigment powders. Did a bit more highlighting to freshen up the paint.

I used mainly popsicle sticks to build these.

Now I am not a big fan of popsicle sticks: they are not the right size and they are difficult to texture.

In the future, I may be tempted to build a new one with balsa wood, coffee stir sticks and maybe some plasticards.

I had plans for Terrain Fest, then life happened 🙁

Next two pictures are my prototype for a ruined sorcerer tower (or something like).

Well, if there is another Terrain Fest in 2024, I know what I will be working on.

For now, I need to finish an Orc Warboss, a chariot and some other stuff for the Old World.

Now I only need to paint 24 goblin riders ?…