Orcs & Goblins: the Old World

Now I only need to paint 24 goblin riders 😖…

There is something grainy about the pictures, I don’t know why…

Just need to satin varnish the models, then I will add some water effect on the base.

I normally use a satin varnish, followed by a matte finish, but for the trolls I want to try a slimy finish.

Had a bunch of oldhammer models laying around. They don’t quite fit the style of the rest of the army, so I will use them as artillery crew.
Will probably paint them two or three at a time when I am bored batch painting rank and file troops.

Bit of a burn out of batch painting..

Quick simple paint job of a single goblin.

He will be an artillery crew.

Already have a catapult/rock lobber. Just received four ballistas that I will customize, so I need a lot of artillery crews.

The next two pictures are to showcase the « power » of contrast paint over a zenithal primer.

The green flesh is simply a single coat of Plaguebearer contrast with a bit of Cygor brown contrast and some flow aid.
Then I will add one or two quick highlights.

I did my first batch of night goblins in the classic black scheme.

Not overly fond of the result and it was a bit boring to paint.

So I decided to change the colour scheme a little bit: red hood with black clothing.

Trying to find a balance between quantity and quality 🤷‍♂️. Always the issue when painting a horde army…

Basically, I use a single coat of contrast paint over a zenithal primer. Than I use a single universal highlight over the most prominent features of the model.

Yep, it’s an army for Warhammer: the Old World, but these guys are based on round base. They are second hand models and they were already based. I will use a movement tray, so it won’t make a difference. (And I have too many models to paint to rebase them 😊)

It was a relatively quick project for me (I am a slow painter),

Half of the models were primed directly with Krylon metallic primer (Metallic Silver). It worked well, was quick and very cheap. It produced a very shiny finish.

Then I applied some contrast paints over some of the metal armor plates to add variety. Used a bunch of different contrast paint (Blood Angel, Snakebite Leather, diluted Wyldwood, and so on). Applying contrast paint over metallic part is really easy and fun.

After applying the initial colors, I applied various oil or enamel wash. I tried streaky grime, but for this project I thought it was a bit too dark. The best oil wash was simply a very diluted black oil wash.

I did make a few mistakes:

• For half of the models, I decided to first zenithal prime them (white over a black primer). As I should have known, metallic primer over a white primer did not give a very nice finish…
• Second mistake: after basecoating the additional colors, I used a matte varnish instead of a gloss or satin varnish. I was in a rush and I made a stupid mistake…

I applied some glossy varnish on selected area of the models to bring back some of the shine.

Will try to make less mistakes next time… Live and learn I guess!

Simple catapult. I think it’s a wizkid miniature initially, and I added a few greenskin bits to make it more « orkish ».

Will need to base it at some point, but I am waiting to see the exact base sizes for the new editions.

Just painted 10 classic orc models.