Angmar (pic heavy)

Erunion · **Posted:** Wed Feb 12, 2014 3:28 am

Love all the metal orcs and the ragtag colors. The freehand on the banner is very nice as well.

The Warg Chieftain conversion looks nice, however, I think it would look better if the head matched the body. I think it would tie it together as a whole.

quindia · **Posted:** Wed Feb 12, 2014 3:49 am

Probably, but I liked the scheme the GW team used for the Warg Chieftain. Maybe I should lighten the paws to carry the color around the model? Not sure I'd like that either...

Oh, well... The rest of the pack is underway and I'm not sure I'd want to repaint all the faces as that is the most time consuming part so they are probably stuck!

JamesG_89 · **Joined:** Sat Feb 08, 2014 1:20 pm **Posts:** 12

Looks really nice and has nice gritty and worn look to the miniatures which suit them well.

Cheers

James

Gandlaf the Grey · **Posted:** Wed Feb 12, 2014 11:14 am

One of the better warg conversions and painting I've seen. The fur in particular looks good.

Delirivm · **Posted:** Wed Feb 12, 2014 11:52 am

Great skintone on the orcs.
I like how they're still recognizable as a whole although they have different skintones.

quindia · **Posted:** Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:24 pm

Delirivm wrote:

Great skintone on the orcs.
I like how they're still recognizable as a whole although they have different skintones.

Thanks, guys!

I find the trick to painting irregulars is to stick to a limited pallet. Besides the various flesh tones, all of the orcs are dressed in various combinations of red, black, and brown (two shades).

I varied the colors slightly further by painting the highlights in varying degrees of coverage. For example the dark brown uses Rhinox Hide over a black undercoat, blocked in with Doombull Brown (leaving the Rhinox showing only in the shadows and folds), and blended final highlights with Tuskgor Fur. On other models I treated the black as the base and blended the Rhinox on as the first highlight. I still used Doombull Brown and Tuskgor Fur on top of these, but to a lesser degree, with the Tuskgor Fur being simple sharp edge highlights.

The end result is a very unified feel without being uniform!

quindia · **Posted:** Sat Feb 15, 2014 2:05 pm

A bit of undead help for my orcs...

As usual, more pics on the blog...

quindia · **Posted:** Wed Feb 19, 2014 7:38 pm

The first Nazgul from the stables...

I also have the Dwimmerlaik and the Witch-King, but I just love the pose of these models... Yes, I know this is the least favorite of many as far as rules go...

Rognarr · **Posted:** Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:01 pm

Very inspirational! I have one in my backlog and I like the way you painted these eerie robes. Well done!

Crucium Giger · **Posted:** Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:18 pm

Great job, what colour did you use to highlight him?

quindia · **Posted:** Wed Feb 19, 2014 8:40 pm

Heh... This model was a bugger to paint. It was more difficult to get the result I wanted than I anticipated. All paints were Citadel...

1. I painted the entire model with Chaos Black, drybrushed the model with Dark Reaper, and carefully painted the sharpest edges with Thunderhawk Blue.

2. Then I painted the glowing effect by drybrushing over roughly half of the lower model with Stegadon Green. I also highlighted the lower third of the upper cloak and hood (shows best on the mounted guy from this angle... You can see the lower robes blend toward black and the upper hood and cloak start a new highlight). I blended some of this color into the folds of the lower robes as well. Then I used successively less coverage layers of Soten Green and Temple Guard Blue. Finally I painted the sharp edges of these areas with Baharroth Blue and a final whisper of Skink Blue.

3. The end result was too bright! I washed the entire model with Nuln Oil...

4. ... and repeated the highlight steps of step one and the entire process of step three (with a more controlled hand the second time around).

5. Matt varnish the robes... I use Vallejo Matt Model Color.

I didn't add the normal weathering I've been using because I didn't want to spoil the effects of the blue/green. Maybe The Tainted is fastidiously tidy!

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Wed Feb 19, 2014 10:31 pm

Very nice, in fact if it wasn't for the conversion, I's swear they were 'Eavy Metal, they seriously look like them. spot on :yay:

If your thinking of gaming with the Tainted though - don't.

Lord Hurin · **Posted:** Wed Feb 19, 2014 11:22 pm

Awesome Nazgul, he really looks eerie!

GothmogtheWerewolf wrote:

If your thinking of gaming with the Tainted though - don't.

No reason he couldn't be used as a regular Ringwraith, though. I agree, The Tainted is by far the worst of the named Nazgul. Before AND after the change over to Warbands and then the new Hobbit rules.

quindia · **Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2014 2:31 pm

Buhrdur...

This brute will probably lead my Angmar forces if there are no Nazgul present (or just the Tainted). Two more trolls on the way...

paliouras · **Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2014 2:43 pm

excellent Buhrdur, the clothes doin' all the difference.
overall, well done!

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Tue Mar 04, 2014 2:46 pm

Awesome,

Your Angmar becomes more and more Angmarish, and the painting still great

Galanur · **Joined:** Fri Feb 24, 2012 11:28 am **Posts:** 1389

Im very pleased seeing a finely painted army, specially Angmar one of my favourites :)

Crucium Giger · **Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2014 12:01 pm

Great work on the big fella.

quindia · **Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2014 1:17 pm

Thanks, Guys!

Here are some more wild wargs for the Chieftain...

I have intentions to double the size of this warband (my FLGS finally managed to get another box).

GothmogtheWerewolf · **Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2014 4:00 pm

Hmm, it's really weird that their faces are a different colour, and it looks weird when you paint the light fur as bare skin, but I have no qualms about the painting quality, they look nice, and the group shot improves them via internal consistency.

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