Ork Kommissar

 

Ork Kommissar from Kromlech miniatures. What a dude. A lot of character in a very simple figure so it was hard to resist buying another orc/k 🙄. I went for a desert colour theme (imagine it's a cold desert....) and was pretty pleased with the coat colour which was exactly what I planned. Some of the rest was a bit time-consuming to paint despite the simplicity as I got carried away with blends etc. 

Warmachine Mercenary Dwarf Dude

 

I don't actually know what this guy is, but he's definitely a Warmachine figure for Privateer Press, definitely a Dwarf, and since the main factions aren't Dwarfs, I presume he's a Mercenary.

 

This is the last figure I had purchased and made up during the first Covid Blanket Lockdown Irrespective Of Transmission Risk, and he'd been a bit sidelined while I got distracted with Orcs and stuff. Eventually I thought "why not blue, as I don't paint much pure blue", and this is the result. Despite the bulk being blue, the more challenging bits were the white (despite starting with a very pale bone, I still found myself needing a "lighter than white" colour to highlight up...) and the gold (which took me a few hours to do paint by itself). 

 

 

Space Marine Chapter Master

 

Space Marines are Games Workshop's most iconic and definitive models / race, well representing mankind's fascistic state, ruled over by an ancient power-hungry leader, ruthlessly promoting hatred, intolerance and xenophobia with a quasi-religious fervour.

I'm not the biggest fan of them but I've always liked this one, from back when GW designs were still vaguely tasteful and elegant. I had this amazing idea that I'd paint the robes and bronze details first, so I wouldn't get loads of overspill and washes etc etc onto the armour. This meant that I then had the nightmare task of having to paint a clean smooth coat of armour underneath and in between all the details without getting overspill on them instead, what a choad 🙄🙄🙄 

Escher Gang Leader

 

I've always really liked this model, although I did swap the original LH chainsword for a laspistol for that gunslinger vibe. She's turned out exactly how I wanted, I even put an eye liner wing on... 

 

 

Flamethrower Dwarf

 

What's better than a Dwarf in power armour??

A Dwarf in power armour with a flamethrower, of course. Next question!

Really happy with most of the painting on this one especially the armour. Quite unhappy with the photos which for some reason decided to pick out all the -micro-roughness from the varnish and other imperfections as if they were the main focus 🙄 Although at least it got the colours spot on

 

 

Chaos Characters.

 

Two models that aren't Warhammer but closely resemble Warhammer Chaos factions - Khorne warrior first with traditional red / gold armour, and Nurgle sorceror second with the usual rot and decay (albeit a bit less gruesome  than normal, and maybe a hint of Tzeentch in there??).

I was trying a few focused painting styles - really rich and sharp red on the warrior, and pastels, colour fades, and stippling on the sorceror.

 

 

Doctor Ork Sez...

 

Doctor Ork Sez Get Yer Fucking Booster Ya Cunts, Cos If Your Vaccine Refusal Makes You A Statistic The Government Uses To Justify Another Lockdown, He's Gonna Rip Off Your Balls, Hack Off Your Limbs, And Play Fucking Golf With Them After Da Surgery's Closed. And Get His Pet Squig "Omi" To Piss On Yer Face.

 

(Yes it's a bit verbose, but Doctor Ork might be even grumpier than usual).