Warboss conversion - he\'s big an\' mean!

[jamsessionein]

So. Primed and paint\'s started.

I just want to mention that Tamiya\'s White Fine Surface Primer is a terrible product. I figured I\'d give it a chance, and I sprayed it on a Black Reach boy. Great coverage. What I didn\'t know is that paint does not stick to it worth a damn. It just slides around. As a primer, it\'s terrible, but I\'m discovering that a bit late.

Anyway! I\'m not much of a painter, but I\'m giving it a go. I did a base coat and highlights on the skin some, and then washed it down a bit. I\'ll probably continue washing the crevasses and trying to even out the highlights a little bit more.

Just a start, anyway.

The metal parts have been blacked out for now.

 

[jamsessionein]

Stiiill going. I think I\'m done for the night, though.

Doing the face and scars. The scars are iffy, need a bit more work, but it\'ll get there.

 

[uberdark]

ein: you dont give yourself enough credit man. its still not bad at all. what i would give to paint that sucker.

anyhow quick question: how do you get the plasticard to bend on the arms? i am getting ready to do a scratchbuilt Killa Kan piece and was wondering if you need to use something like a hair dryer to bend it?

as always i love your stuff. and look forward to seeing where it goes from here.

see you on the waagh.

:beer:

 

[jamsessionein]

Originally posted by uberdark
ein: you dont give yourself enough credit man. its still not bad at all. what i would give to paint that sucker.

anyhow quick question: how do you get the plasticard to bend on the arms? i am getting ready to do a scratchbuilt Killa Kan piece and was wondering if you need to use something like a hair dryer to bend it?

as always i love your stuff. and look forward to seeing where it goes from here.

see you on the waagh.

:beer:

I usually use a BBQ lighter or my stove to bend styrene, though the base shape of the arms was just made by cutting down a pair of pens.

 

[uberdark]

but the plastic has a memory right? does it last permanently?

you know you oughtta start a thread on how to use plasticard..... please, please, please.

hehe.

have a good one.

uber

 

[jamsessionein]

Originally posted by uberdark
but the plastic has a memory right? does it last permanently?

you know you oughtta start a thread on how to use plasticard..... please, please, please.

hehe.

have a good one.

uber

If you bend it while it\'s soft and heated, and let it cool for about 30 seconds or so, it\'ll stay like it is.

I will eventually do a styrene tutorial for the warforge or something, cause I get a lot of questions. It\'s easy stuff, I swear.

 

[Jericho]

I agree, you should give yourself more credit. This guy is painting up nice (and quick too, dang!). I think you did a good job adding the scars and stuff, the break up the large flat skin areas perfectly.

I\'ll be watching this space

 

[jamsessionein]

After pinking the scars a little bit more, I worked my way down and got some blue on the rags, a greyer color on the pants instead of my originally-planned brown, and brown boots. I\'m still sort\'ve trying to clean it all up and I may need to re-highlight some things because all the washing I\'m doing is making it pretty dark.

I\'m not as pleased with the lower half as the upper right now, though it\'s roughly a tabletop standard. The top of the leg that is in front will probably get a band of checkers running up it, because that spot is pretty bare and too smooth for the washes to be of much use. I\'m also thinking of putting that ultramarine \'U\' right up by his belt buckle, because there\'s a pretty smooth-ish area there that I could use for it. I don\'t think I could manage painting it on the folds in the cloth.

 

[generulpoleaxe]

Originally posted by Recoil889
I\'d prolly pay 100$ for that model.

you have no idea about sculpters fees

realy nice piece of work mate, looks absoloutely cracking.

 

[DaN]

Hulk ssmmaassshhh

 

[jamsessionein]

Light in my apartment is pretty awful right now, but I\'ll throw some new pictures up. A lot of work still to do on the arms.

I\'m honestly not sure how to go about some of the detailing. I\'ll probably just make it up as I go.

 

[jamsessionein]

I didn\'t feel like doing the details on the Boss because I\'m not quite finalized on what they\'ll be yet, so I went ahead and painted Urk instead.

The banner needs a fair bit more work. The red\'s really bright because I painted it straight over white primer, but I\'ll wash it down a bit so it\'s not so ridiculous. Of course, both it and Gargrim\'s fists will be receiving a fair bit of weathering in due time. I\'m waiting on weathering the boss\'s fists because I want to get the details (possible checker stripes?) on there first.

Anyway, I might do the base next just to put the details off while I think.

 

[jamsessionein]

I didn\'t feel like painting much today, but I started on his base a little bit, and added some checker stripes to either fist.

The model\'s leaning a bit more than it should be because he\'s not glued to the base, just pinned and balancing.

I wanted to write \'GORK\' and \'MORK\' on either fist, but I\'ve practiced on a couple tubes and my freehanding is just not that good. The checker stripes themselves are a bit of a stretch - you can tell I don\'t have very steady hands - but I\'ll probably add more anyway because to the eye they look okay.

 

[mud duck]

He needs something to \'brake up\' his back. A Tattoo maybe?!?

 

[Fxrpez]

Originally posted by mud duck
He needs something to \'brake up\' his back. A Tattoo maybe?!?

First thing this made me think of is this:

 

[Euphorion]

This is the MEANEST of all orc bosses i have ever seen... Every very inch inch of this one is screaming agression and testosterone! You sir a frickin genius!

 

[jamsessionein]

I added the god names to the inside of the wrists. Mork is a bit... crooked. It\'s a little too far off to one side.

Still, they\'re on there, and I\'m not patient enough to try moving the Mork name over a little bit by repainting the whole inside arm band.

Is he done from the front? I can\'t tell when to call this thing done because of his retarded huge size. I sort\'ve wanted the rags to be an ultramarine banner, but I can\'t paint it that well onto the folds.

 

[jamsessionein]

Also, just offhand, can anyone help me figure out how to properly tattoo him? I\'m thinking a thin black border might help it look less like warpaint and more like a tattoo, but I\'m not certain. I do want to add a little glyph-y ork skull somewhere on his shoulder/back area.

 

[Jericho]

If you\'re doing a black tattoo, be sure to avoid using pure black paint if you can help it. Tatts aren\'t usually 100% opaque and you always see some of the underlying color coming through on them. By all means make it dark, but I\'d try to avoid pure black except for perhaps a bit of shading or blacklining like you suggest.

 

[raginggaijin]

Originally posted by Jericho
If you\'re doing a black tattoo, be sure to avoid using pure black paint if you can help it. Tatts aren\'t usually 100% opaque and you always see some of the underlying color coming through on them. By all means make it dark, but I\'d try to avoid pure black except for perhaps a bit of shading or blacklining like you suggest.

Or paint the tattoo black then add thin washes of green paint over it. I do this for tattoos on human flesh, only I use a thin wash of the second-to-last highlight color.

By the way, the Ork kicks much ass. Great job.