Haakon's Gnoblog

Hey guys, being going round the forum for a while now and so I finally decided to take a couple of pics of my WIP models. I wanted to give my ogres an eastern (mongolian/chinese) look, thus the choice of flesh colour. The quality of the pics is not 100%. Will try and take better ones when I finish the models.

First up is my first unit of bulls:



Bellower:





Standard bearer:



Champion



Other guy:



And here is my latest model, the Female Maneater:







As you can see they are all WIP so any comments would be greatly appreciated. What I am currently not happy with are the gut plates. Guess I need to give them a wash or something they seem to be a bit too bright. Also, I'm still at a loss as regards the bases. Was thinking on doing some sort of snow effect but I really have no idea how to make the bases stand out.

What do you think?

Very nice work.

What are you using as the shade color on the Ogre skin?  It looks like some shade of red.

As far as bases go, I'm a fan of normal bases (flock & static grass) with the occasional gnoblar roaming about for effect.

Snow is so very cliche for ogre bases nowadays... Seeing as they are a mongolian/eastern theme, why not try and recreate the archetypal steppes upon which they dwell? Maybe some slate, or other form of stone dominantly covering most bases, some snow here and there, and some long-ish grass, and you've got good bases to go

The quality of the painting is superb! One quibble, on the bellower's hand, the ink/wash in the recesses looks a little too heavy... It may just be how close the shot of the picture is, but if it is too visible, maybe cut it back in using a little of the skin colour

Finally, I think the gut plates look awesome, but I can see why you are a little unhappy with them They need a little dirtiness to them At present, they seem a little too clean Maybe a wash of devlan mud (or equivalent. I actually use Windsor and Newton inks ), to dull the shine of the metal or something

Overall, brilliant work, and keep it up

JJ

p.s; That is one of the best paint jobs I have seen on a female maneater Kudos!

Thanks for the comments.

@ Gongoro - the skin is a very simple colour scheme done in the following manner: Dwarf flesh, Flesh wash, Dwarf flesh highlights and then Bronzed flesh for the final highlights. The dwarf flesh is slightly reddish in tone but I think it fits well as a bronze flesh shade.

@ just-josh - thanks for hints on bases (do you have any pics running about of what you suggested ) Regarding the bellower's hand, just had another look at it and the thing you mentioned is due to the closeness of the shot and the lighting. Will try posting a better pic later so you can see it and see whether it still bothers you (still WIP so if you guys think I should change some things it's no prob). Yeah gutplates are a bit too clean. Perhaps I could use Vallejo smoke (like a dirty grey/brown wash) and see how that works out. Also, thanks for the compliment on the maneater

That vallejo wash does wonders for dirty metal I used to use it, but found the inks I use easier to acquire, and marginally cheaper Their smoke though is fantastic Let us know how it turns out

I will try and see if I can dig out any bases like the ones I am talking about

EDIT; This one was done by a guy around here, and if you were to add some static grass, or some modelling grass (or cut up some decorating paint brush bristles) and you'd pretty much be there


I could try and dig out more

JJ

Nice JJ that is exactly what I was looking for. Will try and work on the bases as soon as I finish exams.

Now below is my WIP scratch built tyrant. It is my first time using scratchbuilding and my first time using green stuff. After looking at various posts in this forum I decided to take a go at it and this is the result so far. Lots of work still to be done.

Here is the step by step process (most of the pics are from my phone so quality isn't that great):













The idea is to have him hold a large hammer similar to this pic with the bottom part planted in the ground and him holding it from the top.

The other hand will be pointing striaght forward.

I realize that the head is too small so I will try and save the face and bulk up the area around the head and cheeks

Also, I would like the clothes to be something on the lines of this pic (but obviously more ogre like ):



What do you think?

P.S. don't forget its my first attempt at sculpting

I've only just realised you are maltese Your english is fantastic (I just realised that sounded a little patronising, and would just like to say that it wasn't intended to be so!)

No problems on the bases I just thought they would suit your theme down to the ground (pun intended!)

The tyrant is looking fantastic, and you sir, are extremely talented

As for the pic of armour, and clothing, this may help;



I shall try and dig up a few more

JJ

Yep that is sort of what I had in mind.

As for the language, in malta english is the 2nd language so almost everyone can speak it without any problems (also the fact that I taught english for 5 consecutive summers might help )

Thanks again JJ, much appreciated!

Ah, that might explain the flawless lingo lol!

No worries buddy, any time

JJ

Behold... my WIP yhettees:



Close up on an ice weapon... not sure on these though the light was not so good when I took the pic:



Absolutely hate the models so did not really enjoy painting them that much. Have you noticed the pattern of my models yet... all are WIP. That is my curse! I start a model, stop, start another one, stop start another..... and I hardly ever finish any.

The reason I set up this gnoblog is precisely to try and get myself to finish my WIPs and hopefully finish my army/ies one day. Also, seeing as everything is still WIP any suggestion is welcome and no comment will go unconsidered.

Something I would like feedback on is the pants of the bulls. Currently they are all different colours, and that was my first idea (to have them all in different earth colours such as brown, green, grey etc). However, after seeing a couple of posts I am seriously thinking on repainting the pants in the following manner: I chooses a couple of colours (eg. red and white) and paint a whole unit using that as a basic colour scheme but changing the patterns on each ogre (so one is striped, the other is spotted, the other halved etc..). For my next unit I would choose another two colours and repeat this process with all units including ironguts.

Any comments are welcome

The WiP curse pumps strongly through the veins of all of us sadly (unless your name is Corai or Mr. Card...)

The yhetees are looking awesome mate I love the ice weapons particularly

I'll give some constructive criticism tomorrow Off to bed now

JJ