Mid-80s Orc Leader finished

I finished the orc the other night:

As mentioned, I first saw this model in the Citadel Miniatures Painting Guide back in 1992 or so. There was a colour sketch of the model in the guide. This is - in itself - interesting. A model shown with a drawing - how intriguing is that? And the drawing came with suggestions for colours, so you might imagine how I wondered something like this: "...if I could get hold of this cool orc, would I be able to make it look like this?...How would it turn out..." Well, now I have had my try anyway.

The model is from 1985, real vintage, so I added the miniature's tag to the back of the scenic base. Paintingwise, I wanted to go back and use the suggested colour scheme from back then taking the green in a very light and vivid direction.

I really enjoyed painting this model. The process was nice and quick and the model is now in my cabinet.

WIP #2: mid-80s Orc Leader, almost there...

Almost there... but I did promise a picture, so here it is:

The model still needs a drybrush on the flock and then a layer of paint-on matt varnish. Maybe an extra highlight here and there. Taking a photo like this and having a closer look really makes me aware of those areas where the model could benefit from a few extra minutes...

Tonight I picked up an old trick for this guy and gave the skin areas and horns a coat of paint-on gloss varnish. This is left to dry for tomorrow and I believe it will create a nice smooth finish for the matt varnish to go over. A while back I experimented adding gloss varnish to the paints when painting flesh areas and this also had an interesting effect.

Bottom line, model is almost there, but I am really pleased to remember this old trick and hopefully seeing a good result when I finish the model.

WIP #1: mid-80s Orc Leader

Still a bit of work left on the base, so I am not revealing the model in a clear photo.
Moody and with a bounch of old hang-outs in the background instead:

 
However, I ought to have time to finish the base tomorrow evning. And then there are a few touch ups.
Proper photos will come later, but I hope to show a single snap-shot of the finished dude sometime Monday evening. If the plan works out.

Mysterious mini

Started up this mysterious guy last week...

Actually, while writing this the model itself is finished, and I am building the base. Should finish him in the weekend. I love these old school models from the 80s...

And if you, like me, still have the first Citadel painting guide (the one with John Blanche's wonderful dwarfs vs skellies diorama) you will probably remember the mysterious mini quite well...