My latest effort in the 28mm scale. My son James likes Or(c/k)s whether it’s fantasy or 40k. So when we saw the 40k box set on sale, and given that I already have something of an orc army in fantasy we bought it. This is the first figure to be painted from that box.
Whilst I was really hoping to turn out an absolutely perfect model first up this unsurprisingly didn’t eventuate. However if I’m fair I don’t think there is another single model that I have painted that is better than it. So whilst the change in some of my habits, tools and techniques hasn’t exactly yielded perfection I think it has certainly made a difference for the better.
The painting scheme, like most of my stuff is based on the GW paint scheme, though it’s not an exact copy having changed a few minor things and colours. I really wanted to do the black and white checks even though I was pretty unsure about them. Some are better than others. I did the power claw first and the loin cloth last and I think you can see that on the model with a progression toward executing the pattern more accurately. I’m also very happy with the skin and the face. Not counting cleaning, assmebly and undercoating the model took about 27 hours work, which even for me who is slow is getting up there. Of course I do watch TV whilst painting which means things take me about twice as long as they probably should. I think as is often the way the picture doesn’t reflect the model as well as in real life (both good and bad), I’ll try to retake it with a better light source.
