Blackorctober (Part 3)

 Moving on from where I left things in Part 2, you can see that I have finally achieved total surface coverage with my painting on these guys. All the armor, weapons and flesh was covered, tether liberally, with Black Templar Contrast paint. 

Red ones go faster yes?

I had to go back and paint Corax White on the red areas that accidentally got black paint on them   before repainting Baal Red back onto the armor. I was really sloppy with the Black Templar paint so this was a bit of a process, but the models already look better for it.  A few of these models have skulls, and Skeleton Horde was painted on them. The model with the most skulls is the standard bearer who has a whole collection of them dangling from his banner. Speaking of which, the banner has a classic evil sun totem which I used Blood Angel Red Contrast Paint on. 

Banner guy.

From here on out, I decided to focus on the leader of the pack, who is an older miniature from the '90s and was sculpted by a different sculpter than the other guys. I think these differences help him stand out from the others and I think I like that a lot. If you got this model when it first came all, he was leading a rabble of black orcs who were all in the same pose, making it a little more challenging to pick him out of the mob. 

Black Templar coat.

On top of the Black Templar Contrast Paint I added a layer of Caliban Green. 

Caliban Green layer.

Next I added Snot Green. The last time I painted a black orc I used Bilious Green at this step but I found it to be too intense, and I really had to work at bringing it back down to a darker tone. Snot Green, although intense, is a darker color so I hope this will be easier to work with. 

Snot Green.

You got to admit, he just screams "90s red era at this point doesn't he? I really like the way the red just pops visually, so I reinforced that with an edge highlight of Evil Suns Scarlet. 

Nuln oil wash.

A wash of Nuln Oil took the edge off of the flesh, and I think I am good with this at this point. I was impressed with the way the Black Templar low/highlighted the axes, so in an effort to preserve that effect I used my trusty old Aleenes Gleams Pewter to basically trace over the natural highlights caused by the Black Templar paint. I think this met my expectation rather nicely. The metal of the chain mail was painted also using Pewter but with a coat of Nuln Oil Gloss applied over that. 

And we are at the finale now:  the most important part here, subtle though it is, was adding Agrax Earthshade to the recesses of the red armor. This gave it a bit of depth and grit that the armor seems to be lacking otherwise. 

Finished.

I used some thinned Hobgrot Flesh on his knuckles and prominent facial features  for a final highlight of the flesh. I think I like how that turned out. Next I added a few vertical lines of Hobgrot Flesh to his big bottom lip. Then I applied two coats of Carroburg Crimson on that lip. And I think that's turned out alright. 

3/4 shot.

I edge highlighted the two axes with Stormhost Silver. This really gave these weapons a gleaming vibe I like. Normally I try to make my orc (and ork) weapons a bit more browned, rusty and used looking, but these guys are coming straight oughta Zufbar and I imagine that their diminutive hosts hook them with some finer kit than their Badlands brethren. Never-the-less I wanted to rough up their armor a bit, so Stormhost Silver was used (randomly) on the armor edges 

Backside details.

And that's prety much it really. Next week I  will be applying these same techniques to the remaining Black Orc mob.