Big Black Orc Warboss

 

Oh yeah, "ezah big 'un!" I wanted a Warboss on foot to join my Black Orcs. To lead Black Orcs you gotta be da biggest and badest. Enter  Bazdogg Nekk-Choppa*, the commemorative release Orruk miniature released for AOS.  He is perfectly suited for this role, and, just barely, fits on a 30mm base. 

Primed +.

Once primed I set about painting him using Contrast Paints. It's important to note that I haven't glued on his head so that I could paint his tongue and mouth more easily. 

The first few Contrast Paints applied.

Black Templar Contrast Paint was washed all over the metals and flesh. 

Battle-Ready!

Caliban Green was painted on the flesh. Leadbelcher was carefully painted on the giant axe  then it was given a careful wash of Cryptek Armourshade. Back to the flesh, this was painted next with Snot Green then washed with Nuln Oil.

More layers.

Next my attention returned to the suit of armor. A layer of Evil Sun Scarlet was followed by an edge highlight of Wild Rider Red. 

Wild Rider Red.

After this Stormhost Silver was used to apply chips and scrapes randomly to the up raised parts of the armor.  

Done!

After that all the boney areas were painted using Ushanti Bone, Screaming Skull, Wraithbone and a final, minimal, highlight of White Scar.

Done! (From another angle).

And that is essentially it.  There is a random grass tuft stuck on the rear part of the base, but no further vegetation was necessary due to all of the rocky debris already on it. 

That axe looks like it was torn from something much bigger.

I didn't take many pics of the those final stages but here are all of the glamor shots taken from all the different angles. 

Backside.

I can't wait to get this guy onto a gaming table and see what sort of mayhem he can cause. (If you ever read my battle reports one can assume that the odds are high that he'll be snuffed out in an anti-climatic fashion after doing one cool thing).

I can't explain the Sigmarine mask, so I won't.

But just for kicks let's see how he sizes up next to the Black Orcs I painted back in October. 

"C'mon boyz!"

And here is the full mob.  It just occurred to me that I probably need another Black Orc or two (or maybe five or six) in order to get a Rank Bonus. But for now, I am satisfied with these guys as they are. 

"Waaagh!!!"

*My model is not keeping that name. I'll come up with a name soon though.