I had a sprue-worth of Mordor Orcs taken off sprue, but never assembled. As I needed a new project for my "at least 1 miniature/day" system I decided that the time to tackle those models has come. I also had a "theme" in mind. Instead of my usual, quite strict scheme for models I wanted to achieve a "rabble" effect, with the models having clothes and skin of different colours, but still look cogerent as a group and I believe I managed to achieve this with this lot.
Miniatures
The miniatures are monopose Mordor Orcs. The sculpts are really, really old, with all that entails for the MESBG range - sometimes what a certain detail is or when it starts and ends depends on painter's judgement. But in all honesty, I had a blast painting those miniatures as I really do like the sculpts. They are fairly dynamic and most of them are open, so reaching everywhere is quite easy
Scheme
- Like I said, I wanted to achieve a certain feel for the lads, so there is quite a number of paints involved!
- Slapchop underpainting
- Military Green (Citadel), Snakebite Leather (Citadel), Noble Skin (Army Painter) for the skin
- Ratling Grime (Citadel)/Skeleton Horde (Citadel) for the hair
- Black Templar (Citadel) for any straps and most of the leather
- Garaghak Sewer (Citadel) for the quivers and leather gloves of the archers
- Wyldwood (Citadel) for the wood
- Agarros Dunes (Citadel)/ Desolate Brown (Army Painter)/ Burnt Moss (Army Painter)/ Ruddy Fur (Army Painter)/ Gore-grunta Fur (Citadel) for the clothes
- Basilicanum Grey (Citadel) for the furs
- Heavy Metal (Army Painter) for the armour, weapons and other metal elements
- Voodoo Shade for all the metal elements
- Base: Dark Earth + Agrax Earthshade + Drybrush Gorthor Brown + Gamers Grass 2mm moss
Summary
Despite their age, Mordor Orcs are still fun to paint and I really like the achieved effect and how they look as a group. Cant wait to see how they perform on the battlefield!
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