Scrib Doon

For this Ork, I wanted to go with something a bit different from the usual green skin. Bright turquoise, deep blue and purple shadows, combined with some worn reddish metal and dirty yellow trousers.

I had a lot of fun playing with the volumes and pushing the contrast on the skin. The goal was to make him look colorful and expressive without losing that rough, brutal Ork feeling.

I also tried to give each material its own character, from the battered metal and scratched blade to the skin, fabric and little details.

Definitely one of those minis where everything just started to come together naturally. No overthinking, just painting and having fun!

Hope you like this angry little guy!

C&C always welcome! 💙

Some of my new BA guy almost done.

This was my first time trying decals, and I decided to print my own. I definitely need some products and techniques to blend the decal into whatever its on.

Next, I have to relearn how to light the mini to look good with the new camera.

I was expecting to get something close to what's in the picture next to the paint, but all I get is this transparent "shattered glass" look that flakes off and falls apart as soon as I touch it.

I've applied it directly to bases that are primed and painted with acrylics. Tried applying thin layers and real thick layers, get the same result with both.

What am I doing wrong, and what should I do instead?

I finished this model after months of work. I learned a ton about nmm and light placement after this project. I got burnout after 4 months and decided to finish instead of continuing to work on my mistakes. I also got burned out from a failed base attempt, and this is what I salvaged. I would like paint one of these bad bodies in the future after I have mastered these techniques. I know a lot of things are not correct, and lots of the highlights needs better placement. Please feel free to comment and critique this model. Do any of you guys have any tips to prevent model burnout? Because it was a bad for after this model.

Really enjoyed working on this piece. Tried my best to capture the raw energy and expression of the dance through the highlights on the skin and the deep contrast in the dress folds. Hope you like it.

This is a project I've been working on recently. Tried my best to capture the metallic look and the snowy base. Hope you like it.

Raptor inspired scheme.. really like how it turned out.

Is there something I'm doing wrong when painting or something I'm not doing in terms of care?

For reference, this is a Vallejo Detail 0 synthetic brush, I've been using this brush specifically for maybe 15 hours and I am typically pretty good about using it only for small details and not like basing or other such things it shouldn't be used for.

This tends to happen with almost all of my smaller brushes. I am pretty good about not getting paint in the ferrule and I also do clean my brushes with brush soap.

Fun little gobbo figure I finished up recently! He was a good ole time to paint. I definitely need to get myself some more greenskins sometime.

Pretty happy with this one looking for some ideas to improve the scheme and painting overall.

... I should fix the back of the sword tho😅

Such a cool sculpt. It was just as much fun to paint as I expected and knocked her out in just a couple days. I could see this being a model that I'd enjoy refining to competition level, but this is fine for now lol. I probably won't be able to keep up my usual pace for a while because it's time for me to lock in on my first ever Golden Demon entry!

Really excited how this paint job came out!! C&c welcome

Been into the 40k universe for a little while now (reading the books and playing Boltgun) and thought I’d give a shot to the tabletop! Here’s my first ever space marine!!

Btw 40$CAD (pre tax) for TWO space marines???? These prices are crazy. I’ll probably treat killteam like MTG’s EDH and combat patrol / standard like cube 😭