WIP Mordor army

Anduril Blade of Kings · **Posted:** Thu Oct 08, 2009 4:39 pm

King Elessar the Uniter wrote:

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Anduril Flame wrote:
There was a justifiable reason to post the first ones, Hexter asked to see them, but I think posting more might kind of be making it Sahmot's finished army and not Hexter's WIP.

King Elessar the Uniter wrote:
Where does it say Gondolin wanted them posted in this thread?

Natural assumption brought on by rushed conclusions because of B.H.T.G.O.C. Short for Brother Harassing To Get On Computer.

Never mind, though.

Great work Hexter, keep it up!

Hexter · **Joined:** Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:33 pm **Posts:** 45

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@samoht - I will second Gondolin's opinion for more pics from you though, because those Morranon Orcs are fantastic!

I'd also like to see some more pics of the army,they'd provide some nice inspiration.

Cheers,
Mike

Gorgoroth · **Posted:** Fri Oct 09, 2009 5:44 am

Hexter wrote:

Morannon orcs it is!

Good desicion, you won't regret it

samoht · **Posted:** Fri Oct 09, 2009 8:58 am

I'll post more pics of my orcs somewhere else in the future.

This is hexter's thread.

You gonna get the Morranons any time soon?

Hexter · **Joined:** Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:33 pm **Posts:** 45

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I'll post more pics of my orcs somewhere else in the future

Sweet,i'll be looking forward to that.

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You gonna get the Morranons any time soon?

I actually bought a box of them yesterday and already have 4 of them PIP.
I was pleasntly suprised at how much nicer the models are than the pics on the GW site.Thanks for the great advice guys! :yay:

Also,i forgot to post this the other day with the other pictures.It's my mounted Witchking that i painted,although I've still to fill the massive gaps on the fell beast.So god knows when I'll get around to painting that.

Anyway-Witchking:

He looks rather odd mounted on a paperclip,maybe they are the dark lords secret weapon? :roll:

Cheers,
Mike.

werner · **Posted:** Fri Oct 09, 2009 2:32 pm

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Anyway-Witchking:

He looks rather odd mounted on a paperclip,maybe they are the dark lords secret weapon? :roll:

Cheers,
Mike.

May I ask you how you did paint the cloak?

Thanks

Eaothen-the-brave · **Posted:** Fri Oct 09, 2009 3:01 pm

that's a nice big army you've got there (:
awesome painted! I really like it! :-D

Anduril Blade of Kings · **Posted:** Sat Oct 10, 2009 12:25 am

Witch king looks great! Keep up the good work!

Hexter · **Joined:** Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:33 pm **Posts:** 45

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May I ask you how you did paint the cloak?

If i remember correctly i first layered tha cloack with a mix of codex grey and chaos black although I'm uncertain of the ratio of the mix.
Then i highlighted with shadow grey followed by another highlight this time with Codex grey.
Finally i washed the whole thing with Badab black because the greys were too bright,in particular the shadow grey.

I hope that helps.

Anduril Blade of Kings-Thanks,glad you like him.

Tommorow I'll try to get some pics of my WIP Mordor and Morannon orcs and the Banner bearer and orc captain I converted.

Cheers,
Mike.

samoht · **Posted:** Sat Oct 10, 2009 1:22 am

You converted a banner bearer and captain? Sweet. I can't wait to see that!

Hexter · **Joined:** Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:33 pm **Posts:** 45

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You converted a banner bearer and captain? Sweet. I can't wait to see that! Very Happy

They are rather simple conversion,nothing flashy,so don't be expecting too much.

I'm going to convert a Morannon orc captain and banner bearer too once i've had a good look at the remaining 12 left on my sprues and picked 2 i like enough to fill those roles.

Cheers,
Mike.

Hexter · **Joined:** Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:33 pm **Posts:** 45

Hi,
Today i've some WIP pictures for you to take a look at.

Mordor orcs-
4 of these are finished,4 only need thier bases finishing and the other 4 (including captain and banner) are bought half way done:

Banner bearer and captain:

WIP of my first 4 Morannon orcs:

I'm hoping to have these finished by monday/Tuesday.

Cheers,
Mike.

werner · **Posted:** Sat Oct 10, 2009 6:02 pm

Very Niccccccccccccccce!

Thanks for paintguide of the cloak.
How did you paint the red clothes?

King Elessar the Uniter · **Posted:** Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:30 pm

Nice work, the command conversions are simple but effective.
Well done. :yay:

Anduril Blade of Kings · **Posted:** Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:50 pm

Great job, I like 'em.

. The converted banner bearer looks great!

samoht · **Posted:** Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:05 pm

Hey! Nice conversions and paint jobs!

Are you considering using any blood red on those Morranon orc clothes?

I love the banner. Its look fabulous. How did you make it? . Is the banner bear gonna have a shield?

I notice that you use a lot of inks. Do you do any highlighting?

Gorgoroth · **Posted:** Sun Oct 11, 2009 12:20 am

Great painting Hexter!

They look great, and you have made them look dirty

Hexter · **Joined:** Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:33 pm **Posts:** 45

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Hey! Nice conversions and paint jobs!

Are you considering using any blood red on those Morranon orc clothes?

I love the banner. Its look fabulous. How did you make it? . Is the banner bear gonna have a shield?

I notice that you use a lot of inks. Do you do any highlighting?

I do intend to highlight the Morannon orcs clothing with blood red,being the elite troops i think they deserve more than speedpainting like the regualr grunts,even if it is just and extra highlight or too.

Glad you like the banner.Its made from a paperclip ,a warhammer skeleton banner and the top is from the dark elf warrior banner.
I don't have a rulebook at the minute,can banner bearers not use shields?

I do,infact,use highlights in my painting.However i've found that as I'm expecting to have a lot of orcs and that they have less detail than thier warhammer counterparts that simple basecoats and washing will suffice for a decent standard.Plus its quick meaning i may actually finsh this army.

Here's an example of something I'm working on at the minute too-http://underempire.net/index.php?showtopic=29957
Scroll down a tad for the current pictures.

(i hope this doesn't sound like a rant)

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How did you paint the red clothes?

This is very simple:

Mechrite red
a nice generous wash of Badab black
Re-apply Mechrite red on all the raised areas,leaving the wash in the recesses and thus creating some shading.

If you want to expand on this a highlight of mechrite red mixed with blood red followed by a highlight of pure blood red would be a nice way to finish the clothes off.

Thanks for the comments guys,really appreciate it!

Anduril Blade of Kings · **Posted:** Sun Oct 11, 2009 1:32 pm

Hexter wrote:

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Glad you like the banner.Its made from a paperclip ,a warhammer skeleton banner and the top is from the dark elf warrior banner.

So you collect from all three ranges? I do LOTR and a little 40k, never tried the warhammer stuff.

Looking forward to the finished morannon orcs! :-D

samoht · **Posted:** Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:58 pm

Hexter wrote:

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Hey! Nice conversions and paint jobs!

Are you considering using any blood red on those Morranon orc clothes?

I love the banner. Its look fabulous. How did you make it? . Is the banner bear gonna have a shield?

I notice that you use a lot of inks. Do you do any highlighting?

I do intend to highlight the Morannon orcs clothing with blood red,being the elite troops i think they deserve more than speedpainting like the regualr grunts,even if it is just and extra highlight or too.

Glad you like the banner.Its made from a paperclip ,a warhammer skeleton banner and the top is from the dark elf warrior banner.
I don't have a rulebook at the minute,can banner bearers not use shields?

I do,infact,use highlights in my painting.However i've found that as I'm expecting to have a lot of orcs and that they have less detail than thier warhammer counterparts that simple basecoats and washing will suffice for a decent standard.Plus its quick meaning i may actually finsh this army.

Here's an example of something I'm working on at the minute too-http://underempire.net/index.php?showtopic=29957
Scroll down a tad for the current pictures.

(i hope this doesn't sound like a rant)

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How did you paint the red clothes?

This is very simple:

Mechrite red
a nice generous wash of Badab black
Re-apply Mechrite red on all the raised areas,leaving the wash in the recesses and thus creating some shading.

If you want to expand on this a highlight of mechrite red mixed with blood red followed by a highlight of pure blood red would be a nice way to finish the clothes off.

Thanks for the comments guys,really appreciate it!

Banner bearers can't carry anything else. It doesn't matter though, you just say that he counts as not having a shield.

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