Completed: Orc Shaman (Nazgob)

Have to admit that this little project has been fun for a fair few reason. Finally getting round to painting one of the best Orc miniatures Brian Nelson ever sculpted. Building up a base using a socket for the first time ever. Experimenting with materials like soil, lentils, and blister foam to create look of the base. Trying to desaturate colours (which I will be sure to try again) and try to get a more natural finish.

Work in Progress: Orc Shaman goes for another session

Finally! There's not much worse to mess with your painting time than a family week away. So now that's over I managed to get some more paint added.

Work in Progress: Orc Shaman gets more paint

Welcome back. I've made enough progress to warrant an update I feel so I won't bore you with the black and white and get stuck in.

Work in Progress: Orc Shaman gets some colour and a base

Hello again (or for the first time in which it should be welcome).

I've recently realised that when I paint my miniatures that my order of painting has changed a fair bit. I've started to base coat large parts of the miniature now, which is how I first learnt may moons ago, but the bigger change I've noticed is I now build and paint the base first. I used to always leave that till last, partly so I wouldn't get paint on it, but also because I didn't really enjoy it. Now, and this is completely due to blogs like Massive Voodoo (yes, I know, mentioning them again. Which if you have ever had me respond to a "how do I" question, MV is often my 'go to' source of amazing tutorials and ideas).

New projects: Nazgob and Seamus in the starting blocks

It's that exciting time again. I've been thinking about it while finishing up my last miniature (which is always distracting and often causes me to not finish things properly).

Now this is more two separate projects as I couldn't completely decide. The first, and the one which has been distracting me the most, is the old Games Workshop (GW) Nazgob Orc shaman miniature which I have sitting in a box for more years than it should have.