Why oh why oh Wyvern...

Why oh why did I let this lovely old mini (one of the first I ever bought !) languish in bits for so many years?!

Well its back together - pinned this time - and with a nice new coat of paint and looking a lot better than it did some 17 years ago when it was last in one piece!

Think I'm pretty much happy with the paint job - need to paint the other side of the banner and would like to do some proper verdigris on the bronze saddle after I've experimented a bit first...

I also need to paint some more elves up so it won't go hungry!

Snot easy being green...

These chaps were supposed to be a little aside while I was working on the Wtvern - they proved somewhat more fiddlt than anticipated - I take back what I said about 15mm wargaming!

Anyway they're done now - could possibly be neater but they've taken enough time now - might leave the other nine for another time - especially as I'd like to model a burrow entrance for them to burst out of...

Pull thumb out bum...

Spent a happy weekend last week stripping a load of my old orcs of my original, awful paint jobs. Among them was my pride and joy and possibly the first mini I ever bought - the Orc War Wyvern. Once I'd stripped the paint off I whiled away an enjoyable hour or so reassembling it, pinning joints and maskin joins...

Anyway thought I'd post some unfinished piccies to get my arse moving - not been a good week for painting because of sleep deprivation, work, wine, company of heroes and fallout 3 - not necessarily in that order!

Looking forward to a week off next week where I paint more lead than interior doors (next DIY job that needs finishing before the next bairn arrives!).

Also on the way are the two other orcs that came with the Wyvern

... and Ruglud's Armoured Orcs - minus Ruglud and their crossbows!

Its not easy being green...

Had another pop at the troll's skin tones as I felt they were a bit bright and too samey with the rest of the orcs. Gave him a few watered down brown ink washes and a green/brown mix ink wash - hope the results don't look too crude but it is a troll after all!

Say hello to my little friend...

As promised one brave, or extremely stupid companion for the Troll.

Quite like the skin tone I achieved on the snotling so might have to apply some more brown in the mix from now on to avoid dayglo goblins...

Also quite liked the fact that he only took twenty minutes or so to paint - 15mm wargaming looks quite appealing now!

Trollert!

Another ugly mug to join the band - one of Citadel's old trolls. I tried to go for a darker green skin tone to help him stand out from the Orcs but as successive highlights went on the colour seemed to gravitate back to the usual snot green - If I'm feeling brave enough might give him a brown wash to see what happens, or at least practice on a goblin first!

Talking of snot this old Troll might be joined by a little friend in the near future...

Big Orc, Little Orc...

Well big orc and little goblin - two more for the warband.

Like the orc's face but the rest of the sculpt isn't amazing - Grom on the otherhand is one cool little goblin - always wanted this mini ever since I saw it in the Goblinoids Citadel Combat Card deck!