I’ve been chipping away at this small unit of archers for my Orcs and Goblins over the past few weeks. I have not been in any particular rush and it’s been quite nice painting at a sedate pace. I have a tendency to want to get things done fast, but with work quite busy lately it’s been good to do the fun things in life in a more relaxed fashion!
These are new casts of old models like much of the rest of the newly (re)released Orcs and Goblins models for Warhammer The Old World. These are pretty old sculpts now and were current when I started the hobby in the early 2000s. I’m absolutely the demographic for this nostalgia fueled set of releases!
I tried to make them look generally cohesive but in a haphazard manner, picking out their clothes in different colours. For my own future reference (I have plenty more of these to paint!) these are: Vallejo Model Color (VMC) German Fieldgrey WWII (also used for the fletching), VMC US Field Drab, VMC Black, and VMC German Camo Medium Brown (also used for the furs). The rest of the colours used are the same as for the rest of the army as detailed in my Orc Warboss post.
One nice discovery painting these was a new method (new for me at least!) for placing pigment powders on the bases in a much less messy way. So far I’ve been applying them dry, which tends to get them everywhere, and fix them using airbrushed varnish (at low pressure but still very messy). For these I experimented with mixing them with acrylic thinner before applying them in patches to the bases. I then dipped my brush in water and blended the patches into the uncovered section to get an uneven look. This method was much cleaner than dry application and was a lot easier to control. I’d recommend trying it out if you’re using dry pigments on your bases!
Lair of the Lagomorph 
They’ve come out very nicely, Nic! 🙂 The bases complement the figures well!
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Thanks John!
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I may not be a huge fan of Warhammer Orks in that I only painted a few of the many that came in the old Starter Box and wasn’t that into them, but seeing the old sculpts still gives me nostalgia! And what a great looking group of gitz these are! I’m glad to hear you found a way to improve your basing techniques as well. I use washes and drybrushing for pretty much all my bases and that’s always seemed to come out alright in the end.
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Thanks Jeff! Can’t go wrong with drybrushing and washes for bases, that’s been my main method throughout my painting life. It’s only really in the last few years that I’ve been playing with pigments for some of my bases. I really like the look of them and I’d recommend you trying them at some stage if you feel like trying something different!
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I think pigments might work better if you’re using Citadel basing paste because it tends to be very flat on the base. I just got my first ever pot of it and its interesting how different it dries than Vallejo’s. I’m guessing that is what you’re using because it looks similar to what I experienced, though I might be wrong and just be making assumptions! 🙂
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I’m using AK basing paste, it’s been a very long time since I’ve used the citadel ones so I wouldn’t be able to tell you how they compare, but the AK ones come in big tubs which is great for army basing!
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Makes sense! The Citadel ones are a rip off and I wouldn’t really encourage anyone to use them. I was desperate to get some fast so I overpaid.
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