For this round of the challenge we picked HQ choices, and I decided to paint a model that I’ve had and loved for a long time, but never go around to: an Orc shaman from the old Warhammer Fantasy Battles game, to use as a weirdboy for the orks (with a k!).
I wanted to keep the model as is even though I was planning on using him as a 40k ork, so to make sure he fit in with the rest of my force, I used the base to cement him in the universe. This also had the added benefit of making the model taller, which is appropriate since this model is tiny compared to the current Weirdboy model.
The paintjob followed the rest of the army, the main departure being the glowing green eyes of the staff, which were added after I’d painted the rest of the model by first picking out the eyes in white, then airbrushing Vallejo Model Air Escorpena Green where I wanted the glow. This was followed by picking out the eyes again using a mix of Vallejo Game Livery Green and Kimera White.
A quick one for this round, which was very practical as I’ve ended up needing to paint quite a few models this week!