Monday, December 25, 2017

Painting Bob Olley Ogres

It's that time of year again for the Secret Santa swap on the Old School Miniatures Facebook group. I decided to do something a bit above and beyond the usual for my recipient and paint a small unit of ogres for them. These were sculpted by Bob Olley and originally released by Ral Partha. They're still available, somewhat, by Iron Wind Metals and Ral Partha Europe. The ogre with the hook shaped cleaver seems to be MIA on these sites but might be available on Ebay.

These minis are quite simply some of the most fun I've ever painted. The character sculpted on the faces is amazing and lends itself to very minimal painting. The rest of the details are fully dimensional and clearly defined. Even the chainmail is wonderfully sculpted which makes it very easy to get a good painted result.

I had some questions about how I paint armor so here's the basic plan.

1. Prime Black.
2. Drybrush Copper.
3. Drybrush Chainmail and pick out brass details.
4. Wash with Agrax Earthshade.
5. Drybrush with Chainmail and highlight with Runefang Steel.

The Copper base color adds a richness that washes don't get easily and the Agrax Earthshade adds a realistic oxidized surface that works with even non-ogre miniatures.


Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year to you all!








Monday, December 4, 2017

Monster Man Contest Voting


The first round of voting has begun on James Holloway's Monster Man Contest. Bop over to his page and check it out!

Anyone can vote for their three favorite entries.

And may I humbly suggest a favorable vote for my own meager offering? 

Number 24...

THE SLATHAX!!!


If she's chosen as the final winner she'll be resculpted and turned into an actual metal model!

You have until December 13th!!!