Last Christmas, I gave you my hear... no no no wait, sorry. Last Christmas a group of friends I have the pleasure to be part of have decided to have a little secret Santa amongst us with the very simple aim to each give and get a surprise model we'd paint in the following month !
Everybody loves surprise models right ?
Of course, this guy went right on top of the paint queue to be done in the given time. Seeing how some people had been VERY generous, my (not so) secret Santa judged one ork Kommissar wasn't enough and just as secretly sent me an ork cheerleader as well !
Now when I received the second guy, the first was already painted and ready to be blogged but after a little thinking I realised the 2 were just the Yin and Yang of orkish motivation !
Being a Kommissar, the first had to be that sinister and threatening guy all in black. That meant the other had to be white and a bit more Jolly (although most of his songs and motivational speeches would be considered as offensive and plain rude by all over species).
Think of them as lesser incarnations of Gork and Mork, the 2 sides of the Ork psyche.
Think of them as lesser incarnations of Gork and Mork, the 2 sides of the Ork psyche.
I don't know much about the sculpts, they're quite simple and rather crude in some aspects but I do know they are full of charm and I like their different build and style even if I find it blends just right in amongst other greenskins ! They're straight to the point and paint themselves which for me places them in the "great models" box.
January is still being an extraordinary month of painting although it's due to bad reasons but let's see the bright side of things right ? Right now, it feels good to hold a brush and I'm fairly happy with what leaves the painting range so far so let's ride that wave !
I like the painting and the sculpts themselves. The less cartoonish look of the Orks is appealing to me.
ReplyDeleteThe sculpts look rather crude when I had them in hand but they're actually very nice and have just the right balance between simplicity and detail. I like that kind of models because they're very time efficient and rewarding ! ^^
DeleteThanks a lot !
Well, they may be simple sculpts, but they are charming indeed and both of them look great. Motivational for any greenskin!
ReplyDeleteI think I'll only roll 6s now thanks to those guys !
DeleteLove the ying and yang.
ReplyDeleteEbony and Ivory works as well, anyway, I think they make a good pair. Cheers !
DeleteThose orks are marvellous! So full of amusing character that I loved about the 2nd Ed range. I always thought it a pity that Paul Bonner never took to sculpting those hilarious orks he illustrated. <3
ReplyDeleteI agree they have that mix of fun and tiny rage I like about early orks although I don't know which raneg they're from. Paul Bonner did the ultimate orks, no question.
DeleteExcellent little characters mate - nicely done!
ReplyDeleteCheers, they were really quick to do and very rewarding !
DeletePerfect additions to the Waaaaaaagh!
ReplyDeleteDABOO DABOOO DAAAAAAABOOOO !
DeleteIt's hard to imagine there's much need to shoot orks who run away.....gretchin on the other hand.
ReplyDeleteYou need to shoot those who don't shoot in the right direction mainly. ^^
DeleteThose are nice A-Man. They paired up very well :)
ReplyDeleteWell thank you Secret Santa !
DeleteAha, that's whose stash these came from. Quelle surprise :D
DeleteHeh. I wish my stash of models was as bizarre as you imagine it to be Al:)
DeleteExcellent!
ReplyDeleteCheers !
DeleteThe sculpts captured the essence of 'waaagh' in my humble opinion and as usual you did a great job on their paint job.
ReplyDeleteThey do have something quintessential I agree !
DeleteThanks !
I feel pretty motivated to paint some greenskins myself now!
ReplyDeleteAH, I'm glad they worked !
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