ogryn squad wip

[roguetrader]

just started on a 3 man ogryn unit, i like the minis but i dont like the poses they are in so i am re poseing them, here is thefirst one, not finished yet but you get the idea of where i am going hopefully.



let me know what you think, any suggestions would be good too. cheers

[Tim C]

Yes nice start, nothing to add at the moment, I have a couple of the old Ogryns somewhere and as I remember rightly the poses were a bit naff, about time these guys got an overhaul I think.

[mutantpotato]

I really like the repose, and especially how you have sculpted the belly ;D

And the checks on the gurdmens shoulders are awesome!

[razhburz]

So far so good I'll watch this Wip with great interest

[jabberwocky]

Well done job on the repose. I like it.

[roguetrader]

thanks for the comments, here is the second one, i still want to try and sculpt some other details on to these two yet, but i am new to sculpting, so i am trying things off the mini's first!!

[Tim C]

Looking good, considering you are new to sculpting you certainly have a knack for it, I just can't get on with greenstuff myself other than gap filling.

[roguetrader]

to be fair these are just gap filling, with a tiny bit of sculpt, i found out if you mix 2or3 blue to 1 part yellow it is easier to work with, not as sticky and it still dries out rock hard if thats any use to you

[Tim C]

Cool thanks I will give that a go.

[roguetrader]

also, can anyone tell me how to paint stubble properly please. thanks

[Tim C]

If you look at my Empire standard bearer in my WIP thread he has stubble on his head and I did that by mixing Fortress Grey right down and painting it on in layers like a glaze building it up until it started to cover but just let the skin colour still show through, I then added a little Codex Grey in keeping it thin and added that on top keeping the lightest parts at the edges.

[racssirt]

Good work so far mate, I'll be watching this with interest!

[roguetrader]

well, i have some rackham glaze, should i use that to thin it down or just water?

[Tim C]

I have never used a glaze per se I usually thin paint right down and then apply that in a similar way, I would suggest a practice on something that doesn't matter if it goes wrong first.

[razhburz]

I love your "gap filling"

[roguetrader]

thanks

[roguetrader]

ok, made a start on the third one, this is going to be my bone ed' so for this i thought i would give some actual sculpting ago, i'm going to be doing drastic things, this is just the start i made on it.....slow going.

chopped the arm off ( broke 3 saw blades in the process )



put some wire in, and started sculpting the arm....

[Tim C]

Cool so far mate, I think we are going to have to meet up so you can show me this sculpting lark.

[roguetrader]

well it tokk me two go's to get that bit right, this is the first time i have done anything this drastic, before it has just been gap filling and what i have done on these ogryn's, all i did was make some green stuff balls about the right size, stick them in place on the wire and with my favourite greenstuff tool push and smooth them till they got the shape, i got all my tips from the gw website and some tutorials on cmon!!! i will keep putting it up as it goe's through the stages, its the hands i'm not looking forward to, the rest is alot of fun though!! ;D

[jabberwocky]

Great looking start to that arm. I like it!

[rlangner]

These are looking great! Good dynamic poses. The greenstuff work is very smooth as well. Now get painting lol I want to see them done.

[roguetrader]

no painting yet, i'm still trying to figure out the arm!!

[rlangner]

If you are having problems with musculature you can probably find some good references from body building images/magazines.

[roguetrader]

i should stop looking at myself in the mirror then!! ;D ;D ;D, it will be a fat ogryn! lol thanks for the tip