The Waaagh of One Thousand!

And so my 1000 point Orc Army is complete. Gadagutz Sharptusk is pleased and ready to do some stompin'!

I would not have been able to complete this list without the Army Painter. For anyone worried about the time needed to create a full army, but still concerned about quality, it is the ultimate balance between fast(ish) and good(ish).

What's next for Gadagutz's lads? Hopefully a game or two so that I can figure out what to get next. Definitely need some Black Orcs for their punching force. Then maybe some chariots, or Trolls, or goblins, or, or, or....

Incoming!

The Rock Lobba is ready for Rock Lobbing.

I used the tired and true Army Painter Dip, but decided against dipping this time around and used a brush to paint on the wash. I have to say that worked better than dipping. With less excess wash, there is no need to fling the miniatures dry. Instead, I used a bit of paper towel to collect the excess dip and ended up with identical results and significantly less mess.

Load 'er up!

This is my first Fine Cast model and overall my experience has been positive. Sadly, I did not catch the un-primed version, but after assembly it looked much like standard plastic models.

There is a lot to like. The level of detail is high. The assembly was very fast because no pinning was needed. All of the pieces are light and bonded very well with modeling superglue.

There is a little to dislike. There is a lot of flash and it's easy to damage the model when removing it.

For the painting, it's back to dipping with Army Painter and simple, fast paint jobs. Let's get this show on the road!

Oi, Where's me lads?

The Black Orc Boss and a Goblin Shaman are ready to rock and roll. The shaman will stand in as a Night Goblin with this dark pain scheme.

No dipping applied for the heroes . All shading was done through layering and light washes. After all the fast-paint-dip grunts, it was a very satisfying diversion to hand shade these models. But I would not want to hand shade grunts. It's one thing to hand-blend one off figures, and quite another to hand blend 30 essentially identical figures.

Next up, the Rock Lobba! Orcs bring the rain.

Every Waaagh Needs a Hero!

The time has come to add some brains to the brawn of the troops. Well, brains may be overstating it.. let's just call it leadership.

A Black-Orc warboss and a Night Goblin Shaman will provide the needed heroic support to the army. For these two models, I will use traditional painting and shading techniques, which will be nice change from the dip method.

Howling at the Moon

The goblin riders are ready to go. Painting time was around 8 hours which nets me around 45 minutes per model. Still pretty good.

One thing I noticed with the dip is that down facing points accumulate extra drops of the dip. Most of the bows and the feet ended up with big globs of the dip at the tips and had to be touched-up with paint. Next time, I will remove the excess after shaking off with paper towel.

With this unit completed, troops are all done for the first 1000 points. All that's left now are characters and a rock lobber.

Calling in the Wolves!

Now that I have two solid blocks of infantry to form the line, I'm bringing in some fast cavalry to protect the flanks and harass artillery. Goblin wolf riders are perfect for this. Cheap, armed with bows, and guaranteed to flee in terror at the first sight of trouble.

They will get black primer, some base colours and dip per usual.

I'm trying something a little different for the riders. I've kept their pins long so that I can hold them while painting. The Goblins are not actually levitating above the wolves..