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Bad Moons Ork Boyz 2

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2 more Boyz in the bank! I believe this strange feeling I'm experiencing at the moment is commonly referred to by those in the know as "momentum". It feels good. Not too much to say about these guys. I used exactly the same techniques as with the  the first one . The only difference are the clothes. The guy on the left in the hat has blue trousers (Kantor Blue, Alaitoc Blue and Russ Grey) and a grey shirt (Mechanicus Standard Grey, Dawnstone and Adminstratum Grey). The guy on the right has purple trousers (Phoenician Purple, Xereus Purple and Genestealer Purple) and a red shirt (Khorne Red, Wadakka Red and Squig Orange). All of those were washed with Nuln Oil. I think I was a little heavy-handed with the matte varnish on the second model and dulled some of the colours down a bit too much, especially the metals. The trousers look a bit more purple than this in person. Two more colour combinations to try out before I start batch painting the rest of the m

Bad Moons Ork Boy

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In my last post I said that after finishing the White Scar I was going to finish off the Imperial Fist Intercessor and then tackle of box of Tyranid Hormagaunts. Well as you can see, neither of those things happened... Firstly, I really struggled with the yellow power armour for the Imperial Fist. The shade I went for is too pale and it just looked wrong. This is the second time I've tried to paint this model and I'm not bothering with a third or it'll never end. I'm leaving this miniature for now, I'm getting sick of Space Marines! Secondly, I don't have a box of Hormagaunts. No idea why I thought I did. So instead, I decided to go for a quick win and paint an Ork. I've got loads of Orks. When I first tried to get back into the hobby I bought the Assault on Black Reach boxed game off eBay which includes a mob of 20 Ork Boyz. I've tried painting them before with little success. I think the problem I had was that I kept trying to paint all 20 a