Hey there all. Thought I'd start off by saying that painting time comes and goes so it might be sporadic, but I've decided that the best way to kickstart myself from a dry-spell of painting is to not go back to Nurgle's rank and file and bore myself straight back out of the habit, but instead to paint something really shiny. So, as I intend to hit ironjawz and associated destruction forces hard post-nurgle, here is my first orruk in a while.

I bought the FW orc bosses a few years ago now but only did a few parts of the Warboss, and never tackled the banner bearer. As the warboss' painted parts are awaiting stripping, it was an easy choice as to what to go for. I recently purchased a whole load of new paints, as I've been scrimping since forever and have grown tired of reconstituting paints that really just want to retire (You can even see some original flip tops in the photo! ). Also, I find citadel's new range recipe to be so much better for some reason.

Unfortunately light has faded for today and I don't like painting under unnatural lighting, so all he has is a base layer of Waaagh Flesh, a wash of green, and then a layer of Warboss Green. The chainmail has also been given a drybrush of warplock, then leadbelcher, and a wash of agrax earthshade. The picture makes it look a lot brighter than it actually is, when it gets a bit more further along I'll break out my friend's fancypants camera and lightbox.

Also attached is the last orc I painted about a year ago, making the most of what I had. He's a lovely old mini I re-purposed for an as of yet still in-progress orc mordheim gang. They might be done by the time it's re-released from GW's new specialist team. I felt the sword was a bit too 80s and not brutish enough, so it was replaced by a spare from the blorc set. Really not a fan of the emerald-green looking flesh, but still, I feel like I can do better now so looking forward to cracking on and then diving into some Ironjaw Brutes! Also gotta get these guys based, 32mm or 40mm?