Cast your mind back to the heady days of June 2020 and you may recall that I painted a Bonesplitterz Wardokk (or a Savage Orc shaman if you speak English). If you need a reminder he looked a little bit like this…
Secretly I was never entirely happy with him. His skin, painted exactly the same way as all my other Orcs and Orks, looked too dark and drab. Perhaps it was the way it contrasted against all the bones he’s wearing but it didn’t look right to me (although I’m perfectly happy with how it looks on all my other greenskins). Plus he needed some tattoos and warpaint to really look the part of a crazed barbarian shaman. In fact it was this dissatisfaction that lead me to try a different shade of skin for my Savage Orcs when I put together a warband of them last Orctober. Here’s an example of the new style.
Since then I’ve been meaning to go back to the old Wardokk and repaint his skin to bring him into line with the rest of the crew, and now I’ve finally got around to it.
And here he is hanging out with a couple of his new buddies as he finally finds his place in the tribe.
Needless to say I’m much happier with him now and he can take his place at last alongside the rest of the ladz.
April 15th, 2022 at 8:20 am
Much better mate – that bright acidic green is the only way to fly for these clothes-shy fellas 😂
April 17th, 2022 at 9:58 pm
Cheers! Yup – never knowingly overdressed… or underdressed… or dressed at all if they can help it! 😀
April 15th, 2022 at 10:09 am
Well I liked him before but the new look is really good! 🙂
April 17th, 2022 at 10:03 pm
Thank you! I don’t know what it was about him that left me disappointed with the old look, that style seems to work well on all my other orcs/orks. Glad you like the new version though, I’m much happier now. 😊
April 15th, 2022 at 6:39 pm
Looks great. The green really pops now
April 17th, 2022 at 10:05 pm
Thank you – if you’re a clothes-shy orc there’s no point in trying to blend in right? 😀
April 16th, 2022 at 12:09 am
Great line up- they look angry and violent.
Cheers,
Pete.
April 23rd, 2022 at 8:02 am
Cheers – they look like a right bunch of hooligans don’t they!
April 16th, 2022 at 1:11 am
Very nice work, mate! It was well-worth revisiting this mini as it now fits right in with the rest of this mostly naked lot 🙂
April 23rd, 2022 at 8:34 am
Thank you! Yeah, I’m much happier with him now – he looks better and, equally important, he looks like he belongs with the rest of the boys.
April 16th, 2022 at 6:28 am
He fits in perfectly. 🙂
April 23rd, 2022 at 8:03 am
Cheers – I wouldn’t want the other lads picking on him! 😀
May 6th, 2022 at 12:10 pm
Great stuff! The repaint looks much better – the vibrant look on these Boyz really looks effective.
May 14th, 2022 at 1:15 pm
Thank you! 😀
May 16th, 2022 at 5:44 am
Great work for something quick and easy!!!
May 18th, 2022 at 9:30 am
Thanks mate! 😀