No, this blog just won't stay dead. I never really stop painting, I just slow down as life gets in the way. And, actually, life is very busy right now, so I'm not confident that we're back back. There'll probably be another hiatus after this, but I couldn't resist sharing my Ork Warboss!
This model was another experiment in airbrushing, oils, and applying paint with texture. While it was very quick to do (compared to my usual speed, anyway), I found an extra hour or two to add fine details like the squig's eyes, the beaten, checkered pattern, and the hazard lines. I don't know if orks generally have hazard lines, but I like to imagine that some mek somewhere noticed a lot of Imperial explosives had yellow and black stripes on them and concluded that these were the source of the weapon's power. I'd really love to see the faces on the tech-priests when they calculated how much extra explosive energy ork missiles with hazard lines painted on them put out compared to regular, unpainted missiles. (As well as their realization that the regular missiles are essentially a handful of tin cans welded together, with the one at the end beaten into a pointy shape.)
Anyway, hope you like him. Until next time, happy painting!
