Well, here I am cutting it close, scrambling to get a mini done for Ann’s Sixty Day Miniatures of Magnitude Painting Challenge.
I chose this mini, as he’s a Big Guy for the Humans team and in that regard he’s big and he’s a special player on the team. He becomes extra special when he rolls Bonehead and fails to do anything on his turn! But the strength of an Ogre is not something to scoff at, when they decide to work with you.
Admittedly, I wouldn’t say he’s 60 days worth of painting. I was plugging away at the rest of the team at the same time. Had an accident with an exacto knife, if we had a dog it would have ate my mini, etc. COVID has really made a mess of things though, work seems to be in full on crisis mode everyday now. We’re halfway through the year though, can I still keep blaming COVID?!
The color scheme is not really something I would have gone with, but more on that in future posts. The red, white, and blue wasn’t intentional, total coincidence that our Independence Day July 4th celebration is just around the corner.
Mainly I’m happy that he’s done and I will have more of the Humans team to share once I get to snapping pics. He’s a decent enough mini and painting these bigger guys is a bit of a breeze for me, compared to the smaller ones.
And a special to thanks to Ann of Ann’s Immaterium for posting yet another Challenge! A great way to get me off my butt (or is that “sit in my chair”?!) and get some minis done!
What’s next? More Humans!
Brilliant! 🙂 I do like that colour scheme!
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Thanks JNV! It’s growing on me.
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Looks good to me I must say and at least you made Ann’s challenge which was more than I could manage!
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Shoot, sorry TIM! Though with the work you do, something of “magnitude” would explode my brain. I was originally planning to finish a different mini, but alas looks like this one will have to do.
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Heck, I didn’t manage to finish anything for my challenge either. 🙂
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Ah, that’s too bad! How you doing? Busy time for you again or just a bit of a break?
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Love his expression- great work.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thanks Pete! A lot of it is in the eyes, which I’m always trying to get right, but never seem to. Someday!
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Very cool mate. I like the colour scheme.
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Thank you IRO! Perfect for Independence Day!
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Excellent work on the Ogre, Ann’s challenge has been great to clear some larger pieces
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Thanks Dave! Yea, after the Mino and this guy, I’m really liking to work on minis this size. I thought flesh would be pretty daunting, but it’s coming together pretty nicely.
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Go big or go home! Well, ya did both! Nice colors and really fun to see!
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Love it! Thanks Mark!
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I don’t love GW’s newer Ogre faces (prefer Jes Goodwin’s facial style), but he’s still an impressively solid looking model. Nicely done!
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Thanks Azazel. For a Human team, he looks all right to me. The Ogres on the Ogre team look a bit more Ogrish to me.
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If your work is anything like everyone else I know’s work you can comfortably spend the rest of 2020 blaming Covid for everything. 2021 too by the looks of things..! Anyway, I really like that miniature and you’ve done a great job with him 🙂
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Thanks Wudu! Yea, being in IT is pretty tough right now. Quite an increase in demand and challenges with everyone so dependent on tech. I’m starting to wonder if I shouldn’t be selling my services to the highest bidder!
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Very colorful. Team marketing is pleased, I’m sure!
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Thanks Ann!
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