The Painting

So, I've begun the painting process as well.

I decided that I would start my painting with the Orks, because the Space Marines are the ones I actually plan to play, so I figure the Orks would make a good practice set.

Disclosure: I have done painting before. I am not a complete newb at designing color schemes or implementing them.

So, why start with the little ones, right? I went straight for the big-bad, the Warboss.

My technique is pretty simple. First I purchased some Krylon gray spray-primer at my local craft store. I wasn't sure what colors I would be using, so I wanted to start from a neutral tone. I sprayed all of them with primer to start with, just by placing them on a piece of cardboard in my garage and spraying outward through the open door. The spray primer works very well, and I would definitely recommend it. I used a technique that I found several places online: set up the minis, wave the can in front of them and blast them with short bursts of spray 4-5 times, rotate 90 degrees, and repeat until all are covered thoroughly. I didn't have to do anything beyond that and they were well-covered.

Then I did a basecoat of a dark green color. Like I said previously, because I get kind of single-minded with a task, I had pretty much already finished the Warboss by the time I remembered that I was supposed to be taking photos of the process. So unfortunately, I don't have any photos of the Warboss in his unfinished state. I do, however, have this:



For variety, I also went and painted a Nob and one of the rank-and-file Boyz. For comparison, I took pictures of them next to unfinished models of the same type:





And then finally, a picture of the three finished models so far together:



Say hello to the beginnings of my Ork clan. I think I may be calling them the Headsplittaz, but I'm not entirely sure yet. I've never been a big fan of following someone else's designs... I like to strike out on my own. So far I think it's going okay.