Painting an Ork Nob in three hours

[IBBoard]

It's a while since I posted my Getting Back to Painting post, and my schedule slipped a bit. Rather than painting on Saturday mornings I'd gone back to programming (or at least being on the computer) all day.

A couple of weekends ago (before the visitors descended) I spent about three hours in a morning painting up an Ork Nob. I'm not sure I've done as much to his flesh as I'd like (I didn't want him too light, but he might have ended up without enough of a highlight) but here's a quick look at the model (clockwise from the top left: undercoat, flesh basecoat, completed clothing with undercoated armour, final figure).



Hopefully, having been prompted by some of the "Year in Industry" lads (University students) that I work with, I'll eventually get round to writing a "How to paint an Ork Nob in three hours" article.


[edit] Corrected the description of the photos

[NBKFuzzy]

That's great for how short you did it in, I would take that piece to a game.

Looks like you like the Bad Moonz? Or is it coincidence?

[IBBoard]

He's a Grimjaw Ork, so more of a Freebooter

There isn't really enough yellow on him to be Bad Moon, or enough bitz bought wiv teef. If anything I tend to end up with a more Snakebite-esque scheme because I like the leather colours (Snakebite Leather trousers and Bubonic Brown vest in this case).

[NBKFuzzy]

From the front he looks nothing like a Bad Moon, from the back he does, because of the black armor. I don't have any orks or ever plan on it, but I like the Goffs lore/look wise.

[IBBoard]

I was going to say "he has dark metallic armour, not black", but I've just looked at that bottom-right picture and noticed that he's not actually a final model I'll correct the first post to name the photos properly

Are there any specific Bad Moon models you have in mind with the black armour? I've seen them with yellow tops and silver armour, or the old black/yellow Mega Nobz, but they were way back in 2nd Edition.

[NBKFuzzy]

No I have only seen bad moonz players using them with black armor and yellow shirts. Wif lottsa teef.

[IBBoard]

Fair enough, it just wasn't a scheme I'd ever seen. I guess it does work quite well, though, since Bad Moons often get black detail on their yellow clothes