The First Gretchin

 Mold had struck my wet palette this week, so I figured I would paint a fungal creature to commemorate the occasion. Only after I had aired the sponge out, of course.

I had bought a few bottles of Vallejo greens two years ago, but I had no memory of why, or of what I planned to do with them. I typically only buy paints when I have a purpose in mind, or when I see them show up across many different tutorials. In this case I was unable to find the paints I had in any tutorials for Ork flesh. (Park Green Flat and Flat Green by the by.)

This model was a good excuse to try out some new metallics too, and some of my many brown paints. The barrel and the furniture of the weapon are Iron Warrior and Leadbelcher respectively, although when washed dark neither is too different from the other. They were both edge highlighted with Ironbreaker which further tied the two together. Something about the back of the loincloth made it so that even thinned paints would clump thickly. I tried wiping it off with some isopropyl, but even after repainting with thinner paint it still seemed thick. If I had to blame anything it would be the sculpting, as these are not new sculpts by any metric from what I understand.

The miniature itself is painted nicely enough to my personal standards, but I think it really suffers from the lack of a base. The same can be said about many other models I have posted, but the bright colours of this one and the contrast it has against the painting cap are not doing it any favours. If I could go back and redo it, which I could but won't, I would spring for some rusting on the metal bits. Even if it was just a light orange drybrush or similar. Overall though I think I did an admirable job on my first greenskin. 

The wet palette meanwhile has been treated with a thorough wash and a course of copper coins. Internet sources have led me to believe that the coins will drive away future mildew. Time will tell, but results so far have been promising.