As a break from spending months failing to finish my troll / ogor / ork conversions, I bought a handsome metal dwarf from the Dragon Painter in Abergavenny market and had a nice time slapping speedpaint on him. The basing is tea and dill. I am ignoring the mold line on the crossbow for now.

Compared with my Mollog conversion I'm much happier with Trugg (also too long in the green stuff stage).

I was dubious, and then a couple of drybrushes later I think he's promising.

Still v WIP too, planning some foliage on the body in keeping w the fluff (and to hide my mistakes!)

I don't hate how this WIP paint job of my Mollog conversion is going, but there's a long way to go.

The upper body's too shiny (didn't shake my Xpress paints enough!) highlights are sloppy, lots of details to touch up and a base to finish!

But I spent too long on the greenstuff stage to stop now

Any advice?
I started with a purple speed paint, changed my mind and went for this dark turquoise/cream combo, but I worry he looks like the joker in a suit.
Lighter green highlights on the skin? Glazes on the belly/face/arms? Some mottling/freckles to break up the stark break in colour?

At a glacial pace my Mollog the Mighty conversion (into a full sized Dankhold) is approaching completion.

It's been fun learning to follow the shapes of muscles with putty, lengthening bits, fattening bits, starting to prime out of boredom then wising up... Mollog the Malicious will be ready soon.

Absolutely. I did not paint this guy below, I found it in an image search, but for me he is "peak Ork".

Exactly so. He said the guy who did it for him works for AoW now. You can see it on this page

forum.oldhammer.org/threads/ere-...

Ditto, I don't hate dropper bottles but I have had more trouble with blockages and the plastic tip coming off entirely and spilling the bottle, than I have with GW pots being a bit crusty.
That said my GW paints are all quite old - I think most people blame a specific era of GW pots.

Converting and painting Ogors with Ork heads, until I have some kind of warband.

I really want to get a decent amount of these ogors painted to a basic standard. Instead I have spent AGES tonight shaving plastic so I can squash Ork heads into Ogor helmets.

This guy's trousers might be too red.
I painted white fur trim on the tyrant's boots, painted in the same style, and realized it was a full Christmas scheme.

Three cheeky young (irongut themed) gnoblar scamps I painted recently. The bases are cut from milk carton lids as I didn't have any 20mm rounds.

I couldn't call it progress, but I spent some time looking at this WIP conversion, wondering how exactly to add texture to his trollish skin, lumps and bumps... maybe some static grass, twigs, stones, human hair, the contents of my vacuum cleaner...

Saw a skull today, appropriately, strolling through a field.

Nos galan gaeaf hapus bawb!

I'm Bolanferth (Rob), I played a couple of games of fantasy and 40k about 20 years ago, dipping my toes back in now, son in tow.
I like knarloc / heavy green!

My son painted this Reaper Bones werewolf. He loves Halloween, and in the spirit of frightening people, I am now terrified of the cost implications of getting him into the hobby.

I started painting them as Bad Moons because it's a fun color scheme (even though they're mean to be Goffs). A guy on FB said Bad Moons prefer bigger guns. I am considering repainting as Blood Axes in snow camo, as you never see Orks in white.

Another side project. I was repelled by the Orks in the 2nd 40k starter box as a teenager, but nostalgia and love of conversions pulls me back. The metal Orks of that era were often gorgeous too.

To open, a conversion of the handsome Slugdrool, with a Reaper Bones werewolf hand.

He's not quite finished. Maybe he never will be.

I can see myself in old age trying to highlight his earrings, sighing disappointedly.