Grom the Paunch

In October a guy named Phil AKA oldmanpaints on Instagram announced the Old Orcs Painting Competition to celebrate oRctober. I have never participated in a painting competition before, but I always wanted to, so this seamed as a great opportunity. Other then that, it's been a long time since I've painted an Orc and this was a great excuse to take out, strip the old paint and start working on one of my favorite old school greenskin models - Grom the Paunch! This legendary gobo has such a cool background story and the sculpt is so full of character. Originally he is riding a wolf chariot with his loyal night goblin standard bearer Niblet, but I decided to paint only Grom. I really had a blast painting him. Since his skin is green I decide to use red and orange for his pants and other details to achieve maximum contrast. Also it was a must to include those old school patterns on his chainmail and axe. All in all it was a nice experience. The competition was very strong and there were many awesome entries. In the end I didn't win a prize but non the less it was lots of fun. :)