Odd paint jobs
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DennisMech
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Purple ork skin?? you can\'t do that!!
I might score a mini lower if it was painted in such colors that it hurt the overall look of it, or it was too distracting or out of place. But generaly I think it\'s up to the painter to decide.
kittykat23uk
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It depends. If the colour choice just doesn\'t go with the sculpt of the model (such as bright green on wolfen skin), then I would probably vote it lower. Colour choice is just one aspect along with neatness, imagination, technical skill and overall composition etc. that all combine to help me to determine what to vote.
Regards
Kat
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Kat
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G-nome
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The cute ickle wood spwite awwwww
oooosa wooosee? Wanna ickle bikkit?
.....erm....anyway.......
Depends on the skill of the painter. If its done well in the case of the ickle bwoodwetter its painted well and would not score less from me for a non fluffy paint scheme. Even somekind of dayglo ( anyone remember those socks? ) for skaven although pushing it a little if done competnent..compit..... .well enough will not score lower than a \"normal\"scheme. Though painting space marines pink will get you shot.
(runs off to get warm milk and bikkies)
oooosa wooosee? Wanna ickle bikkit?
.....erm....anyway.......
Depends on the skill of the painter. If its done well in the case of the ickle bwoodwetter its painted well and would not score less from me for a non fluffy paint scheme. Even somekind of dayglo ( anyone remember those socks? ) for skaven although pushing it a little if done competnent..compit..... .well enough will not score lower than a \"normal\"scheme. Though painting space marines pink will get you shot.
(runs off to get warm milk and bikkies)
Personally I don\'t think that the colour of fantasy creatures skin is written in stone . One person way back when decided that green for an orc might work and stuck with it , if it started out pink , then today that would be the norm and people would laugh at green 
, but I digress . If , like has already been said , the paintjob is solid no matter the colour , then I don\'t see why it should be marked down . Putting a story with their paintjob and explain why its purple may also help .
, but I digress . If , like has already been said , the paintjob is solid no matter the colour , then I don\'t see why it should be marked down . Putting a story with their paintjob and explain why its purple may also help .Oh, I don\'t know. WHat about the Barbie Space Marine??? That\'s one of my all-time favorites! lol lol
On topic, though, I think this group in general is more open-minded than to grade lower for not following the \"fluff\". That\'s not to say that there aren\'t any self-appointed \"Fluff Police\" out there who mught snipe your score, but I think that the painters here are more worried about the quality of the paint job than adherance to fluff
Count Duckula
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I agree... often for me the fact that a paint job differs from the norm catches the eye more.
I will always score based on the finished effect and skill level... I never score low for a variant colour scheme.
I will always score based on the finished effect and skill level... I never score low for a variant colour scheme.
Valander
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I agree. If something is original, it often gets a point higher than the same model, at the same painting skill-level, painted exactly like the pictures in the book.
However, the colors do have to work, and the painting has to be done well. You won\'t get an extra point from me for doing hot-pink ork flesh, for example; it just wouldn\'t look right! (But...try to prove me wrong! Do one up this way and make it look good, and I\'ll give you a good vote!)
And I repeat my question \"What colour are the Blood Angels....?\"
But as has been said there are no hard and fast rules about fantasy colour schemes. It all depends on the \'feasibility\' of the colours to the model and personal choice.
Who remembers the Green & Blue skinned aliens in the Original \"Star Trek\" did they look feasible. While with the more recent aliens, while a more flesh like colour, I have had serious doubts about the evolutionary benefits of some of the facial structures.
And I repeat my answer...
I am keeping a tight hold on my chain at the moment, to stop it from being yanked:flip:
It would be a bit silly however, to paint a squad of marines green and call them \'Blood Angels\'. Fluff aside, they would more likely be \'Snot Angels\'
Perhaps with a Primarch called Sunusitis???
Red, you bastard, red!!
I am keeping a tight hold on my chain at the moment, to stop it from being yanked:flip:
It would be a bit silly however, to paint a squad of marines green and call them \'Blood Angels\'. Fluff aside, they would more likely be \'Snot Angels\'
Perhaps with a Primarch called Sunusitis???
No Such Agency
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The term is Fluffers (obscure but rude).
And the person you\'re thinking of was NOT named \"Tolkien\"
I don\'t believe he said orcs are green. The Peter Jackson movie orcs were pretty close to his concept of the species - an extreme caricature of all the ignorant, cruel men of the world. Were green orcs GW\'s invention?And the person you\'re thinking of was NOT named \"Tolkien\"
Nah, D&D had green Orcs way before GW. Anybody remember 1st edition MERP? It had purple Orcs on the box art. lol
Rab.
darthfoley
Active member
Originally posted by Rab
And the person you\'re thinking of was NOT named \"Tolkien\"
Nah, D&D had green Orcs way before GW. Anybody remember 1st edition MERP? It had purple Orcs on the box art. lol
Rab.
Here\'s the D&D description, straight from the Monster Manual:
Orcs appear particularly disgusting because their coloration - brown or greenish brown with a bluish sheen - highlights their pinkish snouts and ears.
So...there ya go.
That was the old ork scheme when they were more pig-like. GW only changed it slightly by shortening the snout so much that it looks like it was cut off.
I\'d like to make a blueish pink ork skintone, but I find that I\'m surprisingly horrible at blending skintones on that scale. I\'m much better at the heresy stuff.
I\'d like to make a blueish pink ork skintone, but I find that I\'m surprisingly horrible at blending skintones on that scale. I\'m much better at the heresy stuff.
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provoke_me
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backing away...
backing away from ork coloration and getting back to the topic..i do not rate down for odd colors...or sculpting(large breasts!) but if it is badly done..or somehow doesnt seem to benefit the model at all...i say its poo..and i post a comment trying to explain why its poo...
also..i have recently decided that unbased models get no more than 5...most likely a 4 though..anywho...yeah
backing away from ork coloration and getting back to the topic..i do not rate down for odd colors...or sculpting(large breasts!) but if it is badly done..or somehow doesnt seem to benefit the model at all...i say its poo..and i post a comment trying to explain why its poo...
also..i have recently decided that unbased models get no more than 5...most likely a 4 though..anywho...yeah
