Project Gor-Rok

[asrodrig]

Hey all! If any of you visit The Pyramid Vault, you'll know that part three of the Golden Old One contest is up and running. For the contest, I'm painting up a Gor-Rok model. Here are some early snapshots:
First of all, a headless, armless Gor-Rok:

Also, an early (and terrible) shot of the base he'll be on:

And another early shot of an unpainted Mace of Ulamak:

Anyways, hope you like! Any and all feedback is appreciated, as always.

 

[strewart]

Looks pretty cool! I would almost say you have gone a touch too far with the albino work though.. He looks more ghostly than albino. Maybe that will change as more of the detail gets done though. I will be keen to see it finished.

 

[asrodrig]

Thanks, strewart! With the white, I was really going for the look of the white Oldblood that's in the army book. This guy:

Except with green instead of blue to match the rest of my army.
In case you're wondering, it actually used to be this model:

Ever since I called that one done, I knew that I could do better, so this weekend, I stripped him and started to repaint him. If you pay attention, you can see where some of my conversions are taking place.

 

[strewart]

Hmm yes I see what you are trying to do, and maybe the problem is that your green is too subtle. The blue guy is indeed very pale, but if you look closely at the blue areas they are actually mid-dark blue, the white is probably mixed with a tiny bit of blue to make it less obvious. Maybe you should try adding more green to your model, bring the green out to richness but make sure it is only in the deepest areas and that model of the model is white. I'm thinking green between the scales and more on the lower legs and tail as an example. That might give it a bit more of a look of 'weathered' green so it has paled over time rather than ghostly green.

Hope that helped, and good luck with it.

 

[Deadmetal]

the mace doesn't look very mace-like... it looks more like one of the new halberds than a mace... otherwise its looking really good although I can see where strewart gets the idea of it being "ghostly" from.

 

[asrodrig]

Thanks for your comments, guys.
The mace I thought was less like a halberd, seeing as how it has a short handle and no stabby bits on the end. I had a couple different prototypes for it, but in the end I thought that one was the strongest. You'll probably see the others in my future conversions, since they're still not too shabby.
Anyways, here's an update: the body is pretty much done, so I glued it onto the base:

And here's his ugly mug:


UPDATE: Here's the finished product!

Tell me which pictures you like the best:

 

[strewart]

Wow the shield looks very cool, it turned out well. Good work! I like the 4th pic best, but they all seem to have caught a touch too much light.

 

[Great Lord Tlanxla]

Wow that looks amazing. I wish i could convert something and make it look that good.
Good job with the green stuff shield it really makes the model and the paint job is awesome!

 

[LuckyNumbrXIII]

Wow... you do amazing work, man. I mean it. I hope you win.

 

[asrodrig]

Thanks, man. That really made my day.