Lizardmen VS. Vampire Counts(Orcs and Goblins Style)

So as a number of my friends know I've been looking at a new army that I have been dying to get my hands on. Its vampire counts but with a orc & goblin twist, via a 3rd party modeling company called Titan Forge. They make a line of models that are basically undead orcs and goblins. Which here is a shot of some Zomblins :

Now the rest of the models are pretty badass, and they have ideas for most everything in the Vampire Count army book. So right now I fully plan on doing at least a small force or them just for fun. Since I currently own around 8000 points of regular orcs and goblins(which i got for around $250 because of an awesome deal). I could easily convert some non painted models into undead models. Along with using some regular Vampire Count models and these undead orcs and goblin models. The army would mesh perfectly with my orcs. Plus it would look fantastic together in a team game.  But after seeing the video below I was sold on a full scale army project.

But hereis my dilemma, I currently own 2 fantasy armies being Orcs & Goblins and Lizardmen. Lizardmen were the first models I ever collect and the first army I ever played so they have a special place in my heart. I only want 2 armies for fantasy since they are so expensive to collect and time consuming to paint. But after seeing this video:

I was in love with the models and wanted to collect them all. But that would mean dropping my lizardmen if I wanted to go full bore into this army.  So I ask of you, people who happen to read my blog which isn't many since most people don't care about my painting or what I do for fun. Which do you think I should do. Keep it to a small force of 1500 or less, and keep the lizardmen? Or sell the lizardmen and make an amazing custom Vampire Counts army?

As a comparison of pictures you can go to this LINK to see some pictures of the lizardmen army. I love the story of the lizardmen and the models as well. So hence why I am so torn. I love both armies stories and both of the armies models. Play style isn't that big of a deal to me but will play a role in my decision. Help me decide readers, post a comment on what you feel I should do. You dont have to follow me to post just post anonymously.

Tiny fliers and Orcs

Well a painting update, over the past week or so. Ive been painting up my CoA tiny fliers and some orcs. Ive finished the last group of orcs today and took some pictures. So first up are the CoA tiny fliers.

While I do know that they look like a squad of tiny dildos. I found out while painting them that my friend Austin was right they are a chore to paint. They arent hard at all to paint but its  annoying doing the same thing 3 times for each base.

Overall I wanted to keep the green and ice theme, at first I had no clue what i was doing so i tried stuff out and eventually came up with this scheme. Which generally I like and its really easy to paint which is nice.

Next are the orcs, I have some hand weapon shield orc boys for you and some 2x hand weapon savage orcs. I like the HW&S boys since they are cheap and somewhat durable for there points. They can also hit pretty hard in combat. I have a green skin with a leathery outfit look and a few metallic bits on them. The savage orcs are pretty easy to paint as well the only difficult part is after the skin is done you need to paint the outfit. Which is far more detailed than the rest of the body with a number of ropes and different plates. Luckily there are washes that make it all so easy. I love to wash things with devalian mud or badad black these days, it gives a shaded and depth look to it without much work in turn. I know the savage orcs dont have any tribal tattoos that is something I might still add on later after they are all done.

Ive noticed in the pictures the full skin detail doesnt show at all. It just looks like flat green, which it isnt. there's a wash under there with a number of dry brush layers. The skin itself is actually quite good looking in person.

Anyway im off to paint some more or play some video games. Any tips or comments are welcome.

Goblins and a Dreadnought

Time for a painting update, I've been working on 10 Night Goblins and a CoA Dreadnought. As usual post comments if you like my painting or if you have any tips to improve my painting.

Here are 10 Night Goblins, sadly enough this isn't even close to me getting done with the goblins. As my friends know I like to run an all Night Goblin fantasy army at times. Which is very hit or miss but its always a blast to play. After this group of 10 I am still left with 100 more to go. I probably wont post much more of the night goblins since they are a quick paint and not very cool.

10 down 100 to go.

They are a simple paint scheme, with black coats and a grey dry brush. Then its mainly all paint and wash. I don't want anything complicated with them since generally they are in large blocks and I have a 100 more to paint. My whole orcs and goblins army is going to have a redish scheme to tie it all together. Since they are the Blood Riva Boys.

Next up is the Dreadnought, which I never realized home much detail is put on the Dystopian Wars models. I must say they have done a fantastic job. The amount of detail on the models, is almost overwhelming at times. I tried to get as much as I could done without it looking to over the top. I wanted a sleak yet striking look and to be able to blend with ice but not that something is dangerous. Hence the green used to weapons and the particle accelerator and the overall icy look.

Angled shot with some extra turrets.

Side Shot

Rear shot, showing the particle accelerator contraption.

Also the green on the back isn't nearly as bright as it looks in the pictures. It blends quite well in a nice contrast effect between the light blues and greys.


As before leave comments if you like or dislike, just let me know how to improve if you dislike. Otherwise I'll work on some more orcs probably and either tyranids, infinity or more CoA. If you guys have a preference of those 3 let me know in a comment.

Covenent of Antartica Time Dilation Orb and an Orc

So im going to try out this blogging thing for my war gaming hobby. I started this up as something to do to keep me into painting without getting burnt out. Plus a good friend of mine is also doing this. I am currently playing or have forces for Warhammer 40k (3 Armies), Warhammer Fantasy (2 Armies), Blood Bowl, Dystopian Wars, Necromunda, Infinity, Warmachine, Hordes, Flames of War and Federation Commander. If anyone wishes to see any of the forces or models from a game system I'll post some pictures. I'll probably slowly show pictures of entire forces as I go as well.

Here are some pictures of a Covenant of Antarctica Time Dilation Orb, from the game Dystopian Wars. I recently bought into the game after a long time and decided to go with the CoA because of there alien look. Dystopian Wars is a very fun war game which I recommend. I wanted to go for a watery/icy look, since the CoA are located in Antarctica.So that's why the water around the orb looks close to the orb itself. In person tho the orb is quite a bit whiter than the water.

While I know I'm not the best painter around, I think I'm decent at least. Any comments or criticism is always welcome as I'm always looking to improve. My current painting style is mainly washing and dry brushing with some edging.

Here are pictures of an orc model from Warhammer Fantasy that was painted quite a while ago.

 Cant really tell from the picture due to a crappy camera but the skin as a lot more depth than it looks.

Anyways hope you guys like my painting, if you got any tips let me know.