Charonite Ogryns

The old resin Charonite Ogryns. Getting six of them assembled was miserable — warped parts, broken cabling, greenstuff repairs on almost every model. Once they were primed, all of that stopped mattering.

These are among the most satisfying models I’ve painted for the Wild Hunt. If you’re not familiar with the cohort, my Aethon Sentinels post covers the background.

The shoulders are the part I’m happiest with. The green is built up in progressive layers of heavily thinned paint — no single coat does the work, it’s the accumulation that gives it depth. Once that dried down, I chipped it with brown. That combination, the layered green under irregular brown chips, is what gives them dimension. They read as old and used without looking neglected.

The metallics went through several passes. Metallic basecoat, washes to knock back the shine and settle into recesses, then highlights worked back up with graphite. Graphite reads differently than metallic paint under coloured light — it holds the tone of whatever’s hitting it rather than reflecting straight back.

On the table they’ve already earned their place. First game out, they hit a Word Bearers Gal Vorbak squad and tore through them. Possessed Space Marines, and the Ogryns didn’t slow down.