A Start

 It was a quiet day here and I decided to get a start on my 40mm not-orcs. 

So far, I've filed the bottoms of their feet so they will stand, glued them to washers, added some putty vegetation to reinforce their adhesion to those bases, undercoated in a 'yellow brown' and  begun experimenting with colours, something similar but not uniform, and suitable for lurking in woods. 

They are well sculpted with detail which would have been a delight to a younger me with sharper eyes and steadier hand, and which still is appreciated now. 

The Day of Battle webpage described this set as LOTR Orcs so while I will not be sending Prince Micheal to Middle Earth, I may well use a very similar name for these lads. Tolkien described his Orcs as "swarthy" and so I'm going to come up with something that looks "swarthy-ish' to me. 

I'm still in experimental mode, mixing colours and trying to decide on suitable clothing colours etc., but a number of my current favourite paints are at, or near empty while some of the replacements for old favourites are garbage. Since I can no longer get suitable paints for my needs nearby, I've had to start looking at what I can get on line that will serve my needs and budget. Even as recent as 10 years ago, $20 would be a lavish annual expediture on paint but I can see that won't do it now, even for craft acryllics, but basically I need a selection of basic artist colours so that I can mix the rest.