Fisher KIng Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 The Denizens of the Grand Oubliette Deep within the mist shrouded valleys of Ulgu, down beneath the ground lies the Labyrinthine tunnels of the grand Oubliette. The twisting tunnels are made from mirror like obsidian. Illusions and phantasms plague those unlucky enough to be caught in it depths. To the denizens of the winding passages the concerns of ideology and morality are left behind for more pressing concerns of survival. +++++++++++++++ Hello all, I have been out of the hobby of a while but when I did play I mainly played smaller narrative games like Mordhiem and Kill team. I love the way you can grow a warband and advance characters through play. Mostly I loved converting models and making them my own. So when I found INQ28 and later AOS28 I knew this was something I wanted to try. But where to start? I was thinking and looking through what Mini’s I have at hand, money being a bit tight at the moment. I tried to think about what life would be like for the common denizens of the realms. AOS is a grand sweeping setting that tells the tales of grand heroes and gods. I want to concentrate on the over end of the scale. At first I had the concept of an old free guild knight and his retinue who never achieved the success that he felt he was deserving of. With the coming of the Stormcast he is trying to prove his worth. I may still do this but it’s not how I want to start. I have seen many fantastic blogs and post about Chaos and humans be they Stromcast or free guild. The elves models I’ve seen really have that Grimdark feel and the death faction seems like a slam dunk for this. I don’t see any Destruction, Profundis’s excellent Orruk Backbreaker being the exception. So I thought I would start here. I wanted to dispel the cartoony look of them and concentrate on creating something that could be terrifying if you or I were to meet it in a back ally. I started with something that was fairly standard. Taking some goblin heads and putting them on to Skaven bodies to give that no nonsense warrior look. (sorry about the picture quality) Gob test 1 Gob test 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher KIng Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 but I felt this was a bit easy and not in keeping with the spirit of AOS28. I decided to have a deep think about the Grot I was going to make. How could I make them seem more, for lack of a better word GrimDark? That is when I can up with the idea of the Oubliette. The change of thing altered the Cockney snicks into eternally hungry predators stalking the dark places of the realm for the next unsuspecting meal. I went back to the modelling table and came up with something that I think really fits the theme and brief of AOS28. The pose of the ghoul body really gives this model the menace I was going for. It kind of reminds me of the hag in the film Legend. The size is abit of an issue but given that this is AOS28 and not competitive play I am hoping that this doesn’t matter. Anyway what do you think? Does it work? Is the size an issue? What should I tackle next? Gob prime 1 Gob prime 2 gob prime 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitaRasmus Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Your pics don't work - they're not picture format (jpg, png, etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher KIng Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 Thank you for that GuitaRasmus. Lets try this again. first Grot test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher KIng Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 Grot I am going with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitaRasmus Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Ah - very cool. It's a bit of a departure from the classic GW Goblins, but I quite like them - they look way more lanky and scary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundercake Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 so the first test were skaven bodies? the one you are going with is FEC ghouls? I like the second one better as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher KIng Posted January 23, 2018 Author Share Posted January 23, 2018 Thanks Thundercake. Right on both counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher KIng Posted January 23, 2018 Author Share Posted January 23, 2018 Here is my next warband member a Shaman. Probably the leader. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher KIng Posted January 30, 2018 Author Share Posted January 30, 2018 So its been a while since I have updated this so here is what I've been working on. Group shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher KIng Posted January 30, 2018 Author Share Posted January 30, 2018 This is the warrior. Most martial of the Grots of the Oubliette. He dreams of escaping the Labyrinth and becoming a great war leader. Of course these need to be cleaned up and have a bit more green stuff work done to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher KIng Posted January 30, 2018 Author Share Posted January 30, 2018 The Baby Snatcher. The Snatcher craves only one thing Man flesh. His hunger is always clawing at him. This blood thirsty Grot know a secret way out of the Oubliette but it suit him to stay. In the darkest of nights he creeps out and takes the sweetest of meets down deep into the dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher KIng Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 I managed to find my old paints and after throwing out too many dried out pots I have stated to paint some of these. Hopefully you should see some finished models soon. In the mean time meet some to the newest members of the warband... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundercake Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 So those are trolls!??! Love them, what heads are those, ogors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher KIng Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share Posted February 8, 2018 OH yes. Goblins and trolls are a classic combination aren't they? They are Ogre heads with a little green stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher KIng Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 the Goblins are done. The Shaman and leader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher KIng Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 The Warrior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher KIng Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 The Sneak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher KIng Posted March 12, 2018 Author Share Posted March 12, 2018 The Stalker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher KIng Posted March 17, 2018 Author Share Posted March 17, 2018 Trolls painted up. I wanted a colour scheme that looked like they spent there lives in the dark. Not sure it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher KIng Posted March 17, 2018 Author Share Posted March 17, 2018 here is the finish group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher KIng Posted March 17, 2018 Author Share Posted March 17, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundercake Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 nice job on those trolls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimnaud Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 If it works...... This plog will likely return in my nightmares, and more than anything I would like to cleanse it with fire. Yes, it works. It is disturbing and fantastic at the same time. Your trolls are friggin amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher KIng Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 Wow! really nice of you to say guys. I had cooled on the project. I've been planning a Law warband and some INQ28 stuff but I may double down on this after that. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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