swiftmus Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 (edited) Since moving to an area that not only has an active Warhammer club, but one that includes people playing AoS, I decided to find a new army and dive back in. I wanted something which would provide some painting contrast to my 40k Harlequins, and Gloomspite Gitz were announced at just the right time, making them the perfect choice. I originally started WHFB with the 6th edition starter set (Orcs vs Empire) and also have the Skull Pass goblins lying around. O&G were my first ever Warhammer army so I am excited to return to my green roots. Over the last couple of weeks I have been steadily working on a unit of Boingrot Bounders and am really happy with how they have come out. I just need to do the bases (including the mushroom skewered on the champion's lance). I'm thinking realm of metal, so some sort of basic dirt highlighted with some metallics, possibly some blue pools to represent copper etc); for the mushrooms I am probably going to paint them as rusted metal. I love using bright colours and avoid painting black wherever possible, hence the red robes. So here they are, the 'Knights who slay knee(s)'. To do: I have 60 spear grots assembled and ready for priming (40 from Skull Pass and a fresh box of 20, including 3 metal netters), alongside Skragrott and a Mangler Squig to be assembled. Edited March 24, 2019 by swiftmus 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swiftmus Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 Real life got in the way for a while, but I've finally finished basing the Bounders. There is more I could do but I'm calling these done for now; I think the rust-shrooms came out particularly well (and were super easy to do). I ran out of brown spray while priming the Mangler so will need to pick up some more before I can continue painting the Gitz. Also have Skragrott assembled, and a unit of 60 Stabbas and a kitbashed Madcap Shaman being sprayed for me at my local GW (managed to win a painting competition with a 40k model and got some 'slave labour' as a prize!). 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWilddog Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Really like the colors! Good choice, makes these great models pop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammer49 Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Looks great! Always like bright schemes for gloomspite gitz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackinrae Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Awsome, I'm new to painting, how did you do the purple squigs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swiftmus Posted March 16, 2019 Author Share Posted March 16, 2019 Thanks! @Jackinrae The squigs were quite simple to do, it's pretty much entirely drybrushing and washes. The recipe/order was something like this: 1. Base coat with Naggaroth Night 2. Drybrush Genestealer Purple 3. Carroburg Crimson wash on top, with a Druchii Violet wash on the undersides (this didn't seem to make much difference, if I were to do anymore I'd do some heavier drybrushing on their undersides with a lighter colour first - see Duncan's Mangler Squig skin video on Warhammer TV) 4. Drybrush Lucius Lilac on the most raised areas 5. Drybrush Emperor's Children on specific areas of raised details, such as lips, boils, faces etc. I found it a lot easier to paint the insides of the mouths and tongues before gluing the faces on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swiftmus Posted March 19, 2019 Author Share Posted March 19, 2019 WIP on the Mangler Squigs, lovely models but I have no idea how I'm going to transport it once it's fully assembled 😨 Personally, I really like the yellow armour, plus it's so simple to do! Building as the Loonboss variant but would like to leave the option to also run as a regular Mangler. The boss actually sits quite snuggly just dry-fitting so I hopefully won't need to mess about with magnets or pinning. As for other progress, I have started painting a kitbashed Madcap Shaman and Skragrott, as well as putting 40 bfsp grots onto round bases. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackinrae Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Looks fantastic! Yeah transportation might be an issue. Been trying to figure safe way as well. How did you do the pink gums? They are very vibrant and really pop with the purple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swiftmus Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 The gums and tongue were base coat Mephiston Red, then layer Emperor's Children with some washes of Druchii Violet and Carroburg Crimson in between. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swiftmus Posted March 24, 2019 Author Share Posted March 24, 2019 The Mangler is complete, apart from the base. I haven't glued the riders or the chain and while photographing, the model seemed pretty stable so that will make it easier to store and transport the model. I'm really pleased with the complete look, although it is an awkward model to photograph! Skragrott is on the painting desk right now but I am also looking to improve my painting skills in general and have ordered an unrelated model to try next. Therefore this will probably be the last update for the Gitz for now, although I will post final pics of the Mangler Squigs once the base is finished. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilMonkee Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Purple and yellow robes is how I am planning on doing my Grotz. Lovely job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucio Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Love the colour choice! Funnily enough I went with Purple for my larger squigsz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swiftmus Posted April 30, 2019 Author Share Posted April 30, 2019 Thanks! I just realised I never did upload the pics of the Mangler after I finished the base. The Gitz are on hold for now while I work on 40k stuff, but I will probably pick up Looncurse and come back to them soon(ish). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisMMA125 Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 Love the colours, really suits the army. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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