This was the first 50 count Night Goblin Horde I painted as part of the army. Armed with hand weapons, trusty shields, nets and full command. They followed the bow boys and I was making good time on them now. Even so they took over a month to paint from start of assembly to completion.
When I started the project I decided that there would be no static grass or flocking since I wanted a subterranean feel. But just the stalagmites and rocks alone were rather stark and boring so this time I added in a bunch of skeleton bits. If you look at the bases of the command group you will see that one skeleton is arranged across the three bases. I like to imagine they are the remains of victims from raids brought below ground to serve as fertilizer for the mushroom farms.
This was also my first use ever of unit fillers to break up the unit a bit visually. They are small ones and few, just a base with a stalagmite too large for a goblin to fit with too. Viewed from table side it is a nice effect.
Another thing you might notice is that I do use a sprinkling of spears in the unit. They help soften the units profile, give it a little more height and a more chaotic look. I did the same with my Skaven and really liked it.
For those interested the main color schemes are:
Skin: Waaagh! Flesh > Warboss Green > Skarsnik Green > Nurgling Green > Kislev Flesh > Cadian Fleshtone
Robes: Black Primer > Eshin Grey > Dawnstone
Yellows: XV-88 > Averland Sunset > Yriel Yellow > Screaming Skull
Happy painting all!
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next time ur doing a new unit can u make a step by step guide?
Amazing work again!!!
Fantastic!
Your goblins and skinks have similar noses 🙂
Inquisitor. This one knows too much … SEIZE HIM!
good lord- you guys and your hand painted checker pattern. That's nuts. Do you use tape? How do you keep the corners sharp?
If there is an easy way to do the checks and dags I don't know of it, lol. I know some people paint a grid and then just fill in the holes but I don't bother with that even. I just use a brush with a good fine point, thin paint and patience.
There might be something wrong with me though. The checks and dags are my favorite part to paint 🙂
any chance of a brief tutorial on how you did the bases? I really like them and would love to try and replicate the effect for my night goblin army
I don't have plans to add many more models to the army soon so I can't promise one right away. But for sure the next time I make some I will capture the process in full.
I experimented with several ways of making the stalagmites and in the end I found Sculpy to be the easiest to work with. I would just sit down with a cookie tray and roll them out in batches of about 100. Once baked I would glue them and the rocks or skeleton bits on the bases at the same time as the models. Then sand and prime.