Join me on a quest to track down a gallant bunch of elusive heroes so I can recruit them to the court of my Arch Regent. On today’s blog post, I share how I got my hands on the discontinued Grymwatch, some stunning photography and how I painted them.
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First released in October 2019, this Underworld’s Warband is now currently OOP (out of production). The current Age of Sigmar Battle Tome (from 2nd edition and made playable with a White Dwarf article) includes the Grymwatch and I wanted to include them in my collection too! The sculpts are some of the best in the entire Flesh-eater Courts range so I had to channel Valreek the Tracker and hunt this set down.
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I managed to find someone willing to sell me 4 of the models and no underworld cards for £8 on a Facebook group and I took them up on that offer. 4 is better than 0 after all. I had a couple more people say they might have them and would check and never got back to me so that was a dead-end. Ebay prices were going up for both painted versions and in box versions. Some upwards of £60.
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My quest ended when I stumbled across a twitter sales post that included the sprues (no cards) for around £20. I grabbed them instantly! It’s weird how spending a couple of weeks tracking down something that’s hard to get adds more excitement and a feeling of accomplishment. I was so happy to get them. As soon as I had a break in my painting schedule I jumped on these immediately and got painting.
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All the colours I needed for the Mordants were already on my my Royal Beast Flayers recipe card. Made things much simpler. I just copied that exactly. These recipe cards I made are as much for me as they are for you. I go back to them all the time to ensure my army looks consistent.
When it came to the Duke’s Harriers (bats) I remembered I had painted the Bat Swarms in Cursed City and I had wrote a tutorial for them. Perfect! I just had to follow that.
There you go, another unit joins my ever growing Flesh-eater Courts force. I’m really enjoying painting these models and I recently picked up the Abhorrant Archregent so I have a truly mighty vampiric warrior king to lead them. Once he’s painted, I’ll probably take a group photo, so watch this space.
Garvin’s haircut lacks a decent fade SMH
Fantastic. Great find! I often miss models that are OOP and am in a similar place. Some figures are so over priced on eBay, so always nice when you get a sensible price for a set you want. Painting guide is spot on, brilliant reference, thanks for taking the time to produce and share. 👨🎨