Grot Scuttlings infest the Silver Tower's dark depths.
They are wily and tribal, half-arachnid beings whose
poisons and webs are the bane of the unwary.
Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower
I know that I teased at the end of last week's post that I was going to talk about the tasting and judgement of my Night Watchman Porter. And while I did crack open my first bottle there on Tuesday, I also managed to get a good bit of painting done this past week. So, if it's all the same to you, I think I'm going to stick with minis for the next couple of weeks to keep up with the momentum of Silver Tower and then I can give my thorough thoughts on my Porter in a few weeks' time.
I wanted to ease myself into Silver Tower painting, so I started with something familiar: Goblins (well, Grot Scuttlings to be pedantic). Coming from an Orcs and Goblins background (and anyone who's been there themselves knows that that's often a lot of night goblins!) I felt comfortable enough with these little guys.
These poor little buggers haven't been getting a ton of love on the interwebs from people who think they look terrible. I guess I'm just biased towards anything even remotely green skinned, but I think they're fun. Sure not as drop-dead gorgeous as the Tzangors but better than the night goblins that came with The Battle of Skull Pass starter set. This will sound like a strange gripe, but I miss the talon-like fingernails that goblins used to have. They haven't had any fingernails since before Skull Pass - not even Skarsnik! At least these guys have toe-talons...and those weird T-rex arms...
Anyway I managed to get them all painted and finished the bases off too this week. Here are some close-ups. I had fun painting most of their little spiders different colours.
I did a couple of them in brown just to...you know...jazz things up!
The trickiest part was painting the webs on their sides. They're not quite as embossed as they look, so rather than cruising over them with the side of my brush I had to bust out ol' W&N 00 and grab them point on.
Another fun thing was using Blood for the Blood God (likely my favourite paint) to give their eyes that deep glossy goblin-arachnoid look.
And here's a group shot of all the lads:
In case you missed it here's how I did the bases
Well, I hope you enjoyed seeing my first brush strokes into Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower.
Take 'er easy and see you next week on The Art of Caesura!
Listening: Pork and Beans - Weezer (man, does that music video bring me back!)
Doing: Ocean swimming! (Just got a new wetsuit - and LOVING it!)
Drinking: My Nightwatchman Porter (more on this in a few weeks)
Next Week:
Lets light things up a little...
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