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Of Mycelium And Men

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"...the last battle of our time."

The universe may be crashing in around us, but there's still some 8th Ed to be played. In this case, a green-on-green clash between my goblins and Kasfunatu's orcs (coming to a SkypeBoot near you at the end of this week).

My progress has been slow (or rather, sporadic - uncharacteristically, I have a half-dozen unfinished projects going on) and the goblin army I field may not even be fully painted (it truly is the End of All Things!), but I'll always try to bring something new to a SkypeBoot.

And who better to paint up than the campaign commander himself: Blacktoe!

Night Goblin Warboss
Such a fungi to have around.

The model is an old metal Night Goblin Champion (as far back as 4th Ed, I believe, when the boxed game was the lovely 'Grom vs Eltharion' set), but he's been given a promotion by virtue of his cheeky grin and superior hat.

And since he was shorter than even my rank-and-file night goblins, I sculpted a mushroom to raise him up (a wooden dowel for the stem, then greenstuff all over).

Night Goblin Warboss
Shield: one previous owner. Probably fond of skulls.

He seems to have acquired what I can only guess to be a Chaos shield. A little incongruous perhaps, but I like the grinning teeth, and it will make him stand out.

Same paint recipe as always for Night Goblins, of which I am getting very fond. The only exception was that I wanted to give him a white hood (a very grubby white hood) as a mark of his status. That took a bit of back-and-forth to ensure it was suitable goblin-soiled, but still a recognisable colour.

  • Skin: Elysian Green base, Drakenhof Nightshade wash, Nurgling Green highlights
  • Eyes: Black undercoat, Blood Red dot
  • Teeth and nails: Ushabi Bone, Agrax Earthshade wash
  • Robes: Black undercoat, Shadow Grey highlights
  • Hood: Space Wolf Grey undercoat, Nuln Oil wash, White Scar highlights, then repeat
  • Horns: Khorne Red undercoat, Agrax Earthshade wash
  • Sword and shield: Ironbreaker undercoat, Mephiston Red detailing, Typhus Corrosion wash, Reza Rush highlights
  • Mushroom stem: Kislev Flesh undercoat, Agrax Earthshade wash, Ushabi Bone highlights
  • Mushroom cap: Kislev Flesh undercoat, Brown Ink wash, Ushabi Bone highlights, Red Ink wash, Ushabi Bone spots, Agrax Earthshade wash


Night Goblin Warboss
The more common view of a Night Goblin.

And he's done! Ready to bring that fearsome Ld7 to the battlefield!

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