Double Update! Stinky Trolls and Unruly Squigs!

 

Unleash the beasts of war!

Today I managed to knock off some trolls that have been sitting on my painting table for far too long, and with them some squigs were also finished off. Both these set of miniatures have been semi painted, never being finished simply due to laziness. But no more! Well, at least the River Trolls, there are still plenty of squigs to go.

Some were complete, others not.

I started with the River Trolls, trying to match the scheme and techniques from the previous three. The first original troll was painted with a different green, and so he looks lighter than the rest. He will simply act as a leader model for the troop. The trolls are quite easy to paint, with two different greens as the base colours for it, Army Painter Greenskin, which was applied by spray can, then Army Painter Dark Angels Green for the scales.

The original lighter troll. He's the leader.

I took out my collection of Army Painter paint bottles, and begun replicating the original scheme, which worked out quite easily, with the weapons painted Monster Brown and the straps painted Leather Brown. The teeth, spikes, and claws were undercoated brown, and then painted Skeleton Bone. The barnacles on some of the troll, and some pimples, were also painted Skeleton Bone, and were all washed Light Tone.

Three new trolls join the troop.

The troll vomit is a mix of colour already on the pallet, washed with a contrast paint of greenish yellow and Light Tone. The stone axe head is Uniform Grey with a diluted Light Tone. The bases are my traditional recipe of Citadel Dryad Bark dry brushed Dry Eldar Flesh, with Steel Legion Drab on the rim, topped off with some Citadel Grass.

Vomiting on hopefully some knights.

Smashing time!

"I go' da biggest wan!"

Troll booty Bilbo and Gandalf would rather not find.

With these guys complete, now I'll be more inclined to run them as a group of six, with my recent games I've been running them as single models for disruption. A big group of six would be good to attack with, as their unit size is small for quite a lot of attacks, great speed and regeneration to mitigate serious damage. Their downside is stupidity, having to test every turn on low leadership without a general nearby, and at 45 points per model, they can be quite expensive. I'm going to try using them defensively, holding the line and protecting artillery.

They look menacing in their movement tray.

Mean and green! Stinky too!

Hot acid or a giant fish hook?

Loony Night Goblins on Squigs!

The Squigs are also another unit that had a few completed models, but many many more which were half complete. There are still more that are incomplete, but at least there are now some more which join the ranks of the painted.

Three Brothers.

Twins with one Goblin riding backwards!

I started on the Squig Hoppers, which I have yet to use in a single game of Warhammer, at least I cannot remember ever using them. They are fun looking models, but writing this right now, I realise that I only have three different models with repeat models in my collection. I'm going to have to look into getting some other sculpts for a bit more variety.

Is he riding backwards or hopping backwards?

Yes, they are all hopping the same way.

The skin of the Squigs was done a long time ago, and from what I can remember, it was sprayed Army Painter Dragon Red, the dry brushed Army Painter Pure Red and a light dry brush of Army Painter Lava Orange. The Night Goblins were painted as usual, and the Squig claws and teeth were done in the typical method of brown base and Skeleton Bone highlight, but his time I used Citadel Agarax Earthshade wash on it.

Squigs on the loose!

Big mouths and big teeth!

Some squigs are unicorns?

Hoppity hop.

These are all metal and they seem to chip quite easily, the bases are also wonky. As these were bought off eBay a long time ago, the original owner had them on custom magnetic bases, and they really didn't rank up nicely because of these bases. Trimming the bases helped a lot, but they look weird individually, but once ranked up, they look great.

Hungry Hungry Squigy!

Squigs being herded by some hoppers!

That's it for this update! I have more squigs to paint, and they also need some handlers, so expect some more of these guys and their handlers in the future!