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| Finally finished! |
In this update, I'm going to show off my completed horde of Night Goblin Squigs I used to use back in eighth edition Warhammer, but now can use in Warhammer Armies Project and in the future The Old World Warhammer. Along with the horde, there are two units of Night Goblin Squig Hoppers as well, ready to pounce on some unlucky chaff or some out of the way war machine.
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| Mad Lunatics. |
All these models are metal, and they all were bought off eBay a long time ago, second hand. As such some of the bases they came with aren't original, and are instead weird magnetic bases used by the previous owner. This caused quite some problems since these bases were slightly larger than the normal bases, and when ranked up, they wouldn't fit onto a movement tray, especially at such a large amount. Thus it was required to cut up some of these magnetic bases, making them look worse for it. Thankfully in a horde like this, they really don't stand out.
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| Some Bases are weird. Can you tell? |
There are thirty-two Squigs, with a single 40x40 base with two squigs on it counting as four, kind of a small unit filler. There are six different varieties of squig models, which means there are multiples of each model. If you pay close attention, you can see six of the tongue squigs along. The red on them is simply Army Painter Spray Dragon Red, and then dry brushed Pure Red, followed by Lava Orange. Quite easy and effective, and for many years afterwards, they remained like that.
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| Madder Lunatics? |
It wasn't until recently, where I began using them in units of twenty in Warhammer Armies Project, that I decided to finish painting them, alongside some trolls in a previous post. This time I finished the entirety of the unit from years ago that I started, and I'm quite pleased with how well they look. I even ended up buying one more hopper to round out the ten that I now have.
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| Variety of handlers. |
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| More Handlers. |
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| Handlers and unit filler. |
The handlers were easy enough to paint, much like the usual Night Goblins, but they have a variety of weapons to break them up in terms of colours needed. Some have cymbals, others have tridents or spears. One variety even has bagpipes, looking like they are in lock step while making as much racket as a little goblin can.
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| Twenty model configuration. |
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| Another twenty models. |
In eighth edition Warhammer, I used them as a large horde of squigs, with it primarily holding the centre of my force, a literal wall of teeth. But in Armies Project, I split them down into two blocks of twenty, using them more like hit squads, dealing what damage they could before they exploded when they failed a break test. I was happy enough with their performance that I had to complete them finally. Looking forward, The Old World has these guys at 10 points per squig, and 3 points per handler. They essentially work the same way as in previous editions, but I'm not convinced they will be any good. Will have to wait and see when the rules finally release, but I expect they wont be as good as in eighth edition.
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| Two Units of Twenty. |
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| Ten Hoppers and Extras. |
With these complete, I'm already working on my next project for my Orcs and Goblins. Some Black Orcs!
