AOS28 Mordheim-ish tomfoolery- Nighthaunt Chainrasps

[Grumbledook]

 Greetings all!

Being sequestered at home for what may be a considerable time, I have decided to start a new project. A fantasy one geared towards the grimy and horrible world of AOS28 and a slew of inspirational material in the pages of 28mag and blogs like Iron Sleet and Gardens of Hecate. I was particularly fascinated by the use of correctly proportioned Perry historical figure in a Fantasy context and thought they looked fabulous, I’ll be playing around with those later on.

First things first though. In order to have a go at a grimy paint job I needed a bit of practice.... cue the Oathmark Goblin Infantry box I got quite a while ago, perfect for some rushed assembly and painting!

Here’s the first of five that I threw together:



I quite like the Oathmark model, not too cartoony and actually quite mean. Once I get some humans done I’ll post a comparison picture. Anyhow, he’ll be getting some chums soon!

Thanks for looking

[mweaver]

Yes, he does look quite fierce. You sure he needs chums?

-Michael

[Swordisdrawn]

Very nice painting and posed very well.

[peleset]

Yes, he does look quite fierce. You sure he needs chums?

-Michael

Mean works best when it has backup.

[Grumbledook]

Yes, he does look quite fierce. You sure he needs chums?

 

If I’ve learnt anything from a childhood of moralising 1980s cartoons it’s that everyone needs chums, especially evil loners!

@Swordisdrawn - Thanks, the set has a quite a nice variety of poses and weapons. And, at about 75p a figure I can’t complain!

@peleset - Too true!

[Grumbledook]

Another Oathmark Goblin, this time in the classic villainous squat, with scimitar:



Thanks for looking!

[Grumpy Gnome]

I am a big fan of the Oathmark Goblins, and your brushwork certainly has brought them to life. Nicely done!

[Grumbledook]

Cheers Rick W, the looser approach to painting is certainly a bit of an eye opener for me and I think I’ll be using this approach with all of my 28mm figures from now on (3mm on the other hand need a bit of bright clarity, just to be seen!).

I have also managed to actually finish 3 more of the little rascals, completing my first batch of assembled figures:



Taking the photo in actual daylight really helped with the quality, but for some reason the bases came out super flat so I may work on them a bit later. Here’s a picture of the full gang:



A decent crew of thugs for hire methinks. Next up, after some 3mm sci Fi, I’m planning in painting up a Sprue of Chainrasps.

Thanks for looking.

[OSHIROmodels]

They look great. The skin tones and clothing work well together 

[Swordisdrawn]

Lovely work. Look a really nasty bunch of lads

[WuZhuiQiu]

Nice work! At first sight, I thought that the 1st image might have been 54mm.

[Bloggard]

They look great. The skin tones and clothing work well together 

+1
really good.

[Mr. White]

Cheers Rick W, the looser approach to painting is certainly a bit of an eye opener for me and I think I’ll be using this approach with all of my 28mm figures from now on (3mm on the other hand need a bit of bright clarity, just to be seen!).

These models look fantastic. Can you share what this ‘looser’ approach is? My style is also a bit brighter so am interested in tips to grime down.

[Ceeteegee]

 As grim bunch of Ne'erdowells as I ever clapped my eyes on.
PS Agree with the comments on your painting style. After years of trying  to follow Will's Adage ( If you can't do it well, do it neat); I feel the need to make my GSC project more.....Errr... Grim?

[Grumbledook]

Thank all!

I used to spend an awful lot of time being neat and since my other project is 3mm Sci Fi (where I can’t be anything other than neat) this is actually a bit of a release.

One thing I am trying to do is really limit the palette, ideally to a maximum of 3 or 4 colours... even then it might be a couple of different browns, also a liberal use of washes after the initial colours helps.

Here are a couple of Nighthaunt Chainrasps painted up in the fairly grubby style:





There are more of these just post priming, so I’m happy to take some step by step pictures if anyone’s interested.

Thanks for looking and stay safe!