I have been busy painting some more Goblins for Kings of War,
this time Goblins riding giant spiders. The old GW codex shows the spiders to
be a mix of red, black and purple but I eventually decided to go with an orange
and purple combination. I did hover over using a waspish, yellow and black
paint scheme but, as a previously mentioned, fantasy offers the chance to use
those paint colours that sit neglected in my collection of painting paraphernalia.
Again the figures have a lot of character, but I must admit
that the painting of the actual spiders was tedious; they have so many surfaces
and crevices which take ages to cover and not to miss out. Also highlighting
was difficult because many surfaces are flat. I do like the Halloween, pumpkin
look created on some of the spiders.
In
addition to the Goblin riders, I painted the single Troll that I have in my
collection. I used a blue/grey skin colour to differentiate it from the other
green skin units in the army. Do I need more Trolls, or is a single figure
enough?
I have now had enough of painting Goblins (also Orcs), so
the remaining green-skins in my box of random fantasy figures will have to wait
awhile. I may switch to painting some Dwarves, or instead return to historical
figures and units. In 2 weeks is the Warfare show in Reading, so I will wait
until then before deciding what to do next. I think I will buy/need some
Napoleonic Spanish to use with Sharp Practice, and I am considering using the
Victorix early French infantry in bicornes as the base figures. A few Spanish guerrillas
would also be nice.
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