Da Green Horde

Squiggoths have always been some of my favourite Warhammer creatures. The official sculpts are great (if somewhat expensive), but I've been wanting to build one from scratch for a long time. The miniature I'm presenting today was built in spring/summer of 2017 and is still one of my favourite projects ever. A lot of great custom-built Squiggoths can be found on the web. Some use existing miniature kits as a basis (e.g. War Mumak, Stonehorn, Stegadon, Maw-Krusha), while others opt for the cheaper option: toy animals. Viable creatures include dinosaurs, elephants, hippos and rhinos. Another toy that is often used is the Star Wars Reek, which looks quite similar to a Squiggoth even without any modifications. For my conversion, I decided to use a toy hippo, as hippos have quite an orcy appearance and I did not want my Squiggoth to look too reptilian. After some research I found a great sculpt that was large enough and made from durable plastic: Safari Ltd. Wildlife Wonders Hippopo