Da Green Horde

Recently I painted one of my favourite models of all time and maybe the most iconic squig ever made - the original Gobbla by Kev Adams from 1993. I originally got it from Mail Order ~20 years ago and a few years ago I started to paint it, but never got beyond the basecoats. Now I found the motivation to finish it, and I must say it was a joy to paint! I went with the classic red colour scheme and painted the tongue in bright green to give it some contrast. I experimented with thinned down Blood Angels Red Contrast paint as a glaze, to bring together the basecoat (Mephiston Red) and highlight (Wild Rider Red) and I'm quite happy with the result. I painted a few more minis in the last few months, but didn't get around to posting them - they'll show up on this blog in the coming weeks. Next up will be some creatures that are at least as hungry as old Gobbla is..

As I said in an earlier post, I'm still committed to finishing this years #mortalcitizens challenge even if I'm not able to do it in time. Sadly it seems like the challenge is more or less dead by now, I only noticed one other hobbyist posting their miniatures in the last months. The theme for September was Entertainer and I decided to use a night goblin/moonclan grot from The Chase vignette which was released in 2009 (sculpted by Thais Mariblanca López). Flipgrot worked as a jester at Skragrott's court until one of his jokes went too far. Eversince, his job is to distract the squigs during the famous squig rodeo. To the Loonking's disappointment he has survived more rodeos than any rodeo clown in history. This miniature is also my first entry for this year's Paint What You Got Challenge hosted by Dave Stone.