These seven diminutive bad guys (six if you only count the bases) were originally meant to be test models for a larger force. They were a small precursor squad to get the colours and tones right for the main bulk of the Grots, Gobbos or Gretchin that were to be found scattered throughout my Ork Armoured Brigade. Some as armed combatants, others as mechanics, medics and helpers for their larger, even more unpleasant, Ork overlords.
I painted them several years ago, hoping to quickly iron out the method and go on to do the rest of their mates. But alas, as is often the case, that plan never came to fruition and these guys remained alone, holding their own, surrounded by their bigger, brutal cousins, for way longer than I ever anticipated.
So recently I've been cleaning up the remaining miniatures in the hope I'll be able to continue with them en masse. I've got 40 or 50 more of the nasty little blighters, so they could be just what I need to finally put my Addiction Challenge to bed.
Or, as might be the case when relying on horrible little goblins for anything, this whole project could end up completely running amok, cluttering up my desk, sowing chaos and confusion across other, more worthy, pursuits and generally taking up way too much of my already depleted time.
Let's see, shall we?
In the absence of any real progress on either my small squad of Judge Enforcers or my little cluster of Undead, I thought it would be a good idea to share a few photos of some of the other projects currently cluttering up my desk. Not just to keep this blog up to date, but also for my own mental well-being – a visual list of the outstanding things on my plate, that I've mentioned here before, but still haven't finished. Starting with those aforementioned skellies.
These guys have got a bit of colour on them, and are slowly making their way towards completion, but there's still a way to go.
Scrap-built, modular, industrial terrain (and Games Workshop shipping container) for the city of Kruenta Karoliina Arx Rotunda, or Kru for short. The larger pieces are primed, with the odd spot of colour, but I'm having a bit of a rethink about doing them all grey.
Kit-bashed Sisters of Silence (Or Psilence, as I prefer) and Thunder Warrior. I'm not sure I've ever mentioned the big fella on here before, but he's very much part of my six-strong band of 30K style warriors (my kit-bashed Custodes being the other three).
Mercenaries, henchmen and adventurers. A bunch of converted characters, likely to be found in the city of Kru, undercoated black, with a grey zenithal highlight spray, but otherwise currently going nowhere fast.
Rag-tag Ork vehicles in various stages of completion. It's always a joy to glue random bits of plastic together until you see something you like.
Plague Marines. At some point this little skirmish force will be joining their two Spider-Dreads, but for now they haven't got much further than a base coat in an appropriate shade of green.
And finally here are the civilian vehicles that are siting on my desk. The articulated (and satisfyingly modular) lorry is from Puppets War, and the two cars are from Antenociti's Workshop.
That's it for now. I'm hoping to have some progress on the Judges soon, so I'll hold off showing them here for the time being. Also, there are quite a few as-yet-unseen other projects lying around on my desk, but I'll probably introduce those on a one-by-one basis, as, when and if, they ever show any signs of significant development.
