Sunday 18 September 2022

Gretchins and grots - Early Orktober !

 

Hey everyone ! With Orctober approaching and a new (and hopefully final house move) house move with it, I thought I'd get some green skins done before everything's packed !
Actually what decided me to do that was an "Army on Parade" sort of event held at my FLGS in orctober where I can submit old models as long as I get a fresh unit done for the event !
So in my pursuit of painting as many shades and sizes of orks for my small force, I went for the gretchin, just a dozen of them. They're from Kev Adams of course since I want most of my greenskins to be his in this collection. You can find them on Knightmare's site if you fancy them.

Kev Adams hasn't lost his touch over the years, his style has evolved of course but I'd say he's still at the top of his game and dare I say at some of his best in some of his latest sculpts. The gretchins are a little different from the typically red era ones (like the one on the right in the picture below) but fit perfectly scale wise.

Their style is closer to the Rogue Trader era orks actually with WW2 gear so that's a nice added touch.

I couldn't hep but notice the similarity between the Space dwarf leader from Uscarl miniatures (sculpted by Kev as well) which is pretty cool and fuel for many stories (they probably went to the same gang boss school or something).

Now a dozen of gretchins isn't much (actually not sufficient but I'll source more later). I did have plenty of grots though to act as servants for my artillery weapons or my characters, all sorts of servants with different sculptors (couldn't get myself to discard the few Nelson or Perry ones)


I'm really glad to have a whole crew to give to my boss Grom, actually, if you look at the models above, there's definitely a stargrave band in there with pretty WYSIWYG roles, which is great right ?



And with those, I've gone past the 200 painted models milestone this year which is fabtastic, especially since there are still a couple of months left of painting !
This is a major mojo boost, hope you all find fun in your painting as well !

13 comments:

  1. Très chouettes ! Mon préféré, c'est le gob à l'imperméable et casque à pointe :)

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    1. Il a un petit Columbo sympa oui, celui avec les bâtons de dynamite me plait beaucoup !
      Merci

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  2. I think the range of sculptors helps give them a wild, anarchic feel. They're all very well painted, and the flesh tones and colours you've used helps tie them all together. A worth entourage for mighty Grom!

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    1. I'm usually in that line of thinking but on this project, I've really tried to restrict the styles to Kev Adams mostly, a few Perry's and now a couple of Nelson to really target a specific look.
      Thanks !

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  3. I'm looking forward to Orktober this year and expanding my crew. Thanks for kicking it off! Love these knightmare grots. They remind me of the goblins in Labyrinth. Lots of odd bits and horned helmets. Your coloring helps to finish that image. I absolutely love the yellow spot coloring, and the red lines and details really makes them pop. Awesome work!

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    1. They really are fun models to work on, which helps a lot, Kev still has the magic, thanks a lot !

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  4. They all look fabulous. Though they have quite a strong RT vibe, there's something Gorkamorka about them too, and the paintjob ties both worlds together. Pretty nice job on them!

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