Thursday 13 December 2018

Shadows of Commorragh - part 12

Many dangerous creatures dwell in the depths of Commorragh - some are stealthy, viperous creatures, others are brutal killing machines. The Ur-Ghul fits into the latter category. They are native to the labyrinthine ziggurats of the Drukhari city of Shaa-Dom, a satellite realm of the Dark City, but they can be found in many other dark corners of the Webway. While it may be entirely sightless, this wiry beast can sniff out its prey with uncanny accuracy and for this reason they make excellent hunters. Drukhari Archons use these brutal creatures to stalk their prey, before they unleash the Ur-Ghul upon their unsuspecting victims. The violence they can cause is far less sophisticated than that of their Drukhari masters, but that is of little concern to the Archon - death and destruction is always welcome, whatever form it takes.

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The Blackstone Fortress Ur-Ghuls are lovely sculpts, simple (there are only two variations) but lovely. I have used a fairly quick-and-dirty paint scheme for mine. Black undercoat, grey zenithal base coat, white dry-brush. Washed with a mix of Coelia Greenshade / Lahmian Medium, everywhere except their hands which got a wash of Druchi Violet. Their "nose holes" got the violet wash too, then when that was dry a second wash with a tiny amount of Carroburg Crimson below their nose holes.

They will be used as NPCs in the campaign - lurking in the shadows and ruins, ready to pounce on the unwary!















6 comments:

  1. Great work on changing the pose on one of them. I keep looking at mine and thinking their poses make them look like and an Drukhari boyband going through their dance routine.
    Nice one!

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  2. Yeah, nice job getting some variety in there! I was looking into doing that, but it was more work than I felt up to dealing with that day. I wish they'd at least done two more significantly different poses. Even the Megavolt Cultists have more variety.

    The one with the raised hand looks like it picked up some lint or cat hair or something there.

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    1. Thanks WestRider!

      Yeah, I have a cat. =D
      It isn't there now though, so I got away with it - would have been a different story before the varnish was dry! ;-)

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  3. Even if the game wasn't fun, the box set is a gold mine of useful figs.

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