The Mushloonz - part 15 - Durg the Trogg

Crashing through the trees of the Harrowmark forests, careless of the noise they make and who might hear them, a trio of troggoths hunt for Sylvaneth to uproot.

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Durg the Trogg

I added mushrooms, from the Squig Hopper kit, to his shoulder and blended them in with superglue and baking soda.

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Thomm and Durg. Urr-Ree will join them later.

Mollog, Thomm and Durg.

The Mushloonz - part 14 - The Shroomers

"Oooh! Wat about dis 'un? Or dis 'un? Oh, dis 'un looks gud! Ohh...." Gank capered from one clump of mushrooms to the next, getting more and more excited as he went.

"No. Not dose ones. No. Not dat one neither...." said Index, the boss, as he flicked back and forth through a very grubby and dogeared old book of woodland fungus of the Harrowmark. In the distance the sounds of Nibz laughing drifted through the trees.

"Oh dis 'un?" said Gank.

Flick, flick, flick.

"Nope." said Index.

"Oh! Oh! Oh!" said Gank.

"I wish day'ed all shut their traps. Just for a minute." grumbled Stoga quietly. Raff, who was sat next to him a a rock, just nodded.

The laughter echoing from somewhere beyond the tree line came a bit closer, then recided again.

"Idiots, the lot of 'em." said Stoga with a scowl.

"Dese?" said Gank, holding up a wide, red and white mushroom.

Index flipped back a few pages and frowned at the book for a few moments.

"Yes!" he said triumphantly.

Gank squealed and started plucking red-capped mushrooms and throwing them into a bag. Index snapped his precious book shut and started herding the rest of his small mob into action.

"Roight ya lazy zoggers. We've found 'em. Get 'em gathered up so we can go!"

Reluctantly Stoga and Raff stood up and joined Gank. The three of them and Index harvested as many red-caps as they could carry. In the distance Nibz laughed and hooted through the forests. Stoga gritted his teeth.

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I painted five more Gloomspite Gitz last night. I actually think the simplicity of the conversions has made them my favourites so far. They are a mix of regular Moonclan Grots and Squig Hopper rider parts. I think Index's book is from an old High Elf model but I'm not sure. I got it in a batch of spares from a friend a few years ago!

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Nibz

Raff

Gank

Stoga

Index - the boss

He stole a book about mushrooms from a house in Wortbad. He can't read it but Bolet has marked the drawings of the mushrooms he wants them to collect.

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The new Gitz.

Detail of Index's book. I tried to reproduce a couple of pages I found on a google search for old mushroom reference books.

The Mushloonz - part 13 - Thomm the Trogg

Thomm the Rockgut Troggoth wandered randomly through the caves and forests of the Harrowmark until he met Loonboss Skragbad and his crew. The grots adopted him and used him variously as a pack animal, a living shield, a battering ram and a tool for intimidation and extortion. The fortunes of all of them were improved greatly.

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Thomm (who will soon be joined by Durg and Ar-Ree) was painted with a mix of dry-brushing, washes and edge highlights. I was struggling with getting him to look right so I was a trying all sorts of things along the way. He took a lot longer than I expected as a result. I wanted him to look a bit like the classic "blue Stone Troll" illustration from Warhammer 5th edition.

The moss on his shoulders is a mix of Agrellan Badlands texture paint and static grass.