The Graveroot Wargrove, Part 5

We sing the Spirit Song for the dead.

We stalk the Spirit Paths of the Harrowmark.

We reap the bitter harvest of tears and bones.

We hunt those who would despoil the forest.

We protect the ancient secret that lies hidden beneath it.

We are living vengeance in the land of the dead.

~ 🙐 ~

Nyghtshade - Thornwych with Briar Staff

Mandragora - Tree-Revenant with Revenant Bow

Daturast - Tree-Revenant with Protector Glaive

Lycianthes - Tree-Revenant with Enchanted Greatblade

The Graveroot so far:

The Graveroot Wargrove, Part 4

In the darkness of the forest the silence was broken by the high-pitched laughter of Moonclan Gitz. Their cackling could be heard for miles. The crashing noises, from the Rockgut Troggoth that accompanied them, carried nearly as far. They capered and scuttled through the Harrowmark forests around their Dankwood lurklair in the wake of the Troggoth as it ploughed through the dead undergrowth, forming a trampled pathway with brute-force and ignorance.

A shadow beneath a tree flickered and moved slightly.

None of the grots noticed.

The dark shape re-appeared beneath a different tree, close to the grot at the back of the procession. The unlucky grot barely made any noise as he disappeared into the shadows.

The next grot made a small muffled squeak as he was taken. The grot ahead of him turned round to see why and froze in his tracks as he saw there was no-one behind him. His eyes widened with terror as an arm reached out and grabbed him, and clamped over his mouth. He didn't make a sound as the enchanted blade slit his throat.

Then the trees around the remaining dozen Moonclan exploded into movement. Arrows slammed into the grots and a dozen aethereal reaper's scythes lashed at the Trog, who pitched forward into a briar with a crash and laid still. The grots panicked and screamed, fleeing in all directions. Glaives and swords flashed through the air and quickly cut them down as they ran.

The darkness of the forest was silent again.

~ 🙐 ~

Even though I told myself I wouldn't, I picked up the Warhammer Underworlds: Nightvault warband Ylthari's Guardians last week. The forthcoming Looncurse box has made me return to thinking about (and working on) my Harrowmark Sylvanth skirmish force, and since that box includes a lot of Tree-Revenants I felt like adding these lovely and unique models to my wargrove. Unlike my previous Underworlds warbands I will not be keeping them as the named characters from Underworlds. I will be using them as characters I am creating.

I kept the animal-skull theme that I started with my Kurnoth Hunter and Branchwych and replaced all of their heads. They are already nearly painted, in the same scheme as the others, but with an extra wash of Coelia Greenshade over their hair.

Daturast - Tree-Revenant with Protector Glaive

Lycianthes - Tree-Revenant with Enchanted Greatblade

Mandragora - Tree-Revenant with Revenant Bow

Nyghtshade - Thornwych with Briar Staff

The Mushloonz - part 2 - Zarbag's Gitz

After Bolet Ghosteater parted ways with the Rotmoons he continued his search for potent mushrooms in the gloomy forests of the Harrowmark. On his travels through the dark and tangled woods he started to encounter more and more Moonclan Grots with similar goals. Most of them came along with him as he seemed to know what he was doing. Before he knew it he had a warband of his own. They started calling themselves the Mushloonz and he just went along with it.

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The Bad Moon spoke to me! Inevitably.... This is the start of my small (maybe!) Moonclan warband. I got the Warhammer Underworlds: Nighvault Moonclan warband when they first came out and I have been painting them very slowly between other projects since then. The Gloomspite Gitz announcements spurred me on to get them finished!

Bolet Ghosteater was already painted during Malign Portents but I have repainted his base-edge and his skin to match Zarbag's Gitz.

Zarbag the Shaman

Drizgit the armoured Squig Herder, Bonekrakka (the one with the bone between its teeth) and Gobbaluk, Cave Squigs.

Prog Da Netter and Snirk Sourtongue the Fanatic

Shootas Stikkit (arrow through hood), RedKap (mushroom hat) and Dibbz (shooting “blind”)

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Viktor has very kindly given me 6 Moonclan Shootas (from the "Battle for Skull Pass" Warhammer Fantasy 7th edition starter box set).

Update 9th Jan: I have already assembled (with a few small additions of stalagmites and mushrooms on their bases), undercoated black and zenithal-sprayed them grey. I hope to start painting them very soon!

I found this git in my bits box, with no face. So I added a 40k Grot face and sculpted his hood around it. 

Skarkrow's Ironjawz Ardboys - part 3

The announcement of more expansions for Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire (along with a lot of other very exciting things!) spurred me on to actually finish Ironskull’s Boyz, and a few more of their friends.

Basha and Bonekutta:











Ironskull’s Boyz, for Shadespire:







Skarkrow's Boyz, for AoS Skirmish:



Runamuk:





Warboss Skarkrow:

Skarkrow's Ironjawz Ardboys - part 2

I played my first game of Warhammer Underworlds: Shadespire this week. It was a fun game and it spurred me to get back to painting the Orruks for it I bought last year when they were first released! I did some head-swaps when I built them, as I have issues with building models "straight out of the box"! They have been sat half-finished on my hobby desk for a few months. Two of them were very nearly finished so I concentrated on them last night.

Gurzag Ironskull:





Kutta:





The first two Shadespire Ardboyz together:



I have also been working on some addition Ironjawz Ardboyz, to boost Ironskull's Boyz to the size of an AoS Skirmish warband: Skarkrow's Ironjawz Arboys.

They are made from a mix of old Ardboyz, Blood Bowl Orcs and the Shadespire Ardboyz. All the models are converted in some way - I've added baggage, cloaks, knives and trophies. I've also done weapons-swaps (from Brutes and Ogors) and head-swaps from other kits (Boar Boyz, Ironjawz Brutes and Orks). I detailed their bases with cracked and chipped flagstones, skulls and scrubby plants and gnarled roots to make them look more like the Shadespire orruks' bases. The first one painted is...

Murk:

Skarkrow's Ironjawz Ardboys - part 1 (WIP)

I have this vague idea of hosting an invitational AoS Skirmish day based in the Mirrored City (not using the boardgame rules). One of the criteria I am thinking about is "No actual Shadespire minis" but I won't be super strict on that because they are so beautiful.



(Edit 28 Nov 2017 - added a new group shot with the actual Shadespire Ard Boyz)



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Skarkrow, Greenskinz Warboss with Big Smasha:





Runamuk, Ardboy with Big Choppa:





Murk, Ardboy with 2 Choppas:





Masha, Ardboy with Choppa:





Ulgan, Ardboy with Choppa:





Borug, Ardboy with Choppa:





Naguk, Ardboy with Choppa:





Objective markers:









(Edit 28 Nov 2017) I got hold of the actual Shadespire Ardboyz yesterday and did some head swaps! Left to right: Bonekutta (Ardboy with Big Choppa), Hakka (Ardboy with 2 Choppas), Basha (Ardboy with 2 Smashas), Gurzag Ironskull, (Ardboy Boss with 2 Choppas).



I'm thinking about making custom scenery for a 4x4 table, based on the look of boards as well...

The Mirrored City of Shadespire is a nightmare plane of illusions and madness, an ever-changing labyrinth of endless stairs, cramped streets and soaring archways. The original city is drained of all colour and life, and for thousands of years, it has rested as a foreboding ruin.

Lots of standard GW scenery kitbashed together: Numinous Occulum, Baleful Realmgate, Dragonfate Dais, Ophidian Archway, (LotR) Ruins of Osgiliath, Arcane Ruins, Eternity Stair. Add some extra levels with layers of pink insulation foam (and LOTS of stairs) covered with plasticard stone paving and pieces from the Shattered Dominion Large Basing Kit and a few Age of Sigmar Hero Bases. Fallen and broken statues.

Painted greeny-grey with pools of object source lighting.