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.

The Mushloonz - part 7 - Mollog's Mob

The Dankhold Troggoth known as Mollog the Mighty slept in his mushroom-littered cavern beneath the dunes of the Desert of Bones for centuries, emerging every so often to rampage in search of food. It was a comfortable life, until an infestation of Skaven spilled up from the deep earth. After he had finished picking his teeth clean of scraps of flesh and fur, the troggoth realised his home was lost to the endless tide of vermin. Followed by a mob of the bizarre denizens that had dwelt within his cave, Mollog set off to find a new one. The troggoth travelled far across the bone-strewn wastes, eventually coming to the ruins of Shadespire. Underground he went, certain that somewhere in this gloomy place lay the dank, quiet cavern he was looking for. Instead, Mollog found the labyrinth of the Mirrored City. Still he presses stubbornly on with his search, a trail of crushed and battered bodies left in his wake.

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I probably won't be using this warband in Warhammer Underworlds, but I want to leave my options open. He and his followers look like a lot of fun in AoS Skirmish anyway!

Bat Squigs are little more than mouths with wings, yet these body parts are a deadly combination.

The fungal clouds emitted by a Spiteshroom can rot flesh from bone.

When angered, a Stalagsquig can gnash through metal and bone with gruesome ease.

Mollog - an ancient Dankhold Troggoth - just wants a nap! Stirred from a long slumber, he now seeks a bit of peace and quiet, and is more than happy to crack the skulls of anyone who’d deny it to him.

The Mushloonz so far:

The Mushloonz - part 3 - Shootas

The Mushloonz in the Harrowmark

Far from any village in an unusually damp and dark corner of the Harrowmark, is the Dankwood. Home to the Mushloonz and a dozen other Gloomspite tribes it is overrun by mushrooms, troggoths, giant spiders and grots.

The area is riddled with labyrinthine networks of caves and maze-like winding paths through the trees with impenetrable walls of tangled branches and thorny brambles. Cobwebs and clumps of mushrooms are commonplace and daylight rarely penetrates the forest canopy.

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I have finished the six grots Viktor gave me, and the extra (converted) Shaman and Squig from my bits box.

Noggit (a Madcap Shaman) and Maw (a big Cave Squig).

Stog (Shoota Grot Boss), Snok and Ruk

Skur, Dort (Gonger) and Zeg.

The Mushloonz search the woods of the Harrowmark for interesting fungus.

The warband so far:

This is something I made waaay back, for Warhammer 8th edition, as a marker to show that a Mysterious Wood counted as a "Fungus Forest". I'm really happy to be using it again as an objective marker for Age of Sigmar Skirmish games!