Bromley's Butte From PeteF: Hordes of Gribbleys (142 points)

The challenge for Bromley's Butte mentions "experts on stealth and stalking" - which brought to mind the Nightstalkers faction within Kings of War. Every unit in the faction enjoys the "stealth" special rule - which makes them hard to shoot and these creatures of horror "stalk" you in your sleep.

Guess the film (easier clue later)

These gribbley horrors are Butchers from Mantic games. They are large infantry (about twice the size of normal infantry) - that can both absorb and dole out punishment. The Mantic aesthetic (if you can call it that) for Nightstalkers is of eyeless hordes of tentacled monsters and the three armed Butchers come at you with a variety of sharp objects.

The original plastic models are monoposed with only two options for the double right arm. I did some chopping and changing to break up the monotony - adding a few weapons from the bits box here and there for variety.

I used a home brewed bluish purple contrast paint on the bodies, "flesh-tearers red" contrast in the mouths and "gore grunta fur" on the furry pants (or whatever is covering that area). The advantage of the contrasts is speed - I guess they look OK all together as long as you don't get too close - at some point I might go back and do some more highlights - I was watching a video of how to add dripping blood using resin that cures in UV light... that might look good on these too.

Screaming (and puking) banner 

Fleshtearers' Red Contrast worked quite nicely on the textured banner

The Butcher Fleshripper is one of the faction's heroes. He provides some extra punch when they go go in for the attack. To model him I found a banner from another faction (Basileans - paladin types) and modified it with some screaming heads from a different Nightstalker sprue and a couple of heads from Dungeon Saga models. The pile of entrails and small pile of skulls are from a Wizkids pack that found itself in my hands when I was at the store with some Christmas money.

Most of my Nightstalker units are going to contain a movie reference and the two main units here pay homage to the best horror movie ever made.

Second film clue - didyagettit?

These are just over 50mm tall with 5 to each (horde sized) 120mmx80mm base plus the Fleshripper hero. How does 10 points each plus 30 for the new area sound?

Right so I have no clue what the movie is, not my genre. These are fantastic, loving the colour, and that banner is great

Martin