Friday 29 January 2021

PaulS: Lair of the spider (30 points)

That Domerunner seemed like a nice fella, slightly distracted all the time... but who wouldn't be in a place like that. He'd muttered something about beware the amble. I'm not sure what he meant by that... maybe he means just don't loiter in this part of the tunnels and be quick about going through, maybe? The map said this was the spider lair so maybe it is just to avoid those...


The Domerunner appeares and yells "I said beware the AMBUL! Run!"


The Ambul is from Warhammer Quest: Black Fortress, but had rules in White Dwarf for use in Necromunda as a wandering monster. It's a fantastic reinterpretation of a really old figure that I recall really wanting at the time.


This is 7 points, with 20 for the bonus round... and that marks the end of the dungeon, with only the Snowlord's Altar in front of us. The end is near!

Last entry there were some queries about the walls and how I'd painted them, so here is a step by step using the Ambul's base as an example

Step 1: Undercoat black, then drybrush with Sons of Horus green
Step 2 and 3: Add a little bit of white to the green and drybrush again for each step.

Step 4: I made a useful weathering liquid by putting some VMC Chocolate brown into a full pot of GW lahmian  medium. This gives quite a nice brown wash that still has enough pigment to go over black to do mud, but when run over the green and wiped off with a fingertip, gives a nice dirty look
Step 5: After that, sponge on some very dark brown for chipping
Step 6: finally some rust weathering liquid is dabbed into cracks and joints to dirty it all up a bit more


9 comments:

  1. Splendid looking Ambul! Nice weathering step by step too!
    Best Iain

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  2. Excellent work on that Ambul!I'll throw in some bonus points for the handy little step by step

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  3. Nasty looking critter. We’ve run into these on Curt’s Blackstone Fortress campaign.

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  4. Wonderful painting and basing.

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  5. Lovely subtle colours on that ambull!

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  6. Awesome looking Beast, love the base work 👌
    Regards KenR

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  7. What a monster! Love the vignette

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  8. Great looking beasty and a nice little tutorial.

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