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Sunday 15 July 2018
Crocodile
Another creature for my Lustria Warhammer Quest collection finished - a crocodile (yeah, I know it's actually a caiman, but I've had this toy in my bits box for many years, & thought it'd look great in this role). I repainted the model based on real-life reference photos, giving it more camouflaged tones like I did with the gigantic scorpion, to offer a contrast to my garish Lizardmen warriors. Meanwhile I prepared a Ø60mm base using my usual jungle recipe of coarse paint thickener for texture, with card flagstone pieces & resin blocks pressed in. Then I added various Gale Force Nine flock, static grass, & Gamers Grass tufts. The finishing touches, after I glued the crocodile into place were to drill a few holes for some carefully positioned snippets of plastic aquarium plants.
Here are a few photos of the finished crocodile, with a Lizardman Saurus for scale, & also battling a gigantic scorpion. Both of these beasties take up a 2x2 squares on a Warhammer Quest dungeon tile, given their large bases. However, the gigantic scorpion is the more deadly, being tougher & causing more damage - it's worth 450 gold for slaying, compared to 140 gold for the crocodile (I found stats for it on the excellent Chronicles of the Old World & Beyond). I think I'd add the Ambush ability to the crocodile's stats though - at least on a dungeon tile that has a water feature...
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Fabulous beasties.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Michael.
DeleteCan we do a game where instead of playing warriors we all play animals teaming up to reclaim our cave habitats from the lizardmen, skaven, etc. that have infested them?
ReplyDeleteHaha! I like that idea :-> Maybe one player could take the role of a horde of giant leeches.
DeleteThe leech hero should get special powers based on what it's feeding off.
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