Orctober what are people planning to do?

That's essentially how I paint my snotlings - well except they are on a stick rather than sprue, either poked into a drill hole or tacked with glue to a nail. I find it works well. I'm stingy on my bases however and rarely put more than five on a base, filling in the gaps with mushrooms and whatnot so I'd be making some extra bases out of that myself!
 
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I'm stingy on my bases however and rarely put more than five on a base, filling in the gaps with mushrooms and whatnot so I'd be making some extra bases out of that myself!
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I was thinking that might be best. I'll have to acquire some more 40x40mm bases, or rob my ogres.

It's amazing how many of these tiny guys were sculpted. I have 28 unique sculpts. We only have a few I think are the same.
 
Silt golem looks to be a Flesh Golem, so made from atleast 1 creature, so the Chaos Sorcerer decided to start his necromancy career on a Snotling and give it a brain. So that's fine with me ^_^
 
A bit of progress tonight getting some base layers down. I've gone for the more desaturated citadel paints in my collection rather than the brighter army painter ones that are my usual style, to try to make it more Oldhammer and fit the rest of the Oldschool miniatures gobbos. Right hand Gobbo should end up lighter than the left one, although the base colours weren't as different as I thought they were.

It's very much in the "it's looking awful and I hate it" phase that I go through with all my painting, which will last through the rest of the base coating and the first layer, and generally starts to fade with the first shading. Then there's normally first highlight, second shade, and final highlight. All interspersed with lots of tidying up of over-paints and splotches and accidents.... And I wonder why it takes me ages to paint anything!?

I am getting quicker and more accurate though.
 

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The Serene Badger said:
A bit of progress tonight getting some base layers down. I've gone for the more desaturated citadel paints in my collection rather than the brighter army painter ones that are my usual style, to try to make it more Oldhammer and fit the rest of the Oldschool miniatures gobbos. Right hand Gobbo should end up lighter than the left one, although the base colours weren't as different as I thought they were.

It's very much in the "it's looking awful and I hate it" phase that I go through with all my painting, which will last through the rest of the base coating and the first layer, and generally starts to fade with the first shading. Then there's normally first highlight, second shade, and final highlight. All interspersed with lots of tidying up of over-paints and splotches and accidents.... And I wonder why it takes me ages to paint anything!?

I am getting quicker and more accurate though.
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first one of these I have seen paint on
 
not too bad. Kev's are better of course.
Not sure how they scale since.. I only have 2 'official' snoltings and both are double teams so hard to fully gauge the size, but they are probebly a bit bigger, but most of mine Kev's newer ones at Oldschool:

Runtling Swarm Metal Goblinoid Miniatures by Kev Adams | Oldhammer 28mm Miniatures

Kev Adams metal runtling swarm miniatures for goblin hordes, war machines and scenic bases. Choose one Swarm of Runtlings or the larger two-set bundle.
www.oldschoolminiatures.co.uk
about 16 (including some double teams and big minis) in metal, sculpted by Kev, for £24? perfect ^_^
 

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My greenskin for this month's painting challenge. "The only good kind of greenskin" - as imagined by the famous Leonardo Dawinci.

Two nasty skulkers came in the blackness of the night, stalking the dwarf's campsite. Both their blades and eyes were shining with murderous intent in the glimmering moonlight. With smelly feet, crooked backs, and weapons raised they shuffled over to the sleeping dwarf. Just as they were about to attack the trap was suddenly sprung when from the shadows gleaming steel bolts came flying like swift strikes from the ambushing dwarfs that were hidden nearby. The goblins were dead before they hit the ground, riddled with retribution.
The dwarfs were all in agreement that a grim warning had to be sent out to any greenskin that dared to attempt a similar feat again. Heads were severed from necks, arms removed from bodies, and onto a cloak from one of the assailants a ominous rune was carved to create a grisly trophy. A standard wielding the Urkdrengi, "orc slayer", as a runic symbol that carries a promise of vengeance to any foul goblin that lays their beady and evil little eyes upon it.

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