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| A nest of loathsome Ur-Ghuls stalk the depths of the Blackstone Fortress... |
I decided to take a little break from making large miniatures for a while and instead concentrate on getting some more of my Blackstone Fortress miniatures painted up.
After completing several delves then our first Stronghold, we've ended up with the need for some extra gribblies. In particular, the events we've triggered have left us with a higher alert level and more Spindle Drones being deployed during combats. In order to ramp things up, I picked up 4 extra Spindle Drones and 4 more Ur-Ghuls as they're the most common enemies and I love the miniatures!
In addition to the sheer volume of miniatures required, I also wanted to be able to easily distinguish between the different squads as this can become confusing in the game if there's a lot of enemy groups on the board. Having an extra set of each meant that I could paint them in opposing colours to make the squads clearly different.
As well as painting the new foes, I also managed to get a couple more characters finished along with an arco-flagellant retinue character. I'll be back to working on giant robots again soon, but for now, enjoy the photos of my Blackstone Fortress denizens!
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| The motley band of adventurers grows! |
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| I simply reversed the leg and carapace colours for the new Spindle Drone squad giving a nice contrast while still keeping the colour palette the same |
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| A veritable horde of drones ready to overwhelm our adventurers! |
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| I have already assembled the large guardian drones from the BSF expansion Ascension - I intend to paint one to match each Spindle Drone squadron |
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| Even the traitor guardsmen in the base game are gorgeously detailed |
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| I've almost finished my first squad of traitors; the second squad's colouring will be different to help make them visually different during the game |
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| My four new Ur-Ghuls have been painted in a very different contrasting scheme |
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| The light underbellies and bloody mouths give the new pack a shark-like appearance |
