Gobbo wolf-spider riders (pics)

[lowlygaunt]

Just sharing my painted gobbo's. These are my wolf-spider riders, they count as wolf riders in the game, so I can use them as heavy cavalry, which regular spider riders cannot be. I made them "wolf" spiders (a tarantula is a type of "wolf" spider, those who hunt their prey rather than wait for them) by gluing static grass on them to act as the "hairy" parts. Came out decent.










10 more of these guys to go. . and 30 regular spider riders to go. . <sigh>

[speiread]

NICE! That's a pretty cool idea. Very creative.

[Assimilator]

I was like woaaahhh! Nice job!

[lingvarion]

howdid u do that and what for colors?

[lowlygaunt]

@linvarion:
For the spiders and their "hairy" coat I just used static grass and super glue on certain parts. I used a picture of a tarantula, where i noticed the hair was most evident on its body, and at the middle joints of its legs. I primered them black, then added the static grass (which is green), painted them with a watery black again so the grass turned black. Then I went in with a mixture of orange brown as base for the colored parts, and succesively highlited them up with orange, orange/yellow mix, and then yellow (sunburst in this case). the body is a light drybrush with autumn brown. because of the way the static grass soaked up paint I mostly used Delta Ceramcoat paints, cheap in big bottles.
Lingvarion if you have not used static grass before, look into it. its a wonderfull product. A little super glue, a sprinkle of the tiny fibers, a quick breath on them and it stands up! (look at the bases closely)
I did the bases completely seperately. Each got a coat of Snot green, followed by dark green ink. Then a dry brush of scorpion green. I then painted all the little rocks black,a nd drybrushed them grey then white. I added a lot of static grass to the bases as you can see. I decided i wanted the bases to be very foresty.
The goblins are not anything special. Again base coat of Snot green, followed by dark green ink, then a highlight of gobbo green. Each feather is a color/ink mix as well.
As a not, i just finished the second 10!!!!!!!!!!!!! So I have a full unit of 20 for tabletop play!
I plan to paint my other 30 spider riders with a dark and ominous purple highlight. . hopefully.