Sunday, February 24, 2013

Warhammer Goblin Spider Riders How to for your Siege Campaign


How to Paint Warhammer Goblin Spider Riders
Continuing the Warhammer siege theme in our posts, nothing gets you over the walls like a batch of Goblin Spider Riders! We like deals as much as anybody and are always looking for ways to save you money on projects. You can use the Folk Art and Apple Barrel Colors paints by Plaid and Americana paints by DecoArt instead of the more expensive paints. They typically cost 1.59 - 2.49 depending on color and can be bought at your local craft store.

How to Paint Goblin Spider Riders step one
We tried a couple color schemes and decided on a brown and green assuming they would blend into the forest. The riders were assembled and primed with black. We started with burnt umber on their bodies and upper legs.

How to Paint Goblin Spider Riders step two
Second we added avocado onto the front and upper legs and also on the back of the spiders abdomen.

How to Paint Goblin Spider Riders step two
If you are painting some of these guys don't worry to much about the underside of the legs and body, you'll rarely see them

How to Paint Goblin Spider Riders step three
Next we used light leaf green on the tips of the legs. We also dry brushed the upper legs, face and mandibles to highlight those areas.

How to Paint Goblin Spider Riders step three
Lightly brush it across the abdomen to catch all the edges and bumps.

There are two body styles for the spiders. The bumpy one here at the left and...

How to Paint Goblin Spider Riders step three
one with a recessed skull pattern.

Here we've dry brushed the light leaf green over the avocado to really expose the pattern. With the black primer still in the recesses it shows up very well.

How to Paint Goblin Spider Riders step four
The last green we used is kiwi which really radiates nicely. We used it on the tips of the legs, eyes and mandibles.

How to Paint Goblin Spider Riders step four
We started the rider with a base of olive green and then a Folk Art color, Hauser Green Light.

How to Paint Goblin Spider Riders
We based his cloth, straps and shield with burnt umber and highlighted with either raw umber or nutmeg. Pick corresponding colors for the feathers they all wear. Here is a finished rider. This guy is the standard bearer for the "Nasty Nippers"

How to Paint Goblin Spider Riders
His spider has the skull pattern on the mandible and we did some craziness on it for decoration.

Goblin Spider Riders for Warhammer Siege
The story we invented for these guys is they raided the Rowdy Red tribe and knocked off their leader. They used his former spider as their banner to indicate the great triumph! Four layers of red were used to get the final result.

Goblin Spider Riders for Warhammer Siege
The bases are modeled with great texture and little extras like rocks, tree trunks, webs and little spiders! Use a simple drybrush to bring out the features and then add touches of color to the details. Here is the leader of the Nasty Nippers, Yarvit.

Goblin Spider Riders for Warhammer Siege
Goblin Spider Riders have the "Wall Crawler" and "Creeping Assault" special rules meaning they can go right over castle walls and the rider and mount can both attack. This gives the Goblin riders an increase in their armor save for being mounted.

Goblin Spider Riders for Warhammer Siege
So get those spiders crawling and
Have a Great Battle
The old crow

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Warhammer Siege Log Battering Ram


How to Build a Warhammer Log Battering Ram
Sorry for the lapse in our Siege Warfare articles. You have your siege tower, now lets continue with a log battering ram for extra muscle to bash in a  few castle doors!  Nothing like a good battering ram to do the job. This one will be for a Warhmmer Orcs and Goblins Army so historical accuracy won't matter. We'll give it an iron head to batter wooden doors even faster.



How to Build a Warhammer Log Battering Ram
I had found a spare GamesWorkshop hound head in my bits box. Could have been a chaos hound, something from Necromunda or even GorkaMorka. Anyway it looked mean enough to take on some heavily barred doors! We took a 1/4" dowel cut to 4" in length, drilled three holes down the side and inserted round toothpicks. After they are glued in place, clip off the pointed ends. We attached the metal ram head before undercoating it.

How to Build a Warhammer Log Battering Ram
Undercoat with black spray primer or give it a good base coat wash of black liquid acrylic.

How to Build a Warhammer Log Battering Ram
The steel head was base coated with metallic gunmetal gray and dry brushed with metallic aluminium.

How to Build a Warhammer Log Battering Ram
The "collar" on the ram head was detailed with Pure Bronze for a nice warm contrast to the head.

How to Build a Warhammer Log Battering Ram
The log consisted of overlapping layers of browns dry brushed from dark to light.

How to Build a Warhammer Log Battering Ram
The colors used were Burnt Umber, Coffee Bean, Territorial Beige and a final highlight of Mushroom

How to Build a Warhammer Log Battering Ram
And here you see it is in action! Orcs bearing the Yellow Hand of Sourdough are using the ram to its fullest potential, attempting to take down the gate of a castle.

Enjoy!