The most vicious Kruleboyz leaders often ride into battle riding a towering Mirebrute Troggoth that they have brought to heel. These lumbering beasts stride into battle using crude clubs and all manner of natural detritus to batter their enemies. Should they not perform adequately, the Breaka-boss will give them a good stab with his bident-goad to whip them into a frenzy.
Miniature Review
The Mirebrute Troggoth is somewhat similar to the Rockgut Troggoths, but is a lot taller, with much more gangly limbs. The pose is great, looking set to charge or smash something to pieces, not that I'm sure if the Breakaboss on top would manage to hold on if he did.
The belt is a great addition to help the monster fit in with the rest of the army. I would have liked to have had a few options for weapons, as if you added a few to the army they would all look fairly similar with only simple face swaps.
Painting Techniques
Troggoth Skin
I applied Temple Guard Blue and Lupercal Green with an airbrush, building up more layers where the light would naturally hit. I then applied Ulthuan Grey with an airbrush on the more fleshy patches of flesh, mostly under the arms and around the belly. I then gave it a few thinned down layers of Coelia Greenshade and Drakenhof Nightshade, then finally used Dorn Yellow to pick out the spots.
Skin
Ork Flesh is applied 1:1 with Lahmian Medium. Terradon Turquoise is applied in recesses such as the eyes, mouth, hands etc. Ogryn Camo and Krieg Khaki were applied as a glaze. Kislev Flesh is applied as a glaze around the face and hands. Shyish Purple and Volupus Pink was mixed 1:1 and applied as a very thin wash and added to the recesses as a final shade.
Sybarite Green was added as a highlight to the lips, then mixed with Screaming Skull as a final highlight of the lips.
Eyes
Teeth
Cloth
Shyish Purple was applied as a thinned glaze over the top to bring the brightness down. Russ Grey was used to highlight the threads.
Ropes
Gore Grunta Fur and Snakebite Leather were applied 1:1. Tallarn Sand was mixed 1:1 with Corax White as a final highlight.
Leather
Cygor Brown and Basilicanum Grey were applied 1:1. Baneblade Brown was mixed 1:1 with Corax White as a final highlight.
Stone
Space Wolves Grey and Basilicanum Grey were applied 1:1, the shaded with pure Space Wolves Grey.
Wood
Wyldwood and Black Templar were applied 1:1. Stormvermin Fur was mixed 2:1 with Krieg Khaki, then 1:1, then pure Krieg Khaki as a final highlight.
Shield
Flesh Tearers Red and Blood Angels Red were applied 2:1.
Steel
A wash of Wyldwood, Black Templar and Contrast Medium 1:1:2 was applied, then highlighted with Leadbelcher, then a 1:1 of Leadbelcher and Stormhost Silver.
For the weapon tips I added some rust and poison:
Bronze
Base
The bases are applied with some Stirland Mud, then painted with some greys and browns for the dirt and rock. Once painted a number of tufts were applied, then finished off with some water effects.
Gamers Grass
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Finally I painted the outside of the base:
Roundup
This is the first time I've used the airbrush to really apply color, previously I've only used it for basecoating and zenithal highlighting from black to white. It was a bit stressful trying to figure out the best colors to blend together, and trying to avoid making mistakes. However, it was really quick to do and looked great after some washes.
I need a lot more practice but it was really cool to see how quick I could get such a large part of the miniature done, and just how smooth it came out compared to my best attempts wet blending with a brush.
