This Swampcalla Shaman believes he's found a new way of observing the battlefield using a special seeing-eye rock, but it's really nothing more than a neat hat. Wearing a blindfold won't keep this malodorous mage from getting stuck in with a bogbark staff and he's brewing up a bevy of elixirs to empower the venom-tipped weapons of his fellow Kruleboyz. Mugruk isn't accompanied by a pot grot, but he can still jab at foes with his own backup stabba.
Miniature Review
Mugruk was released as a promotional miniature for Events in 2022. Rather than the usual big standout miniature, they went with a much smaller, blind shaman wearing what I'm convinced is some kind or tortoise shell. For a special event miniature maybe I would have liked more, but there are some good features on him. The staff with a beast claw on the end is pretty cool, especially breaking the ground apart. The tortoise shell also gives him a really unique shape and on the large base you can easily tell he's a character in the army.
Painting Techniques
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.
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.
Armour, Charms & Bottle
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
Blue Magic
Base
The bases covered in a Stirland Mud, then a number of tufts were applied, finished off with a healthy amount of water effects.
Gamers Grass
AK Interactive
Finally I painted the outside of the base:
Roundup
I wasn't fully sure how I wanted to paint him upfront. I wanted him to fit in the army, but I wasn't sure if painting the armour red would be too much for a shaman. I thought any other color would look out of place though, and in the end I think he looks pretty good and fits in really well with the rest of the army.
