Of all the Snatchabosses, Skumdrekk is the vilest and most kunnin'. As such, he has become a sort of celebrity to the Kruleboyz of Ghur. Owner of the Murkvast Menagerie - a huge, drained mangrove swamp that acts as prison for scores of vicious and unusual beasts - Swampboss Skumdrekk is a living legend. He rides into battle on his most prized conquest, Sloppklaw, the unusually fierce sludgeraker beast he turned to his will as a younger orruk.
Miniature Review
Skumdrekk is possibly the main reason I wanted to start collecting Kruleboyz. I really like the big monsters and the Sludgeraker has a really unique look, somewhere between a crocodile and a dinosaur.
The hanging robes look really good on the monster and helps it match well wit the rest of the army. The hanging cages are also great, I really need to add some spare miniatures into them in the future!
Painting Techniques
Sludgeraker Skin
I airbrushed a number of browns and greens on to create a varying look to the skin. I then applied a wash to bring back the contrast, then used a few green colors to drybrush over everything to help bring everything together.
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 base was built with cork board, then Stirland Mud was used to fill in the gaps. I then painted it up 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
The skin maybe came out a bit brighter than I had wanted, but beyond that I think it came out great. I also finally got the dirty down rust working well.
It turns out most of the pigment had clumped at the bottom and needed a file to clear it off the bottom then a long time on the vortex mixer to really get it mixed fully together. After that rather than getting a gloss orange wash effect it really started looking like rust and dried even better.
