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Wizkids WK73193 Miniatures D&D Nolzurs Marvelous Minis Umber Hulk (D&D Monster Manual 63) (Monster MAYhem ’21)

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Wizkids WK73193 Miniatures D&D Nolzurs Marvelous Minis Umber Hulk

Well, I sure fucked that one up the other day – accidently hitting “publish” instead of save while working through my edits in advance. Here it is now “officially”, I guess!

My second submission for Monster MAYhem, over at Dead Dick’s Tavern and Temporary Lodging, is this Nolzur’s model I picked up recently. An Umber Hulk. I did pick this one up due to it’s very direct lineage to the venerable 40k monster, the Ambull – the original model of being one that I still sadly lack. I’ve seen some modern resculpts of it. I wonder if there’s an old-school STL design of it out there that I could get hold of to have printed?

Wizkids WK73193 Miniatures D&D Nolzurs Marvelous Minis Umber Hulk

Wizkids WK73193 Miniatures D&D Nolzurs Marvelous Minis Umber Hulk

This was a very simple paintjob. After basing, Reaper’s HD Golden Brown was the base coat, which I then drybrushed in a few different directions with browns into both greens and tans before picking out the claws and then going over the lot with Army Painter’s Strong Tone on the outer and Soft Tone on the inner. Eyes black, spray varnish, and then some GSW Colour Shift paints on the smaller, insect eyes and done!

Wizkids WK73193 Miniatures D&D Nolzurs Marvelous Minis Umber Hulk

Wizkids WK73193 Miniatures D&D Nolzurs Marvelous Minis Umber Hulk

An unlikely duo fight off The Dreaded Ambull… Umber Hulk

Honestly, the basing (glue down, acrylic paste, slate, dry time, PVA & sand, drying, paint black, drying, then drybruhsing) took a hell of a lot longer than the actual model painting, which took maybe an hour (with breaks). I did notice while looking at this model how much Umber Hulks (and Ambulls) for that matter have changed in their design over the years, but then when you think about it for even a moment it all does make sense. I mean, what does “a beetle” look like exactly? Or “a dog”? Or even “a human?” So yeah, variation in size, colour, shape, length & proportion of various bits… it all makes sense if you look at these (or many fantasy creatures) as though they were natural beings with all of those elements being variable.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed this one, and hopefully I’ll have more monsters done and able to be shared shortly….

 

Realm of Chaos – Nurgle’s Children 2021 #26, D&D Monster Manual 59: Wizkids WZK73403 D&D Nolzurs Marvelous Miniatures Shambling Mound as Proxy Chaos Spawn #Monstermarch5

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Dungeons and Dragons ,Wizkids WZK73403 D&D Nolzurs Marvelous Miniatures Shambling Mound

Yeah, some of these post titles are getting a little unwieldy. Such are the trials of models that are very much part of two different series I’m painting, I guess. A very simple story for this one – I was ordering some stuff from Amazon a few days ago and a couple of interesting Nolzurs’ models popped up in the little recommendation thing that they use to sell you more stuff, and I ended up adding a couple to my cart, and then a couple more, and then a couple more. Admittedly, a few of them had alrteady been in my “save for later” cart, including this one so it was just a matter of finally pulling the trigger on them.

Dungeons and Dragons ,Wizkids WZK73403 D&D Nolzurs Marvelous Miniatures Shambling Mound

As far as what this monster is supposed to be, it’s basically Swamp Thing, D&D Edition. I guess it’s also another take on Tolkien’s Ents and Huorns, but then, such creatures have been part of pop culture for as long as it’s been a thing, and by extension, folklore and mythology for centuries and millenia….

Dungeons and Dragons ,Wizkids WZK73403 D&D Nolzurs Marvelous Miniatures Shambling Mound

Also admittedly, one of the biggest reasons I grabbed this thing now were the promise of a quick “easy win” for Swordmaster’s Monster March since I knew I could use the challenge as motivation to get the thing painted quickly. So that’s what I’ve done. Painting was done in a rather organic (!) manner, using multiple coats of different contrast paints, regular washes, drybrushing and spot painting, all in many layers. I used Vallejo European Thick Mud paste for the basing rather than my usual sand, thouigh I did paint it in the usual palette so the model would fit in with the other Nurgle (and D&D) models.

In order to give the whole thing a slick, wet-plant-and-mud look, I coated the thing with AK Interactive’s Semi-Gloss Spray Varnish (that stuff is NOT the same as satin – look how bloody shiny it is!) A touch of matte varnish on the rocks, and my first little play with Greenstuff World’s Liquid pigments. More on that stuff as I keep using it and leaning more.

Dungeons and Dragons ,Wizkids WZK73403 D&D Nolzurs Marvelous Miniatures Shambling Mound

A small detachment of Minotaurs Astartes detour from purging the Imperium of the High Lords’ enemies to fight some Chaos scum.

So another quick model to add to my Nurgle forces – or even any potential narrative games set on a Death World. Need to try and paint a ton more poxwalkers, and then maybe some of those new Plaguemarines as well… And by “new”, I mean the current models…

Also a quick shout-out to John of JNV who does love a good carnivorous plant when I manage to get one painted up!

And here’s another pair of my favourite t-shirts for Imperial Rebel Ork‘s t-shirt challenge. After the reaction to the helmets in the other post with t-shirts, I think I might have to finally start photographing some of my collection of geek-crap to show off here.