It wouldn’t be the dark corners of the 41st Millennium without a few muties scurrying around, suffering deprivation, being oppressed, demanding rights and turning dark thoughts to the darker powers that lurk beyond the veil… Some of you may recall that back in April I finally got around to painting up some of my long-planned tribe of mutants, models which I converted over several years based on the Lord of the Rings Goblin models. Here’s a reminder of how they look.
Now at last we have three more, ready to join the tribe.
This one is actually the very first one I made – alongside the chap in the death mask from the previous set – but in the mixed up world of miniatures I only got around to painting him now. He has however had a few tweaks since he was first built, mostly to take advantage of new components as they came along – with the poxwalker tentacle being the most obvious addition.
This one is one of my favourites from the whole group, a very simple conversion but there’s something chilling about him that makes me think of the worst excesses of research conducted unmonitored in crumbling asylums.
A face to give you nightmares if ever there was one!
Here’s a cheeky groupshot of the three newcomers.
And here’s the whole tribe gathered together, ready to spring out upon some unsuspecting ganger or inquisitor.
That’s not all however. Whilst I was about it I also found myself thinking about the other scavenging creatures which might be found lurking in the gloom of the Underhive. Giant rats appear to be the most prevalent form of life on Necromunda (even more common than muties!), and are probably pretty common everywhere else in the Imperium as well, so adding one to my collection of verminous critters seemed like a wise move.
I was also looking through my Chaos Space Marines collection and my eye fell on this old familiar that I painted a couple of years ago. With retrospect I don’t think I did a great job on it so, on the grounds that there’s no time like the present, I popped it back onto the painting desk and gave it a quick freshen up.
And there we have it, a few more verminous scavengers ready to sneak and plot in the deepest shadows beneath the hives. Speaking of which, the end of the month is approaching and I really need to crack on with some Skaven!
November 26th, 2019 at 9:21 am
Oh mate ,just when I was trying to work out my favourite beautiful ugly you had to throw in the rat! he is good though ,I’m sure everyone will agree with me !!
November 28th, 2019 at 10:44 pm
Thank you! You can’t beat having the odd rat around when you’re painting verminous critters. 🙂
November 26th, 2019 at 2:04 pm
Can’t beat a bit of vermin when it comes to the darker depths of any world. All very nicely done and I like the lost face and rolling eyes, very expressive. Looking forward to the next batch of Skaven’s and of course the remaining Ork’s. 🙂
November 28th, 2019 at 10:53 pm
Aye, that face disturbs me and I painted it! I’m really pleased with it but it’s certainly grim. Glad you like them – and the Orks and Skaven are coming soon (in fact I got so distracted by working on the Orks that now I’m running out of time to complete this month’s Skaven – hopefully no-one will notice if they’re a day or two late…)
November 26th, 2019 at 7:20 pm
So cute! I think the middle one is my fave. Nice and stabby. Any chance of a better look at the first one’s bionic arm?
November 28th, 2019 at 10:59 pm
Ask and you shall receive. I’ve added another picture showing the bionic arm to the post above. Don’t ask me what bits I used for it, I’ve been struggling to remember. Think there’s some Sicarian in there, and the “shoulder pad” is from the Chaos Terminator lord but I’m not too sure on the “spanner” at the end.
I really like the middle one myself, he’s where it all began really so I’m glad he’s finished at last.
November 28th, 2019 at 11:05 pm
Thanks! Yeah, pretty sure that’s a Sicarian leg, and then there are a few kits that have had wrenches and other tools that the end could be from.
November 26th, 2019 at 11:41 pm
Those are great- very imaginative. I may have to try something similar myself.
Cheers,
Pete.
November 28th, 2019 at 10:59 pm
Thank you! Do, I recommend it – they were loads of fun to make.
November 27th, 2019 at 9:52 am
Awesome job mate, I love these. I’m still intending to do the same with my Goblin Town set one of these fine days…
November 29th, 2019 at 4:41 pm
I would very much like to see you do that mate, they’re a lot of fun to work with and nothing says “scummy bad-zones” like having a few muties running around.
November 28th, 2019 at 9:06 am
I’m loving these mutants so much! Any chance of an “action shot” of some of your inquisitors being surrounded by these guys?
November 29th, 2019 at 4:48 pm
Cheers! That’s an excellent idea, I’ll add it to the list and sort something out in due course.
November 28th, 2019 at 3:50 pm
Some excellent work there mate, mutants are great!
November 29th, 2019 at 4:45 pm
Cheers! 🙂
November 29th, 2019 at 4:24 am
The rat is very nasty looking. The extra pox walker additions look good and I love the overall feel of this grotesque bunch. Very grim indeed
November 29th, 2019 at 4:48 pm
It really is a horrible mangy-looking rat isn’t it? 🙂 Glad you like them mate!
April 3rd, 2020 at 10:08 am
Fantatically ugly looking collection of muties here. Best get Dredd in there to sort ’em out!
April 4th, 2020 at 9:36 am
Aye, he’ll soon get them dealt with! I’d kind of forgotten about the muties lately, now I’ve got an itch to dig out some more and get them painted.