Chris' Spring Clean 2025

I briefly entertained the idea of making the base by recycling the small pieces of plasticard that I had used originally, but cutting them into even smaller bits. I remembered that I have limited hobby time and opted for an off the shelf solution. This meant a trip to Fenris games website and having a poke around. I eventually found a rectangular ‘Flagstone tile’ that was ideal.

After it arrived I gave it a quick wash in warm soapy water and attacked it with various washes made from watered down green and blue speed paints. Job done. 

As I was dry fitting the miniatures there seemed to be a bit too much redundant space, which I decided to fill. The first thing I added was a Bobby from the same Gothic Horror range that I bought from one of the Facebook Oldhammer groups a year or so ago. He was painted with the same flesh colours that I’ve already mentioned (as they were on my wet palette) and then a mix of Grim Black and Beowulf Blue speed paints for his uniform. I added a few dots of citadel Leadbelcher for his buttons and some Runelord brass for his helmet strap. 

Next I took a Fenris sewer cover  and added a few tentacles that I made from a Green Stuff World ‘tubes, tentacles and wires’ tool. I gave the tentacles some extra texture by rotating the top plate by 90 degrees after the initial pass. I painted the tentacles a mixture of Purple Swarm and Familiar Pink, giving them a gloss varnish when they were dry to give them a slimy look. The sewer cover was primed black, drybrushed with leadbelcher and then added some Dirty Down rust.