Feeling a nudge towards Sludge

I started off with a unit of line infantry. These are multi-based, even in the regular 28mm version of Sludge, where they recommend three minis per 40mm base. Instead, I am going for ten minis in two ranks on a 32mm base.

Yes, I just took a line and chopped it in half. This looks surprisingly well at a distance and I’m not bothering to fix arms with green stuff unless I really have to.

In the background you can also see my initial idea for the Jagers. I’m planning to also multibase these, with two minis per 20mm base. I’m not sure which minis I’m going to use as Jagers exactly. More on that in a future post!

The game is called Sludge. It is set in a post-apocalyptic future of endless waves of soldiers grinding each other down on mud-ridden battlefields. I therefore am looking for a colour scheme that fits this setting. I want also want it to be stark and dark.

In fact, I’m reusing the trick from my previous Killteam project, where I have a black basecoat with a light drybrush of white, over which I paint mostly Speed Paints.

The Dictionary of Color Combinations by Haishoku Soukan. I bought this little gem of a book at the local museum. I had already imagined to use a darkish red and grey for my first army. Flipping through the three-colour section I came across the above combination with brown.

Yes, I’m not going for the exact tints the author is suggesting. I’m going for an approximation.

The four images above show the dry-brushed starting point and the finished concept for the line infantry. I do like it, but I’m thinking to leave the cross-belts (or whetever they’re called) with the white drybrush, to introduce a bit more contrast to the model.

In fact, like I did below. Note that I haven’t painted the guns for most of the minis yet and I want to add a splash of Nuln oil on the metal afterwards. Because dark ‘n stark.

That’s it for now. I’m now slightly distracted by a box of Sorcerer Kings First Blood, which I intend to play with on 2 October.