Every year, I either forget this fact or don't have any spare cash as I'm busy buying Christmas presents.
But not this year.
Due to reasons I won't go into, I found myself with a bit of cash to spend on myself around Black Friday. Some of it went on Shelob, whilst the rest went on a few bits and pieces from the Modiphius website.
A pair of Mirelurks were first in the basket as they are, for me, the most iconic Fallout gribblies given the amount of time I spent slogging my way through sewers filled with them in Fallout 3.
I also like them because they are reminiscent of the Garthim in Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal, which I learned today was an influence on their design, along with (would you believe) the Droideka Destroyers from Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
They are resin miniature which comes as a pair (both the same sculpt) and were remarkably easy to put together with only a little bit of clean up required.
As they are based on the Mirelurks in Fallout 4, I opted to go for a paint scheme reminiscent of how they appear in that game using the paints I had available.
I also figured that this would be easier than the more cartooninlsh colour palette of the Fallout 3 Mirelurks.
A black undercoat was first dry brushed with Vallejo Brown Violet, before a lighter dry brush of Vallejo Khaki. I picked out a few details including the claws in Ratskin Flesh and the smaller pickers were picked out in Wraithbone. I then gave the whole model a wash of Seraphim Sepia before giving the face and edges a light dusting of Wraithbone to pick out details.
And that was it.
Sculpted bases were done quickly and the Mire lurks were ready to lurk in my games of Fallout Wasteland Warfare.
I enjoyed doing these so much that I'm half tempted to do something similar when I finally get round to painting my 30 year old Genestealers.
Acquired: -95
Painted: 526
Lead Mountain: 210
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