+ inload: Krootiful models +

+ 'Avast there, my krooties' + 

+ Blimey, don't Kroot lend themselves to bad puns? +

+ It's been rather hectic recently, but I've been working on painting up some more kroot, and thought I'd share them. Pictured here are another four that have been polished up, along with a couple of others I had on my painting table for reference. +

+ GW have been previewing some new figures, so I've been beavering away – and told myself I can't buy any more kroot 'til these are finished! +

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+ Coming from the Killteam Farstalker Kinband box, which is intended to create distinct archetypes, the models have lots of individual detail and unique bits, which means I've had to work on them individually or in small groups. It's been time-consuming, occasionally challenging, and quite different from the Epic models I'd been working on most recently; but a change is as good as a rest. +

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+ The Kill Team +

+ Dusty Harj-Wald, Pistolier +

+ Please forgive the rather poor pict-captures (evidently the natural fieldcraft skills of the Kroot extend to servoskull-borne pict-capters). Here's the pistolier, 'Dusty Harj-Wald'. +

+ Lurks-Within-Tent +

+ A notoriously work-shy Kroot Warrior, armed with a flintlock and scattergun, Lurks-Within-Tent. +

+ I've used some bright blue-pink tufts to suggest the alien jungle of Paradise XXII – the planet the PCRC campaign is set upon), which are both nice and eye-ctaching, and set off the earthy palette nicely. The risk is that they draw all the attention from the figures, so I've used some flashes of purple, pink and orange on the models themselves; such as the goggles here. +

+ Looking again, it wouldn't hurt for me to push these accents a bit further – a little bit of vivid colour never hurt anyone, right? +

+ Some very simply patterning on the cloak adds some personality and narrative, but the sculpts already have it in spades – just check out the dogtag looped round the handle of the chainsword. A trophy? A gift? Spoils of war? +

+ Krake Well-beloved +

+ Bow-hunters bear Accelerator Bows, which provide an interesting weapon that can be used in a variety of ways, from picking enemies off silently to explosive warheads. +

+ Another example of accent colours; you'll see orange, blue and pink used to sing out against the burnt orange skin. +

+ Krake has an tanned ork-skin cloak, too – mainly because I had some green on my palette. +

+ Eye-eater +

+ And finally for today, the Long-sight (or sniper), Eye-eater. +

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