Gloomspite Gitz are cave-dwelling, moon-worshipping grots - a horde army with a unique, atmospheric palette built around the bad moon's eerie light, glowing fungus and gloomy underground colours.
The signature look
Dark blue-grey or muted green grot skin, dark robes and hoods, rusty crude weapons, and the glowing accents of moonshine - luminous yellow-green moons, mushrooms and squig flesh. The army should feel like it just crept out of a damp, moonlit cave.
Painting grot skin fast
- A grey-green or blue-grey skin contrast over a light undercoat shades the wrinkly grot skin in one pass.
- Drybrush or layer a lighter tone on the noses, brows and knuckles.
- Keep the skin muted - the bright colours come from the glow, not the grots.
Glowing moons and mushrooms
The signature effect is luminescence: glowing moon symbols, mushroom caps and squigs. Build them from a dark base up to a bright yellow-green, almost-white core, and glaze the glow onto nearby surfaces (object-source lighting). Bright red squigs are a fun warm counterpoint to all the cold moonlight.
Tips and common mistakes
- Mute the skin, glow the moons. The contrast between gloomy grots and luminous fungus is the whole atmosphere.
- Use contrast paints. The wrinkly, organic models love them.
- Add squig colour. A few bright red squigs stop the palette feeling entirely cold.