Grimcandy

So biting off more than it probably is possible to chew for the one page game jam mentioned in my last post I’ve decided to revolutionise skirmish wargaming. I think I have a problem.

I’m not posting about the rules here yet (they’re top secret), but in putting the rules together I realised that I needed to build and paint up useful models pretty quickly. I was originally going to go for the grimdark style, but then for reasons unbeknownst to me I started using brighter colours:

I started with a base of black and drybrushed up the main colour, and then picked out odd details in bright and contrasting colours. One of the big things with this style is not shading or highlighting some of the details and just letting them sit as their base (albeit a bright base) colour. Some of the yellow details on my warband were done in this way.

I think the whole thing came to a head with my Deathbeast, a monster that’s not part of either warband but roams the board looking for fresh victims.

On Instagram I started using the hashtag ‘grimcandy’ which I think fits nicely, although some clever clogs in the comments said it should be called ‘grimbright’. I think it’s a style that mimics the colours of old comic books, Tales from the Crypt and the like. I’m really looking forward to building more warbands and especially putting a board together to play on.