Rumbleslam: Goblin Grappler & Brawler

Rumbleslam: Goblin Grappler & Brawler

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    02 Aug 2025
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How I painted these tiny goblin wrestlers from "The Green Bruisers" team for Rumbleslam. Be sure to check out my guide for the full team, if you want to see the other members.

Goblin Skin

  1. Basecoat with Nurgling Green .
  2. Add general shading to the recesses. for this I thinned Skarsnik Green 1:2 with Lahmian Medium and applied it like a controlled wash.
  3. Now mix your Skarsnik Green 1:1 with Coelia Greenshade and apply more controlled shading with a thin brush.
  4. Now shade deep recesses that need more definition with Coelia Greenshade .
  5. In very deep recesses, selectively shade with thinned Incubi Darkness .
  6. Highlight with 1:1 Nurgling Green and Krieg Khaki .
  7. Selectively highlight with Krieg Khaki .
  8. Add very small/specular highlights with 1:1 Krieg Khaki and White .
  9. To finish the skin, I like to glaze ear tips, lips, the nose, knuckles and knees with Kislev Flesh . Then re-add final specular highlights with Pallid Wych Flesh .

Red Eyes

  1. Basecoat with Khorne Red .
  2. Paint the inner part of the eye with Evil Sunz Scarlet .
  3. Paint a small highlight of Troll Slayer Orange in the middle of the eye, to represent the iris.
  4. Finish with an even smaller, specular highlight of Dorn Yellow in the centre, to represent the pupil.

Teeth

  1. Pick out teeth with Zandri Dust .
  2. Shade the teeth, either using thinned Rhinox Hide on large teeth or wash with a mix of Seraphim Sepia and Agrax Earthshade .
  3. Highlight teeth with Screaming Skull .
  4. Selectively highight with Wraithbone .
  5. Add very small/specular highlights with White .

Red Cloth

  1. Basecoat with 1:1 Khorne Red & Doombull Brown .
  2. Mix Khorne Red & Abaddon Black 1:1, thin it down and shade the recesses.
  3. Highlight with a 1:1 mix of your base colour and Jokaero Orange .
  4. With pure Jokaero Orange add fine highlights.
  5. Selectively highlight with 1:1 Jokaero Orange and Ushabti Bone .
  6. Finish of with specular highlights of Screaming Skull , where needed.

Black Cloth

  1. Basecoat with Abaddon Black .
  2. Apply chunky highlights with 1:1 Abaddon Black & Rhinox Hide .
  3. Fine highlight edges with Stormvermin Fur .
  4. Selectively highlight with 2:1 Stormvermin Fur and White .
  5. Apply specular highlights of 1:2 Stormvermin Fur and White on points, folds and roughlooking areas.

Brown Leather

  1. Basecoat the leather area with Rhinox Hide .
  2. Glaze most of the leather with thinned Mournfang Brown . Use quite a small brush and drag towards edges in rough lines. This should create some extra texture.
  3. Add a chunky edge highlight of Skrag Brown to all edges.
  4. Highlight everything again, this time with a fine line of Skrag Brown and Ushabti Bone mixed 1:1. This is a good mix to throw in occasional fine lines as scratches too.
  5. With pure Ushabti Bone , selectively highlight corners and exposed edges of the leather. Put a dot of this colour where the additional scratched above meet edges too.
  6. Add a little pure white (like Dead White ) to your Ushabti Bone and add dot highlights to corners.

Black Leather

  1. Basecoat with Abaddon Black .
  2. Glaze chunky highlights of Stegadon Scale Green .
  3. Add fine highlights of Thunderhawk Blue .
  4. Selectively highlight with Fenrisian Grey .
  5. Specular highlights of Fenrisian Grey , with a little White mixed in.

Steel

  1. Basecoat with Leadbelcher .
  2. Wash with Nuln Oil .
  3. Pick out highlights with Silver RLM01 Metallic .

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Citadel Painting System 30
Base 10
  • Abaddon Black
  • Incubi Darkness
  • Jokaero Orange
  • Khorne Red
  • Leadbelcher
  • Mournfang Brown
  • Rhinox Hide
  • Stegadon Scale Green
  • Wraithbone
  • Zandri Dust
Shade 4
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Coelia Greenshade
  • Nuln Oil
  • Seraphim Sepia
Layer 15
  • Doombull Brown
  • Dorn Yellow
  • Evil Sunz Scarlet
  • Fenrisian Grey
  • Kislev Flesh
  • Krieg Khaki
  • Nurgling Green
  • Pallid Wych Flesh
  • Screaming Skull
  • Skarsnik Green
  • Skrag Brown
  • Stormvermin Fur
  • Thunderhawk Blue
  • Troll Slayer Orange
  • Ushabti Bone
Technical 1
  • Lahmian Medium
Vallejo Game Color
Base 1
  • 72.001 Dead White
Vallejo Model Air
Base 1
  • 71.063 Silver RLM01 Metallic
Vallejo Model Color
Base 1
  • 70.951 White
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