Green grow’th the holly
So doth the ivy;
Though winter blasts blow ne’er so high,
Green grow’th the holly
The holly and the ivy,
When they are both full grown,
Of all the trees that are in the wood,
The holly bears the crown.
The holly bears a prickle,
As sharp as any Thorne,
Rise Ol’ Moon’s Green Kyngge,
On Winters Day in the morn.
Old Terran lullaby, M16
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I have finally finished the Green Kyngge, one of the main characters of the Green Mechanicvm!
The Green Kyngge has been built on the basis of a Khorne Juggernaut turned upright to resemble a walking, albeit six-limbed, humanoid. A homage to Toni’s amazing Green Mechanicvm Centipede!
It was a surprisingly fun and fast build where I dug deep into my bits box and it almost build itself. I ended up making good use of the metal head of 54mm Preacher Josef from the original Inquisitor game, a metal cherub from the banner of Sister Celestine with its wings cut off and replaced with an enzyme enhancer (the cherub is hard-wired to the big gun to aid the aim of the Green Kyngge), a plastic chaos banner top used as the Kyngge’s Crown, an old Chaos Warrior cape used as loin cloth and a set of keys to the Green Room from the amazing Belasarius Cawl plastic set.
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As you will see in my next post on the Crataegus Legion Army List I have a lot of stuff to finish before summer!
As such, I have to stick rigorously to my painting approach to all the miniatures as part of a larger, collective canvas and not get caught down by intricate blending and detailing. If not, I fear I will not be able to finish it all in time.
For the Green Kyngge this has meant that the painting process was very organic (no pun intended!) and pretty fast aiming for an overall look that fits into the look of rest of the army more than elaborate painting as I would normally do with a character of this status. It was all about getting the atmosphere and world building aspects right!
I have used different tones of green, brown and blue as the overall palette with purple, orange and yellow as additional tones used in the shading and highlights. For instance a very bright yellowish green on top of white hightlights to make the green pop even more. He was painted with big brushes and sponges for the large areas and more focussed detailing on his face, cherub and shield.
My next painting project is even bigger: Radix Arborea Sixten Vreeswijk has been primed and is ready for paint!
Green Man Cometh!
IRON SLEET 
Great idea to turn the Juggernaught body on its end – I was pouring over the pictures thinking “I recognise what he used for this – I just can’t place it”. The mossy weathering is also lovely, very evocative of an old growth forest – you can almost smell the loam off him.
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He looks superb. I love the green tones and your use of stippling dots of highlight. Like so many of your miniature, this guy looks realy alive and conjures a sense of how he moves and even the sounds he might make as he does so! Can’t wait to Radix Arborea Sixten Vreeswijk come to life too! 👌🏻🌲💀
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Amazing conversion. So original!
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Holy crap!
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A gorgeous conversion, but the texture work really sets it apart. I took a lot of cues from yourself and Jake Ozga when I was doing my Sylvaneth, and it’s great to see a continuation and evolution of your original pieces. Can’t wait to see Vreeswijk in his final form too!
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Well damn! That’s awesome work. This is turning into one epic project. Inspiring stuff.
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It is wonderful to see this model finished! It is quite an ecentric character, so different from the others, yet very fitting. Your organic painting style works really well, giving the model a verdant mossy feel. It is going to be quite a spectacular sight to see a whole army like this, a veritable army of ambulatory plantlife!
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Innovative use of the Juggernaut. Really great model.
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Absolutely amazing work mate – that really is something special. Love the rich mossy earthy effects, and great use of bits dude, so cool
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Madness and genius, both encapsulated in resin and plastic.
So here’s the famous Iron Sleet. Glad to discover your creativity, gentlemen. It really impressive.
The Green Kyngge reminds me the muties on the old Death on the Reik cover from Ian Miller.
I think you did a great job on the textures, each surface having is own story to tell. Some regret for the turquoise parts, they seems out of the place, too vivid for the rest of your composition.
Anyway, this is a amazing piece, so organic. Long life to the Kyngge!
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A belated thank you guys and girls for your comments! They are much appreciated and keep me fueled for the next pieces…Vreeswijk and a certain Oghamme is up next 🙂
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