Orks: Runtherd and Gretchin

Product Overview

The Runtherd and Gretchin kit provides the essential "cannon fodder" and taskmasters for an Ork army. Gretchin (also known as Grots) are small, cunning, and cowardly creatures used for swarming objectives or acting as a meat shield, while the Runtherd ensures they stay in line—mostly through the threat of violence.

Key Specifications

• Game System: Warhammer 40,000

• Faction: Orks

• Unit Role: Infantry / Swarm

• Contents: 1 Runtherd, 10 Gretchin

Features and Benefits

• Strategic Utility: Gretchin are incredibly useful on the tabletop for claiming far-flung objectives, allowing your more powerful, expensive Ork units to focus on the main assault.

• Dynamic Poses: The kit is filled with characterful models, ranging from the grumpy, whip-wielding Runtherd to the mischievous, slouching Gretchin.

• Ork Aesthetic: These models are perfect for practicing your skin-tone layering. You can use a darker green like Waaagh! Flesh for the base, followed by lighter greens to bring out their unique, ragged features.

• Expansion Potential: Gretchin are the foundation of any "Grot-heavy" list, providing a massive number of models on the board that can overwhelm an opponent through sheer presence.

Assembly and Painting Tips

• Skin Techniques: Since these models are mostly skin, try using Waaagh! Flesh as your base. A wash of Biel-Tan Green or Athonian Camoshade will add immediate depth to their muscle and features.

• Clothing: Gretchin wear a ragtag assortment of scavenged gear. Use different browns like Mournfang Brown for leather straps and pouches, and metallic silvers like Leadbelcher for their rusty, improvised weapons to add variety to the group.

• Basing: Use Armageddon Dust on the bases to give them a gritty, war-torn look that fits the Orkish theme perfectly.

• Painting Speed: Because there are 10 Gretchin in the box, try a batch-painting approach. Paint all the skin at once, then all the clothes, and finally the metallics. This is much faster than painting them one by one.