The Dogs - Spring Clean Challenge 2026

One of the important things I needed at Salute was the paint and scatter to do the basing for these miniatures.  As far as the scatter look went the DoW Supplement book had minis with both the old “just spring green flock” as well as the 5th Edition standard “brown dirt with green flock on top”.  It goes without saying that bases are edged with Goblin Green.

I’m used to a more modern (and arguably better) finish so will go for some modern basing products.  I used to do the spring grass flock on my models but wanted a quicker process for this army.  I’ve enjoyed using the Krautcover one box solution.  I needed some bright green flock and they have one called Meadows of Purity that has exactly that.  Sold.

Next we needed some Goblin Green.  The original hex pot Citadel Colours are still in production by Cote d’arms.  This range is available from various suppliers but Battlezone Miniatures were at Salute so I dropped by the stall and picked up a pot.  They are noted for being quite thin and two coats are needed.  I’m hoping I can avoid that by mixing with a more modern paint and Reddit tells me the closest match is Two Thin Coats Goblinoid Green so I got a pot of that too.

Base edges were done with a 50/50 mix of the two paints.  Sadly this is still quite transparent and coverage is a bit uneven so a second coat is needed.  Given that is the case I’ll probably just use the Cote d’arms paint for future base edges.

The flock went on well and gives a good mix of bright green flock and grey stones.  In some places the white is still a bit visible so I’ll need to make sure I get extra green onto the base to cover up the areas that might show through.

Next issue is whether to paint the edges of the movement trays.  All the units have them as Midgard is set to a 120mm wide standard unit facing.  Here are the options, burnt mdf brown or Goblin Green:

I really wasn’t sure about what to do.  The brown looks ‘right’ to my modern eye as this is the finish I use on all my other armies on unit bases and is also the finish that most modern gamers use.  Having said that, I remember having the old plastic movement trays and did them in Goblin Green to match my basing at the time, and so did everyone else I gamed with then.

I asked my gaming group for their opinion and they were similarly torn.  The consensus was that brown looks best – the contrast helps them to ‘pop’ off the table so they are easier to see in gameplay.  However, those of us of a certain vintage remember the look that armies had and agreed with me that we all used to do the tray edges in green.

So green it is.

Finally some extra grass and flower tufts, all from my local supplier Tajima1.  Not too many as there is a lot of grass in the basing mix.  Flowers are going to be red and white and I’ve gone with different heights too.

The finished look: