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This is my Basilisk from Forge world. I thought it is a cool model so I got one and painted it up for my Slaaneshi Warriors army.

Comments and questions welcome. Hope you like.

The different skin colors you used really makes this model pop nicely. Great work!

Unbelievably realistic techniques. Well done sir.

I came here for a different type of Basilisk, yet left gobsmacked regardless...

 CadianXV wrote:
I came here for a different type of Basilisk, yet left gobsmacked regardless...

Same here, this is a great model though

Lovely model and paintjob. I won't start imagining how long this must've taken you. Kudos for sharing and continue please!

Wow... I'd have thought it were a real lizard at first glance. The stripes are beautifuly done. The pose and colours make it look like some sort of demonic Chameleon.

 tuiman wrote:

 CadianXV wrote:
I came here for a different type of Basilisk, yet left gobsmacked regardless...

Same here, this is a great model though

+1 on both counts... Lovely piece, colours are wonderful, blending, shading etc, perfect

This paint job is Amazing!

Unremittingly beautiful!

Yup, I was expecting a tank too...

Still nice surprise! I really need to learn how to take photos, these look ace.

Wow, those photos are amazing of an amazing paint of an amazing model. Seriously though, this is really good. I like how you shaded differently, but I don't quite see how it fits with the Slaanesh army. I am working on a khorne army, and that model seems like it would be tzeentch or nurgle, not as much slaanesh. But, this is still really good.

Amazing color scheme and paint job! Looks like something you would find in the Amazon...with maybe an extra set of limbs haha

Thank you all very much, I really glad you like her, (I've decided that it's a girl). Getting the paint into all of the scales was very hard, I had to use washes to get it right. This thing was one of those models that I start and I'm not sure where it is going and each section requires more thought. I wasn't really sure I was happy with it until it was done. I often find that hard models like that can turn out to be some of the best ones. I learned alot from her and that will really help in my next task, the Mutalith vortex beast. Got it today and I soooo had to paint one of those when I saw it. Also it's better in game terms than it's bro, the Slaughterbrute and its a cooler model with that swirly-thing and all the tentacles, everybody loves tentacles.

SJM wrote:Yup, I was expecting a tank too...

Still nice surprise! I really need to learn how to take photos, these look ace.

AHHH! yes, that's what everybody is going on about. I would of been more precise in my thread title if that had crossed my mind. FW do some sort of Basilisk tank don't they, wouldn't surprise me because FW do loads of tanks. Getting good photos mainly relies on good light. There really is no substitute for daylight, I cannot stress that enough. Electric light will most often give a yellow tink to the pics or wash out the colours. Also make sure that you are completely still when you do it.

Typhus the Betrayer wrote:Wow, those photos are amazing of an amazing paint of an amazing model. Seriously though, this is really good. I like how you shaded differently, but I don't quite see how it fits with the Slaanesh army. I am working on a khorne army, and that model seems like it would be tzeentch or nurgle, not as much slaanesh. But, this is still really good.

I can see what you mean, the sly nature of it would imply Tzeentch and the poison makes one think of Nurgle. I think of it as a pet for my Slaaneshi force in these terms. It is hungry and will gorge itself to extremes which the Slaaneshi will encourage and idolize. Also it's vicious nature and malevolent intent will please the Slaaneshi. She is also a pet in her own right to them, not just a means to power, in other words my leaders will croon and pamper her purely because they enjoy and care nothing about her battle prowess, which is high in any case.

Interested to hear you are doing Khorne. I will be doing a Khorne army after my Slaaneshi one. I got a bunch of the 80's era Khorne champions I sooo love and I have alot of Chaos warriors a Chaos knights. They were going to be in my Slaaneshi force but they were just too bulky, so I'm using High elf types instead (converted of course).

Thanks again to everybody.

I live in Basel (Basilea), which is a city named after a basilisk. I officially approve this miniature of being awesome.
Good job

 The Observer wrote:
I live in Basel (Basilea), which is a city named after a basilisk. I officially approve this miniature of being awesome.
Good job

COOL, that sounds like a awesome place to live. I will wiki your homeland.

Thanks very much for the approval, coming from one who lives in the shadow of the Basilisk it is very touching.

Wow nice paintjob! I've also painted that model but yours look much better, cool colour scheme.

 Leech wrote:

 The Observer wrote:
I live in Basel (Basilea), which is a city named after a basilisk. I officially approve this miniature of being awesome.
Good job

COOL, that sounds like a awesome place to live. I will wiki your homeland.

Thanks very much for the approval, coming from one who lives in the shadow of the Basilisk it is very touching.

Haha, you are welcome I thought of buying a Basilisk too, but went with the Death Guard Contemptor instead. Oh well, now I know what next my wallet has to fear.

AWWWWWWWW PRETTY

Very sweet, really like the look of this BA lizard

looks so lifelike, good job.

I need to learn how you did that, i dont play WHFB but i intend to make Warbiker orks riding raptors eventually, and i'll be damned if i dont go the full 9 yards with them lol

Wow man, that thing looks like it's about to jump off that rock crawl across the table and eat the opposing army!

Insanely good work.

Thanks everybody.

 Vineheart01 wrote:
looks so lifelike, good job.

I need to learn how you did that, i dont play WHFB but i intend to make Warbiker orks riding raptors eventually, and i'll be damned if i dont go the full 9 yards with them lol

I started it by painting it's skin light green. I then drybrushed it up will several greens to a very light drybrush with white. I then gave a green wash. I then worked it up with skarsnik green and used green ink to shade the areas near it's back. I then used a moot green drybrush to lighten that area. The darker back was painted with cold greens and then given a black wash and then a green one.

Hope this helps.

Very natural paintjob, it almost looks like a live a breathing lizard of some sort.

Really nice paintjob!

That is amazing!

Very nice! Thanks for sharing!

Not a fan of the colors you have used on this, I dont get that certain feel this monster should induce in one seeing it. But its well painted though

Oh you got her finished? Looks fantastic pal, really lovely work! Makes me wish Id asked you to paint Mr Carmine for me lol...

A+ sir, looks top notch, I painted one up not too long ago, but converted it to be a War Sphinx.