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Why are you so good at scenery?

**Matthew**

The fun thing is, I'm not even good at scenery! That took 3 hours to make. 3 houuurs.

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Well, it looks it. (That's a good thing, btw)

**Matthew**

Yay! Yay?

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As in it looks like lots of time and effort went into creating that masterpiece.

**Matthew**

Thanks! I have no idea what to do with the trees, but still.

OnT, here's a plan for my Daemons: Paint with Rakarth Flesh, Wash with Reikland, Drybrush heavily with Rakarth, Wash with Nuln Oil, drybrush WHITE. Eh? Eh???

**Januine**

Id probably layer with rakarth rather than drybrush. Go very easy on the nuln. Thin it down. Then finally highlight with pallid wych.

**Matthew**

Hm, maybe I could switch the Nuln with Drakenhof? Blue would look a bit cooler... And yes, I'll probably end up layering. Should I do Pallid Wych instead of white?

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Maybe it's because I've only ever painted humans and dwarves when it comes to skin, but damn that seems like a lot of steps.

**Januine**

Matthew wrote:
Hm, maybe I could switch the Nuln with Drakenhof? Blue would look a bit cooler... And yes, I'll probably end up layering. Should I do Pallid Wych instead of white?

I dont really use white that much. Just find it to harsh and stark. Depending what I'm doing I use either pallid wych or ulthan grey but that's just me. for skin - I'd defintiely go with the pallid - thta's what I used on this guy and the other chaos cultists. rakarth, wash, rakarth, pallid wych. Hope it helps

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Ermahgerd, why you paint so good.

**Matthew**

Sorry for bad pictures, been painting up some Raptors recently... Fluff coming up soon!

**lliu**

Very nice!

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C'est très bien Monsieur Matthew, parce-que c'est très habile.

**Matthew**

'Ello my gentlemen and women! I have an excellent excuse for not updating recently, it includes knees, curses and injuries. You guys want to hear it?

Anyways, here are a few pictures:

My stormboyz are coming along! I just love the face of that poor grot...

Daemons. Bloodletters. Lava. Bloodletter with lava skin?
Say I painted my Bloodletters (whichs till haven't arrived, WAYLAND) like they're made of lava, with a grey surface, which is cracking in a few places, showing what they truly are? (The answer is lava.)

**Matthew**

Not exactly an update, and not exactly painting related, but:

Any Swedes here with knowledge on what things I can use for stripping? Swedish brands preferably, for metal and plastic.
Should I update more often? I update maybe once or twice a week, should I try to update more often?
And, what's a good start for a Daemonkin force?

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Well, I'm only here to congratulate you on working out how to do lava, I've never got the hang of it.

**Ezra Tyrius**

Lava effect's looking great! Can't wait to see those Daemons

I personally use brake fluid for stripping, you'll need to buy some of those plastic glove-thingies the doctors always wear to use it safely though, the stuff's not too good for your skin

Update-wise, I'm terrible at consistently updating my own threads, so I'm afraid I can't help you there

**Matthew**

The lava's pretty simple, want a tutorial? Of course you do! It's a piece of sprue with a layer of Evil Sunz Scarlet. I paint the lower 2/3rds with Fire Dragon Bright, making sure to cover the red. Then I paint the bottom third with Yriel Yellow, When all that's dry, I glaze it with a red glaze. When that's dry, I add random yellow and red splotches, before covering with Agrellan Earth, and drybrushing black and grey. You are welcome!

I'll be painting the whole models like lava, and making the crack effect at higher points, where I'd gihlight normally.

Wall of text over!

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Well, that reeks of effort, something I am not willing to use on average grunts. I also don't have most of those paints. Still, thankyou, if I ever need lava, I'll come back here. Also, I looked at the youtube page. Yeah.

**Matthew**

Does this count as an update? Yeah, probs.

KHORNE DAEMONKIN

HQ
Termi Lord
Chaos Lord

TROOPS
20 Chaos Marines, ~10 somewhat finished
1 Khorne Bezerker
60-is Cultists (I will never finish them)

ELITES
5 Terminators

FAST ATTACK
5 Raptors
1 Rhino
3 Bikers

HEAVY SUPPORT
2 DV Helbrutes
1 Land Raider

LORDS OF WAR

CONVERSIONS

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That's the Chaos stuff I have right now.
Hold on, are my DV Chosen worthless for Khorne? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

**Matthew**

The stuff arrived, yay!

Oh my, the 'Letters are sexy...

Any ideas what I should equip them with? Banners? Instruments?

**Dakkamite**

Matthew wrote:
Not exactly an update, and not exactly painting related, but:

Any Swedes here with knowledge on what things I can use for stripping? Swedish brands preferably, for metal and plastic.
Should I update more often? I update maybe once or twice a week, should I try to update more often?
And, what's a good start for a Daemonkin force?

Blah blah competitive blah maximum Flesh Hounds. The most competitive looks like spamming that Hound + Biker pack.

Even if you don't care about tournaments (they suck!) Flesh Hounds are a bit of a crutch for the rest of the Khorne stuff, which even in daemonkin is a bit average. You can make cheapo hounds out of Dire Wolves and stuff painted red, and a lot of people think they look better than the weird reptile things that are the proper models. Would seriously recommend you take a fair few as they make up for taking whatever the heck you like with the rest of your points

Bloodletters are also really cool, as you can give them an icon and then just deep strike them. As long as one unit lands, the others can then auto-land nearby, or even chain auto-landings to get exactly where you want. Sure they'll be dead the next turn but the rest of your army gets into combat by that point

Consider running the Helbrutes in that Helbrute/Cultist formation, makes the cultists fearless and gives the Helbrute 3+ cover from them or something. Its pretty cool actually

**Matthew**

Hold, on would a pack of Fenrisian Wolves and Greenstuff work as Flesh Hounds? I also don't like the reptiles :/

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Also, how many do you recommend I run in, say a 1000 points game together with 3-6 bikers?

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Also, do I use biker bases?

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Use the bases, it makes the game smoother, without arguments over how far a base would theoretically extend, since the rules are written assuming that there is a base.

**Matthew**

I was actually talking about the fact that Fleshhounds have weird bases, and the Warhounds I'll be using for a counts-as fit better on Biker bases.

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Then I'd recommend using biker bases.

**Matthew**

My Daemons hath arrived! Yay!

I am currently trying to figure out som mean conversions. I've got an arm holding a Cadian head right now, anything more I should do?

The mold lines... Oh horror...

Also, can anyone here recommend how I should build them? Icon of Chaos, Blood Banner, Bloodreaper, Instrument?

**Matthew**

Here are a few pictures of the Cadian arm:

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Matthew wrote:
Here are a few pictures of the Cadian arm:

I cry every time!