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Some of those have Dark Soulish feeling to them

Subbed. Cool as!

FIRST LORD OF THE STONECAST
I know I said my Judicators would be next but with a Journeyman's League starting this week I needed to get my character done first, so here is my Stonecast Lord Castellant!



What do you think? Not sure if the glowing runes came out okay or what can be done to improve them?

They also played in the first 3 games in a journeyman's league yesterday and of the 3 500pt games; I had a close lost to Nurgle warriors, held the line against a charge from 7 dragon ogres and was massacred by sheer firepower from a Kharadron Overlord force.

So not too bad, next up in the Gryph Hound and Judicators!

What is that orangey stuff on your base, kind of looks like fallen leaves?

He looks great already, but if you want the runes to glow more you should make the deepest recesses even lighter. More contrast.

 STG wrote:
What is that orangey stuff on your base, kind of looks like fallen leaves?

It's autumn scatter (see link), thought with such bland stone colours I'd try and add some colour to contrast it on the bases. Currently experimenting with some fallen painted leaves at the moment.

https://www.modeldisplayproducts.co.uk/basecrafts-company/autumn-scatter

Finished work on the Stonecast Judicator bows last night and I'm eager for some feedback?

That arrow really look like its glowing, looks great

looks awesome dude!

ARCANE ARROWS!
Behold the Stonecast Judicators, with their arcane energy arrows. Very pleased with how the lighting effects came out. I've also added a few autumn leaves to the bases this time.

They look fantastic. This army is really going to knock peoples' socks off.

The bows are spectacular! Can't get over how cool this army is.

Been following from the beginning. They keep getting better and better. I love this concept and the execution of it. Well done sir.

Meet Pebbles, my Stonecast Gryph Hound.

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Great job on the OSL, very easy to go overboard and overwhelm the model, but you've kept it to a good level where it's still effective. Well done!

Coolest Stormcast ever. That Gryph-Hound is brilliant too. I don't know what it is, but making them animated statues seems to ground them in reality slightly more, even given that they're still animated statues. They seem less 'fantastical', which is a word I tend to use in a negative context so it's a good thing they're less of it!

The archers and the hound are looking great. To echo Warboss, the OSL is spot on, I'm actually using it as inspiration for what I'm painting at the moment. Loving the glow off the arrows, it looks like they are super hot. I question how effective a bow made of stone would be but I guess that's the beauty of magic!

Incredible stuff. I really like the idea. I absolutely hated the Stormcast models because of the way they looked didn't fit. However you bring it to life with your paint scheme so that they now look like Golems.

Your Stonecasts continue to look great, Proiteus - I'm particularly impressed by the Gryph-hound.

Are you painting a specific army list, or just units that take your fancy?

Next character for my Stonecast is going to be a Heraldor. But an animated stone statue blowing a horn seems odd so I was thinking of replacing it with a large bell that he could ring instead.
The left hand will hold a hammer to hit with however I need to find a suitable sized bell for him to hold like a lantern in the right hand. Aside from Nurgle can anyone recommend a good bell, even from 3rd party stuff?

The Empire Flagellants have decent sized bells you want to check them out. I think the handheld bell mace is the largest one in the kit. Keep up the great work your army is really coming together nicely.

What about the bell from the Death Guard in the upcoming starter?

More cracking stuff, the archers especially.

My 2nd batch of Stonecast Liberators are completed and with that I have 500pts fully painted.



However it's unfortunate timing as with the release of 8th edition 40k I find the grots scratching for my attention. So I'll be taking a break from the Stonecast to work on some brand new Gretchin units.

Very original take on the Stormcast. I quite enjoy the look on these and the OSL is a nice contrast to the stone work.


Good job!

Really good idea! However, how would you do flying units such as Prosecutors, and also Stardrakes?
Please, give us more!

Wonderful idea for these. Those arrows are stunning too

Looking fantastic so far, but to be honest..... I think they need bird poo.

I really think Stormcast look good in the two extremes, the more I see people paint them as such. Go to one extreme and they make great inhuman animated constructs, and the other way with steel platemail and bare heads to make them look more human.

I really like yours, keep up the good work!

Man, those Judicators look fantastic, and I love the broken open effect on the hound. The leaves have given me a respect for punches that I definitely didn't have before.

If you haven't started work on the Heraldor yet, it looks like you could maybe chop his horn at the part that supports the banner, then swing what was the flared part of the horn to a position above the thumb of the same hand so that it looks like he's on the downswing with a bell. If that makes any sense...