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Ta Joe.

Today, some stuff from last week's supply drop.

First off, an Alien. I tried to get as close to the original Geiger look as possible here, possibly the head needs to be a bit shinier but other than that I think I did a decent job. Should be easy to replicate too, so expect the rest of these guys soon.


And for the main event, a pair of Chaos Lords. I picked up these guys at half price to get free shipping on the AvP stuff, as I've been meaning to try Avatars of War's offerings for a while. The second mini here was much better to paint than the first, it has to be said.

Undivided Lord in traditional chaos colours. You can see the somewhat muddy details on the chestplate here, it almost felt like a 90s-era mini at times. Still, I think I got there in the end.


Khorne Lord, a much crisper model and overall a better result, I think. I did swap the head for a Space Wolf one, the beard and hair better framed the face.


That's all for now. Hopefully there'll be some more soon, I think the Khorne Lord got me out of a rut I've been in (not pictured: half a dozen scrapped Space Marines that just didn't go right ). In the mean time, any thoughts welcome! Ta for looking

Looking great, perhaps yes, a bit more sheen on the alien head. Love the head swap on the khorne lord and the retro lord of chaos.

Cheers mate! I've added some old GW Green Ink to parts of the Alien, it does give a more glossy look so I'll do that on the rest when I get to them.

Love the Khorne Lord!
More Chaos warriors need ginger beards.

I like the more "viking" look on the Khornate chaos guy. I like it when you can see a little of the original culture of the chaos warrior, rather than just muscles and spikes. Well done!

Thanks chaps!

Kestral, I fully agree with you there, I think the Viking/northmen aspect of Chaos has been a bit under-served in recent releases so I wanted to put a touch of that back with this guy; take away the gods and the mutations and the magic and you've still got an 8-foot tall pissed-off viking in full armour with a hammer the size of your upper torso to contend with!

But all this chaos is getting out of hand, someone needs to come and kick it back from whence it came!

[insert bolt of Sigmar's lightning here!]


Yep, the first Stormcast I've painted in a while. I went for the split scheme to emphasise the duality of the Stormcast, not quite men, not quite gods because I couldn't pick between the Celestial Warbringers and the Celestial Vindicators colours, so why not do both? You don't see split schemes nearly as often on SC as on Marines and to be honest, I think it suits them better, especially as you don't have the Aquila symbol blocking up the chest where the contrast between the halves is most prominent.


My feelings regarding the Stormcast have always been mixed, but at the moment they're definitely swinging back towards a more positive stance. I definitely loved the idea of them from the start, but the initial models didn't quite live up to that for me, they felt a bit faceless and bland for a while even though lore-wise they had plenty of variation and personality. However, a lot of the recent changes, things like bare heads, the robes on the newest iterations, the addition of just a bit more personality to their presentation has done wonders to counteract the 'automaton' vibe. They're not yet at Marine levels of customisation or variety, but I imagine the day is not too far off where they will be.

And on account of all that, I've ordered one of the new Easy to Build kits (the mace guys, still not a fan of the bolter-crossbows) and will be experimenting with them a little soon, so stay tuned for that! As always, cheers for looking, and do let me know what you think!

Great stuff dude looking forward to more as always

If I'm being totally honest, I think it's well executed but the eye gets distracted a bit by the pool of blood (all the red feels like it's over one side), particularly on the reverse. Beautifully painted, I just find the balance a bit off overall.

Thanks guys!

Graven, I see what you mean, I hadn't really considered that the blood+dead Khorne guy+red Stormcast armour would be something of an overload, that bottom right shot is certainly not the most flattering angle as a result.

That'll teach me for not paying proper attention to the base composition, I guess! That is still something I tend to be quite lax over, though I do try and remember to make more of an effort these days. I think with this guy I got overexcited that the model turned out exactly how I'd hoped and thus overlooked how I was putting together the base.

The model itself is lovely, really excellent

crackin work on the stormcast. Love the red/blue split!

Cheers!

More Stormcast, and what I believe is actually the first Sequitor to show up on Dakka (certainly the only one that comes up in the site gallery), from the Easy to Build set. I exchanged the stock head for one from an old elf kit I had lying around, as the original wasn't the best (the details were a bit soft and it was hard to reach once assembled) and overall I'm pretty happy with it. The robes can be a pain as they require an additional colour on top of the 2 colours/1 metal I like to use on Stormcast, but I think keeping them a neutral off-white/beige helps keep it from being too busy.


Should have the others done soon, like the ETB Primaris set I'll be doing each in a different scheme/style, so the next one should be rather different to this one that's fairly typical of my style.

Ta for looking, as always any thoughts are welcome!

Are the Sequitors a new unit type from AoS 2.0? I haven't been following AoS at all, so I'm not sure what all is there in the new edition. I like your paintjob on it!

Yeah, they're part of the new Sacrosanct Chamber, the magic/antimagic guys. The main difference in the models is the robes and maces, rather than hammers/swords.

Sequitor Deux:



Much more of a Paradigm classic, this one, it was fun to revert to type and do an ultra-gritty take on the Stormcast after a couple of (relatively) cleaner ones.

With this guy, I wanted the opposite effect to the last one; where she was painted/modelled to show off the living, human (well, Elf) side of the Stormcast, I wanted this one to play up the ancient, immortal, inhuman side. With armour this beat up, robes this tattered, it's clear he's endured more conflict than any mortal could, an eternity on the front lines against the dark forces.

Not sure what style to approach the third one with, so I'm all ears if anyone wants to see one done in a specific way. In the mean time, thanks for looking, and as always, any feedback is welcome!

And the final part of the trio, a Stormcast whose soul, rather than being reforged, has fallen into the service of Nagash. He now exists as a spiteful reflection of Sigmar's mighty warriors. Not sure that's 'allowed' in the lore but AoS seems a wide enough setting to allow such things.



Also a regular old Liberator, as a practice piece for a new metallic method inspired by Modock's amazing entry into this month's challenge (seriously, go check that out if you haven't, it's stunning!). A fairly different approach to how I normally do metals, but I like the effect a lot, so I shall continue to experiment with it...




That's all for now! Thanks again for looking, and hopefully you're not getting too bored of Stormcast as I'm really enjoying working on them at the moment. Any thoughts welcome!

Your fallen stormcast is superb brother. Fantastic conversion and paint job.

Beautiful stuff dude, your style of painting really suits the stormcast awesomely (so much so I didn’t even call them sigmarines :p )

Both are great but the headsman just tickles my giblets!

Thanks folks!

Quick question for those of you who are into Shadespire, are there any teams that are considered to be more popular/desirable than others? I'm thinking of painting a couple of sets and just seeing what I can get for them on ebay/swap shop as (unlike, say, 40k squads or Necromunda gangs) they're nicely self-contained and I wouldn't need to worry about loadouts or anything.

Of course, it all depends on me being able to do a good job on them, but I figured it might be worth a go over the summer as I haven't really had any commission work for a while and my own backlog of minis is getting pretty diminished.

Very snazzy all round. Grimdark fantasy really works for you.

So much win coming here and seeing your wonderful work.

Thanks guys.

More Stormcast today, with this Knight-Incantor from the Soul Wars box. Compared to the last few SC, I've dialled back my style a bit here as I'm considering trying to sell this one just to see if that's a viable way to make some guilt-free hobby money before heading back to uni, so I wanted a wider appeal (I appreciate it's still fairly gritty, but not to the extent of the previous ones so should hopefully have a wider appeal). Likewise, I picked the iconic Hammers of Sigmar scheme for the same reason, and because I figured it was time I do one of the poster-boys (or in this case, girls) as part of this little Stormcast project.



Fairly happy with it, though the model is a tricky one to photograph from some angles. I do continue to greatly enjoy the newer SC models though, the robes just add that bit more room for some contrasting textures and tones. I kind of feel this sculpt could do without the ridiculous headpiece, but that's just a point of preference.

Got some more AoS coming soon, though I'm stepping away from the Stormcast for the next piece and returning to a side of fantasy GW have been knocking out of the park in recent years.... In the mean time, any thoughts on the Knight-Incantor (or anything else!) welcome! And not to come across as too mercenary (hopefully!) but as I say, I do plan to sell this model in the near future, so if anyone does want to make an offer before it goes up on ebay, do feel free to PM me.

Cheers for looking!

Awesome work. Love the way the standard colors are reflected in a number of other objects scattered about the model.

So many cool minis... I have no interest in AoS, but the Stormcast characters sure do paint up pretty.

Ta chaps!

@Gits: yeah, I tried to keep the spot colours fairly close to the main ones, helps keep quite a busy model more coherent than it might otherwise be.

@Insaniak: I do enjoy the fancier Stormcast. The larger than average size and plenty of smooth areas makes them a great canvas for texture work.

Very lovely. Though when I saw KNIGHT I thought 40k, and got very over-excited Ever thought of trying your hand at one?

Fantastic work on the incantor! Love the blues brother

inmygravenimage wrote:Very lovely. Though when I saw KNIGHT I thought 40k, and got very over-excited Ever thought of trying your hand at one?

Not really considered it, to be honest. I don't get on well with large models at all, and would probably just make a colossal mess of it. I'm consistently blown away by the quality of work you so often see on Knights, and they're great models, but not for me... As for today's post, it's another knight-not-Knight, so sorry about that!

Master Azalle wrote:Love the blues brother

Jake or Elwood? (sorry, had to be done! ) Cheers mate!


Today, the other of the Soul Wars characters I picked up, the Knight of Shrouds. I love this mini, but I felt like I was fighting it a lot during the painting process, mainly as I was certain I wasn't doing him justice until it all came together in the end. I'm pretty pleased with the final result, the stress was worth it!


That's all for now, cheers for looking! Any thoughts welcome!

The ribs being visible through the skin, A+ on that.

I think some of the freeblade knights could work well in your style. Dyros Kamata, "The Scorched Knight" in particular seems like it would be perfect for you.