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Hi guys,

I have some Daemon models waiting to be painted, but I'm having some difficulty deciding on a paint scheme. Here is a mockup of what I think might work with a multi-god army (units from all 4 main gods):



I'm thinking that this should translate well to all units available, can use crests and feathers as unit indicators. Basing is going to be desert(ish). I'm not sure If I'm sold on the black armour pieces (I'm thinking of the big Princes) but tried a dark red, and that didn't look as good.

Comments appreciated. Feel free to photoshop the photoshop above!!!

EDIT: Negative space at bottom of post......

Bloodletters just don't look good unless they're red.
Just as Plaguebearers don't look good unless their rotting.

It's a shame that the Daemon armies have so many units that only fir a certain method of painting.
The only exceptions I can think of would be Flamers and Horrors which look good in all sorts of schemes.

Ultimately, it's your army and it's up to you what you do with it but personally I don't like the idea of a green Bloodletter

What about if I stuck a load of dead Tyranids on the base with green blood...... Actually, I think you may have given me a very interesting idea! Daemon Tyranid Hunters FTW!!

Something i recon coul look epic accross all gods could be metalics like all in mithril silver and then appropriate washes to the unit. Jackal did that with a pink horror in a recent thread of you want to look it up. Also i've seen on youtube some guy paint albino daemons, it looks quite hard to pull off but looks awesome IMO.

Thanks for the credit olim

This is the one mentioned:




Plaguebearers look fine in silver with green washes, but you need to wash it black 1st to tone it down.
Letters and nettes on the otherhand, dont look so good with a metallic tint.

Hey Jackal,

Neat idea. It reminds me of a Daemon T1000! I really want to stick to one flesh colour for all daemons.

I did originally think of using a dark purple, but couldn't figure out a colour for armour/weapons to contrast with that. Sandstone perhaps, light grey and brass.... To the photoshop cave!

I could use the albino lizardmen scheme I did (it happens to be my avatar)

I dunno man, playing with fire, what would the Chaos Gods think? You want another Daemon war??? I SURE AS HELL (haha) DO!!!!

FOR THE GLORY OF CHAOS!!

btw nice lizardman

Fluff wise I think that old Tzeentch would be orchestrating some giant Daemon party. I can't remember who Tzeentchy hates most. I hope it's Slaanesh, because the models suck....

Which is really the reason I'm doing multi-god as there aren't enough good minis for one god!

Theres no such thing as a good chaos mini onyl Nasty evil putrid ones!!! But yeah no-one likes slaanesh, young upstart, KIDS TODAY *tssk*

I like it, as long as the white is bright enough, I would use a scheme similar to the lizardman, but far brighter.

What would you suggest for armour / cloth colour (as the lizardman is naked, poor guy). I would use same metal colour as Albi, maybe even a brown/orange rust armour? Maybe Tzeentchy rained on all the Daemons and washed the blood and gunk off and also rusted their metals. Move over Mat(t?) Ward!

Maybe black for contrast? or an orange-red fade that makes them look almost molten.