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As usual, great stuff!

Almost done with the Incubi, just the back ornaments and bases left to be painted.

I'm getting exited to see them finished. The white on the helmets looks cool.

Incubi. When an Archon just wants something to be dead.

Completed the first Incubi squad today. I actually said "Holy F*ck" under my breath when I lined them up for the first time because of how cool the squad looked!

Can't wait to paint up my Haemonculus to see how she looks with her bodyguard!

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

Really nice work Jon.

Looking rubbish as ever Jon.


Seriously; they look great. Incubi are among my favourite models from the new DE range and as ever; you've done them great justice! I don't think the scheme works as well on them as it does some other units, but as ever man, it looks brilliant.
What's next?

I do believe that the phrase is "Holy F*ck!" The incubi really look great all together.

Just Dave wrote:What's next?

Indeed. I can't wait to see what comes up.

They look awsome jon!!!

Well Done Jon!

Prime12357 said:
I do believe that the phrase is "Holy F*ck!" The incubi really look great all together.

I concur. these models are beautiful. The scaled back weathering on the heads really works and i love the green runes. And i know its been talked about before but your basing really does look great.
Cant wait to see the Haemonculus all painted up keep up the fantastic work

BossSlurpee wrote:Well Done Jon!

Prime12357 said:
I do believe that the phrase is "Holy F*ck!" The incubi really look great all together.

I concur. these models are beautiful. The scaled back weathering on the heads really works and i love the green runes. And i know its been talked about before but your basing really does look great.
Cant wait to see the Haemonculus all painted up keep up the fantastic work

Really? I thought it was "HOLY FETH!"

@Just Dave:

Seriously; they look great. Incubi are among my favourite models from the new DE range and as ever; you've done them great justice! I don't think the scheme works as well on them as it does some other units, but as ever man, it looks brilliant.

I'll agree that the scheme works better on some models than others. Which has the upside of keeping me from feeling like I'm doing the painting equivalent of running a razor-spam list! But honestly, I am really pleased that the scheme has worked out so well. When I started painting Warriors I remember worrying that they would look too blue and wouldn't tie in well with the Hellions I had just done!

@Boss Slurpee: Every time I start assembling and painting bases I sort of regret not just buying pre-made resin ones since it takes so long. But once they're done the finished models generally succeed in convincing me that the effort was worth it!

@Captainsolstice: Please. "Holy Feth" for weak willed Mon-Keigh who cannot bring themselves to utter the true words.

Mechanicum Jon wrote:@Captainsolstice: Please. "Holy Feth" for weak willed Mon-Keigh who cannot bring themselves to utter the true words.

I concur!

Loving your Kabal Of Cunningly Hidden Vowels Jon Another brilliant job. Do me a favour and completely screw something up for once?

HAHA!

saw your stuff in person today
they look awesome together as an army

Such a tasty and consistent army. The scheme looks great.

I've slapped on some paint to start with. Thinking hard about what color the various bits should be.

She's going to look really nice. I'd think a lot of dark, oily metal for the mechanical arms with gold accents, perhaps. As for the hair, purple or green maybe?

Looking pretty wicked for a start. Im going to have to agree with Prime on this one darker metal colors most definitely. and i think the right purple would be a great choice. Fluff-wise Haemonculi live in like the deepest darkest almost sewer places of Commorragh. I think the trimmings at least should reflect that. greasy dark metals and strange arcane wargear that glows. Glowing arcane stuff is best.

Loved when you started! Loved When your in the middle and STILL LOVE HOW YOU DO IT NOW }~{ GET MANDRAKES!!!!!

Painting on sticks, if I had that much planning I'd try it. I was stressed I had 3 marines to paint!

Quick update before I leave for work! I brought the highlights up another level. The hair is still in it's early stages.

Gotta love that bustiere. Nice work Jon, good mix of colors and form.

Awsome! Love the blue on the DARK eldar. Not expected but amazing result

Gitsplitta wrote:Gotta love that bustiere. Nice work Jon, good mix of colors and form.

Female elf = massive boobs, dont know why, its just the rules.

Female elf = massive boobs, dont know why, its just the rules.

They call it heroic scale for a reason

I've painted her glowing scabbard and vials as a visual link to her Incubi bodyguard. Or maybe she just likes glow sticks. I also realized that I'd now have a fully painted Lhamaean, if it wasn't for that grotesque mutated growth on her back that needs painting!

Looking really good so far! imo she needs more blue! maybe blue on the middle part of the bionics and black for the metalbits on the ends (with a really extreme final highlight) I think that would tie her in with the army and look cool

So, I had a really productive day of painting and finished my Lady Haemonculus! A big thanks to everyone who commented and helped me think through the color scheme. A particular thanks to SnakeByte for the suggestion to use blue on the arms. Just that little bit more blue on the model made the color-scheme "click" in my mind and tied it in with the rest of the army!

I've also come up with a short bit of fluff for her and her Incubi bodyguard:

Suvarsara "The Maul"
(I fully expect this to be bastardized into "Sara the Harmonculus." )

Suvarsara's petition to be inducted into a Haemonculi Coven was unremarkable. Just another noblewoman grown numb to all the more "civilized" depravities available in Commorragh after several centuries of reveling in them. However, unlike the thousands of Commorrites who were inevitably turned into mindless Wracks by the Haemonculi after several weeks or months of growing addicted to increasingly extreme mental and bodily modifications, her petition actually succeeded. The Coven's reasons for accepting her are unknown, but rumors spreading among the Kabals center on the enhanced abilities of the sizable Incubi bodyguard she has surrounded herself with. It is thought that she has taken the unprecedented step of distilling a new variety of combat drug which is actually acceptable to the Incubi. Some have taken to derisively calling her "The Maul" due to the brutal and straight-forward way she throws her bodyguards into every battle, the unparalleled martial skill and controlled killing intent normally displayed by Incubi transformed into something more akin to a berserk rampage.











and finally a shot of her with a few of her bodyguards, I'll be trying them out for the first time on the tabletop tomorrow!

I'm amazed at how well that works. And the paint looks great!

Sweet.