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Not necessarily, if you base with sand, but leave cracks in the finish, then paint the sand black, drybrush grey, paint the cracks with whatever colour you'd like the lava and cover with PVA, you've got a simple, basic lava base.

Top work here though, really well done on getting them looking so good in such a short time.

The problem is that the sand is already glued to the bases with even coverage. I wasn't entirely certain I could finish this army in time. I certainly didn't expect to essentially be done painting with four working days left.

I stand in awe. The Soulgrinders and character models really help it.

Tacobake wrote:I stand in awe. The Soulgrinders and character models really help it.

I second that.
The skulltaker is looking ace and so is the army altogether. I think it already looks good.
Personally, I really enjoy snow bases. I wouldnt go for the lava.

Flachzange wrote:

Tacobake wrote:I stand in awe. The Soulgrinders and character models really help it.

I second that.
The skulltaker is looking ace and so is the army altogether. I think it already looks good.
Personally, I really enjoy snow bases. I wouldnt go for the lava.

Snowbases would be cool. Not hard to give them some rocks or something.

Definitely going to need to add some stuff to the bases beyond the sand already glued. The one idea that's been bouncing around my head has been crystals, although I struck out when I was looking through my FLGS and another hobby shop in town.

Snow, I'm hesitant to do, simply because the bases are already done in black. bringing that up to white is going to take a lot of coats of paint. And I doubt I'll have time to let the paint dry more than 2-3 times...insufficient for painting white on black.

Thanks for the kind words, by the way. I'm still not 100% happy with Skulltaker and the rest of the Bloodcrushers, but they at least pass my minimum standards.

And perfect is why I'm not rushing the Altansar Eldar.

I didn't realise that the sand was already on there, forget what I said! Crystals would be awesome, or if you went the snow route, you can just drybush greys onto the sand then add patches of snow flock (if you can get any) or bicarbonate of soda. It would look better than a complete snow coverage for me. Just throwing ideas around though, please ignore if it's too time consuming, you've got plenty to do already!

The crystal theme is the best idea for basing thus far and will require the least amount of effort as the best contrast for the crystals will basically be blackened/scorched earth and crystal.

If you want to get cheap crystals go get a chunk of rose quartz (pink) and smash it.

Flourite or some serpentine should do finely for the greens.

Blue crystals can be accomplised at home with copper sulphate and a piece of string.

Alternatively head to your local homeopathy, alternative medicine shop and ask to buy the pretty crystals...so you can smash them!

I've only just gotten around to checking this after a busy weekend... and my word was it worth it! Your character models are stunning, I especially love what you've done with the Bluescribes, very inspiring

All in all, in the time it's taken you to paint an entire army, I've found time to paint 1 Fiend. I need more free time!

I take my hat off to you sir!

We'll see if I can locate crystals today. Got a few ideas about where I might be able to source them locally.

If you can't get crystals, which would be my first choice too for just over all cool factor, I saw some really nice snow type flock at AC Moore the other day. It was additive for candle making, and came in baggies in various grits, from tiny sand sized stuff to almost 00 buck shot size, with the best I thought being in little flakes. Of course, it wasn't sold as flock, but the little tiny flakes looked highly reflective through the bag, and would probably have just the right effect. Plus, the bags were like 2-3$.

Overall though, I am really impressed with this project Cent. Not only the raw speed, but the fact that I have played against more traditionally painted armies that don't look this good. If you run into Augustus again, steal his children and don't give them back until he writes a full and detailed article about this topic. While it is similar to what I do, my methods take a good bit longer, and if nothing else, Boss Salvage needs to learn to layer and wash

Absolutely inspiring work C99. Great way to motivate us slackers.

As far as the basing -- I picture a scorched earth look. Yellow grass flock, browns with black scorched areas. Maybe a quick sculpt of some craters and blasted areas on a few bases. Skeleton parts or other little touches as your bits box allows.

You've done such a nice job on the flames, you could even have some burning things on BC bases and a few others with a little GS work (bushes, tree stumps, corpses, etc). Some misc wreckage or what not as well. Would tie the various models together rather nicely I would think but isn't too bright or adding yet another color on an otherwise color filled army.

yakface wrote:Very inspiring work here Bill.

I've been thinking about maybe trying to do Daemons and mainly painting them with mainly just washes (which is, of course, different from what you did), but this little blog has definitely made me think that Daemons are an army you can paint relatively quickly and still have them look good.

Of course, I really should just stick to painting my Tyranids.


But great job on the blog, and I'm very interested to see how you do in the tournie with the army.

I've just started painting my fantasy daemon army utilizing washes over a white undercoat, and a misting at certain angles with spray - insanely quick and really quite nice looking. Once I've done a few more rather than just test figures, I'd be happy to throw some pics up if you're interested

I knew you could do it. When I painted my Khorne daemon army for the '03 GT I did it in about 3 days, though I'm pretty sure I took time off work to make it happen. You remember that one, you crushed them with your Daemonhunters.

Best part about this blog is now I know what I'll face in the first round...maybe I can make it a little more challenging for you. Good luck, army looks awesome. Looking forward to seeing it in action this weekend.

Norm

Norm! Good to hear from you.

Yeah, I remember you mention "furiously painting" to get that daemon army squared away.

But I don't think its the time for us to face off in round 1. Don't we alternate? So this time we should face each other in round 5.

Considering our respective levels of tactical ability, if I don't face you in round one, I doubt we'll see each other the rest of the tournament, but I would be thrilled if we faced off in round 5. If nothing else, maybe we can get a practice game in Friday night.

After spending an hour and a half walking through some local craft-type stores, I came to a couple of conclusions.

#1 - Crystals are cool. No one freaking sells 'em for a price I'd want to pay to break them and put them on models base.
#2 - I'd really need to paint over them anyways or else it's not going to work with the rest of the model.

So I decided to clean up and finish the bases as your basic ash waste, and call them good. If I really get motivated later this week, I might add some orange/brown static grass-type stuff...but I'm okay with the idea of dead ground beneath their feet...after all, they're Daemons.

So after a few more hours of work, I decided to declare the 2008 GT Chicago Chaos Daemons Army complete. Finis. Or at the very least, ready for GT competition. I still need to make up an appropriate army display board, and maybe some gussied-up army lists for my opponents. And if time allows, in the three whole evenings I have left, I just may go back in and add some stuff to the bases.

So here's the product of eight days and some 26-some hours of painting.

Daemonic Incursion 897


The Bluescribes


Herald of Tzeentch on a Chariot of Tzeentch #1



Herald of Tzeentch on a Chariot of Tzeentch #2



Skulltaker and the Bloodcrushers of Khorne




Flamers of Tzeentch


The Changeling and the Horrors of Tzeentch


Plaguebearers of Nurgle


Screamers of Tzeentch


Soul Grinder #1



Soul Grinder #2

Well Done. You should recieve an insanity award or something at Chi Town.

I like the army.

Go hit the eyes on most with a wash or something. Only thing that looks hastely done.

8 days or less. <bowing>

Great effort!

I haven't seen this kind of speed painting to such a high standard before.

Well done on the overall look I still think some small patches of blue crystals on the bases would really set it all off to new levels of greatness but aiming too high might cause failure :~(

The juggernauts look really good now too, as does skulltaker.

My only real criticism (and its just because this all looks too good to be real for the time you've taken to do it)
is that it seems like the bloodletters riding the juggernauts are half done...something is just missing there.

Would it be possible to paint their horns a scorched black/bone? I think that might be all thats required. Or failing that could there be some difference between the upper/lower half of their bodies, or perhaps the extremities coming to a lighter red whilst the middle goes from a base dark colour?

Nice work especially for the time it was done in absolutely inspiring, it reminds me of the time i had 72 hours to paint my eldar army before the UK GT 2 years ago
staying awake for 72 hours before a tournament is absolutely not fun, still once again great job

Hey look! It's a painted freaking army in a week.


Nicely done sir, nicely done.

proximity wrote:

I've just started painting my fantasy daemon army utilizing washes over a white undercoat, and a misting at certain angles with spray - insanely quick and really quite nice looking. Once I've done a few more rather than just test figures, I'd be happy to throw some pics up if you're interested

Please do. And send me a PM when you do.

yakface wrote:
Hey look! It's a painted freaking army in a week.

Nicely done sir, nicely done.

Thank you, sir. And everyone else for their kind words.

BeefyG wrote:Great effort!
I haven't seen this kind of speed painting to such a high standard before.

Well done on the overall look I still think some small patches of blue crystals on the bases would really set it all off to new levels of greatness but aiming too high might cause failure :~(

The juggernauts look really good now too, as does skulltaker.

My only real criticism (and its just because this all looks too good to be real for the time you've taken to do it)
is that it seems like the bloodletters riding the juggernauts are half done...something is just missing there.

Would it be possible to paint their horns a scorched black/bone? I think that might be all thats required. Or failing that could there be some difference between the upper/lower half of their bodies, or perhaps the extremities coming to a lighter red whilst the middle goes from a base dark colour?

Might not be a bad idea...give them actual horns, essentially.

Old Man Ultramarine wrote:I like the army.

Go hit the eyes on most with a wash or something. Only thing that looks hastely done.

8 days or less. <bowing>

Actually, the eyes are only about half-done. Probably should go back and do all of those.

Cool models, especially the soul grinders. I'm liking the red one the best.

btw - to dull the metal did you used a wash?

Mercer

Centurian99 wrote:

Daemonic Incursion 897

Yeah,
I love the fluffy incursion number!
I hopes the dark prince slaanesh doesn't take offence!
I'm totally in shock that you did this!!! with days to spare!!!

PaniC...

mercer wrote:Cool models, especially the soul grinders. I'm liking the red one the best.

btw - to dull the metal did you used a wash?

Mercer

Yep. Assuming you're talking about the discs, it was a watered down greystone sepia. Something like a 2:1 Water/Wash mix.

Panic wrote:

Centurian99 wrote:
[Daemonic Incursion 897

Yeah,
I love the fluffy incursion number!
I hopes the dark prince slaanesh doesn't take offence!
I'm totally in shock that you did this!!! with days to spare!!!
PaniC...

Points for being the first to notice. I may be a powergaming git, but I'm a fluffy powergaming git.

I did honestly try to figure out how to include some Slaaneshii daemons in there, but to be honest, I'm really not impressed by the way they're implemented in the Chaos Daemons codex. Combine the rending nerf with relative fragility, and the only way I could see them being useful was to use them En Masse. Fiends and/or seekers seemed tempting, especially because of their speed...but still way, way, too fragile for my tastes. Pavane seemed like a ridiculously good power...but all its platforms were less than impressive.

Then I realized that the Bluescribes can cast Pavane.

Finishing on the eighth days is significant. You will earn the blessing of the Blood God for your toils.

Wow, I'm totally impressed. I've had several years to finish my Space Wolves army, and I think at best I have a large scout squad finished. Everything else is half assembled and half painted. his puts me to deep shame!

Wouldn't the ninth day have been better, since so many units are Tzeentch?
Wow, this is really impressive. And inspirational!
Nothing like a tournament to get you painting faster than you've ever painted eh?