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So, I've been working on a Khorne Daemonkin force. Along came 8th edition and apparently GW has axed the army as a faction, but they assured me the same miniatures can still be used to build a competitive army. We'll see about that.

Anyway, here's some progress done. I decided to go with tabletop quality this time around, as my projects tend to die off if I start painting for a display shelf when a whole army is to be completed. I went with a clean look for this bunch:

Flesh Hounds



Herald



Bloodletters



Chaos Lord



Group



Our website has a bit more background and some tidbits on the technique used. Quick and easy.

Hope you dig. There's a gakton of more to come...

I love these guys, really. Especially the Lord on bike is a fun and creative conversion. Obviously these guys have been painted by a professional, they look simply great. The gold looks so much like NMM that it's hard to tell - it is actually metallic paint, isn't it?

Personally i think that the red on some models looks a bit too flat, it would've benefited from some shading or edge highlighting - but that's really just down to personal taste.

 VyRa wrote:
I love these guys, really. Especially the Lord on bike is a fun and creative conversion. Obviously these guys have been painted by a professional, they look simply great. The gold looks so much like NMM that it's hard to tell - it is actually metallic paint, isn't it?

Personally i think that the red on some models looks a bit too flat, it would've benefited from some shading or edge highlighting - but that's really just down to personal taste.

Thanks, that's very nice of you. I have painted... some, before. The gold/brass is indeed metallic.

It's true that more highlights make things stand out and pop. However, this time around I'm optimizing my painting in order to get a full army painlessly. I kind of have two modes to paint, all out, and fast and easy. There is (some) stuff with more effort over here. The point of these guys, I guess, is to just look nice on the table and prevent me from losing my sanity.

The blades those Bloodletters are carrying look absolutely amazing! I love the way the colours blend naturally into one another, that's really something else.

How did you do them - do you have a particular technique for getting that look?

 Zarjaz! wrote:
The blades those Bloodletters are carrying look absolutely amazing! I love the way the colours blend naturally into one another, that's really something else.

How did you do them - do you have a particular technique for getting that look?

Hey, cheers. There are two ways to do such a color gradient. I know how to do them both, however; one takes a lot of practice, effort and time, the other one not so much. The more difficult, traditional technique is called feathering/blending.

These blades are made with an airbrush (another factor that speeds up painting an army project - by a lot). Just best used when you don't go overboard with it. I first undercoated the blades red, then went over them with a pass of mixed red and orange, then orange, then yellow, then white and yellow, towards the tip. With some control on the trigger, you can do a somewhat flawless gradient. Note I don't quickshade the blades; the colour is too light and it would end up smeared.

They look pretty crisp and clean for a tabletop standard. However the lack of detail on the hounds is very noticeable (red eyes...red teeth, etc.)

Oh man, those dogs are not good boys. Still love dem doe.

Great work mate, fantastic paint job.

The intent with the hounds was that their mouth/face is covered with blood completely (hence the smears on the fur also) but I guess it gets easily mixed up with the skin despite being a different red. The eyes are orange but admittedly perhaps white or yellow would've been better.

But ah well, they done, might return to them later.