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| "Bloodletters are Khorne's foot soldiers." |
What with the Ninth Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge concluding and the “Salute 2019” show having just taken place, this month’s themed attempt to whittle away at my ‘lead mountain’ is already something of a lost cause to be honest as I ended up purchasing far more at the “South London Warlords” one-day event than I could possibly paint within the space of four mere weeks. To that end, I’ve decided to instead predominantly focus upon a number of scenic pieces, namely the recently released Judgements Of Khorne by “Games Workshop”, whilst all the while prepping, basing and priming some of my “Salute” swag.
As a result I aim to expand my current 500-point strong Blades Of Khorne Army for “Age Of Sigmar” to 750 points, incorporating the Wrath-axe, Bleeding Icon and Hexgorger Skulls into my force, along with the Slaughterpriest needed to summon them. Unfortunately, having assembled the fourteen-piece plastic kit which provides the “Blood God’s answer to endless spells” it has become abundantly clear to me that some of the pieces should probably be painted as separate parts as opposed to a single piece.
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| Blades Of Khorne WIPs - A Slaughterpriest and the Hexgorger Skulls |
The eye sockets belonging to the Hexgorger Skulls for example, are impossible to properly darken as the marvellous sculpts are actually hollow and even the thinnest of my brushes can’t reach all of the nooks and crannies found inside. This means I’ve had to make a watered-down “Citadel” Abaddon Black soup with which to pour through the eyes and then swirl around inside in the hope of it at least providing the grey plastic with a minimal undercoat.
The Wraith-axe is similarly problematic in that it’s now near impossible to reach anywhere close to the bottom of its axe-head or ‘pick out’ several of the many skulls dotted about its flaming shroud. Luckily I don’t think this will too much of a problem though, as for my own sanity’s sake I’m hoping that a lot of the sculpt’s intricate detail will simply be ‘highlighted’ with a little dry-brushing here and there.
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| Judgements Of Khorne WIPs - The Wraith-axe and Bleeding Icon |
Finally, I have assembled the Slaughterpriest with Hackblade and Wrath-hammer who will be conjuring up these bloody nightmares upon my battlefield. “Games Workshop” currently produce a formidably-tall demagogue, but luckily I found an alternative miniature from my own plastic pile, that as memory serves was given out free with a copy of the September 2016 issue of their “White Dwarf” monthly magazine.
Of course, I still need to put the finishing touches to the 500-point Khorne warhost I began painting a couple of months ago. However, having been enthused by the arrival of my Judgements Of Khorne I have now completed the last three of the Bloodletters required to field a twenty-model strong unit of the chaos daemons on the tabletop. This means I just need to finish my force’s general, Skulltaker, before fully setting my sights upon the Blood God’s Judgements and his Slaughterpriest.
Great work on finishing your bloodletters Simon, and great start on your new pieces. If you’re having trouble getting paint in to shadow areas multiple washes are the way to do it, just let each layer dry fully first
ReplyDeleteThanks very much Dave. I'll give the multiple washes technique a try next time; albeit I go with the soup option as a rule as I'm impatient LOL!!
DeleteCan't you darken these areas with an airbrush, or with a spraycan if you put some tape on the areas you already painted?
ReplyDeleteMaybe it makes it easier to paint them before you assemble them in the future, I'm not familiar with the models though so I might have it all wrong.
You're off with a great start though.
I like the dark red on your Bloodletters in particular, they look more evil and scary that way.
Cheers Wouter, my Bloodletter recipe is tried and tested :-)
DeleteI don't own an airbrush and prime using a brush, but tbh I'm not sure either would entirely reach the inside of the skulls. The pieces definitely should be painted as sub-assemblies; which isn't something I tend to consider but will do so in future. Fortunately I won't need to paint these again, as you can only have one, but I'll be looking closer at the other Endless Spells I own when it comes time to paint them.
Looking good, keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteThanks Phil, much appreciated :-)
DeleteI love those skulls.....
ReplyDeletethey are very nice aren't they Fran? And rather large too. I'll post up some photos of my Khorne Army once it reaches 750pts and you'll see just how far the skulls tower over everything else.
DeleteNow that's a lot of different stuff to normal, I have to say that the skulls are easily my favourites. Even if they are a pain to paint!
ReplyDeleteCheers Roger.
Thanks Roger. I think a scenery month will go a long way to help recharge my batteries after a brutal final month in the Analogue Hobbies Painting Challenge. I've quite a few pieces to paint from a range of genres, so expect a few more surprises ;-)
DeleteIt would drive mead (read - even more mad) to have to pick out impossible to reach areas of a figure, but your patience seems to know no bounds.
ReplyDeleteMre Khorne does beg the old question "when is a project.army finished ?" The typical gamers answer is "NEVER!"
I was a little peeved, Joe, when I spotted my amateur mistake with the inside of the skulls. I'm actually hoping to get the Khorne Army up to 1000points this year, and then perhaps return after I've assembled a few other "AoS" forces.
DeleteNice work on the blood letter dude. The others are comin along nicely especially hose skulls.
ReplyDeleteThanks Simon. I hope to have the skulls finished soon :-)
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