Lupa15’s Khorne Bloodbound

I did notice after taking the photos that I had accidently gotten some bronze paint on the finished cloak. I had to fix it before sealcoating the model.

Also not pictured was the assembled model with the Khorne flesh hound on the base.  I may have struggled slightly in getting the flesh hound flush with the base and maintaining the arm attachment. But it was done!

I finished him but it took me a couple of days to be able to upload these photos. I am happy with how he turned out in essentially a weekend of work.

I have had the skin finished on this guy for a while.  I picked him up again and embarked on completing him this weekend.

Pictured here is the entire model with base paints and washes. While not pictured I finished painting the vines and the armor yesterday. The goal is to complete everything else by the end of today!

As can be seen I finished painting the leather, the armor on the arm with the tentacles and the belly armor.  Additionally I was able to finish the spine and some random individual skulls embedded in the skin.  While not pictured I finished painting the vines yesterday.

I am using the Warhammer TV video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0cfXs_YVHE) to paint the Khorgorath and I am quite happy with how it is coming out so far.

Valkya the Bloody’s shield is a standout portion of the miniature.  As such I really wanted to get it right.  In the end I think it really turned out well.  The key is to take your time on the highlighting.

Slaanesh Demon Skin

• Base with Citadel Mechanicus Standrd Grey
• Use Citadel Warpfiend Grey all over. Use two or three thin coats to cover the previous coat.
• Wash with Citadel Druchii Violet
• Focusing on the raised areas and avoiding the recesses use Citadel Warpfiend Grey to highlight.
• Use Citadel Slaanesh Grey to pick out the edges that were painted with the previous layer.

Demon Horns

• Base with several thin coats of Citadel Corax White
• Wash with a mixture of 1 part Warpfiend Grey and about 4 parts of Lahmian Medium.  The consistency should be that of a wash.  I had to add about one more 1/2 part of Lahmian Medium to get my consistency right.
• Highlight the upper 3/4 of the horns with Citadel Ulthuan Grey.
• Focusing on the upper 1/2 of the horns highlight with Citadel White Scar.

Any lord would not be complete without a super fancy cloak and despite it being a little ragged it is no less impressive.

Red Cloak

• Base with several thin coats of Citadel Khorne Red
• Wash with Citadel Nuln Oil
• Focusing on the raised folds and edges pick them out with Citadel Khorne Red
• Again focusing on the extreme edges and folds use Citadel Wazdakka Red to pick them out

Black Cloak

• Base with several thin coats of Citadel Eshin Grey
• Was with Citadel Nuln Oil
• Focusing on the raised folds and edges pick them out with Citadel Eshin Grey
• Again focusing on the extreme edges and folds use Citadel Dawnstone to pick them out

Yellow Fabric

• Base with Citadel XV-88
• Wash with Citadel Agrax Earthshade
• Use Citadel XV-88 to pick out the raised folds and edges
• Highlight with Citadel Balor Brown on smaller sections than where the previous layer went
• Picking out extreme edges and folds use Citadel Ushabti Bone

I had no idea how awesome looking the fleshound would look when done! And it didn’t take that much work to complete it either.

Skin

• Base the whole model with several thin coats of Citadel Khorne Red
• Focusing on the upper part of the body and around the bumps layer with Citadel Eshin Grey
• Wash with Citadel Nuln Oil
• Use Citadel Khorne Red to layer while leaving the recesses darker
• Highlight using Citadel Wazdakka Red on the most pronounced areas of skin
• Pick out the skin bumps, the razorcrest on the back and the face details with Citadel Eshin Grey
• Pick out the skin bumps, the razorcrest on the back and the face details with Citadel Dawnstone

Claws and Teeth

• Base with Citadel Eshin Grey
• Wash with Citadel Nuln Oil
• Layer with Citadel Eshin Grey
• Highlight with Citadel Dawnstone
• Focusing on the sharpest points use Citadel Karak Stone

Neck Fan

• Basecoat the fan with Citadel Bugmans Glow
• Wash with Citadel Carroburg Crimson
• Highlight with Citadel Cadian Fleshtone focusing on the creases and edges

Tongue

• Base with Citadel Screamer Pink
• Layer with Citadel Pink Horror

Eyes

• Pick out the eyes with Flash Gitz Yellow

Since I am on a little bit of a Khorne painting kick I picked out a half finished Valkya the Bloody.  I started with the wings as they are the most prominent part of the model that I still had in the undercoat.

• Use several thinned coats of Citadel Bugmans Glow
• Wash with Citadel Carroburg Crimson
• Thin Citadel Cadian Fleshtone so that it flows easily off the brush.  Use a thin brush to pick out the raised scars and creases in the wings.

I researched several different skin tones and decided to use an unhealthy light skin tone for the Lord of Khoren and the Bloodstoker.  It gives them both a very pale look that contrasts well with the scars.

• Base the skin with Citadel Rakarth Flesh
• Cover the entire skin with Citadel Flayed One Flesh. Use several thin coats to cover the model.
• Wash with Citadel Reikland Fleshshade
• Leaving the wash in the recesses layer with Citadel Flayed One Flesh
• Thin Citadel Screamer Pink to almost a wash like consistency and use it on the scars
• Highlight raised edges of the skin with Citadel Pallid Wych Flesh

After rebasing the Khorne Bloodbound on the cork I wanted to make it look like a dark brown rock. Something that wouldn’t contrast from the lava too much and yet also blend well with the dark red.

Dark Brown Rocks (Cork)

• Use several thinned coats of Citadel Dryad Bark
• Wash with Citadel Nuln Oil
• Drybrush with Citadel Dryad Bark
• Drybrush lighter than the previous coat with Citadel Gorthor Brown. Focus on the edges rather than all over.

Lava

• Base with several coats of Citadel Averland Sunset
• Randomly spot with Citadel Troll Slayer Orange and then use Citadel Evil Sunz Scarlet within the previous orange spots.
• On the Averland Sunset coat randomly spot with Citadel Flash Gitz Yellow and then use Citadel White Scar similar to the Evil Sunz Scarlet within the previous yellow spots.
• Once dry cover with think coat of Citadel Mordant Earth (I went back over the first coat with another coat when it was partially dry. Approximately 2-3 minutes after applying the first coat.

When I originally received this set I never did anything more than use some sand or flock to base my miniatures.  Since that time, however, I have started doing a whole lot more to spruce the minis up.  The idea I had was to set the Khorne Bloodbound in the old starter set on rock based lava bases.  But before any rebasing could occur I needed to remove them from their old bases… the clipping begins!