40KHW1: Daemons of Khorne by Lawnor
Works in Progress – Painting Shots - Starting Everything
Flesh Hounds, painted this far on Thursday evening. I'm not cheating by starting early as they weren't part of the Start Collecting box———————————————————-
Its friday evening now. I started work early and finished early as a result so I’ve
gotten a litle painting done. Here’s my progresss. Flesh Houinds are based and have their first wash on. The Bloodcrushers have 3 shades of black on the, and the Bloodletters have their base colour on. I will carry on work after I have a pizza.
Its friday night and I’m packing up for the evening I think. The black of the Bloodcrushers is now finished. The red flesh is base coated and washed. The hounds hav ebeen based and washed. Tomorrow I start work on the horns and hopefully get the red flesh finished. I’m thinking I’ll just do the one red highlight. Maybe I’ll add an extra for the faces if I feel like it.
Its currently Saturday, 19:40. My goal for the weekend was to finish the black on the 6 Juggernauts and the red flesh on all 29 daemons. I’ve done all that, and the black of the horns and started work on the black armour on the 7 guys that have some, and done a lot of the work on the 6 Flesh Hounds. The red flesh was the single largest job so I think I’ve broken the back of this project now, and I still have over a day left to go. I’ll never get it all done, but what’s left shouldn’t be that demanding.
It's sunday now and I started work before 8AM and it's 10.30AM now. I have the iron done for the Bloodletters, and I've started work basing the Bronze. I'm focusing on the red guys only for now.Sunday, 12:30pm, and the first coat of the bronze is down
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I put my stuff away around 10:30-11pm on Sunday. I pushed through and finished the bronze and the fiery blades, and the hair on the one guy who has some. This just leaves skulls on 3 models, and the leather straps on one. So basically I pretty much painted 29 models in 2.5 days without contrast paints, except for the bases. I think that’s a new personal best.
I really like the effect of the swords. When I turn the lights out all I can see is dark silhouettes and glowing blades, like a group of Jedi’s in the dark. Up real close the fire effect is not the best, but I guess the quality suffered due to bulk painting and me rushing. At 1 foot away in bulk they look great I think.
“At 1 foot away in bulk they look great I think” – totally agree, these are going to be great on the table!
Thank you. Wasn’t sure I wasn’t biased, or that the swords pulled too much attention away from the daemons
In a painting competition, with a single figure, then yes, but if these where on a table on mass in a store or club I reckon more people would stop and take a look at what is holding these swords than a more traditional scheme. Personally think it makes a nice change and it really is just Demons being Demons! 🙂