Revisiting Warmaster - Spring Clean 2024

With the last unit done, time to assemble the warhost. I’m pretty happy how the colour scheme looks across the final army.

In Warmaster terms, there’s just shy of 1400 of troops here, although there’s been no real thought in putting together a coherent army list for a game. This project was very much about the painting. Most likely these guys will first be used to play an entirely different rule system than Warmaster, with Hobgoblin a potential option.

I was initially worried that I would bounce quite hard off this project. Recent experience of painting up some 3D printed 10mm Skaven ended up being a bit of a chore. However  I was very pleased to find that the Chaos figures were an absolute joy to paint.

I suspect this difference in enjoyment might be related to the two materials used, and how this impacts the end sculpts. I think the 3D prints look fantastic, but the metal figures were just a step up in terms of ease to paint. The restrictions that metal as a material puts on sculptors means all the stands are a bit flatter, without so many intricate cuts and folds as the 3D designs, which get fiddly for 10mm figures. Yet the metal stands have been so cleverly sculpted that they are still full of detail. Clearly there’s a lot of personal preference here, but I’d definitely lean towards hunting down more old metals over 3D prints if I want to expand this army further.

A few shots of different parts of the army to end the project (I really have to get a better setup for photography of groups bigger than half a dozen figures…). Thanks to anyone who has followed along, and a hat tip to @Nogbadthebad for prompting the idea for this Spring Clean Challenge.