Daemons of Chaos army

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If you want a smooth surface - you can take a little piece of cloth with petroleum jelly on it and run it over the surface with light pressure. It will help eliminate those little nicks and lines left by tools and fingertips.

Yes, let it dry for a day or two and then clean well with dish detergent.

Aha, I should probably have done that on the hand. Now that it's primed, I can tell it's going to be a challenge to paint it so that it looks more like a hand than a lump of Play-Doh.

[boredoom]

Whew! With the family away, I was able to get a lot of the work on the Horrors done. In the space of a few days, I primed, basecoated, washed and drybrushed 30 models. Then I drybrushed them some more.

Resulting Pink Horror:



I'm surprised with how well they've come out. If there's one thing to complain about, it's that they have a slightly "chalky" look to the highlights. The last bit of drybrushing, with a light pink, really made the relief pop, but may also have contributed to the look of being made out of marble. However, the addition of details like teeth, eyes, claws, jewelry - and on some of them, horns, beaks and feathers - may remove that impression.

The chalkiness is even more evident in a Blue Horror, but maybe looking at it this close isn't quite fair (the scale isn't clear here, but Blue Horrors are small):



I made the washes from photographic retouching dyes, to which I added a goodly amount of PVA glue and some dishwashing detergent. They worked really well. The manufacturer is out of business, but you can pick up old kits on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/Retouch-Methods-14- ... 0665140361

This is a unique fellow who doesn't rank up very well because of his long arms, so I'll probably designate him as a Herald of Tzeentch, a hero-level Wizard.



And here's a group photo. This is just 20 of them - I have 10 more.



I think the mixture of models and colors and the many arms in the air give them a suitably wild look. Like they just don't care.

[cawshis]

Very nice drybrushing boredoom! i'm with you on the chalky look, but that's really only an issue up close, right? I mean, from TT distance, it's hardly a issue.

Can't wait to see the details up...once they're based and detailed, these guys are going to pop!

[boredoom]

The Daemonic army is very nearly complete, and will be making a sortie at Recess. Here are some of the finished Pink Horrors:


Can you really be frightened by a guy making The Wave?


Drummer dude beats himself ... but we all do that.




A regiment base featuring three Blue Horrors. In the "fluff," which is what Warhammer players call everything that isn't rules, a Pink Horror splits into two Blue Horrors when it dies. This used to actually happen in the old rules, but it was too cumbersome.

[Jeppe]

Having seen the lovely little fellas in person last weekend, I have to say that you did a great job painting them, Boredoom!

And that game was a lot of fun. I'm already itching to get some more wargaming done.

[Viper]

Looking really great! I think you've got that technique down.

Take some pics of that nifty Lord of Change some guy painted for you but forgot to take pictures of before handing it off! ;)

[Frank]

They look awesome!!!

[boredoom]

Take some pics of that nifty Lord of Change some guy painted for you but forgot to take pictures of before handing it off! ;)

Tzeentch, the Changer of Ways, smiles on your request.



So this is the Lord of Change I commissioned Viper to paint. Just as importantly, he assembled the damn thing! It's a tough one.

[Frank]

I really like the ground surface flocking stuff you and Viper used.

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I really like the ground surface flocking stuff you and Viper used.

I regret using such coarse "gravel" on the Pink Horrors - it made them hard to paint. This Flamer is an example of the finer-grained flocking I used on other units:



I bought the Flamers partly painted. Most significantly, they had nothing that said "hot" or "flaming" about them, so I repainted the ends of their arms in hot-air gun colors. I also added highlights and basing. These are second-generation flamers - I also have some third-generation ones that try to be badass but really don't have a lot of personality. I'll probably get rid of them.