Apologies for the lack of content for a while. I got this fella finished up a few weeks ago, but I only got a chance to photograph him last night. He got his first outing in battle against Colin’s Gitz where he was ignominiously ganked by a horde of goblin archers, so he currently sits on the shelf of shame. (The shelf of shame is the same as the regular shelf; the shame is inferred.)
I had left this guy until last because I’m intimidated by painting any model bigger than infantry, but after I’d painted the Lord Executioner I was confident that I could do a good job on him and I was pretty sure what colours I’d use, so I was actually looking forward to painting this one.
I made sure to write down the recipe for the horse flesh as if I ever increase this army to 2000 points I’ll probably get a Black Coach, so I want to make sure I can replicate it. If you’re interested, it’s as follows:
- Incubi Darkness basecoat
- 50/50 Coelia Greenshade/Lahmian Medium shade all over
- Watered down 50/50 Abaddon Black/Lahmian Medium recess shade
- 50/50 Sotek Green/Lahmian Medium feathered onto edges and raised areas
- Temple Guard Blue highlight
- Baharroth Blue dot highlight
- Ulthuan Grey dot highlight on very sharpest points
When I get a chance I’ll take some photos of the whole army as it stands at 1000 points. I’m also tempted to have a go at doing a video of some of my guys, similar to how GW do their release trailers. They look like a lot of fun to do.
Our next event is an AoS Skirmish weekend in mid-July, so I’ve got a bunch more terrain and boards to do for that in the mean time. I’m also thinking about swapping over to Stormcast for the Skirmish as I’ve not had a chance to use my converted Steelheart’s Champions in Nightvault yet, so it’ll give them a chance to get some table time. I believe they’re only 80 points, so I can convert up a Stormcast hero to lead them and maybe squeeze in one or two minions as well. We’ll see how it goes.
Till next time!
Love it – the colour palatte works so well together.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thanks, Pete. Yeah I’m really happy with this one.
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Lovely work.
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Cheers, dude!
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Well, he may be on the shelf of shame but at least he’s on a shelf now and not stuck in a box, right? 😉
Seriously, very nice work there. Really liked what you did with the Stormcasts as well (not something I find myself saying often enough) so I’m curious to see what else you might end up doing with them, especially as part of me wonders about tackling a few Stormcasts myself to battle my Khornate skirmish band.
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Ha, ain’t that the truth. The work-in-progress box is empty once again and ready for some poor new minis.
Yeah, I’m not sure I’ll ever stretch to a full Stormcast army, but they’re great for Skirmish cause you can get away with only four or five of them.
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hey i love this scheme and i am working on my own horses in the nighthaunt range. Can I ask what the skeleton recipe was? I would love to replicate that!
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Thanks, David! The recipe for the skeleton is a basecoat of Ionrach Skin, a 50/50 wash of Lahmian Medium and Nihilak Oxide, a highlight of Ionrach Skin, and then a final highlight of Deepkin Flesh. I have a full step by step Nighthaunt painting guide that might be of interest, if you scroll back through my posts.
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Nice colour scheme and awesome photos
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Thanks man. We had a lot of fun taking the photos!
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Beautiful work! Will totally use the recipe for my own. May I ask, what is the scheme for the hooves and horns?
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Thanks, Mark!
It’s been quite some time since I did this so I’m not sure how I did the horns, but looking at the pictures I suspect it was something like Dryad Bark, a Nuln Oil shade, and highlight with Dryad Bark and then progressively more Ushabti Bone mixed in over a few layers, with a dot of pure Ushabti on the very sharpest corners.
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Thanks!
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