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Sunday, May 31, 2009 

Paintin' Hordes

So, picking up from where we left off last time, I'm still thinking about starting up a Hordes faction. Last time, I was debating between Trolls and Skorne, and in the mean time the Circle may have snuck into the running for a few days. I think I'm pretty much back to where I started, and I'm starting to dabble a little with each of them. On Friday I picked up a Trollblood starter box and a blister of Kriel Warriors. I figured I would paint the KWs first to get an idea if my paint scheme was going to work before I dove into the warbeasts.


My very first Kriel Warrior... I'm pretty happy with it.

For a color scheme, I was thinking of doing something grey and almost stone like. What I ended up with actually looks a lot like the troll illustrations in the books (a cold, granite grey-blue) rather than the bright turquise blue of the studio colors. For a base coat I used GW Space Wolves Grey and hit it with a wash of P3 Greycoat Grey. Greycoat Grey is a really interesting color - as you dilute it, it breaks down into almost a cobalt blue. I used GW Shadow Grey to add a little detail in the form of spots on his shoulders, back and his temples.

Yay, tartan! I'm trying to imagine how
many of these I will need to paint.

I also started assembly on my Skorne Titan Gladiator. Wow, what a pain in the butt that is. I'm guessing that will generally be true of Hordes compared to Warmachine, thanks to the more organic nature of the models. Still, I used a half a ribbon of Green Stuff getting his torso caulked together. Okay, I stuffed a bunch down inside him as well, but the joint a the waist makes me nervous - there just is not enough metal there.

Surprsing how much green stuff can fit in there...

I'm not sure what I'm going to take on next. The Gladiator is really appealing to me (I jut love how that model looks), but I would also like to crank out a few more Trolls while I'm feeling the muse. I may keep working on Skorne assembly while I paint up the warbeasts from the Trollblood battle box. At some point I also need to do some work before next week's 750 mangled metal tournament (like assemble Darius and the Thunderhead), but I'm kind of in a groove right now, and I don't really want to stop... Anyway, I'll keep you posted as I make up my mind. I'm not really in a hurry - my focus for play is still Cygnar. My Hordes army is going to be more of a "masterwork" army that I can really take my time painting and lavish attention on. That ends up being hard to do with my primary army, as I feel so much pressure to get things painted up and on the table (as Brother Scott always says - "Painted models play better.")

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4:21 PM |

Damn you and your tartans! There's a reason why the Bright Pinks just wear white. Well, two reasons: 1) they're frat boys; 2) they are a royal pain to paint.

Your KW looks great! Can't wait to see an Axer or Impaler in that scheme. I suppose it's time for me to head to ye olde desk of painting now...

Posted by OpenID ghettokorestudios | 9:58 PM   

That's a pretty darn impressive tartan pattern. Good job!

Posted by Blogger The | 7:22 AM   

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