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Realm of Warcry; Chapter 1, conclusion

16 Tuesday Apr 2024

Posted by Alex in Realm of Warcry, Warhammer Quest - Silver Tower

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Greetings Terrans, I hope you are well. I’ve been continuing to tie up loose ends from my Primed pile, and ended up finishing the last two models I had earmarked for my Tzeentch warband. First up is the Magister of Tzeentch from the ‘Eyes of the Nine’ warband for Warhammer Underworlds:

He was a ton of fun to paint up, with plenty of scope to play with metallics on the skin, armour and feathers. He keeps the blue armour and orange cloth common to the rest of the warband.

Next up was a more challenging paint job – the Gaunt Summoner from the Silver Tower set:

This guy was quite intimidating to paint, but actually worked out pretty well I reckon. Again, I used loads of metallics, but I mixed in a bit of (hopefully subtle) OSL for the magic effect. I’m also pleased with the red I used for all the eyes, and I feel that adds to the overall look of the model.

Anyway, that rounds out the warband for now, and brings the total number of Tzeentch spellcasters up to six:

So that’s my Nurgle & Tzeentch warbands effectively done for the time being… Catch you next time for the start of a brand new warband!

Happy New Year!

04 Thursday Apr 2024

Posted by Alex in Realm of Warcry, Warhammer Quest - Silver Tower

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Greetings Terrans, I hope all is well! Embarrassingly, this is my first post of the year – I just don’t seem to have had much time or motivation to do a lot of hobby so far in ’24. Nothing sinister, just got busy, and then got out of the habit of painting is all. I kind of forced myself to pick up a brush a few weeks back & went through the motions with the twin Skaven from the Silver Tower set, starting with this guy:

Closely followed by a converted version of the same mini:

The second one is kind of intended to hang with my Nurgle warband, while the first is more of a lone agent:

I wasn’t massively motivated to paint them to be honest, and I think it shows in the painting – there were definite CBFA moments! More than that though, I just found it really tough to get back into the swing of it… Still, done is done, and while they are pretty rough paint jobs, they did help me to work through my ‘painter’s block’, so I will have another post for you soon! Next will be a quick skip over to the grim blah of the blah-de-blah, and my take on one of the most famousest units.

Kruelboyz side project

28 Friday Jul 2023

Posted by Alex in AoS, Realm of Warcry

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Greetings Terrans, I hope this finds you well. It has been a while, but I have been chipping away at a wee side project these last couple of weeks, and now I have a ‘still only counts as one!’ special to reveal. This is ‘Swampboss Skumdrekk’ from the Kruelboyz flavoured Orruk (i.e. Orc) sub-faction, who I gratefully received as a Father’s Day present:

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It’s quite an imposing model, and is fiddly as hell to paint once assembled… yes, I’m an idiot when it comes to getting carried away at build time & forgetting to do sub-assemblies! Still, while awkward, it was a really nice model to paint, with loads going on across the whole piece. The monstrous mount is particularly characterful:

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The rider is also pretty nice, but in my opinion, he does get a bit lost in the overall busyness of the model. I tried to mitigate that by converting the helmet to have a raised grill & showing the face off, but to be honest, it’s a pretty bland mug for an Orc! Still, I’m glad I made the effort:

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Colour-wise, I stuck with the green/yellow/brown look that I had used for the Orcs in my Nurgle warband, so this guy can slot in to that Nurgle crew, or he & his fellows also work nicely as a small Orc warband by themselves:

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That’s it for this post, of to BOYL next weekend to soak up some OldHammer vibes – looking forward to it :-)

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