Mirbeau Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 (edited) Over the last year or so I've been slowly working through a DoK army (and I do mean slowly - I've been painting the same twenty sisters of slaughter since July...). Love the army, hoping to run a Draichi Ganeth slaughter-troupe (30 witches, 20 sos, 10 sos, 2 units of heartrenders, a cauldron & Morathi for a brutal low drop list that likes bouncing in and out of combat) or a Khailebron list built around a temple nest, with doomfires, snakes, the new warcry minis and all sorts of teleporting tricks for more casual games. Hoping logging progress on here will speed up my painting a bit - hoping to get the remaining parts of the slaughter-troupe finished in the next couple of months. I've tried to level up my level of army painting for this force, while I'm still painting for an army/gaming standard I'm using more glazes and the like to tidy up highlights and transitions between hues - they're much less forgiving than a bunch of skeletons to paint. They're themed around an arid desert area of the realm of shadow (with crumbled Hellenistic ruins). Any plants have been dark, vine-like things that don't require sunlight - for that reason I've not used any tufts - I do feel the bases could potentially use them though (?) so would like to hear some advice there. Edited October 25, 2020 by Mirbeau 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirbeau Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 Doomfire, some witches and a proxy champ for the second (forthcoming) unit of the new warcry unit. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirbeau Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 (edited) 'Old' witch elves (counts-as SOS), Sorceress (no idea, perhaps an allied battle-mage), bow snakes and Gotrek (wip at the the time I think). Edited October 25, 2020 by Mirbeau Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirbeau Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 Army-shot (so far!) and on the paint-table 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ggom Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Nice work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverstu Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 These are fantastic! Love the skin tones and the shading around the eyes ! Brilliant! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramer Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 On 10/25/2020 at 12:31 PM, Mirbeau said: 'Old' witch elves (counts-as SOS), Sorceress (no idea, perhaps an allied battle-mage), bow snakes and Gotrek (wip at the the time I think). Looks so good. on the old surpreme sorceress model. I would definitely take a look at the Sorceress warscroll. Her inbuild spell is very useful when playing a glass cannon army such as DoK outside of the extra save temple. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirbeau Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, silverstu said: These are fantastic! Love the skin tones and the shading around the eyes ! Brilliant! Hah you're a blast from the (warseer) past! Thanks, just some of the old bloodletter glaze watered down to imitate warpaint/make-up. Edited October 28, 2020 by Mirbeau Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverstu Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 On 10/28/2020 at 8:18 PM, Mirbeau said: Hah you're a blast from the (warseer) past! Thanks, just some of the old bloodletter glaze watered down to imitate warpaint/make-up. Ha! Warseer.. I miss those days and that gang- Harry, Hastings and the rest ! Really like what you're doing with the glazes - they look great and the warpaint around the eyes is perfect- it really sets off the paleness of the eyes. I like doing something similar in my elves/eldar/lady vamps. . The sorceress on foot is excellent - reminds me I have to finish a Kurnothi conversion I did with her but I didn't get my skin tones as good as yours! You were saying about the bases and maybe tufts? they could work - maybe as dead grass- the little light patches act to contrast and lift the bases. I think your bases work perfectly with your scheme, a contrasting element could make them pop a little more. I use Army painter tufts for extra variety. I should get back to posting pics and painting myself.. its been a while.. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirbeau Posted November 2, 2020 Author Share Posted November 2, 2020 On 10/30/2020 at 11:50 AM, silverstu said: Ha! Warseer.. I miss those days and that gang- Harry, Hastings and the rest ! Really like what you're doing with the glazes - they look great and the warpaint around the eyes is perfect- it really sets off the paleness of the eyes. I like doing something similar in my elves/eldar/lady vamps. . The sorceress on foot is excellent - reminds me I have to finish a Kurnothi conversion I did with her but I didn't get my skin tones as good as yours! You were saying about the bases and maybe tufts? they could work - maybe as dead grass- the little light patches act to contrast and lift the bases. I think your bases work perfectly with your scheme, a contrasting element could make them pop a little more. I use Army painter tufts for extra variety. I should get back to posting pics and painting myself.. its been a while.. Bless the pieman, not sure where he's at nowadays, have seen hastings post a little on warofsigmar. Thanks again mate, will look at the army painter tufts - do think it could work. Aye painting's been good, hard to fit in but it looks like we all might have more time at home again this winter now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuminethMage Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 The eyes are really great! I like your bases at they are. But if you want to add some, you might also look at Gamergrass (if you don't know already). They also have some dark options (lavender flowers), or contrasts (reds, blues) etc. which could fit for your puporse. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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