[The Painting Contract - January 2023]

I made some progress with the base this morning - I thought it would be cool to share:

 

[The Painting Contract - January 2023]

My plan is to finish Bastian Carthalos, Skulltaker and complete paintjob on 5-man Vindictors unit.

Here’s some pictures of Bastian Carthalos - it’s far from finished, but all main elements are defined.
 

[Your best model of 2022]

My best model for 2022 is definitely my Be'lakor: 

 

[Painbringer's armies]

Below you can see the pictures of some Stormcast models I have finished recently. I have now painted around 1500 points of SCE in the past few months. I still need to paint some more heroes and units (including one Stormdrake guard) before I paint all of my SCE models, but the main goal I set earlier this year - to have a fully painted 1000pt Stormcast Eternals army - has been achieved!

 

 

[The Painting Contract - December 2022]

I have managed to paint first batch of 5 Bloodletters! Here's the picture taken little before the models were completed (bases were not done at this point and there were a few details that I needed to take care of):

For the first time sine I started painting miniatures, I tried painting without the wash - and I am very satisfied with the results. In this particular case, it worked great and I managed to get the skin tone that I wanted. Also, the colour scheme is very easy to replicate, so I can finish the whole batch fairly quickly (60 - 90 minutes per miniature).

[The Painting Contract - December 2022]

Here's the first batch of 5 Bloodletters (out of 20). For the first time ever, I didn't use any washes, just carefully applied layers over the Mephiston Red basecoat. I need to finish the swords and bases (as well as the horns on one of the guys), but that will go quickly.

 

[The Painting Contract - December 2022]

My plan is to finish (finally) my Knight-Vexillor, Skulltaker and if I have time - Kairos Fateweaver (I have been painting it for some time). Here's my progress on Skulltaker (I have just to paint the base now):

[The Painting Contract - November 2022]

I have painted almost everything I planned for Nobember - the only thing that's left at this moment is Knight-Vexillor with the Banner of Apotheosis (and the model is also about 80% finished). 

[Design Changes You'd Like to See in AoS]

Here are my suggestions:
- No more true line of sight: bigger bases block LOS to smaller ones, you cannot shoot through doors and windows, etc. I would also be happy with current targeting rules from 40K (9th edition).
- Introduce model/unit facing: units cannot see what's behind their back and only some units are able to have 360-degree line of sight.
- Cover works differently: depending on the type of cover, the shooter gets -1 or -2 penalty to  hit (like in WHFB).
- Make mortal wounds special: too many models have abilities that simply come down to "deal X mortal wounds". This makes mortal wounds too common and also less interesting as a mechanic (because everybody gets to do it, just under different conditions).
- Make charges less random: maybe some combination of movement stat and die roll, but definitely avoid fully random charge move.
- Make charging count: chargers should always strike first. However, there should be weapons/units that are very effective against charging
- Walking into combat: units should be able to just move close to the enemy unit and be able to attack it as long as it is within the weapon rage (no need to make charge the only option for entering combat). 

[The Painting Contract - November 2022]

I have a few smaller goals for this month:
- finish painting Lord-Imperatant
- Finish painting Knight Vexillor
- Paint a unit of 5 Vindictors

[Painbringer's armies]

In the past few weeks I have continued working on my Stormcast. Here's another unit of Annihilators, but this time I have changed the colour scheme a bit. I am currently painting Lord-Imperatant and because he is my general, I wanted his armour to be different - probabli white(ish), but not like the one that Knights Excelsior usually have (that one is too white). However, I really liked the colour scheme for the Imperatant, so I decided he needs a bodyguards as well and sice I really like annihilators... you get the idea

 

[The Painting Contract - October 2022]

So, besides Be'lakor, I managed to fully paint another unit of Annihilators - I have also played a bit with an alternate colour scheme. 

These guys are bodyguards of a Lord-Imperatant that is leading my force, so they all share the same armour (keep in mind the miniature is not fully painted yet): 

[The Painting Contract - October 2022]

I'm working on my Knight Vexillor and it's going nice so far. I really like this model - actually, it was the main reason why I built a small Stormcast army.

[Painbringer's armies]

And here's the finished Be'lakor - I have really enjoyed painting the model.

[The Painting Contract - October 2022]

Here it is - Be’lakor is finished!

[The Painting Contract - October 2022]

This month, I want to finish painting my Be'lakor and Knight-Vexillor with the Banner of Apotheosis. Anything extra and I'll consider that a great success!

[Painbringer's armies]

And here's another Be'lakor update: the base is finished (as well as few other details). Now I can start working on tail and wings.

[Painbringer's armies]

I made a short break from painting Be'lakor - and painted my Yndrasta. I recently got a small Stormcast army and not only that I enjoy painting them, but I am also able to finish the paintjobs fairly quickly - which motivates me to paint another unit. 

 

[Painbringer's armies]

Work on Be’lakor continues - I’m very satisfied with how it’s going!

[Painbringer's armies]

I haven't posted anything since June, so it's time for something new. I have started working today on Be'lakor, the Dark Master.  It's coming along nicely and it's far from finished, but I wanted to share some pictures of current progress:  

[Painbringer's armies]

Since I have been painting Stormcast Eternals lately, I have realized that I haven’t posted these pictures - it’s one of the Farstriders models for WHU I painted a while ago:

[The Painting Contract - June 2022]

I managed to finish my C'Tan Shard of the Void Dragon (I just need to paint few little Scarabs on the base):

Also, I did some work on Knight-Vexillor:

[The Painting Contract - June 2022]

And the second unit of Annihilators is done! Knight-vexillor is next.

[Painbringer's armies]

And today I have finished the second unit of Annihilators:

[The Painting Contract - June 2022]

I am close to finishing my second unit of Annihilators and I have also started painting Knight-Vexillor. My aim is to have them both finished by the end of the June. If there's some time left, I will also finish my C'tan Shard of the Void Dragon.