I’ve been enslaved by the ruinous powers and dealt the task of painting a sizable Khorne force. The challenge however, is twofold. The models are meant to expand an already exiting force and I’ve been asked (well, told to or suffer in eternity) to match the existing painting style. Secondly, the dark master has not given me much time to complete his task and I therefore need to restrain myself from spending too much time on each model. So better get on with it or suffer the whip…
Overall color scheme
Red, obviously. The previous artist has left a set of instructions describing which colors have been used so far. Or rather, it’s an assorted bunch of torn papers with twisted handwriting, detailing mostly how to paint skullz. The rest is unclear mutterings and I’m beginning to wonder what happened to the artist before me… well, better not worry he’s probably just on vacation somewhere…
- Red: Memphiston Red for basecoat either in spraycan or with airbrush. I’m also trying out the contrast color Flesh Tearers Red and for that I use a basecoat of Wraithbone spray. Shade with Carroburg Crimson. Highlight with Evil Sunz Scarlet, gradually mixed with orange.
- Metalics: Hashut Copper and Leadbelcher. Shade with Nuln Oil.
- White (skulls, some cloth and armour): Ushabiti Bone. Shade with Agrax Earthshade. Highlight with Ushabiti mixed gradually with white.
Chaos Knights
He came upon a mighty steed of groaning iron and brazen steel.
These are the latest version of chaos knights from GW. They’re huge! The sculpts are quite varied but not overly detailed. Despite them being too big for my oldhammer taste and on round bases they are quite nice models, especially the horses.
Models were already assembled by other servants of my appraised master, but horses and riders were painted separately. Mistakes were made and horses were undercoated with Chaos Black, thinking that this would save me from painting the fur, whereas the riders were sprayed with Memphiton Red undercoat. This resulted in a slight color difference in how the red armour parts ended up on the horses and riders, with horses being a tad darker.
Never paint more than five models at a time, especially not when your painting something for the first time! Wise advice, and one day I’ll stick to it. This time, with the masters whip on my back, I went all out and did all eleven knights in one go. It does have the advantage of ensuring a degree of color and tone consistency among the models. However, with so many models in one go, there will be oversights here and there. Stuff you only notice when doing final touches.
Bases were done using basic DIY plast filler (the stuff you use to fill cracks or holes in a wall) mixed with sand and small stones. Astrogranite a GW tecnical paint was applied to cover up any missing spots. Primed black then drybrushed using Rakarth Flesh mixed with White. Agrax Earthshade ad libitum. The tufts are Mountain Tufts from Army Painter. The skullz are taken from the enemies of my most fearsome master.
The mixed use of Hashnut Copper and Leadbelcher on weapons and armor parts help break up individual model parts. The copper is a nice warm color that complements the red really well.
A quick word on the banner. Parting from the existing paint scheme I chose to use a dark blue color for the banner. I felt that if I painted the banner red, it would be too much red. The blue nicely complements the bases, which aren’t technically blue, however, black with white highlights tend to look bluish. A simple motif was done in freehand with Vallejo Off White.
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