Since my Dark Legion finally got the proper leader I decided to support him with with mob of trusty followers. Trusty but also maniacal and absolutely ruthless that is...
During many years spent in the hobby I've managed to collect some models from Dak Legion secret kohorts range. I got them pretty randomly so these are mix of acolytes, initiates and characters. These models are nothing special in the field - these are basically necromutants, but alive (what a shame... 馃槖). The sculpts are also definitely not the best old Warzone had to offer (my taste that is) but they are very distinctive and they wear robes, so they can look very striking on the battlefield is painted right.
Looking at my Warzone force I can see mix of rust, dark metal, rotting olive and dirt. Shouldn't expect anything else from Dark Legion, but having some contrasting unit on the battlefield wouldn't hurt.
Robes is most of these sculpts so decided to paint them more-less red so squad looks striking on green battlefield. All in all I like the final result, but it's not what I really had in mind when painting started. I used lots of red wash from Vallejo range but it turned out it's just different color compared to paint from few years back. It's rather "rapsberry" then red... 馃檮
For other elements the basic plan was to use dark metalics and dark tones for uniform (green or blue). White masks was Tymon Ultraa's idea (thanks for the tip mate!). I didn't even consideded it at first but all in all these faces are just great eye catchers. Because of white masks I also applied some ridicuous old white skull decals from Imperial Guard and Chaos infantry. You get the point: Algeroth, war, death, skulls - shit like that.
There sure will be more of these guys. To prevent getting bored too fast I split the mob into 3-men squads, There will be surely some color differences between whem but they should look just great assembled alltogether.
So here they are: cult of Algeroth facing dirty servants of Demnogonis (must say robes look much more red on the pictures then in the display case, guessing it's the matter of light):
During many years spent in the hobby I've managed to collect some models from Dak Legion secret kohorts range. I got them pretty randomly so these are mix of acolytes, initiates and characters. These models are nothing special in the field - these are basically necromutants, but alive (what a shame... 馃槖). The sculpts are also definitely not the best old Warzone had to offer (my taste that is) but they are very distinctive and they wear robes, so they can look very striking on the battlefield is painted right.
Looking at my Warzone force I can see mix of rust, dark metal, rotting olive and dirt. Shouldn't expect anything else from Dark Legion, but having some contrasting unit on the battlefield wouldn't hurt.
Robes is most of these sculpts so decided to paint them more-less red so squad looks striking on green battlefield. All in all I like the final result, but it's not what I really had in mind when painting started. I used lots of red wash from Vallejo range but it turned out it's just different color compared to paint from few years back. It's rather "rapsberry" then red... 馃檮
For other elements the basic plan was to use dark metalics and dark tones for uniform (green or blue). White masks was Tymon Ultraa's idea (thanks for the tip mate!). I didn't even consideded it at first but all in all these faces are just great eye catchers. Because of white masks I also applied some ridicuous old white skull decals from Imperial Guard and Chaos infantry. You get the point: Algeroth, war, death, skulls - shit like that.
There sure will be more of these guys. To prevent getting bored too fast I split the mob into 3-men squads, There will be surely some color differences between whem but they should look just great assembled alltogether.
So here they are: cult of Algeroth facing dirty servants of Demnogonis (must say robes look much more red on the pictures then in the display case, guessing it's the matter of light):
Z wielk膮 przyjemno艣ci膮 czytam Twoje kolejne wpisy. Raz, 偶e stare WZ jest mi najbli偶sze, po tych wszystkich innych przerobionych systemach; dwa, 偶e ciekawie opisujesz proces dochodzenia do ostatecznej wersji modeli; trzy, 偶e Twoje malowanie potrafi korzystnie przedstawi膰 ka偶dy model, a wiadomo, jak to z nimi jest... 艢wietna robota!
ReplyDeleteTu akurat kohorty. Ciekawa ta tr贸jka, ka偶dy inny stopniem wtajemniczenia - a wygl膮daj膮 jak z jednego oddzia艂u. Akolit贸w bardzo lubi臋, nowicjuszy te偶, ale zakrystianin z tymi rogami... Chocia偶 s膮 jeszcze niszczyciele i ich grzywy...
Fantastic work!
ReplyDeleteThe combination of white masks and red (or raspberry) robes seems to work well. How big are these minis? 28mm? Will we soon have a picture of these necromutants around their boss, or is Alakhai too busy with his love affairs?
ReplyDelete@Warburton: Thanks mate.glad you like them! 馃槉
ReplyDelete@ES: Dzi臋ki wielkie, to buduj膮ce 偶e nadal s膮 ludzie kt贸rych kr臋c膮 te stare trupy. Jeste艣my chyba troch臋 jak ci maniacy Rogue Tradera 馃榿
Osobi艣cie mnie interesuje stary WZ bardziej ni偶 inne systemy - to na pewno kwestia sentymentu, poza tym to podw贸jnie buduj膮ce je艣li ze s艂abej rze藕by uda si臋 wymalowa膰 co艣 艂adnego.
Co do samych modeli - by艂em pewny 偶e to tylko Akolici i Inicjaci (czy jak im tam) - nie wiedzia艂em 偶e Zakrystianie mieli dedykowane rze藕by. U mnie wszystko b臋dzie robi膰 za jedno 馃槈
W moim przypadku fascynacja tymi starymi trupami jest o tyle dziwna, 偶e... w艂a艣ciwie nie mia艂em nigdy tych modeli. Ok, trzyma艂em kilkana艣cie modeli (akurat kohort) w piwnicy przez 10 lat, nigdy nie zagra艂em i sprzeda艂em. ALE sam system WZ 1st ed... Par臋 lat grania w sta艂ym gronie niemal co tydzie艅, modele konwertowane samodzielnie z figurek w skali 1:72... Ech. W ka偶dym razie po latach faza wr贸ci艂a z wielk膮 moc膮 i cho膰 nie zamierzam kupowa膰 staruszk贸w, to z przyjemno艣ci膮 kitbaszuj臋 swoje wersje z wszystkiego, co nagromadzi艂em przez 20 lat, ju偶 w normalnej skali. Frajda jest wielka!
DeleteJa te偶 generalnie nigdy nie wystawia艂em kohort - tych teraz z艂apa艂em dawno po tym, jak nasze stare towarzystwo si臋 rozsypa艂o. Mieli艣my to samo: granie co tydzie艅 nawet po 4-5 graczy na raz, st贸艂 z p艂yty wi贸rowej, tereny z kamieni i patyk贸w albo g贸rki z ksi膮偶ek przykrytych zielon膮 szmat膮 czy rzeka z b艂臋kitnej srajta艣my... 馃
Delete@Rodor: The are all 28mm scale. You will see more scale shots as soon as second trio of maniacs leaves the painting desk! 馃槑
ReplyDeleteNaprawd臋 du偶o uda艂o Ci si臋 z nich wycisn膮膰. Szczeg贸lnie pierwsze zdj臋cie - z eleganckim t艂em, ale te偶 kontrastuj膮cym oddzia艂kiem - ocieka klimatem.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely brilliant work on the Kultists!
ReplyDeleteThe contrast between the gribbly necro constructs and the evil cultists are really effective and I'm really looking forward to seeing the next additions to your force!
My heart just melt! 馃槉
ReplyDeleteLike mentioned before (or somewhere else) - it's just so motivating knowing there are still people who like old stuff. Painting of another trio started last night to hope to get them done as soon as possible. The final size of the mod should be ~12 models 馃槑