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... 😒). 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... 🙄
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... 😒). 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... 🙄
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 wielką przyjemnością czytam Twoje kolejne wpisy. Raz, że stare WZ jest mi najbliższe, po tych wszystkich innych przerobionych systemach; dwa, że ciekawie opisujesz proces dochodzenia do ostatecznej wersji modeli; trzy, że Twoje malowanie potrafi korzystnie przedstawić każdy model, a wiadomo, jak to z nimi jest... Świetna robota!
ReplyDeleteTu akurat kohorty. Ciekawa ta trójka, każdy inny stopniem wtajemniczenia - a wyglądają jak z jednego oddziału. Akolitów bardzo lubię, nowicjuszy też, ale zakrystianin z tymi rogami... Chociaż są 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! 😊
ReplyDelete@ES: Dzięki wielkie, to budujące że nadal są ludzie których kręcą te stare trupy. Jesteśmy chyba trochę jak ci maniacy Rogue Tradera 😁
Osobiście mnie interesuje stary WZ bardziej niż inne systemy - to na pewno kwestia sentymentu, poza tym to podwójnie budujące jeśli ze słabej rzeźby uda się wymalować coś ładnego.
Co do samych modeli - byłem pewny że to tylko Akolici i Inicjaci (czy jak im tam) - nie wiedziałem że Zakrystianie mieli dedykowane rzeźby. U mnie wszystko będzie robić za jedno 😉
W moim przypadku fascynacja tymi starymi trupami jest o tyle dziwna, że... właściwie nie miałem nigdy tych modeli. Ok, trzymałem kilkanaście modeli (akurat kohort) w piwnicy przez 10 lat, nigdy nie zagrałem i sprzedałem. ALE sam system WZ 1st ed... Parę lat grania w stałym gronie niemal co tydzień, modele konwertowane samodzielnie z figurek w skali 1:72... Ech. W każdym razie po latach faza wróciła z wielką mocą i choć nie zamierzam kupować staruszków, to z przyjemnością kitbaszuję swoje wersje z wszystkiego, co nagromadziłem przez 20 lat, już w normalnej skali. Frajda jest wielka!
DeleteJa też generalnie nigdy nie wystawiałem kohort - tych teraz złapałem dawno po tym, jak nasze stare towarzystwo się rozsypało. Mieliśmy to samo: granie co tydzień nawet po 4-5 graczy na raz, stół z płyty wiórowej, tereny z kamieni i patyków albo górki z książek przykrytych zieloną szmatą czy rzeka z błękitnej srajtaśmy... 🤗
Delete@Rodor: The are all 28mm scale. You will see more scale shots as soon as second trio of maniacs leaves the painting desk! 😎
ReplyDeleteNaprawdę dużo udało Ci się z nich wycisnąć. Szczególnie pierwsze zdjęcie - z eleganckim tłem, ale też kontrastującym oddziałkiem - 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! 😊
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 😎