Painting challenge - week 5 : I progress in the Durkhari area!

Ave Dominus Nox!

Another week and a new list of models paint and ready to be use when playing with friends will be available. It was in particular a second Talos and the second squad of reavers for my Drukhari.

This week, I will work on the first 15 Stormboyz. It has been a long time since I worked on some Orks.

If you take the update list:

Drukhari:

- a 6-man squad of Reavers

- 16 Kabalites

- 1 Talos
- 1 Archon
- 5 Incubi

Orks:

- 30 Stormboyz

Night Lords:

- 1 Raptor Gunship

- 10 man-squad with meltagun

- 10 Night Lord Raptors

Others (as in the first article but not listed):

- Esher Gang

- 40k terrain

And here are the pictures of all these nice stuff. 

In service of the Kabal, Talos from the Prophet of Flesh coven.

Ave Dominus Nox!

The Winter Eternal Kabal relies heavily on different cult and mercenary from the Dark City to come with them in real space. But they also rely on the different coven to provide them with some monster and shock infantry. The monster in question, some fearsome Talos, came from the Prophet of Flesh Coven. They are not cheap, but to obtain the best, you have to pay the price!

These Monster in service of the Kabal distinguished themselves by their size even if they adopt the white armor of the Kabal. 

I build both of them with the same weapons, chain-flail and macro scalpel as well as with the twin haywire blasters.

I painted them using the same methods as the other vehicules of the army, white, grey and no contrast. I work the skin in different tone of violet and I need to continue working on that

Painting Challenge: Week 4 half way to go as it seems...

Ave Dominus Nox!

Following the latest news, it seems that in Europe, decontainment is not before first half of May. So between 2 to 4 more weeks of painting to do before capacity to play and buy new stuff!

I was pretty productive last week 4 lines cross in my list. If you take the update list:

Drukhari:

- a 6-man squad of Reavers

- 16 Kabalites

- 1 Talos
- 1 Archon - WIP
- 5 Incubi- WIP

Orks:

- 30 Stromboyz

Night Lords:

- 1 Raptor Gunship

- 1 Leviathan full closed combat

- 10 man-squad with meltagun

- 10 Night Lord Raptors

- One Praetor with Jump-pack 

Others (as in the first article but not listed):
- Esher Gang
- Skaven Bloodbowl team
- Necromunda terrain
- 40k terrain

And here are the pictures of all these nice stuff. 

 

 

 

 

 

Blood Pact : Wyvern "Blood Rain" ready for the fight!

Ave Dominus Nox!

I finished a wyvern end of last year for the Blood Pact regiment.  Nothing fancy, just the usual colors and details. I start using the bitz from my Drukhari to put more spikey parts on the model. 

 

Painting Challenge: end of third week, Blood Pact done, let's move on more Night Lords!

Ave Dominus Nox,

That is the end of the third week of containment. After I started working on the last guards for the Blood Pact regiment, I found that by doing a bit of kit bashing and bitz using, I can do an extra squad of special weapon (flamers). As a result, I finished the complete stock of minis for the blood pact with 16 guards rather than 10.

I also worked on my first talos, the result is clean, but I think that I can improve the skin, I am not a big fan of the violet, any idea to improve it? 

If you take the update list:

Drukhari:

- a 6-man squad of Reavers

- 16 Kabalites

- 2 Talos 1 Talos
- 1 Archon (new)
- 5 Incubi  (new)

Blood Pact:

- 10 guards 
- 6 special weapons 

Orks:

- 30 Stromboyz

Night Lords:

- 1 Raptor Gunship

- 1 Leviathan full closed combat - WIP

- 10 man-squad with meltagun

- 10 Night Lord Raptors

- One Praetor with Jump-pack - WIP

So this week: focus on the Night Lords before moving again for some Drukhari? 

 

 

 

 

Drukhari: Reavers in service of the Winter Eternal Kabal

Ave Dominus Nox!

The Winter Eternal Kabal relies heavily on different cult and mercenary from the Dark City to come with them in real space. Most of these recruits come from the Dark Blood Cult, a cult specialized in the hunt of tank and monster. Archon and Dracons from the Kabal love to recruit reavers squad from this Cult. These fast moving and strike hard jetbike can change the course of a battle or the success of a raid.

The different squad in service of the Kabal distinguished themselves by the color marking on the bike (blue, green, red…).

I build this first squad, as well as the second one, with a mix of blaster and grav-talon. It provides some flexibility to use the squad on a table: blaster for the shooting power and the grav-talon for the bonus during a charge with the mortal wound potential.

As it was one of the first unit to paint in this new army, I tested some color mix: grey, white, contrast… In the end, I decided on using ulthuan Grey and agrax earthshade as the main color for the bike. The pilots are paint with the same method as the kabalite: grey, nuln oil and contrast black for fast painting and a correct result.

I put some blue line on the bike to help me distinguished the different squad. The next one will have either red or green mark depending of my mood.

Painting Challenge: end of second week, new Night Lords breachers and new sentinels for Blood Pact!

Ave Dominus Nox,

That is almost the end of the second week of containment, as I started working from home during this week I have been a bit less productive. I finished my breacher squad by adding a few details and I did the two scout sentinels for the Blood Pact regiment.

If you take the list:

Drukhari:

- a 6-man squad of Reavers

- 16 Kabalites

- 2 Talos
- 1 Archon (new)
- 5 Incubi  (new)

Blood Pact:

- 2 Scout sentinel

- 10 guards  => work in progress

Orks:

- 30 Stromboyz

Night Lords:

- 1 Raptor Gunship

- 1 Leviathan full closed combat

- 10 man-squad with meltagun

- 10 Night Lord Raptors

- One Praetor with Jump-pack

For this third week, I plan on finishing the 10 man-squad for my Blood Pact, I did some kit bashing to modify their lasgun and the result is pretty nice.

After that, I hesitate between either the Night Lords Leviathan or the two Talos. Any idea of what to start with?

Anyway, below some pictures of the Breacher squad and the two sentinels.

Drukhari: Another pack of mercenaries, the scourges

Ave Dominus Nox!

Another kind of mercenary paid by the Winter Eternal Kabal are the scourges. These winged killers come with a certain number of specialist and heavy weapons and bring flexibility on the battlefield. The only issue is to be sure to pay them on time and that no other Kabal paid them more before. It can be an issue if they decide to betray you in the middle of a raid.

A few scourges are currently in the payroll of the Kabal. They are mostly using shredder and like to see their foes turning in a red mist after shooting at them with their weapon.

I only build one squad of scourge and I like these models even if they are not the most efficient on a battlefield. They bring some nice deep strike and can strike hard if you do not mess up with the dices.

Like the other units, they are paint in white/grey with red or white wings. I am not happy with the white wings and I think I will modify them in the coming days to change for brown wings like an eagle.

I may had a couple of other marker for them if I decide to obtain another squad of these people.

Painting Challenge: End of first week results and new manticore to join the Blood Pact regiment.

Ave Dominus Nox,

That is the end of the first week of containment and I can say that I have been quite productive these past few days in my painting.
If you take the list, some stuff has been done:

Drukhari:

- a 6-man squad of Reavers

- 16 Kabalites

- 2 Talos
- 2 Raiders

- 1 Venom

Blood Pact:

- 1 Basilisk

- 1 Manticore

- 2 Scout sentinel

- 10 guards (but I think I am missing some bitz for them)

Orks:

- 30 Stromboyz

Night Lords:

- 1 Raptor Gunship

- 1 Leviathan full closed combat

- 10 Breachers

- 10 man-squad with meltagun

- 10 Night Lord Raptors

- One Praetor with Jump-pack

That's a good start and we will see where I am in another week.  

In the meantime, I finished my manticore for the Blood Pact.

I even put some marks on the different missile to give Khorne's blessing upon the glorious victim of his wrath!

I also tried some new stuff that will be better on the next models in line for the pact: 2 new scout sentinels. But you'll see that later!

Next article: the new 10-man breacher squad for the ninth company of Night Lords!

Drukhari : Razorwing Jetfighter squadron on the move

Ave dominus Nox!

The Winter Eternal Kabal decided long ago to use the service of many aircraft for their raid in real space. As such, squadron of razorwing jetfighters and void bomber are always ready to take off from the kabal ship. As they cannot directly bring slave, they prefer to inflict suffering and destruction upon the poor target of the Kabal.

Their pilots are member of the Dark Blood cult and therefor are specialist of tank and monster hunt.

Two razorwing jetfighters are part of the current Kabal airforce. They both use disintegrator cannon and missiles to rain death from above. As they are part of the Dark Blood Cult, they benefit from “test of skill” that give them a nice +1 to wound against tank and monster. Always appreciate with a strength 5 weapon.

I adapted a technique from this WHTV tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc9aMBc9Lxg

I just replace the Praxeti white by Ulthuan grey as the drukhari planes have less sharp angle than a rhino and the dry did not produce a good result. After a couple of game, I will add some specific marker in each plane depending on their effort on the battlefield.