MalusCalibur's Fantasy Escapades

[MalusCalibur]

Hello all!

You might remember me from my endeavours with some Slaaneshi Spiderwomen some time back. You also (far more likely) might not. Nevertheless, welcome to my new Fantasy project log. To keep things better focused than last time, this log will focus solely on Fantasy armies (the 40K ones being detailed in a seperate log), and I will also stick to working on one army at a time, rather than leaping about all over the place like I did before.

So, lets get started shall we?

I have many Fantasy armies (or rather, bits of them...), and intend for this log to help me stay motivated enough to get at least some of them to what I'd consider a finished state. The first of these? The ever-scorned Daemons of Chaos.

I actually have two Daemon armies, at present. I built one originally with a Slaanesh focus (the Spidermaidens), but filled some gaps in the list with Khorne elements. I have since decided that both should also be fieldable as armies in their own right. Indeed, the ideal would be to have FOUR Daemon armies - one for each power. But for now, we're going to start with the Khorne Daemons - Lord Bahl's Crimson Legion!

Although part of this army is painted already, every time I look at the models I feel that my current standards are not being met. So, as a test, I painted up a fresh new Bloodletter, both to experiment with painting methods and for comparison with my existing models. Here are the results:





The Bloodletter on the right is an old one, whereas the one on the left is the newly painted one. As I'm sure you can see, there is simply no comparison - and thus the entire army will end up repainted in this new fashion. Though thankfully for my sanity this does not include a)my Bloodthirster, who was the first model I've painted in recent years that made me think I do have some talent after all, and b)two Juggernauts, who took an eon to paint each and still look good next to my newer models.

I'm planning to take a 'paint one whole model at a time' approach to this army, rather than my usual 'production line', so progress on units will be slow, but thorough, and hopefully I'll be able to avoid getting demoralised by doing the same colour for hours upon hours!

Thus, next time you can expect....a second Bloodletter!

[mrtn]

I remember your spiders.
I think that you should paint the gravel on the base.

[MalusCalibur]

As promised, here is a second Bloodletter - the unit Musician:





And here are the finished two together:



The painting method has become standardised now, so it should become progressively faster to complete - with any luck, the next update might be TWO Bloodletters!

[bigcheese76]

I remember your old 40k log quite well.

With regards to this log, great painting on the bloodletters, but the lava effect is just amazing, you have really pulled it off well!

[shortlegs]

The lava effect on the base is really nice, but it makes the surrounding gravel a little dull looking in comparison.

[Orodreth]

I love the way the lava effect links the two bases together.

[minitrol]

That will be an awesome unit when you're finished. I am always jealous of armies with lava bases I think it is such a neat idea but my armies are Empire and Dwarfs and it would just look out of pace.

[MalusCalibur]

Another Bloodletter joins the ranks - the unit Champion, the Bloodreaper:





There is one tiny error on him - I plan to add some silver highlights around the base of the brass sections of his horns, in addition to that on the tips.

The last command model (the Standard Bearer) has been started, and should be finished tommorow.

[MalusCalibur]

The Standard Bearer is now finished:





The banner itself took aaaaages to do - quite a large portion of that time being spent trying to decide what to paint on it! Eventually I settled on a horned skull, and the details evolved from there. Some of my better freehand, I think.

Here's the command group all together:




Next? More RnF Bloodletters!

[Arkfatalis]

I like the look of the swords. And think the light green is a great contrast.

[Orodreth]

Excellent job with the banner. They all look great together!

You're making me want some...

[MalusCalibur]

Thanks for the replies, everyone

@shortlegs
While it would be tempting to paint the basing material, I think the black looks quite good as is. Not to mention that it would fall off if I tried - it already falls off everywhere!

@Orodreth
Thanks The lava link effect just made logical sense when I did it originally, and serves as a nice way to make the bases stand out. I'm very pleased with the banner - it took almost as long as the rest of the model, and I almost ruined it with a different design that was looking awful. It got scrapped in time to save the banner!
And go on, join us. You know you want to


Another Bloodletter finished - maybe I'll have a whole unit before the end of the decade? Only twelve more to go!



Though it might seem less logical, the front facing of this Bloodletter is actually the edge on the right of this picture - he was posed facing away like that to a)rank up in the unit, and b)to add a little bit more character. He also had to have some Green Stuff surgery that hopefully no one can spot

[MalusCalibur]

More Bloodletter-y goodness today. With the arrival of some new glue, I was able to assemble three more Bloodletters for this unit, and painted the first of them.





With this one done, the front rank is now complete:




Eleven more to go!

[Orodreth]

They're looking great. Keep going, they're going to look superb all together!

[minitrol]

Very nice - love the banner details!

[MalusCalibur]

Update! Of sorts.

I've been building some terrain intermittently (check my 40K log to see the others), so I present this:












Behold, my Altar of Slaanesh!
Built out of various scraps (cardboard, drawer knobs, a little plastic box and some Daemonettes), and painted in one sitting. It was mostly built for the Spidermaidens benefit, and serves as a nice Chaotic feature for future battlefields...

[Warh]

the daemonettes look great as statues
also like the highlight on the Slaanesh icon

[MalusCalibur]

Update!

My apologies for my absence. When running two project logs, one tends to suffer at the hands of the other! Combined with frustration at GW, painting Fantasy models has been low on my priorities.

Nevertheless, the next lot of Bloodletters have been started:

[MalusCalibur]

Update! I promise I'm not dead!

The 2nd rank of Bloodletters has actually been done for a while, but I neglected to take pictures until now:








The lava line on the sixth Bloodletter doesn't quite link up with that of the one in front of him, so that will need to be carefully redone.
And yes, the third one along has the end of his tongue missing - it broke off during assembly and I figured I'd just leave it as is. That same Bloodletter also has a chunk missing from his left arm, as a result of cutting/assembling/cursing/repositioning so he would rank up. Rather than fill it in with GS, I instead painted it as a gaping wound, with green ichor flowing out! [Probably can't really see that in the pictures though).

The third (and final) rank is undercoated and ready to be started on, so expect to see that soon. Then, finally, we can move on to something other than Bloodletters (for a while)!

[MalusCalibur]

Update!
No more Bloodletters yet I'm afraid, but I do have something else I'd like to share:









These were painted as commission work for Precinct Omega Studios (http://www.precinctomega.co.uk). What do people make of them?

Expect more commission work to appear in this log in the future!