Building a Daemonic Legion of Slaanesh

[twisted moon]

more good work.

 

[Rivetbull]

I don’t recognise them? Where were they published?

I don’t know that they ever were. I stumbled across them a few years ago, maybe a decade. I am pretty sure they are Adrian Smith’s work. They certainly look like they were done intentionally as a pair, as the swaping of chaos god rivalries between them must be a deliberate choice. But, what they were for? And, when were they done? No idea.

I’d certainly love to see someone like Satyr Art do a model of that big corpulent slaaneshi fellow at the back though.

 

[Brother Meredith]

Interesting! Certainly looks like Adrian’s early work.

You should suggest to Drew to add the pic to his files for inspiration!

 

[Rivetbull]

Interesting! Certainly looks like Adrian’s early work.

You should suggest to Drew to add the pic to his files for inspiration!

Who is ‘Drew’?

 

[ManicMan]

Who is ‘Drew’?

Drew Williams. he owns (or co-owns now) Satyr sculpting studio. used to be the Drew Williams Sculpting studio

 

[Rivetbull]

Drew Williams. he owns (or co-owns now) Satyr sculpting studio. used to be the Drew Williams Sculpting studio

Ah, very well. I’ve been buying quite a few of his toys. He does excellent work.

 

[chrisgoodone]

Loving your work muchly

 

[Brother Meredith]

Who is ‘Drew’?

Soz, assumed you knew his name as essentially a one man company.

 

[Rivetbull]

Loving your work muchly

Thanks. I appreciate the vote of confidence. I’m planning more in the new year.

 

[Rivetbull]

So, this year, I am undertaking the specific goal of maxing out the traditional Daemonic portion of my army. My efforts will therefore be applied to the gaps in my existing collection between what I have painted and what the Realm of Chaos Slaves to Darkness army list allows. This meant a dozen more Fiends.

For the paint schemes I continued with my method designed to call back to the classic daemonic legion art in Slaves to Darkness, using clashing color schemes which lean towards pastel shades or bright colors. However, this time I tried a new technique, new for me at least, contrast paints. I chose to give contrast paints a try in hopes to have slightly different results on the second batch of a dozen fiends than my first batch. I watched a few videos and fiddled with contrast on a few bits and shields. Then I gave it a shot on the old lead.

I have to say the result of the contrast painting was functional, but I didn't love it. I found the shading effect that contrast provides often felt too understated for my purposes. I ended up giving a drybrush and highlight on them to get the effects I wanted. In several cases I still needed to do dark lining to provide shading in the deepest areas as well. So, my verdict on contrasts is, they are 'fine', but nothing amazing. It's basically a thick ink that requires you prime in a light tone instead of a dark tone. I found the time saved in this process was essentially paid back by having to line or shade due to having to use a light primer color. I think contrasts will let you achieve functional results in a bit less time and with less prior skill than before, but experienced painters probably can do better or will treat them as just another ink pot.

All that said, the first five came out pretty well. The pastel colors let me get some different looks that my first batch. Fiends scuttle about quite a bit, but I did get them to sit still for some close ups...

 

[Eric]

They have come out nicely. The army grows ever larger! I think I had a similar experience to you with contrast paints when I did some orcs and goblins ala "slap chop" I found I needed to ensure I started with a good dark base and really work the highlighting up to pure white where I wanted the brightest bit to go. So doing that prep layer was a lot more work than I thought it was going to be. When I've used just plain contrast over the primer I've found it very dependent on the colour. So I'll use the various "leathers" quite often to just quickly do pouches or boots, but I don't find myself using them much beyond that in their intended role.

 

[The Serene Badger]

Those fiends look great! I've got contrast/speed paints, but basically end up using them like inks. Like you, I find the highlights ineffective.

 

[Brother Meredith]

I use contrast paints, but always do a highlight/drybrush afterwards, I certainly don’t rely on them on their own.

 

[twisted moon]

the fiends look suitably creepy.

 

[symphonicpoet]

Properly creepy looking, and nicely painted.

 

[Rivetbull]

Thanks for the votes of confidence. More stuff on the painting desk now.

 

[batu]

What a fantastic project all around. I really like the Slaaneshi Legionaries!

 

[Plaiecivile]

Great thread! Its facisnating to see the progression of your Slaanesh Horde. OWAC has been a huge motivation factor for what I can see! 😉

 

[Rivetbull]

OWAC provides a manageable steady pace to work around. This year I am keeping it modest and not trying to do too much all at once. I don’t do my best work on a rigorous schedule, but at this point, I feel like I paint pretty well, pretty fast. By which i mean, i’m not winning any golden daemons, but I get stuff done faster than average and it looks better than average as well. I’m happy with that level.

 

[Rivetbull]

This last Keeper I did was given the theme of ‘brawler’. I wanted him to look brutal and more mutated than his brothers. To this end, I gave him multiples of the one armored claw on the downward hanging upper arm bit. I wanted four of that claw to maximize the amount of armor on the model and because that claw looks 'stronger' than the others too me. It took a while, but I acquired three more of that upper arm piece. I then did a bit of snipping and affixed those claws to create a quartet of heavy armored claws with no human hands at all. I then took a spare tail/body piece from one of the many fiends I rejected after assembling this year's batch. I used this to give him a convincing scorpion tail mutation. I also used a very special “eyepatch head”. As Keeper of Secrets heads go, this is not one of my favorites, but this head is all that remains of the very first keeper my teenaged self managed to acquire and paint. I did not strip the original badly painted blue but rather used it as a primer coat and pressed on. While painting him, I had a couple considerations to keep in mind. First off, he was not going to be the same skin color as any of his brethren. That ruled out orange, pink, green, and yellow. Second, most if not all of his cloth would be yellow to tie him into the rest of the legion's models. I considered jet black for a skin tone, but in the end, I went with a deep purple. Mostly because I liked the effect that scheme had on a Fiend, I did a couple years ago. I went ahead and painted right over the original head. I like that this ties the model, and the legion back to the same effort I began so many many years ago.