Lead Belt Lounger
Vassal
I’d just started painting this unit when the news about John Blanche broke, and so I put some extra effort into the skull-faced Lord’s (ready-sculpted) shield. Then the idea popped into my head to try and copy one of his paintings onto a blank shield, as a little mini-tribute and to push my painting boundaries; so I chose his Bloodletter painting for the bat-wing helmeted leader. From there it sort of spiralled; it made sense to do a Bloodthirster, Flesh Hound and Juggernaut, then a not-so-run-of-the-mill symbol of Khorne, and a couple of shields covered in skulls to round things off. I took the same approach to the daemon-faced chest of one of the knights (probably my favourite job overall of these). Finally I chose to do my first-ever foil banner (a tomato puree tube, so even that was red…), and bought some hobby chain to hang it with.
I thoroughly enjoyed doing them, and am pleased with what ended up being an effort at a tribute unit way beyond my normal comfort zone. My technique’s very rough, but three feet away from above and all that!
I thoroughly enjoyed doing them, and am pleased with what ended up being an effort at a tribute unit way beyond my normal comfort zone. My technique’s very rough, but three feet away from above and all that!
