Painting Tzaangor Skyfires

Over the weekend, I painted the first of six Tzaangor Skyfires. I consider Tzaangors among my favourite AoS models and together with Kairos Fateweaver and Lord of Change, they are one of the main reasons why I am playing Disciples of Tzeentch. However, they are really tricky to paint. I think GW went a bit too far when it comes to amount of details and different materials/textures on these models. You have skin, cloth, metal, horns, tentacles, feathers, flames... At the same time, while they technically are Beastmen, you really cannot go "quick & dirty" with Tzaangors, like you can with their cousins - that approach won't work here due to model design. This was the main reason why I had my 20 Tzaangors comission painted - I simply didn't want to spend so much time painting all those models. However, I wanted to paint Skyfires and the Shaman myself. 

I tried to strike a balance between doing too much and doing too little. I wanted to paint the model reasonably quick, but I also wanted it to look good and not deviate too much from what I usually do. I have manged to finish it in a few hours (between 4 and 5) and I expect other models to be done in less time (because now I have the colour scheme and approach figured out). I really enjoyed painting this guy and I am very satisfied with the end result. 

Painting Sigmarite Chapel

Recently, I have finished painting Sigmarite Chapel. This is one part of the "Fortified Manor of the Empire" kit, but you can also buy it separately (the other part is the Watchtower). I really love this terrain piece and in general, since I don't have almost any buildings in my collection of scenery pieces, I bought it as soon as it was released (I have mostly ruins and forests). The paintjob was quick and easy (I utilized drybrushing a lot). I am now finishing the watchtower and working on the walls and fences - expect some pictures on the blog soon. 

Painting Kroxigor

Ever since I saw Lizardmen for the first time, I loved the look of the Kroxigor - giant liazards armed with huge clubs. I considered starting an army severl times, but always decided against it (for various reasons, main one being my focus on other armies). However, I never completely abaondoned that idea. And so, two years ago, when GW revealed new Seraphon/Lizardmen models for Age of Sigmar, I finally decided to start building an army. 

I love the idea of Saurus-themed force: Saurus Warriors, Kroxigor, Aggradon Lancers and some heroes, backed by Slann Starmaster (and maybe some Skinks). I mean, big Lizards are going to war, Jurrasic Park meets Aztec - what's not to like? Not to mention that all these models are really interesting to paint and also let you experiment and use some interesting colour combinations. 

On the pictures below you can see the unit of Kroxigor that I have finished few days ago. All miniatures from the new range are beautiful, however - I like Kroxigor probably the most. Similar to Sylvaneth Kurnoth Hunters, these models were one of the reasons to start collecting the army. They are large, look menacing and have really nice poses. I liked the original colour scheme and went with something similar. I also had a lot of fun painting them and I'm really satisfied with the end result.

I have also magnetized the bases, so I can attach them
to square bases for games of WHTOW

And now, here are some details (these little frogs are lovely and I really enjoyed painting them): 

Painting Saurus Oldblood

More than a year ago, I started painting my Seraphon (you can see the post here). However, for various reasons, that work has been going really slow - one of the reasons being that I paused working on that project multiple times, to paint some other models (some of which you can see on the blog). However, I kept working on Lizardmen/Seraphon here from time to time and now I have several units which are almost finished and few others which I am actively working on.

Today, I wanted to show one of my finished models - it's Saurus Oldblood, Kro-Jax, from the Jawz of Itzl WHU set. I wanted to use him as a regular Saurus foot hero and I really liked the colour scheme shown on the box, so I tried to do something similar. 

I am really happy with this paintjob - so much that I consider this one of the best I've done this year (and the model itself is amazing). I also magnetized his base, so I can attach the square base when I use him in my Old World games. And since I have been working on some other models as well, here's one small teaser of things to come: 

I expect to finish most of these models by late December/early January, so expect to see some more pictures soon! 

Painting Glade Guard

Recently, a few friends and I started preparing for a small Old World campaign. I wanted to try Wood Elves and realized I could field an entirely painted army using my Sylvaneth models - but I was missing one thing: the Glade Guard (which is mandatory unit for Wood Elves). So, I bought a box of Glade Guard and started working on the first unit. First batch of 5 models is almost done, and here's the test model that I used to set the colour scheme for the unit: