My Khorne Army - painting update #5

When I started collecting Age of Sigmar back in 2017, my main armies were Sylvaneth and Khorne. Sylvaneth are still one of my favourite armies, but, due to several reasons, I sold my Khorne army at some point. One of the main reasons for selling those miniatures was that I messed up the paintjob for the daemonic units. Mortal units were beautifully painted for me by Warbrush studio, but I wanted to paint the Daemons. However, I simply was not able to make the models look the way I wanted. I simply looked at Bloodletters and Bloodcrushers and felt frustrated. On one hand, I committed several painting mistakes while trying to paint those models: not doing enough research on the paint scheme, spending too much time on infantry and not using test models. There were also a few painting accidents, like varnish frosting on freshly painted Bloodcrushers (which resulted in having to repaint some of some of the work), or having to strip down the primer from unit of Bloodletters because of the loss of details and granulation. All of these things combined with my inability to meet my own expectations killed the most of my enthusiasm. I started painting other things and didn't want to even look at these models because they always reminded me of my failure. The only exception to this was Skarbrand. My painting skills were definitely not at the current level back then, but I was proud of how I painted Skarbrand and I still think that it was a pretty good paintjob.

I sold the army to a friend of mine and few years went by. In the meantime, I learned a lot and made a lot of progress with my painting. Somewhere during 2022 I decided to collect Khorne again - but only daemons this time, no mortals (they are fine, but they were simply not what I imagined or wanted to play). I love the aesthetic of those models and the fact that I can use them in AoS, WH40K and WHFB is great. I also enjoy the lore and the playstyle. So I decided to make things right this time. 

Right from the beginning, I aimed at a relatively small army - about 1500 points for AoS (since I usually play smaller games) but with the ability to expand to full 2000 points. The fact that I could use those models in other systems was pure bonus - I wanted to primarily build Blades of Khorne army. I also picked which exact models I wanted and managed to buy most of them below regular prices. However, then I learned that the friend I sold my original Khorne army to wants to reduce the number of his AoS armies and was looking for someone to buy his Blades of Khorne. We talked a bit about it and he let me buy my Skarbrand off him for a fair price. That was the model I really enjoyed painting and I was looking forward to getting him back. 

So, once I got Skarbrand, I decided to freshen up his paintjob a bit and modify his base. Here is how the model looked like originally:

This picture was taken 5 years ago, on the same day when I have finished painting the model. I think the paintjob is still good, but I wanted to make some details "pop" more, make the base more busy and do some minor corrections on the armour. Here is the model after most of the refresh is done: 

I am really happy that this model is now part of my army again - the model is absolutely fantastic and is exactly what I think of when I think of Khorne Daemons. The only details that I want to address in the future are the spikes at the end of the wings - they don't look good and need to be defined some more. 

Oh - I forgot to mention the most important thing: my Khorne army is finished! I have met my hobby goal for 2023 and I am very happy because of it. Before the end of the month, I will make a post about it and show the army in all its glory (and also make a recap of my painting in 2023). Stay tuned!

My Khorne Army - painting update #4

Recently, a friend of mine was selling his Blades of Khorne stuff, so I bough a few things from him: Herald (Bloodmaster), Judgements of Khorne, Skull Altar and the latest Battletome. Fun fact: this is the same friend that I bought my Khorne stuff couple years ago, so I basically bought back some of it :D 

Anyway, last Saturday I had a few hours to spare, so I decided to paint the Herald. I already have one Herald (made from slightly converted rider of the Blood Throne), but the new model is really nice and with all prayers that are available to Khorne priests in the new book, it definitely pays off to have two of them. I have managed to paint this guy in about two and a half hours and you can see the result on the pictures below. 

Besides Bloodmaster, I have also finished painting my Flesh Hounds. I made these pictures while the unit still wasn't fully complete, so the fifth Hound is not shown. 

And with that - there's only one unit left to paint - 10 more Bloodletters and I my main hobby goal for this year (to have a fully painted Khorne Daemons army for Age of Sigmar/WH40K) will be achieved! It won't be full 2000 point army - but since I'm mostly playing 1000 and 1500 point games, that's OK. With the current point values for Blades of Khorne, one more unit of Flesh Hounds and Bloodletters will get me to 2000 points, so I will probably add them in the near future. I'm not worried about building WH40K army at all, because I have more than enough Tzeentch daemons to add. 

My Khorne Army - painting update #3

As you probably know from my previous posts, I am working on a Khorne Daemons army that I can play both in Warhammer 40K and Age of Sigmar (as Blades of Khorne daemon-only army). The most recent addition is a unit of 3 Bloodcrushers. 

I've had a lot of fun working on these models. The black armour on Juggernauts was inspired by a similar paintjob that can be seen on the unit entry in old Khorne Daemonkin codex (for 7th edition of Warhammer 40K). I think that it makes a great contrast, so both rider and the mount can be easily distinguished. 

I am also working on a unit of Flesh Hounds and they are almost done - I can replicate the army colour scheme easily, so I am able to paint models fairly quickly. Over the course of the year I've painted a lot of models - and I am happy to say that the army is close to being completely painted! 

My Khorne Army - painting update #2

Yesterday I have finished painting one more Khorne model - this time, it's Skull Cannon. I had a lot of fun painting this model, especially the "organic" parts and the red armour. Here's a few pictures:

I have also done a lot of work on my unit of Bloodcrushers - they are already around 50% completed. Once they are finished, there's only one unit of Bloodletters and 2 units of Flesh Hounds left - and my army is fully painted! I ordered one more box of Bloodletters, because I want to be able to field 30 of them at some point (maybe even more in the future!) but I won't push myself to paint them as well until the end of the year. Main reason for that is the fact that I would like to take a break after painting my Khorne stuff (or in between painting some Khorne stuff) and either paint something else, or finally put my Blades of Khorne army on the table (or field them as Khorne Daemons in 10th edition of Warhammer 40K). 

Speaking of WH40K, I am really looking forward my first game of 10th edition - not because I like the rules that much (truth is: I don't) but because I have two great friends who are both enthusiastic about the game and are building some cool armies. I have completed my Chaos Space marine force I'm planning to use and I also painted first of my Chaos Knights! This was quite an accomplishment and I'll soon take some good pictures for the blog. 

Oh, and I also started a Seraphon army, but more about that in some other post :D  

My Khorne army - painting update

One of the armies I have is Khorne daemons army. I always thought that Khorne daemons were the best-looking out of all Chaos daemons; their range is fairly small, but models are very nice and the general aesthetic really appeals to me. In the same time, these miniatures can be used for both Age of Sigmar and Warhammer 40K, which is great. So, over the last year I slowly built the army and started painting models in January. I'm happy to say that the work is progressing nicely - since the beginning of the year, I have managed to paint quite a few models and my plan is to have a fully painted Khorne daemons army by the end of the year. Below you can find the photos of the miniatures I have painted so far. 

The Bloodthirster is probably the most spectacular out of those that I painted. As you can see, I tried to make the base more interesting; I planned that since the very beginning, but ultimately I had to do it because my son dropped the model so the flame/fire part broke. So besides pinning and reattaching the broken part, I also used one of the broken pillars as a support - I placed a pin that connects the pillar and the model's leg, so now it is much more stable. 

Next one is Skulltaker - it is a very nice model, way better than the old metal one. 

And there's also a unit of Bloodletters - I have two units of 10 models and I might add a third one at some point in the future. I haven't painted a 10-man unit for quite a while - I'm mostly painting monsters, heroes and heavy infantry. I knew that painting multiple small models might become boring pretty quick, so I painted the unit in two batches of 5 models. I also painted the same thing on all models at once, meaning that I painted flesh on all models first, than did faces and horns, then swords, etc. 

I also painted Herald of Khorne (which I made out of the model that sits on top of the Blood Throne), but I haven't made a picture of him. Right now, I have to paint the following units/models in order to complete the army: 

• 10 Bloodletters
• 10 Flesh hounds
• 3 Bloodcrushers
• Skull Cannon

I'm pretty confident that I should be able to paint all that by the end of the year, especially since the painting scheme is clearly defined and for most of these models it all comes down to simple reproduction (Bloodletters and Flesh hounds). As always, I will post more pictures as soon as I finish something :)