Abraxia and some other things

This week, I finally managed to find "Abraxia's Varanspear" set that contains Abraxia and 3 Varanguard. This set was very hard to find - none of the stores where I buy Warhammer miniatures had any in stock (it was out of stock with GW as well). Finally, I found one in a local WH shop. I assembled it yesterday and will assemble the Varanguard in the next few days. Abraxia's model is really beautiful:

Ever since the 2nd edition of "Age of Sigmar", I wanted to play Archaon's elite army - but aside from Archaon and one unit of Varanguard, I have never fully assembled it (main reason is that I've prioritized finishig some other armies over that one). However, it stayed on my "to-do list" all this time and I have never abandoned the idea. As soon as I've seen Abraxia, I knew it's time to finally finish "Swords of Chaos" army. Oh, and let's not forget the fact that in the new edition of Age of Sigmar, "Swords of Chaos" is army of renown, composed only of Archaon. Abraxia and Varanguard (with some awesome rules as well). I really can't wait to finally bring that army to the table - even unpainted (there's already a lot of stuff in the pipeline right now). 

Oh, and here are also some pictures of one of the endless spells for Disciples of Tzeentch (Daemonic Simulacrum):

Painting terrain - Sacrificial Rocks

During the last few weeks, I have been working on some terrain pieces. Actually, I got quite a few of them from a friend who wanted to get rid of most of his wargaming terrain (for both WHFB/AoS and WH40K), so he kindly gave all that stuff to me. There were some really cool terrain pieces in that lot; the most interesting is probably Warscryer Citadel/Skullvane Manse (click here for pictures). I did a lot of work on the Citadel but it's not done yet (however, I expect to finish it soon because there's not much work left to do). Besides that, I managed to do a quick refresh/repaint for the Sacrificial Rocks from the GF9 (that were also part of the lot). Their original color scheme is very dark and I wanted more contrast and brighter colors. I repainted the bases, added mossy effect and made the rocks much lighter (by drybrushing several highlights). Here's the final result:

I find it funny that I was thinking on buying some terrain pieces later this year, to have bit more variety and also be able to build some futuristic-looking terrain for WH40K. These terrain pieces came out of nowhere and saved me a lot of money. Now I can build some great looking battlefields (for both AoS and WH40K). 

Saurus Warriors

As I have mentioned in one of my earlier posts, a while ago I have decided to start Seraphon army. It is slowly starting to take shape - I have finished painting a unit of Saurus Warriors earlier this month, as I want to try playing Seraphon in Spearhead format when AoS 4E comes out. I really like the new Seraphon models (all of them, really) and besides the unit shown on the pictures below, I will have one more unit - but armed with spears. 

Knight-Judicator and Gryph-Hounds

Today I have finished one more model for my Stormcast Eternals army. This time, it's Knight-Judicator and his Gryph-hounds:

While this guy might be carrying a small ballista (that's a pretty damn big bow!), I really like his dynamic, heroic pose and the two doggos. I have always liked the fact that Stormcast Eternals had a wide array of different beasts/animals they used either as mounts, or as a fully functional units. I have an unpainted unit of six Gryph-hounds and I am really looking forward to using it in a battle (mostly just because they look really cool).

I am returning to painting Seraphon now, because I want to have a Spearhead army ready for the new edition of Age of Sigmar :)  

My Stormcast Eternals army (so far)

One of the armies that I play is Stormcast Eternals. I've always loved the idea of heavily armored warriors, but I've never liked the original Stormcast models that much. I always thought they were a bit comical and I also wasn't a fan of their proportions. Sarcosanct models looked a bit better, but for me - something was still missing. However, everything changed when I saw Thunderstrike Stormcast. These models had great proportions and looked way more menacing. I fell in love with Knight-Vexilor and Annihilator models as soon as they were previewed with the rest of the Dominion box. These models were also the reason why I started collecting Stormcast Eternals. 

And so, what started as a small army is now decent-sized Thunderstrike Stormcast collection based around Annihilators. I really love Annihilator models and the fact that you could play them as battleline in Knights Excelsior army made them even better! I have painted most of the models, but there's still a few  more units to go until everything is completed. The colour scheme I have chosen is variation of the Ghyran Guard scheme from the army book (and the idea behind the army is that these warriors are sworn to Alarielle and protect some of the Sylvaneth groves). This scheme is simple, but looks good on the table; I was able to replicate it easily and quickly paint full units - this gave me a lot of motivation to keep painting more. One thing that made these models really stand out were the bases. In this case, I chose pre-made "Temple" bases from GamersGrass. Below you can see how a finished Annihilator model looks like:

And now's the time for some "group photos" of the models that I have painted so far:

As I mentioned, there's a few more units I own that I haven't painted yet (including some more Annihilators). I am really looking forward to the new Stormcast models that will be introduced in 4th edition, because they are clearly the continuation of this aesthetic that I really like - dark, menacing warriors in heavy armor. I think they are going to be a great addition to my army :)