Stormcast Eternals - Caution: OTT Minis

[Westfalia Chris]

BTW... not quite sure why Chris found it was necessary to edit out the photo of the Chaos Fortress. These things are officially leaked by GW and can be found on DakkaDakka, Bols and Warseer forums.

But it is your call, so cool.

*Sigh* once more with feeling:

Links to scans of White Dwarf pages: No-go - open season for GW's lawyers, and that gets expensive quickly in Germany.

Links to Games Workshop pages or sites that published official publicity shots: Just fine.

[matthais-mouse]

Are they OTT, as so many suggest... perhaps... but I love them!

And that is the first time I have ever said that about any fantasy mini collection.

Well its great that you like them and are enjoying painting them up

How are you going to finish the bases? colour wise I mean

[Ray Rivers]

*Sigh* once more with feeling:

No need.

I repeat... I'm cool with that.

In fact I will apologize and say that because so frequently I have seen other folks post copyrighted material on the forum I was unaware of folks being so uptight about it, so I am sorry and it won't happen again.

[Ray Rivers]

Well its great that you like them and are enjoying painting them up

Yes, they are a true pleasure and then there are the Chaos guys to do as well... 

How are you going to finish the bases? colour wise I mean

THAT is a good question!

According to the rules, you first choose a "realm" to have your battle.

Here is a link to the Mortal Realms of the Age of Sigmar .

Notice that there is a huge variation and this is what the free rules say about battlegrounds:

Battles in Warhammer: Age of Sigmar are fought across an infinite variety of exciting landscapes in the Mortal Realms, from desolate volcanic plains and treacherous sky temples, to lush jungles and cyclopean ruins. The dominion of Chaos is all pervading, and no land is left untouched by the blight of war. These wildly fantastical landscapes are recreated whenever you play a game of Warhammer: Age of Sigmar.

Also notice from my first link the following:

Age of Sigmar

The God-King knew that fighting the Gods of Chaos was a losing battle. They were too united and powerful that to fight them was to face certain doom. He had a plan to build an army with the help of Grungni. Plucking the greatest heroes of the realms into Azyrheim and reforging them into Stormcast Eternals.[1d]

The Age of Sigmar begins with the first strike against Chaos. Vandus Hammerhand was tasked with liberating the Gate of Azyr in Aqshy from the Mighty Lord of Khorne, known as Korghos Khul and his Goretide.[1d]

So this is where the starter box begins and why all the minis are based painted grey; because they are fighting in the realm of Aqshy, the Realm of Fire.

I've been going back and forth between grey and brown and still haven't decided.

Any recommendations?

[matthais-mouse]

As it is a realm of fire,  perhaps a few lava pools here and there, burnt grass or burnt vegetation in general and maybe even pure charcoal black as though the entire earth is burnt? Burnt tree stumps here and there may work too?

You could also look at volcanic rocks that have dried and use those as inspiration for larger rubble debris on the bases too.

Ahhh so many ideas haha

[Ray Rivers]

Sooo... man it took a long time to do the armor on all 10 Liberators! 

But then again, during the summer I really don't have much time.

Anyway all the Liberators now have all armor, leather and black highlights.

Here is a (not so great) photo:



Next up will be to do the inside of the Prime's robe (white) and then start base coating the rest of the minis.

BTW... have you seen the new Prosecutor Knight? 

[matthais-mouse]

BTW... have you seen the new Prosecutor Knight? 

I have not, A quick google search and I couldnt find it. Is it on their website or other?

As for the painting, coming on very nicely, I like the way you have done the leather

[Ray Rivers]

I have not, A quick google search and I couldnt find it. Is it on their website or other?

You can find it here: http://www.beastsofwar.com/age-of-sigmar/skies-prosecutors-age-sigmar/

Click on Knight-Venator accompanied by a star eagle. 

[matthais-mouse]

I have to admit I like the bird on the chaps base thingy, but not a big fan of the bow armed fellow, I prefer the double hammers. I wonder if the bases are easily interchangeable 

 

[Ray Rivers]

I believe it is one kit you can make anyway you want.

[matthais-mouse]

I believe it is one kit you can make anyway you want.

Ahhh well thats good, depending on the prices games workshop puts it at.... 

[Ray Rivers]

35 GBPs. And yes, I will probably buy one. Our hobby is not inexpensive, any way you look at it.

Since I am painting these guys up from the starter set I bought and am awaiting the Age of Sigmar Book, a Judicator's box and Lord Castellant that I bought a couple days ago, obviously a conversation concerning price is a waste of time. I realize they are expensive... ok.

[Ray Rivers]

Ahhhh... so only 25 GBPs:



Fantastic!

[Ray Rivers]

So... I was looking at the miniature and came to the conclusion that silver just didn't do the mini justice seeing as how these folks are celestial beings...

I then decided to substitution Blue Steel for the silver and began to block in the rest of the base colors, but along the way, I wanted to see where this guy was heading so I finished the blue steel and the blue.

Here is how he came out (not the sharpest images in the world):





BTW... when I am starting a new army I usually take notes and many times photos so I can refer to them when I am doing other units. This is what I am doing with the Liberators and once they are finished I will only be adding fulling painted minis to the thread thereafter.

Hope you like how he is coming...

[Major_Gilbear]

I like the feathering effect on the blues - it adds a nice bit of subtle interest.

When you add the white/parchment colours, I think their contrast against the rest of the scheme will finish the model off nicely.