Warduke - WHQ:Silver Tower

[Mr. White]

Finished my first WHQ:Silver Tower/ Age of Sigmar figure.

Slaughterpriest Warduke





I poured through what was left of my bits box, to see if I had any wings or anything for the iconic Warduke helmet, but no such luck. Beyond, that the Slaughterpriest looked like a great model to use as re-imagining or  ‘Warduke in the Age of Sigmar’ as it were. Warduke’s left arm is encased in blue chainmail. The Slaughterpriest doesn’t have any chainmail on his arms, but his left arm is swole as if he received a gift or mutation. I attempted to make it look like this gift resulted in a blown up blue arm and his skin color fades from the Kislev Flesh to blue. I also needed to add in two very small green stuff orbs in his helmet to paint red for his glowing eyes. I had considered going with a glow/lighting effect around these orbs on the helmet, but there doesn’t look to be enough space for my meager talents. I think I’ll leave it as is.

At any rate, here he is…Warduke arrives in the Age of Sigmar ready to challenge the Gaunt Summoner’s Silver Tower.





I’ve also debated on how I was going to do the bases on the minis for this game as he is the first figure painted for Silver Tower. I had considered going with dungeon tiled bases, but think I’m going to stick with blue/grey sand as it’s more versatile should I actually use these models in an Age of Sigmar game proper, GORECHOSEN, or whatever.

(sorry for the large images...anyone know a good way to resize them or is modifying img tags the only way?)

[metalface13]

Looks awesome, buddy! I really like your inspiration (aww ... Warduke, I don't think I ever knew his name but was definitely a part of my childhood) and doing something different than the usual Khorne color schemes.

[Gabbi]

Oh, I have a soft spot for the character. Nice job. Definitely the reference is clear, well done.
A few years ago, he got an "update" and has been released as part of D&D prepainted line.

[Pictors Studio]

That is a pretty great colour scheme.  Warduke was also a part of my childhood.  Although I did wonder why all those D&D figures were left-handed.

I just painted my Slaughterpriest two days ago.  I wonder if one of the 40K night lord heads would fit on him?

[metalface13]

That is a pretty great colour scheme.  Warduke was also a part of my childhood.  Although I did wonder why all those D&D figures were left-handed.

I just painted my Slaughterpriest two days ago.  I wonder if one of the 40K night lord heads would fit on him?

You're from Pittsburgh, too?

[Pictors Studio]

Originally I'm from Nottingham, but I live in Pittsburgh now, yes.  

I just ran this game at Phantom of the Attic in Oakland on Sunday:

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=94472.0

[Geoffrey21]

That's awesome. I love Warduke.

[DivisMal]

Shiny! Lovely paintscheme.

[Mason]

Great idea!
 

Warduke does bring back memories as I discovered those toys before getting into gaming.