27 September 2020

First Steps

The Great Work has begun. Whilst I've painted a few miscellaneous fellows for the Chonky Bois, the real work in an army of Kharadron Overlords are the skyvessels, and the process has been daunting. This Grundstok Gunhauler is my first real foray into painting these large models


Basic procedure here has been to work in sub-assemblies. The bois themselves were painted individually. The endrin (i.e. the dirigible) and its riggings were another assembly. Finally the whole gondola was painted in one go. Still a bit cumbersome, but undoubtably better than in one whole go.

As far as colours, I'm using a mix of old and new here. I prime black then dry brush with Vallejo MC Gunmetal & GC Silver. After that, different areas get different treatments. The blues are done with glazes of the old Citadel Guilliman Blue; but the golds have the more complex recipe of layers of Citadel Contrast Skeleton Horde, followed by Citadel Shade Reikland Fleshshade, and then finally Vallejo yellow ink. This is then all edge highlighted with Vallejos MC Silver (which is slightly brighter than the GC to my eye). I really wish I could simplify this recipe—if I can find a pot of Citadel Contrast Iyanden Yellow, that might be close enough. 

Simplification is necessitates by the fact that I plan on running a flotilla of Grundstok Gunhaulers with a Endrinmaster with Dirigible Suit as the admiral and endrinriggers for support. I might also include a squadron of grycopters (or gyrobombers) as well. DEATH FROM ABOVE! HUZZAH! 




 

19 September 2020

New Year, New Blog

Why hallo!

Today is the first day of 5871 according to the Jewish Calendar—and who doesn't want to live in a world where it isn't 2020?!

Welcome to this new blog dedicated to my chonky bois: a custom Age of Sigmar Kharadron Overlord army. This blog is dedicated to the hobbyist life related to these sky dorfs. I hope to post pics and custom fluff as I bring these bois to life.