A Tale of Krås Krüngle

A Holiday Tale from Chamon:

The Kharadron claim that they believe only in the power of the capital and the cunning of a mercantile meritocracy. They tell stories of how their god told them to fend for themselves, and this was the impetus for them to learn grit and self-determination—how they have outgrown the Old Ways and are beholden to no god, creed, or superstition. However this only the official party line.

In the outer rings of the skyports and the below decks of almost any skyvessel of the line, things are different. The old ways persist, and even new stories and myths have emerged as the Age of Chaos turns to the Ages of Sigmar. 

One of these stories is of a Duardin of old—ancient in years beyond counting. One night a year, he visits all the skyports in a single evening and delivers presences to good little dorf of various genders. His name is Krås Krüngle.

As the days grow short and the nights grow long, and as forces of chaos stretch out their evil tendrils to ensnare all that is good in Chamon, Krås Krüngle calls forth the fallen Duardin heroes of yore and leads them on a yearly hunt across the heavens. He and his host bring light to the darkness, spreading goodness and cheer across all the skyports by giving gifts to the younglings. 

While the Geldraad don't like to admit it, the stories are good for business and so they let the "superstition" go....

 

I haven't had much time to paint as of late, but I've been working on this conversion for the last week or so. He's built off a Blood Bowl slayer model with plenty of kit bashing and modeling added. He serves no purpose in any army or list—just a bit of whimsy as the days grow short and the nights grow cold. 

I will be participating in the Analogue Hobbies Challenge from the solstice to the equinox, and as such I'm prepping and priming more than painting at the moment. Expect a deluge of posts here starting late December! Until then, fiction and meta-thoughts as a build and bash models and get them ready for painting! 

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!