Not All is Dust – A Thousand Sons blog

Quick update; haven’t gotten any more painting done since the last update but I have purchased some stuff to start a unit of Tzaangor.

My plan is to have a mix of the gnolls and snakemen, and over time I plan on adding a variety of beastmen to bring them up to a full 30 strong herd (well, possibly 34, so I’ll have the flexibility to break them down into two or three units).  Think the WoA stuff is a little bit too small but could be useful as placeholders in the meantime.

The three Ushabti I have I plan on converting to use as Tzaangor Enlightened.  I dislike how Tzaangor get discs from a fluff perspective (to me Discs are supposed to be a status symbol and I don’t feel like Tzaangors should really warrant such high status), so I’m taking advantage of the fact that the whole model has the Daemon keyword, not just the mount; my plan is to have the Ushabti levitating and dragging chains behind it with the fluff being that they’re Tzaangor that have been used to make daemonhosts.  Haven’t decided yet how I’m going to make them levitate though.

With the red and gold done I’ve moved on to the armour edging/filigree.  Progress is slow and so far I’ve only basecoated it on six Rubricae using Celestial Grey.

Just snapped some quick pics now the wash is dry; got a game shortly so thought I’d snap a group shot while I’m at it.

Did some more painting today; gave the Aspiring Sorcerers Stormcast Silver on their shoulder pads and used Sycorax Bronze for various details on the Rubricae (such as the helmet grills).

With those bits done everything got a was with Seraphim Sepia (pics snapped while it was still wet).  Waiting for this to dry, when it has I’ll probably go back over with another layer of sepia to engolden the metal parts more.  Plan after that is to move onto the white trim.

Finished the Wild Rider Ted layer on the remaining Rubricae and went over the lot with the Mephiston Red/WRR mix on the shoulder pads and the odd plate.

Started on some of the metallic parts using ScaleColor ‘Citrine Alchemy’.  Was a bit of a pain to use as like it was fairly runny even after vigorously shaking the bottle; could be because I bought it a year or two back and hadn’t opened it until now so it had settled.  Had to use a paper clip to stir the thicker paint on the bottom and dig some out.  Plan is to use silvers and brass on the other metallic parts before giving them and maybe the red with Gryphone Sepia.

After that I’ll be moving onto the armour trim which will be white-grey.

Quick update, got some painting done.  My plan is to focus on the Rubricae and leave the Scarab Occult until after they’re done (bar bases).

Finally sat down and started painting; not much to show so far though.  Undercoated two squads of Rubricae, two squads of Scarab Occult and an Exalted Sorcerer with Mephiston Red and have given the Rubricae their first wash of Agrax Earthshade.

Plan going forward is to wash the SO and ES, and touch up any areas the wash missed on the Rubricae, then go back over them all with Mephiston Red and work up/highlight with Evil Sons Scarlet and Wild Rider Red before moving onto the trim which will be light grey/white.

Some objective markers I made a few years back, still need to finish the bases on them.