134 The Last King to Rise

Got my final Tomb King done and dusted over the weekend. He fits quite well with the gang but I have taken a slightly different style with him; going for a more corroded metal with nikilth (??) oxide to get a corroded brass look.

I stuck with the Dark Angels Green for the cloth (thats old paint) and general boney colours for the wraps and ribbons.

I tried to keep his shield front brighter as if he has carried on a memory to polish it as a reminder of his past.

I now need to decide on the basing style, whether to stay with squares or go round....

133 An elder Eldar?

Another lovely model spoiled by being made from Finecast!! So much lost detail, holes, weird overcast bits between parts... argh!

Now at least this time round I was generally able to tell what was poor casting and what was model, unlike my experience with some of the Tomb Kings where I couldn't tell if some of the decay was intended or not!

I didn't want to go with something close to the original GW idea this time round as I think its a little dated and too "cartoon" in some ways so went for something more toned down and gritty... well that was the plan.

Incubi Darkness was my starting point as a green black which I think works well, I went with flesh for her arms instead of the body suit she is meant to wear as I was wanting to step away from the synskin suits of the Assassins I have been doing,

I then tried to get a sort of enamelled look to the body armour parts by using some coelia greensahde and a moot green highlight which I think works well.

The contrasting red for the hair breaks up the otherwise very green palette which is just good ole scab red and a blood red wash. Love those old school paints!