Another long pause between completing models, but I’ve at last something new to show you: the Knight-Incantor that came with the Getting Started with WH AoS (2.0) magazine.
As I mentioned in a previous post, this guy’s metallic bits were painted a year ago, leaving me not too many elements to paint to finish the model. Still, while it took relatively few sessions to complete the model, they were spread out over a month… The main thing slowing me down was that we moved again – back to our own apartment – and all the work that entails, before and after. I’ve also noticed that for some reason my hobby motivation is pretty low, but I’m sure it’ll pick up sooner or later.
Anyways, back to the model! It’s another silver Stormcast, but instead of red, I’ve used purple as the spot color. It took me a while to decide between the two colors, but I decided to paint this model like the Cursebreakers, both because they all are from the Sacrosanct chamber (i.e. magics, as I see it), and I wanted to paint something purple for a change. When I started to highlight the purple, I immediately realized why I haven’t used it much, as the light purples have really bad coverage, but I think I got a nice result in the end.
My favorite details on the model are the blue flasks – I like the bubbly effect and I achieved a nice contrast from almost black to pure white. The red gems are also nice, but I could’ve gone a bit darker with the low end. Finally, I painted a quick freehand lining on the tabard (/skirt). It’s rather crude and I’m not entirely happy with the design (I came up with it on the fly). Nevertheless, I’m happy I got it done. I think I might be more likely to do these cape linings on future models as well.
I’ll claim the “color scheme you don’t normally use” bingo square with this model. While I’ve painted this scheme before, it has been years since I last opened my purple paint pots.
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