The first month...
As I previously mentioned I am not starting a new army in 2020, instead I am using the Path to Glory as a way to get a force I have painted and onto the tabletop. So the majority of the full force I have already, and just require finishing. I have purchased a few additional units - Blood Warriors and Wrathmongers - to fill a few holes in my bloody host. Hopefully I will improve and speed up my painting along the way!
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| Sprues for His throne! |
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| Blood quenched brass armour is this season’s look! |
Most of my focus this month has been assembling and starting painting my 10-strong unit of Blood Warriors. These will join the five models that came in the original AoS starter set, three others swapped with Tim for some metal Chaos Chosen, and a couple of conversions of Magore’s Fiends. The assembly of the unit was pretty much out of the box, with careful use of parts to ensure I had spare bits to convert the duplicate push-fit Blood Warriors I got from Tim. You can see the progress I have made below, compared with one of my finished starter set models. Plenty to do yet in February!
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| Gore looks better in person... |
I have also dedicated time to finishing existing models, and seeing the progress of the other four wargamers has really spurred me on to finishing things. I have finished up my Mighty Lord of Khorne - that features a rather fine helm conversion, no doubt a relic from the Realm of Chamon - ensuring that I have a suitably painted general. My Bloodsecrator received a bit of TLC after a rather ignominious dropping on the floor and subsequent reattaching of the Khornate icon. I also ended up rebasing the model after discovering that I had based both it and an Aspiring Deathbringer in my collection on 40mm bases rather than the 32mm sizes stipulated in the FAQ.
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| Banners for show, totem for a pro... |
My final big achievement in January was (nearly) completing three Mighty Skullcrushers. I would have had them all done had it not been for an inadvertent choice of colour for their shields. I have the shields finished and ready to attach to the riders before I decided that the red I had gone for didn’t match well with the metallics I have used elsewhere in the army. They are currently being repainted with some rather disappointing Runelord Brass layer paint. It might take 3+ coats to sort out the blood red scheme I first went with!
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| Forth Bloodlingus! Ride! Ride now! |
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