Here are a few photo's of the latest figures I have painted up for my Kings of War armies. Good friend and long time wargaming buddie Mister C recently rekindled my love of playing Kings of War. Note we have stayed with version 3 of the rules as the few of my friends who play KOW all have that edition of the rules.
Elf King mounted leading a unit of Stormwind Cavalry. Figures are from the Oathmark range and all shields and the banner are handpainted.
Oathmark Wood Elves painted as Kindred Galdestalkers.
View of the back of the Gladestalkers to show their camo-cloaks.
Note that I chamfer all my mdf bases. For my elves I then cover the base with pva glue before sprinkling fine grit (from Javis). Once dry this is stained with a heavy wash of artists Burnt Umber acrylic. Once that is dry I drybrush the bases with Vallejo US army drab and then a lighter drybrush with Iraqi Sand and finally a few tufts and some flock.
Onto my new army the Empire of Dust. These Scavengers are figures from the MaxMini range, great figures with a really wide selection of well detailed resin figures to choose from and at a good price. A bit fiddly to assemble but super glue works on them really well.
More MaxMini's, this time Enslaved Guardians with a resin Cursed High Priest figure I bought from ebay. I wish the High Priest had a scroll instead of a spell book as that would have seemed more apt?
A rear view to show off their fancy striped headdress. I am currently assembling another 3 of the Enslaved Guardians to make this regiment scale up to a Horde.
For my Empire of Dust army the bases are also chamfered and I have made a basing material from a mix of pva, artists burnt umber paint and grit. Once this has been spread around the figures bases and allowed to dry the base is then painted with Vallejo Desert Brown, dry brushed with Vallejo Desert Yellow and finally dry brushed with Iraqi Sand. I then add a few dried out looking tufts and a sprinkle of grit here and there. The grit when dry is then dry brushed with Iraqi Sand.
I have really enjoyed painting all of these figures and there are many more to come but no doubt I will get distracted by other projects at some point.
Those look really great. I'm looking forward to seeing them on the table.
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I agree, the priest should have a scroll, but he still looks suitably impressive.
With the base texture I just apply and let it dry. They may get sealed by the coat of matt varnish spray I give all my figures?
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