Ive been mostly distracted by painting AMech allies for my Imperial Knights this week so not had much time to get any Fyreslayers done. I did manage the Underworlds warband - The Chosen Axes though.
There’s nothing fancy about them, they’re straight out of the box.
As a break from painting Fyreslayers, I’ve painted up a copy of the White Dwarf model they released for the 500th issue of the magazine.
Oddly the base turned out to be the challenging part - so many broken weapons and shields from different armies that I had to think about colours for.
The colour scheme is a fairly traditional scheme, I didn’t want to push the boat out too far. The base was kept the standard grey I’ve done for the Fyreslayers as a way to unify the model with the rest of the army.
Over the weekend I managed to paint up another batch of Fyreslayers. This week is a Grimwrath Berserker and the Vulkyn Flameseekers
I did change the bases for the Flameseekers by putting all of them on 32mm bases to make them aesthetically the same as every other Fyreslayer models. I also chose to arm them with the Bokaz shovel-spears to make the unit a bit more unique. Fyreslayers have no shortage of units swinging big axes.
The final unit in this phase is Vulkites with shields and axes, however in waiting for some bitz to get shipped so that might be a while before we see them. To keep up the momentum I’m going to dive into the third phase of this project - the royal family and their retainers.
My offering to you this week is another unit of Vulkite Berzerkers, though this time armed with oversized axes in either hand.
The character of the week was a conversion piece I build a while ago but never finished. The body is a Dwarf Blood Bowl referee, with his arm replaced with one from the Vulkites kit. When I saw the model with the huge book on his back, I knew I wanted to do something with that model to represent a dwarf carrying around the Book of Grudges (for efficient recording of scores being settled). In reality I’ll probably use him as a Battlesmith. Nothing invigorates a dwarf quite like knowing there’s grudges to be settled, and a clans book is one of its greatest artefacts.
The army is fleshing out nicely, and a good number of units (or more specifically characters, seeing how Hero heavy the Fyreslayers are) are now done.
The latest addition to my knight house is the preceptor, I wanted him to have a more sinister vibe than usual, with a lot of aesthetics taken from marine chaplains.
The Moirax is a conversion - the Grav Cannon is the back half of the normal melta with the barrel from the AdMech Kataphrons Grav gun. The claw arm is from the HH contemptor dreadnought kit.
Please see my latest pyromaniac dwarfs for your amusement and entertainment.
I’ve now started on the common soldiery of the army, starting with ten Vulkites with Picks and Shields.
The Fyreslayers range is so character heavy I’m painting them in between units to break up the project (and I reckon I’ll run out of units before I have all the characters done)
I haven’t had as much time for painting this week as I would have liked, however I did manage to get Gotrek finished.
I will confess this one was a bit easier as he’d been painted up ages ago, all I had to do was his base to match the Fyreslayers I’ve been painting recently.
Managed two more Fyreslayers over the weekend. Brakki of the Gilded Key limited run model that I managed to get on eBay and a Battlesmith.
Brakki finishes off my first phase of all the priestly associated units.
The Battlesmith starts off the general warriors of the lodge phase so expect to see Vulkites, Grimwraths etc. over the coming weeks. As this has a larger body of models in it I can’t see me blazing through painting them at the same speed I did the Zharrgrim.
Two knights I’ve painted over the weekend. The shiny new Destrier - which I did not enjoy building and a FW Styrix. It’s the first resin knight I’ve done. Tested the limits of the light box trying to fit them in.
The latest batch of Fyreslayers continues the priestly theme of my last post. A Runesmiter, Flamekeeper and their Auric Heartguard security team.
I’ve also grouped the Battleforge in with the priesthood as they’ve traditionally been the ones to benefit from its presence.
I now just need Brekki of the Gilded Key to complete the priests section.
As this is a painting project and not a gaming one (though I will be using them on the table at some point) I’ve split the project into three sections - The Royal Family, The Priesthood and the common soldiers as a way to break down the models range into manageable chunks.