I call him ‘Ancient Hound’ and he is little confused, still believes himself to be loyal, refuses to bielieve Chaos is real and lived through 10 millenia just trying to do his best!
World Eaters Ancient in Terminator armour.
Thoroughly confused and truly ancient. This brick of ceramite has been walking the Eightfold path, I meant in the footsteps of the Emperor for over 10 millenia.
Even though he is over 10.000 years old, grew to size rarely seen and regularly has cuts off sprouts of horns, he would never agree to be called a traitor or to being tainted by the powers of Chaos. Although there might be signs…
In his mind, which have been fried by unbearable trauma during Horus Heresy, he is still loyal. Loyal to his father Angron. Emperor is dead after all! That’s why he chooses to paint his scavanged Primaris Terminator plate in the original colors of World Eaters and bears semblance of Imperial symbolism. (Have a good look at the aquilla atop the banner).
As for his duties, he fullfills them to utmost satisfaction. Every Berzerker wishes nothing more than to chop his head off and what more would you want from a World Eaters banner bearer than to make his comrades even more enraged?
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I have to admit I had rush a bit to reach the deadline for a small competition and there are things I would do different but overall I’m satisfied with the result.
Hope you enjoy & All Glory to the Eightfold Path!
Currently in the “getting out of the mud” stage.
Conversion made out of Imperial Ancient in Terminator Armour kit+ few Chaos bits. My favorite type of conversions (imperial to chaos).
Sometimes when I get a random kit in hands my head immediately starts coming up with ideas that I sketch out (last pic for the sketch) and either forget or discard.
However this time it stuck and I decided to go for it. This Ancient will be painted in gore and signature colors of War Hounds (white armour and blue shoulderpads).
Hope you enjoy.
Conversion made out of Imperial Ancient in Terminator Armour kit+ few Chaos bits. My favorite type of conversions (imperial to chaos).
Sometimes when I get a random kit in hands my head immediately starts coming up with ideas that I sketch out (last pic for the sketch) and either forget or discard.
However this time it stuck and I decided to go for it. This Ancient will be painted in gore and signature colors of War Hounds (white armour and blue shoulderpads).
Hope you enjoy.
Conversion made out of Imperial Ancient in Terminator Armour kit+ few Chaos bits. My favorite type of conversions (imperial to chaos).
Sometimes when I get a random kit in hands my head immediately starts coming up with ideas that I sketch out (last pic for the sketch) and either forget or discard.
However this time it stuck and I decided to go for it. This Ancient will be painted in gore and signature colors of War Hounds (white armour and blue shoulderpads).
Hope you enjoy.
Conversion made out of Imperial Ancient in Terminator Armour kit+ few Chaos bits. My favorite type of conversions (imperial to chaos).
Sometimes when I get a random kit in hands my head immediately starts coming up with ideas that I sketch out (last pic for the sketch) and either forget or discard.
However this time it stuck and I decided to go for it. This Ancient will be painted in gore and signature colors of War Hounds (white and blue shoulderpads).
Hope you enjoy.
Hi all,
Ever since discovering Warhammer, I’ve been a fan of it’s grimdark settings and painting style. Hence why I chose World Eaters and Khorne. However I often find that painters focused on this style rely of stylized photography too much and I’m often left wondering if the model looks half as good in real life and normal lighting.
I’ve been painting models and exploring this style for nearly a year now and this Daemon Prince is so far my best painted and probably most grimdark model and I got fair bit of nice words over it, however all you could see by then were stylized photos that are not 100% representative of the model. So, I had an idea of making photos in various lighting conditions, exploring and exposing all facets of the paintjob.
Photos (aside from the first collage photo) follow this pattern:
-lit by soft light, candles with slight saturation and brightness adjustments in Photoshop
-lit by the same lamp I paint under, closest to what I see when painting with no touch ups
-raw photo in broad daylight with no touch ups
I realize it might not be the best paintjob out there and I hope this post doesn’t come across pretentious. Personally, I would love to see more photos of very grim and dark models in not so perfect conditions and best I can do is to start myself.
Hope you enjoy!
Hi all,
Ever since discovering Warhammer, I’ve been a fan of it’s grimdark settings and painting style. However I often find that painters focused on this style rely of stylized photography too much and I’m often left wondering if the model looks half as good in real life and normal lighting.
I’ve been exploring this painting style for nearly a year now and this Daemon Prince is so far my best painted and probably most grimdark model and I got fair bit of nice words over it, however all you could see by then were stylized photos that are not 100% representative of the model. So, I had an idea of making photos in various lighting conditions, exploring and exposing all facets of the paintjob.
Photos (aside from the first collage photo) follow this pattern:
-lit by soft light, candles with slight saturation and brightness adjustments in Photoshop
-lit by the same lamp I paint under, closest to what I see when painting with no touch ups
-raw photo in broad daylight with no touch ups
I realize it might not be the best paintjob out there and I hope this post doesn’t come across pretentious. Personally, I would love to see more photos of very grim and dark models in not so perfect conditions and best I can do is to start myself.
Hope you enjoy! and if you have any C&C you’re welcome to share it.
Hi all,
Ever since discovering Warhammer, I’ve been a fan of it’s grimdark settings and painting style. However I often find that painters focused on this style rely of stylized photography too much and I’m often left wondering if the model looks half as good in real life and normal lighting.
I’ve been exploring this painting style for nearly a year now and this Daemon Prince is so far my best painted and probably most grimdark model and I got fair bit of nice words over it, however all you could see by then were stylized photos that are not 100% representative of the model. So, I had an idea of making photos in various lighting conditions, exploring and exposing all facets of the paintjob.
Photos (aside from the first collage photo) follow this pattern:
-lit by soft light, candles with slight saturation and brightness adjustments in Photoshop
-lit by the same lamp I paint under, closest to what I see when painting with no touch ups
-raw photo in broad daylight with no touch ups
I realize it might not be the best paintjob out there and I hope this post doesn’t come across pretentious. Personally, I would love to see more photos of very grim and dark models in not so perfect conditions and best I can do is to start myself.
Hope you enjoy!
One of the first Daemon Princes birthed by 41st millenium.
Whenever he enters the battlefield he is considered a herald of Angron himself.
Cultists decorate him with as many skulls as they can and paint his face in the image of their Primarch.
Berzerkers and others sharing the burden of Butchers Nails find their thoughts are bit more clear and their pain is somewhat softened with a brother who achieved so much by their side.
Still, being on the opposite side to these forces, you could not tell…
I’ve absolutely loved painting this model. Daemon Prince might be my favorite model so far. Size and level of details is just perfect, I actually don’t think I want to paint models larger than this. The model is slightly converted/ kitbashed, I will link the conversion in the comments for those interested.
Admittedly these are not 100% representative photos as it was lit by candles and in very gentle light. In reality the color scheme is slightly colder and brighter. I will make another set of photos for comparison soon.
Hope you enjoy.