Cryx Army 'diary'

[mahon]

inspired or not seems like You'll soon have better cryx than mine so I'll have to kill You

... or make a bet, after winning which you will get ToMaZ's minis as a reward

[Demi_morgana]

and what if I loose?

and of course I hope Your back will be fine soon TMZ :pray:

[mahon]

Do you really need your minis so badly?

[ToMaZ]

It seems like it's somehow inspired by Demi's dark metals and glowing parts, but I may be wrong here.

A lot of inspiration came from Demi. When I had seen his deathjack for the first time I wanted to copy it. Heavy weathering, dark metals, I loved it.
I decided not to go all metallic in the end as I had done this brown scheme that I loved on a cryx commision a while back . I wanted that scheme only better and add some color to it.

Not really sure about the bile thralls - they may be not painted enough to allow me to tell more but I feel there's something not as cool going on as you did on the other minis.

Make them more like the previous stuff and you'll have one excellent warband!

I think it's the yellow - green. I worked on this nurgle champ and used yellow as a base, going to green by using a lot of washes. The result on the nurgle champ was very cool IMO - (he's on one of the pics somewhere) - and wanted to try it on the biles. But it just doesn't work on them.
I'll change the green to same brown as on the rest. That will make them look more as a part of the group. I hope I can come up with a fitting skintone

[przemosz.]

Wow Tomaz i will have to kill You too Very nice army!
Keep it up:)

p.s.
seems i have to work on my cryx to make it finish it at last

[Nameless]

very nice for now. It will be hell of an army when you finish it (and keep that quality level on all minis).

[Angel_of_Menoth]

Looking great Tomaz! This is the kind of thing I needed to get my butt back in gear for painting.

What's the recipe for the jade/green marble you're using for the bases?

[ToMaZ]

Looking great Tomaz! This is the kind of thing I needed to get my butt back in gear for painting.

Thanks!! I think this was the first time my figs were some sort of motivation I think

What's the recipe for the jade/green marble you're using for the bases?

Basecoat is a mix of necrotite green and thamar black

Then I used blister foam to 'sponge' it randomly with pure sulfuric yellow, pure white and necrotite green. (it will look funky at this stage)

Now wash a couple of times with a mix of some green ink + a touch of black. Followed by a light drybrush of white. I applied a few glazes of the black/green mix after the drybrushing.

Hope it helps

[ToMaZ]

Small update:

Deathripper 1

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Deathripper 2

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These two are finished. Took me about 5hrs for the two of them including basing.

WIP Skarre:

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Finished: armour, coat and boots.
To do: Metallis, Skin and everything grey

[Nameless]

they look good for such a quick job. I would take highlights another level up, especially on edges.