Tale of Four Gamers Part Two; Chaos Daemons

A Tale of Four Gamers is really starting to hot up and you can read part two here. I'm particularly impressed with Christian Byrne's Empire force. He is painting each model individually and the start of the army looks stunning. He's even included the Regimental Mascot and Duellists models that we launched last month. Christian's page also includes a really detailed step-by-step painting guide for both an Empire Handgunner and Swordsman, well worth a look no matter what you are painting at the moment.

With the imminent release of Daemons this weekend models are starting to appear all over the building for both Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 armies. A firm favourite seems to be the Daemon Prince. I don't think I've seen two alike yet which really goes to show that it is a versatile kit that sparks the imagination. Whether you are having Daemons delivered to your home or heading down to your local store to pick some up on Saturday make sure you that you send us some pictures once you have them ready for the gaming table. Here is what I found this morning:

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  I really love the dark look of Rik Turner's Daemon Prince, which is contrasted by the strong Mithril Silver highlights on the armour and axe. Rik used Orkhide Shade for the body and Charadon Granite for the wings both of which received three washes of Badab Black. Rik then highlighted the model using a series of watered-down Hawk Turquoise washes. The inspiration for the came from the Daemon Prince Masterclass in this months White Dwarf, where Kornel Kozak paints the most amazing Daemon Prince I have seen to date.

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  Chris Bone painted this Daemon Prince to fit in with his Tzeentch Daemon army. Chris put the body of the Daemon Prince together first and then painted the whole thing with Ice Blue before giving it a few washes of Leviathan Purple. He then highlighted it with a mix of Warlock Purple and Regal Blue. He then glued on the wings and greaves which he had already sprayed black. The armour was painted using Chainmail and then washed with Badab Black. For the base Chris liberated a slice of slate from a good friend's garden (if you know Chris I thought I would let you know that he's been doing this for years) and added some skulls from the Warhammer Basing Kit.

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  I was particularly impressed with the finish that Jim achieved on the Bloodletter riders so I focused on this when talking about his Bloodcrushers, which still had wet paint on them when I photographed them. Jim painted the whole model with Mechrite Red and then made a 50/50 mix of Badab Black and Baal Red and gave the model two washes. He then gave them a coat of Red Gore and added successive highlights of Blood Red. A final highlight of Macharius Solar Orange was then applied before a final wash of the Badab Black and Baal Red mix. Phew!

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  Bek Hawkby wanted to see what sort of effect she could get on her Seekers of Slaanesh by primarily using washes. For the Seekers themselves Bek undercoated the entire model white before giving the whole thing a wash of Leviathan Purple. The claws were painted with Bleached Bone and then given a Devlan Mud wash. For the Dameonettes Bek again used a white undercoat and then gave the whole model a very light Badab Black wash. She then finished the models using Baal Red for the claws and Tin Bitz for armour.