Games Workshop Base: Morghast Bone

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These two titanic harbingers of death will tower over your army of darkness, and are as rewarding to assemble and paint as they are gorgeous to look at. Deathlords: Morghasts Review – Introduction Of course, the essence of these classic fantasy races remain: aelves and duergar are still elves and dwarves at heart, and there are enough “classic” iterations of these races across the range to keep traditionalists happy. Closer to home, and the purpose of this article, Nagash’s Grand Alliance Death is still home to no small number of ghosts, ghouls, skeletons and zombies, but there is also far more beneath the surface. Writing a summary for this product is hard, because I can’t help but feel no matter what I say will undersell just how magnificent I think the Deathlords: Morghasts box is. The Morghasts are, by far, two of my favourite models to date – if not my all-time favourites. They look great, they are fun and super easy to put together, and are both unbelievably easy to paint up and look stunning once draped in colour. The 2007 film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Mist, directed by Frank Darabont, is another story in this tradition. Although it at times struggles with its smaller budget, it’s still a pretty good movie with some solid acting.

The sculpts on these models are something magnificent to behold, and the box comes with the options for two variants: slightly heavier-armoured Archai, and their Harbinger counterparts. I personally loved the look of the Archai in their helmets, so went for these. Halberd-wielding Morghast Archai These are some impressive models with some gorgeous details, like the spirits coming out of the wings, the dark gems studding their armour, and the roiling souls howling within their limbs and weapons. Once everything’s assembled and the model is on its base, it’s beautiful to look at. Deathlords: Morghasts Review – BuildingIt’s a grave situation, but this is a great time to be a fan(g) of all things undead… Alright, enough with the puns and on to the reveals. Mortisan Ossifector

Painting Skeletons is really about methods for painting bone, and so that’s really what we’re exploring today – multiple techniques for painting bones. And also Skeletor. Skails’ Method Not pictured is the giant pile of Tabletop Adapters I’ve had to buy when Jon Kilcullen asked if the base size was correct for Plaguebearers (Pro tip, it wasn’t) On the bright side, it’s now easy to see which model belongs to which squad of 20 or 30 Plaguebearers based on the ring colour. And after his necromantic painting workshop, we’ve also got the latest rules updates, designers’ commentaries, and Rivals, Nemesis, and Relic rules for the new season.

http://www.reapermini.com/forum/index.php?s=c770bc029dd218be5d17fff14fecefeb&showtopic=17678&st=0&p=266494&#entry266494 For the Mortek Guard below, this would be about what I’d consider finished. At this point it’s just a matter of doing any final touch up and deciding on a basing scheme, but I think the shield especially shows the way these two contrasting colors can really pop when successive layers of the colors blended together are applied. Also, as a note, that is NOT the standard shield; I was given the model without an arm and converted a shield for him. It’s like the same size as him, and he is my cute smol skeleton son now. While snow basing and ice themed armies are good and excellent, I wanted something in mine that I felt could also mix well with the FEC theme of mad, ravenous beasts who think they are knights of Arthurian legend, so I decided to go for a ‘melting snow’ theme, with lots of dirt and some muddied snow, mixed with occasional flowers or plants to give surprising, weird bits of color. I figured this helped with the idea of a mixed up sense of self, as the bases can either be a time in which things are starting to freeze over but haven’t, or are starting to thaw but haven’t. Either way, it’s also an excuse for me to go wild with texture paints and stuff, so feel free to not do that if you just want to copy the paint! Step 3 (Left)- Using Ushabti Bone, create a wide highlight area. This will cover all the upward facing areas where light would hit, leaving the Zandri Dust showing at the downward facing angles and next to the Mahogany. Bronze details got Army Painter True Copper (you can swap it for GW Balthasar Gold), a wash of Agrax Earthshade, and a highlight of Canoptek Alloy. Leather details were basecoated with Zandri Dust, washed with Snakebite Leather contrast, and highlighted with Baneblade Brown. For the both fur colors, I started with a basecoat of Grey Seer. Brown fur got hit with Aggaros Dunes and drybrushed with Screaming Skull. White fur got Apothecary White and a VERY careful drybrush of White Scar.

Gothizzar Harvester - Hekatos ( Necropolis Stalker - Immortis Guard) - Kavalos Deathrider - Liege-Kavalos - Morghast ( Archai - Harbinger) - Mortek Crawler - Mortek Guard - Mortisan ( Boneshaper - Ossifactor - Soulmason - Soulreaper) Khorne Red: This rich, warm red is a great choice for adding depth and richness to your color scheme. Its bold, fiery hue is like a burning flame, illuminating the ghostly, ethereal tones of Morghast Bone and adding a touch of drama and intensity to your miniatures. Make a was of 1:1 Carroburg Crimson : Water and apply it around the mouth, eyes, ears and other soft delicate tissues Shade down with Agrax Earthshade (I’ve been experimenting with Cryptek Armorshade Gloss recently though) Eldritch Horror was popularized through the works and mythos of HP Lovecraft, but there are plenty of other places to find great examples of it today.

That’s it, your Saurus is done! If your shield has areas that you want to make stone, like I did on mine, just follow the same steps from the stone weapon. The Twins are up next. This was much more a genuine conversion rather than a full sculpt – I simply took a pair of ghoul legs and two ghoul bodies then cut each ghoul body so about a quarter of it was missing from each side, leaving two flat surfaces, a head and an arm on each. Then I positioned them together, applied a bit wedge of greenstuff in the middle and then carefully began pressing them together and pulling them apart. As the greenstuff is worked it becomes fibrous, and eventually you’ll get it to a point where it pulls apart leaving these ragged strands and tatters. That dry, I sprayed the mini, applied copious blood effects to the awful wound in the middle, and they’re ready to rumble. For bone details, I basecoated Ushabti Bone, washed with 1:2 contrast medium to Skeleton Horde, and highlighted again with Ushabti Bone. I wanted to keep a specific tone and brightness for the bone – think of it as “Harryhausen skeletons from Seventh Voyage of Sinbad played on my childhood tube TV”. Steel details get Vallejo Metal Color Gunmetal, washed with Nuln Oil and drybrushed / highlighted with Stormhost silver. On weapon blades, I glazed Nuln Oil a few more times (avoiding the edges) to get the dark metal center I was looking for. I do not own an airbrush, so all of these models are painted with spray on primers and then with a brush. Also, all of the paints I use here are GW paints (as those are the only ones sold in my area), and contrast paints play a pretty big role in this scheme. Finally, basing is something I wanted to spend time on with these models, as I feel it is a great way to add some extra color and character to each of these, while also keeping things uniform.

For a more character oriented model, like Vokmortian, the scheme presents a few challenges that I wanted to meet in interesting ways. The tombstone shell he wears is a detail obliterator, so I needed a way to carry the scheme through. I decided on a purple-gray stone color, and used Rakarth for the candles, with various layers of purple and a touch of white for the flame, rather than trying to bring in reds or oranges to the model. For the staff I was a bit more perplexed, but am currently working on making various, yellowed-skins, but that’s not important to this scheme so I didn’t rush to finish them. The wrappings of the staff is Wyldwood, which actually has a slight yellow-ish tint to it, which helped keep the theme. That’s it, you’re done! I added some gore to mine using Flesh Tearer’s Red and Blood for the Blood God and based them in a suitably arid looking environment. I also added a bit of rust to the metals with thinned Skragg Brown once they were all done. Now, the weapons. If, like me, you prefer to follow the box art, you may have a few issues matching the look of your Morghasts’ weapons to the well-blended look the wizards at Games Workshop have conjured up. Whilst you could achieve the look with some patience and wet blending, I basecoated the blade of the halberd with Incubi Darkness, grabbed a bit of sponge, dabbed some of the same Celestra Grey I used to base the halberd’s haft a little way up the blade, and washed the whole thing with Biel-Tan Green. The effect isn’t as sharp as you’d get wet blending, but still looks mystical and blended with very little effort. The Morghast weapons are really unique and look smashing – even when painted up by a novice like me. The very edges of the gold areas were then highlighted with Liberator Gold before both the gold and silver got a final edge highlight of Stormhost Silver . I also added small scratches to the armour and weapons at this point. Again, less is more. Celestra Grey: This soft, muted grey is a great choice for adding a touch of contrast and depth to your color scheme. Its delicate, subtle hue is like a whisper, complementing the ghostly, ethereal tones of Morghast Bone with a sense of mystery and intrigue.Tyranids: The ravenous, insatiable nature of the Tyranids is well-suited to the ghostly, ethereal vibes of Morghast Bone. Its delicate, shimmering hue is like a hungry maw, devouring everything in its path and leaving nothing but destruction in its wake. This bellicose beast-baiter is the latest addition to the vampire dynasties in Battletome: Soulblight Gravelords. This book contains extensive rules for each of the major dynasties – the feral Vyrkos, the monstrous Avengorii, and noble Kastelaii, and the esteemed Legions of Blood and Night. On top of that, there’s also a Warscroll for the Askurgan Trueblades, the ascetic vampires found Bloodhunt, the most recent expansion for Warcry. Its ghostly, ethereal hue is like a pale, spectral apparition, evoking the dark, otherworldly nature of the Necrons.