The Deathmaster and the Word Bearer

I’ve had a bit of a rocky few weeks hobby wise, as I’m getting married in a couple of weekends and wedding prep trumps painting models! I’ve still managed to fit in a few painting sessions however and here’s the output of that!

First up we have this Skaven Deathmaster, a really cool model from the Old World times that made it through to the current era (loosing his special character status in the process!). I wanted to tie him in with the rest of the army while keeping that cloak as black as possible, hence the teal highlights on the black.

The second model is one of GW’s representations of the Space Marine Primarchs during the Horus Heresy period. This is Lorgar, the Primarchs of the Word Bearer Legion, probably the most treacherous character in the stories. Cool model, he’s fairly big (probably more like a 54mm model), but not as big as some of the other Primarchs. I’m happy enough with the paint job overall, but really chuffed with how those flaming skulls came out!

He was painted to celebrate the release of the new edition of the Horus Heresy game. My local hobby store Beyond Odyssey (Go see them if you’re in the Perth region!) organised for a few local painters to paint up Primarchs for the launch.

Anyway that’s it for this update, not too sure how much I’ll be able to do over the next few weeks, so may be a while between posts, but then again the if odd dull moment does crop up I might get something else painted!

4 thoughts on “The Deathmaster and the Word Bearer

  1. The Ratling came out great in your army colors which is no surprise as his mates have turned out well too 🙂

    I’ve never seen the Forge World Horus Heresy minis in person but what you say about scale makes sense. They look pretty large. Some of them have some really crazy and over the top bases but I think Lorgar’s looks quite nice. You gave him a nice grim feeling too. He looks like someone not to be taken lightly which I’m sure is in line with the lore!

    Also congratulations on getting married. Having done so myself about a year ago, I know exactly what you mean on the time crunch. I hope the process goes smoothly and you enjoy your painting time whenever you can get it!

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    1. Thanks Jeff! Yes some of those heresy bases are quite something, ended up being quite fun to paint in that there is a ton of texture sculpted in so washes behaved really nicely.
      I’m definitely snatching some painting time when I can find it, good to have a bit of time to relax amidst all the turmoil!

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