Flamers of Tzeentch Complete

From Stuff I Have Painted: Chaos Daemons

Finished up the "off-color" flamer, who, for now serves as my Bolt of Tzeentch guy. More and more I am not convinced that running him with bolt is the best way. He ends up being 65 points, which seems like an awful lot considering he only gets to shoot one of his guns every turn. We are going to give it a few more games. Bolt of Tzeentch is one of those weird things for me where I would almost rather have it an not use it, then not pay the points for it. I have a heck of a time with a lot of AV as is. Maybe I will continue indulge myself this crutch?

The models were a lot of fun to paint and good for my attempts to "speed up". They are really fantastic once you start brushing on them, and there is the a lot of potential to make them look interesting. But in an attempt to actually finish this army before August I had to suffice for some limited blending and some drastic line-highlighting for contrast. Here are a few more pics:

From Stuff I Have Painted: Chaos Daemons

From Stuff I Have Painted: Chaos Daemons

In all I am pretty stoked about they way they turned out, I think that although a small unit, they should be eye catching. I am excited for a Tzeentch break, having finished all the of the Tzeentch contingent but a herald (Of which I am still waffling on whether or not he is even in the list.) for my current army. So my brush is now devoted to the Blood God, Khorne, for what I hope is only a month or so. We shall see.

Thanks for reading,
T

Two Flamers of Tzeentch

From Mars' Project Blog

This handsome duo is two of the three Flamers of Tzeentch in my army. The third one is slightly different, color wise, and was supposed to represent the one with Bolt of Tzeentch. Now I am kind of unconvinced so I may drop Bolt from this squad and just have one that is oddly colored. It shouldn't be too disruptive, and I can always play the, "Hey its Chaos," card.

I am still having a difficult time deciding how I like to paint fire but I think I am getting closer with these models. Here is a few more pics.

From Mars' Project Blog

From Mars' Project Blog

Thanks for reading,
T

Horrors of Tzeentch with Changeling Done

From Stuff I Have Painted: Chaos Daemons

Got the last of these guys done finally on Friday but was a little late in getting them up. They took far too long, and though it seems like I am always saying this, I am still looking to find the "sweet-spot" of quality vs. economy of time.

The last bit I had to do was the icon, musician, Bolt of Tzeentch one (Blue arms.), as well as two rank and file guys. The icon was a little maddening in that it was almost as big as another model. It didn't end up how I envisioned it at all, but it will have to pass. I have a lot of army to go. As an aside, who ever sculpted these models, while doing an great job, clearly never tried to fit them into the formation they have to be in when they enter the table.

From Stuff I Have Painted: Chaos Daemons

From Stuff I Have Painted: Chaos Daemons

I do my best to not talk tactics on this blog anymore, I just don't have the knack for it. I'll keep my editorial on the new Grey Knight Codex to a dull roar. It is extremely disheartening to think that by spending fewer, or no points, a GK player can make all the points I spend useless when it comes to army construction. That is assuming I can get the guys I have paid for to even get on the board on account of Warpquake being free. In all, I do not look forward to GK opponents because it seems like playing poker against a stacked deck. Time will tell.

Thanks for reading,
T