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Executioners Cabal of Karond Kar - Uriour | |
| Trained in a different manner from the infamous Executioners of Har Ganeth, this small cabal is formed from the sons of the nobles of all Druchii citires. It is a great honour to wield the Executioners Axe and only the most ruthless worthy Druchii are trained by the Masters of Har Ganeth to incipacitate their foe in this unique style of combat. I thought I might stick this up since I feel the following conversions are very easy to do. Im currently working on a new unit of Executioners. Im a big fan of the Black Guard models, and wanted to make them Executioners. Instead of Draichs, I have given them Executioners Axes as a weapon that would be appropriate to the model and to the background. THE CONVERSIONDifficulty Rating: * The conversion couldn't be simpler. I have chosen Dwarf Axe heads from the warriors sprue as they look the closest to the Executioners Axe. Executioners traditionally wield one bladed weapons, finely weighted for the killing blow. Simply cut off the halberd below the 'bandaging' on the model. As the shaft is too narrow to pin conventionally, instead I chose a bigger drill bit and drilled a hole through the plastic axe head, which is considerably bigger, before placing the shaft in the hole, making the shaft the pin component. PAINTING:I tend to start with the largest areas and work into the detail, so I did the armour, then the tabard, then the armour detail and the flesh to end with.Armour: I have already explained in another article the way I paint armour. To summarise, I start with a Boltgun Metal/Black undercoat followed by a Blue Wash to define it. Chainmail was then applied before a wash of Blue Ink mixed with Magenta Ink was put on. Highlight finally with Mithril Silver. The Tabard:The colours of my Dark Eld Lord of Karond Kar, this turquoise effect was achieved with a basecoat of Midnight Blue mixed with Graveyard Earth. Adding more Graveyard Earth to the mix were the highlights until it was a greeny/turquoise colour. This was then followed by adding white as the final highlight. Gold Trim:There are many ways of doing Gold. I find that the paint doesnt go on too well straight onto the black undercoat, so I painted a basecoat of bestial brown on the armour detail. Shining gold was then applied over the basecoat before flesh wash was used to pick out the detail. This was then highlighted with Mithril Silver added to the Shining Gold. Flesh: I like the very pale look on Dark Elves. It makes them look more evil than their Asur cousins. I started with a mix of 2 parts Graveyard Earth to one part Chaos Black. Adding rotting flesh to the mix was the bulk of the highlight. the final highlight was done by adding white to the mix. Blood: Simply mix some Red Ink with a little Brown Ink and spatter it on! Basing: I tend to do my bases slightly differentlty. Many people have commented it looks like my Druchii have just come from battle or are in the thick of it. Thats the point. Wood filler is great for simulating a muddy battlefield. Base the model with the filler before the black undercoat then paint Scorched Brown. After this, brown wash defined the crevasses before 'Ardcoat (GW's Gloss Varnish) was put on. Add static grass to finish. Some general tips:Obviously it takes a great deal of time to be bothered to do four or five highlight stages. If you choose not to use it, then just keep the base colours neat and youll have good looking models. I cant stress this enough.Mix your paints with water! The consistency of milk works best for highlighting and coating. Enjoy! | |
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