How I Painted the Chronomatic Cogs.

Greetings and salutations fellow hobbyist!

Here is a guide on how I painted the Chronomatic Cogs from the Malign Sorcery box set.

Step 1.

After priming the model back I applied Astrogranite and washed it with Agrax Earthshade. A drybrush of Dawnstone, followed by a lighter highlight of Administratum Grey to finish the base.

Step 2.

I painted the model itself in two parts to be able to reach all the surfaces and planned out the colour selection for each cog beforehand.

I started with two coats of Leadbelcher, followed by two more coats of Ironbearker and a careful wash of Nuln Oil. I applied 3 careful coats of Ironbreaker and a highlight of Runefang Steel.

Step 3.

For the second colour I started with 3 coats of Warplock Bronze and 3 coats of Brass Scorpion, then a wash of Nuln Oil and then two more coats of Brass Scorpion, a highlight of Runelord Brass was applied last.

Step 4.

Two coats Screaming Bell was applied and followed with a wash of Agrax Earthshade, then two more coats of Screaming Bell. A highlight of Hashnut Copper was finally applied.

Step 5.

For the smoke I started with several coats of Celestra Grey, followed by more coats of Ulthuan Grey. Several washs of Bloodletter was applied, a highlight of Evil Sunz Scarlet was then applied and a extreme highlight of Troll Slayer Orange and finally Carroburgh Crimson was applied in the recesses to create some depth.

Note that I applied the red colour scheme a bit on the cogs themselves to make it look like they are coming out of the smoke, you do not have to it however.

Here is a picture of the final result : 

Step 6.

For all the runes and twin tailed comets I used contrasting colours, gold around gunmetal and vice versa.

For the gold Retributor Gold was applied with two coats, followed with two coats Liberator Gold, a very careful wash of Reikland Fleshshade (Gloss), then two careful coats of Liberator Gold and a highlight of Auric Armour Gold. This was used on the skulls as well.

The center of the comet was painted with Stormhost Silver and followed with Spiritstone Red to get a red glow.

The gunmetal was simply carefully applying Stormhost Silver on the runes.

I picked some runes to be in Screaming Bell and highlighted them with Skullcrusher Brass.

Note that witch colour goes where is up to you and I'll recommend using a brush with a fine tip.
You can drybrush the runes instead of painting it by hand.

I used this opportunity to pick out all the rivets with either gunmetal or brass colours.

 Step 7.

I picked some skulls from the Citadel Skulls box and started with two coats of Zandri Dust.
Two coats of Ushabti Bone was then applied, followed with a careful wash of Agrax Earthshade and followed by two careful coats of Ushabti Bone and finally a highlight of Screaming Skull was applied.

I chose to add two coats of Bloodletter on the base to make it seem like there is a red portal in the ground where this comes from.

Here are some pictures of the finished model :

Remember that experience is the only thing that can not be taught.

How I Painted the Emerald Lifeswarm.

Greetings and salutations fellow hobbyist!

Here is a guide on how I painted the Emerald Lifeswarm from the Malign Sorcery.


Step 1.

I started with priming the model with Corax White, applied Lustrian Undergrowth to the base, drybrushed over it with Warpglow Green and a lighter highlight of Moot Green. I did paint over the entire base with Caliban Green before applying the Lustrian Undergrowth.

Step 2.

I used two coats Kantor Blue on the main body of the flies, followed with 3 coats of Ironbreaker mixed with Konrad Kurze (tint).

For the wings I used 2 coats Waaagh! Flesh followed by 3 coats Ironbreaker mixed with Vulkan (tint).

I also used Turquise (for blue) ,Green (for green) Ink and applied two coats of Ironbreaker with the respective colours.

Note that is you do have the Tint set from Games Workshop (currently only available through direct order), you can use either blue or green ink and highlight it with a lighter blue or green mixed with some Ironbreaker.

Step 3.

For the skull I used two coats of Zandri Dust, a wash of Agrax Earthshade, reapplication of Zandri Dust and a highlight of Ushabti Bone.

Step 4.

For the smoke coming out of the skull I started with two coats of Celestra Grey and followed it with three coats of Ulthuan Grey.

Four coats of Guilliman Blue was carefully applied, it was highlighted with Teclis Blue, then a extreme highlight of Calgar Blue and finally Drakenhof Nightshade was applied in the recesses to create some depth.

Step 5.

For the eyes on the flies I carefully applied Stormhost Silver and covered it with Spiritstone Red.

Step 6.

For the final part I picked out some green static grass and Summer Undergrowth from the Army Painter

Here are some pictures of the finished model :

Remember that experience is the only thing that can not be taught.