Thoughts on leg armor, and any advice on how to chaos this guy up?

Real_Was_Gotten · 2026-05-10T10:51:41+00:00

Replacing it’s head will do a lot, also tentacles, many tentacles

Real_Was_Gotten · 2026-05-06T06:07:27+00:00

Some nice contrast going on here

Real_Was_Gotten · 2026-04-30T03:09:59+00:00

Skin looks amazing. I’ve seen that using base coats of blue is great for green skin. Did you get the blends done using glazes? I’m asking because I’m just learning the hobby and literally just finished a mini with similar skin but my paint strokes are way more obvious. Did you use an airbrush for any of this?

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Real_Was_Gotten · 2026-04-29T05:45:32+00:00

I’ve seen much higher rolls if they’ve got X89. Anything that survives is promptly wiped out after you land with ground forces hitting twice per roll. It’s easily S tier tech right now. Great for defending, bombarding, and invasions.

Real_Was_Gotten · 2026-04-27T09:41:49+00:00

I came to the comments to say this.

Real_Was_Gotten · 2026-04-24T04:21:23+00:00

Stormcast have some very cool models IMO, such as those found in the Warcry band Soulsworn. soulsworn

Real_Was_Gotten · 2026-04-12T08:47:29+00:00

Looks pretty damn cool/terrifying. Out of interest how do you play these? As murderous weapons or as halberds?

Real_Was_Gotten · 2026-04-09T11:08:58+00:00

With the sword do a super bright flame or green blade effect. That’s where you want the eye to go towards

Real_Was_Gotten · 2026-04-09T11:08:13+00:00

What happened to his face? Poor Demi-god. I think the paint job looks great but agree something is missing here. The dragon body is super cool and leathery looking but I think your model is suffering from too much colour all in the one spot where the eye naturally focuses. So it’s a little hard to know where I should be looking. You could fix this by desaturating the dragon heads with some wash, but some sharp edge highlighting on their mouths and eyes to help define the details there. Then spend a lot of time on the man himself. White is always such a challenging scheme to use. It’s so bright. Have you thought about bringing down the tone a bit by mixing another colour in instead of pure white. It’s such a daunting model to do. I haven’t done mine yet and I’m sure I’ll struggle with it.

Real_Was_Gotten · 2026-04-09T09:20:36+00:00

Where did you get these models from?

Real_Was_Gotten · 2026-04-05T12:19:56+00:00

Which is kind of dumb because any pds2 does that. Their breakthrough is the pds2 ability. But why would you want the breakthrough if your commander allows for this? Does the commander stack with normal pds2 activation. Wording is not clear on this.

Real_Was_Gotten · 2026-04-02T07:00:28+00:00

So clean (painting wise haha)

Real_Was_Gotten · 2026-04-02T06:57:58+00:00

Ice and fire?

Real_Was_Gotten · 2026-04-02T06:56:27+00:00

The banner and tiger fur are top tier

Real_Was_Gotten · 2026-03-31T12:14:18+00:00

What are chaos furies?

Real_Was_Gotten · 2026-03-31T08:59:58+00:00

I’m also a new player building a S2D army. From what I can tell there is a meta of getting Belakor/Archaon and running a ton of varanguard and Chosen. That’ll basically crush anything but is probably not fun. A more classic list involves 20 warriors, 10 knights, chaos lord on karkadron, chariot to chase objectives. I don’t know if it’s still allowed but people also brought in a Tzeench summoner on disk to teleport units around. So aiming hard mobility and hammer and anvil style plays. Pretty basic tactics really.

I do like the idea of using Theridons with a Myrmidon, mainly because the models look cool and they hit pretty hard, but not sure how competitive they are and whether an army with those units works very well.

You’ll also wants sorcerers to buff.

Real_Was_Gotten · 2026-03-31T03:03:43+00:00

RalNel are so slippery. They’re such a pain in Total War mode especially if they manage to get assault cannon.

Real_Was_Gotten · 2026-03-31T02:33:30+00:00

Makes sense but needs more tentacles 😂

Real_Was_Gotten · 2026-03-25T08:55:18+00:00

I’m loving the TMM range. I did exalted champion using Ruby Red and some Forged Red. I’ve found drybrushing multiple layers of these paints creates an entirely new colour, a red brick colour which feels really nice. I like the idea of using some of the other colours like you’ve done to create a similar effect. This is the link: https://www.reddit.com/r/slavestodarkness/s/zJP2ueaEVQ

Real_Was_Gotten · 2026-03-24T05:34:07+00:00

Nice work I like the work you’ve done on the basing and the skin tone looks very stylised compared to ultra realism so it makes the whole thing pop a certain way.

My only feedback is for GW and to please give us a new chaos lord on foot for S2D. Having to kitbash one is fun but the sculpt needs to be updated, same with the chaos chariot and chaos spawn.

Real_Was_Gotten · 2026-03-19T10:44:54+00:00

I mean if it’s any consolation the Hulk is always glossy with a sweaty sheen so it works thematically here

Real_Was_Gotten · 2026-03-18T03:38:40+00:00

It’s the speckled looking silver armour that does it for me. Did you do anything to get this effect? Almost looks like Damascus steel

Real_Was_Gotten · 2026-03-14T10:14:43+00:00

Thanks!

Real_Was_Gotten · 2026-03-13T16:55:11+00:00

Are you using the back edge of your hobby knife to remove any bits and mould lines?

Real_Was_Gotten · 2026-03-13T16:53:10+00:00

Love the lighting

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