Berserkers Done!

I had been slacking in the Khorne department lately. Out of my 40 Primed Khorne Berserkers I only had 10 painted. I knew I needed to step up and finish a few more units, but these guys take time if you want to do them right. All that trim, chains and bullets they carry around add up to some major detail when you working a big group of them. I was scheduled to work from home with week with a support pager and my laptop in case any IT groups needed my help. While I was getting paged a lot, it did give me some time to sit down and work on these guys.

Long story short, 30 of the lil crazies are all painted up and ready to rumble. I showed a few to a friend and he commented on the nice red color and shading. Might be hard to tell from these photos but I worked to shade deep shadows in areas and bright red highlights.



I figured I would post up the steps I used to paint my Khorne Berserkers in case anyone was interested in trying it on their units.

Step 1: Prime the units black. White primer might change the color slightly, all mine were done in black primer though so I cannot test a mini yet to see if the primer would change the color any.

Step 2: Base coat the models in Foundation Mechrite Red.

Step 3: Use Delvan Mud wash to shade the shadows on your model. I also used it around the boots and on lower pieces of armor to show wear and fading. Also on the underside of arms and shoulder pads.

Step 4: Mix 1/3rd Blood Red to 2/3rds Baal Red Wash. Then lightly brush this over areas to create highlighted patches from a light source.

Step 5: Paint the Berserker trim using Brazen Brass.

Step 6: Thin down Burnished Gold with water, about a 50/50 ratio. Then apply it to the areas on the trim you want to highlight. Usually around the same areas that you added the Blood Red wash.

Step 7: Use Gryphonne Sepia wash and cover the trim and red areas on the model. This helps the trim shine and gives some depth to any red areas.

Then paint the rest of the model as you see fit. This method would also work well on other red units like Blood Angels. Without all the trim that Khorne Berserkers have, Blood Angels would be a quick process and would really add some pop to the models. Enjoy!

Building a Better Hellhammer

There is a large Apocalypse game coming up at my local game store. Chaos against Imperials in an extreme city battle titled "Winter Assault". I have been working on city terrain and boards for the upcoming event including a huge 2' x 4' spaceport terrain piece. I decided that I better get a start on any big units I planned to bring, since all models are to be fully painted for this event.


My girlfriend was kind enough to feed my hobby over Christmas so I am the proud owner of Imperial Guard Baneblade kit. Since this will be for my Chaos army, and the last thing my Chaos would do is stand back, I made the kit into a Hellhammer for some up close and personal firepower. After purchasing the extra sponson kit from GW, I started assembly and de-imperializing the tank. I scraped eagles and whatnot off the kit and added more Chaos bits. I am currently working on giving the tank some battle damage.

One thing I like is having options with my lists and models. Those of you who have seen my other tanks know I also love magnets. So I wanted to use my magnets to allow me to swap and add or remove the extra side sponsons. Since you have the option of using the standard sponson load out, adding 2 more for a total of 4, or removing them all together and upgrading the side armor, I knew I would need to be able to add and remove all the side sponsons. So using a Dremel and a few small magnets I was able to convert the side weapons. The GW kit is actually very easy to change with these magnets. below you can see that there really is not much cutting needed to make this work.







With all the side sposons magnetized and even extra flat armor ready in case I wanted to do without, the tank should be ready soon for some primer and scab red paint.