preDeneghra - Say Goodnight, Gloria

So the legend goes that once upon a time in the land of Cygnar, a girl child of only 5 summers was abducted by the forces of Cryx.  In time she would be shaped into the merciless killer named Deneghra, but on that night - that one last night - she was just Gloria. . .

Happy Halloween from the Nightmare Empire

I thought I'd take a pic of everything I've collected and painted since I started in June 2011.  And what better reason than the season?

Papa Terminus leading his children into battle.  Purely by accident, I realized I've now basically built up Terminus' side of the faction.

Skarre getting in on the action

The first unit I painted - Bane Thralls

War Witch Deneghra - Complete

Finished Dirty D off last night - including her new basing scheme.  I actually forgot the method I used to do the bile thralls tiles and had to re-invent it here.  Its got too many reworkings in it to list out a concrete formula yet.

War Witch Deneghra

I had an original pDenny sculpt sitting on my desk and decided it was time to give her some love with a very simple conversion here

Dirty D's 'classic' model lacks quite a bit of zing, so I replace the spearhead with one off a GW lizardman sprue. The GS below it is supposed to be a piston.

I also bent the left arm up and bit and splayed the palm to make it look more like its projecting power outward than away and down.

Bile Thralls

I took a little bit of a turn on these.  The colors are much brighter than what I've been painting to this point.  I think it makes them a little cartoony, but I also think I like it. The biggest change, however, is the basing.  I got the great Malifaux mortuary bases with the idea that I would put all my necrotech stuff on them.  This is the first wave, but I'll probably end up re-basing the McThralls as well.

Here's a better shot of the bases.  Love these things!

Next Up:  Warwitch Sirens

Terminus - Loaded like a Freight Train

I think Axl Rose said it best about Terminus when he said, "I'm a mean machine, been drinkin' gasoline, and honey you can make my motor hum."  By 'make my motor hum," I can only assume he meant culling souls helped power his necrotite reactor.

Yes, the Night Train himself has finally arrived to sow death and destruction!  And by 'sow', I really mean reap, cuz the Night Train ain't got time to plant.


This model was interesting to paint.  First off, it took me like 2 weeks - which is a long time for my tabletop standard.  Second, as incredible as the detail on the model is, the real focal point (aptly pointed out by my buddy, Tom) is the wings - which are huge!

I tried a different recipe for the NMM gold on this one:

• Reaper Tanned Leather
• Flesh Wash glaze
• another Flesh Wash glaze
• Reaper Tanned Leather up to Bleached Bone

On the Deathjack, I used Citadel Desert Tan as a base, and I think it looks better than this one - though this one looks more dramatic.

Anyway, on to the pics. . .

Next Up:  Bile Thralls

Leviathan

The other crabjack

This model came to me fully-painted, and pinned and epoxied together, but Super Clean took care of that!

Astute viewers will note that the base isn't complete yet (no grass or LOS marks), but I shall rectify that soon enough.  Can't wait to throw this thing on the table!

Here's a shot of that lovely gun:

And a shot of the claw

And finally, a little collection of painted soul tokens.  I had some skulls and heads sitting around, so I used sculpey to make the rest.  They don't look uber, IMO, but they were fun to make and play with.

Next up:  Terminus!!