Lewdbeast is the last Daemonette I need to complete my unit for my Slaanesh warband. I "accidentally" found her while "accidentally" browsing Ebay in December and "accidentally" bought her. And she'll count as my first entry for the Fembruary painting challenge!
These are the five I painted in July last year. I also got these on Ebay after outbidding some guy who thought upping his bid by five cents would work when I was willing to slap another $10 down with two seconds left on the auction. SUCK IT, BANK ACCOUNT!
Anyway, you're here for the painting, not the financial report. I don't like repeating colours in units; one of the things I've tried to do when painting this warband is use lots of different shades for each figure. So I was a bit stuck for a colour when it came to painting Lewdbeast, and finally decided on yellow skin with blue claws. I'd applied the base colours when I realised this:
Ah shit, it's basically the same scheme as Syrau, one of my Chaos warriors. I know I'm being pedantic and probably a bit silly, but I have a thing about minis being the same colours. I mean, if I was building an army of Ultramarines or Blood Angels that wouldn't be an issue, but I want the Slaanesh force to be much more random, or at least as random as I can get it. It's at times like these that I envy Nurgle fans, who just have to worry about not running out of swampy greens and brown wash.
I decided to leave her claws and tail Magic and Electric Blues and went with Light Sea Grey for her skin, with some added Neutral Grey for shading. I mixed some Ghost Grey with Light Green Grey and drybrushed it on for the highlights. In keeping with the other daemonettes I used Black for her clothing with Shining Silver studs and buckles, and I decided to bring the yellow back by using Moondust and Lemon Yellow for her magnificent mohican, shaded with Filthy Brown. Lewdbeast got some nipple tattoos and I added some more to her face (tattoos, not nipples). Thinned Jungle Green for her eyes, some Pink for the Slaanesh icon on her wrist, and another minor daemon joins my warband, which is rapidly becoming an army.
In keeping with the previous post, here's her bio:
Lewdbeast
Age: 953
Likes: Gilmore Girls, bunny rabbits (preferably raw), gruesome death in all it many and varied forms.
Dislikes: Nonfat milk.
And here she is with her sisters:
So that's a painting challenge entry completed and I managed to stick to one of my resolutions (finish a unit) and I completed the ruins (post coming soon)! If only I could put the same energy into getting off my arse and losing weight.
Great work on your demonette and ruins Matt, the whole group has an individual feel which is what you were aiming for, and congratulations on reaching another goal.
ReplyDeleteAs for the exercising, I can't help there as I haven't been able to exercise for over 12 years now, but then my illness means any movement burns so many calories I'm losing weight ( wouldn't advise the chronic illness as a weight loss plan ! LOL)
Thank you, Dave! I'm happy with how she looks, and she fits into the unit really well. I do like the pale look of the 3rd edition Daemonettes, but on the other hand I prefer the more chaotic original multicoloured ones.
DeleteLovely work on your latest Daemonette (and all the rest too TBH) the eyes are terrific!. I love all the different colours myself, and the group shot is great.
ReplyDeleteAlso top work on that ruined doorway, that is a brilliant bit of painting, shame it's just a doorway I want to see the whole building now!
Don't talk about diets, I should be on the walking machine (my wife's not mine I hasten to add!!) as I really need to get fitter before I go back to work, but instead I'm sitting here eating a chocolate bar and typing to you! ;-)
Cheers Roger.
Thanks, Roger! I'm well happy with the last Daemonette and the group as a whole. The bright and varied colours of the first edition models are by far the best.
DeleteDebris of War does sell a resin ruined chapel set (https://www.debrisofwar.com/store/p168/Ruined_Chapel_Set.html) and it looks great and is a pretty decent price, but the shipping cost to the US is unfortunately way too much. If it wasn't for that I'd definitely order it.
I too should be on our treadmill, but we can't set it up until the basement's finished. It's been in its box in the garage since December :-)