After having nothing to do yesterday afternoon, I started thinking about a new WHFB project that could capture my imagination. I had finished my WoC not that long ago (sort of finished!) and was looking for something interesting to take its place.
In the past few months I have been focusing on both my Orks and my Fallen Realm army for WOTR, but had neglected my first love WHFB.
I nipped over to my local and picked up the Dwarf Battalion, as I usually start a new project by picking up a battalion box. I am 3 from 4 in that respect, I have already finished an ogre army (3000pts), a Lizardmen Army (3500pts), and a WoC army (3000pts). The only WHFB army I have not finished is a VC's, which I sold off.
Anyway, I picked up my shiny new models and went home. I cracked the box and built my first Dwarf Warrior, I love the little models! My thoughts quickly jumped to Shining Gold, Boltgun Metal, Chainmail, Mithril Silver, Badab Black and Devlin Mud to get the job done. I took a quick look up at my other armies on my shelf though, and decided instantly that the dwarfs would be done differently. I quickly undercoated my new dwarf with Chaos Black, and while it was drying, read up on NMM techniques. I had tried it in the past with no real results, but decided that this time, I would make a full attempt, across a whole army. My first example got me excited, and as is my way, thoughts on theming an army usually come after painting one model.
Here are the first pictures
I am pretty pleased with this first model. My NMM skills need a lot of work, but I see enough here to motivate me to try an develop them. I really like the almost "cartoon" element to the model and cannot wait to see how the whole army comes out.
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