The Guardians [Lizardmen]

My order is finally here, meaning that I can finally start finishing some of my models for good. My order included an orange paint to finish off my Skinks, some Warpstone glow for Wraithknight and of course some Purity Seal varnish to avoid paint cracks. A Temple Guard squad would be nothing without a Slann Mage-Priest and his buffs, so it's not hard to guess what I had coming home with all the paints! This is the first finecast model I have actually opened so far, and I must say that while the details are indeed very fine and stunning, there will be quite a bit of work to remove all the extra resin around the model.

That is a lot of detail

Home at lunch time...

In terms of painting, I have been working mostly on my Temple Guard Squad, which has been taking longer than I had estimated before hand. I first painted the skull/ bone- parts with Ceramic White, then washed them with Agrax Earthshade and finally dry brushed with Ushabti Bone for a cleaner look. All the nails I painted with Ushabti Bone only and then washed them. I thought that it was unnecessary for a Lizards' toenails to be equally 'clean' shade as their head ornaments, assuming they roam freely in the jungles (yes yes, it did save me a little bit of work, too!)

White parts done!

After finishing with the white parts, I moved on to painting all the details on the models, including their eyes, weapons/ instrument/ banner, decorations etc. I coated all the gems with a layer of Blood For The Blood Good - technical paint, leaving them with a look of a wet paint, hoping to create a shiny effect. My painting process was fairly painless, apart from the banner. The stick the banner is on decided to break into half not once, but twice (so far...) Trying to glue it back on also proved a challenge. It is now in one piece, but I wouldn't be surprised if it broke on the field. I do not understand whose idea was to have a long thin stick and a massive heavy banner on the top of it. That is asking for problems. Despite that, I must say I am fairly happy with the way it turned out. I decided to go for golden/ red theme on the decorations of the banner and the unit overall, as the term 'Temple Guard' reminds me of ancient temples which I associate with these colours.

Shield and done!

Now I just have the shields to glue on and add a final touch to them when glued in place. Just so that my painting life wouldn't be too easy, it seems that one shield has gone missing, too. I have plenty of spares, but after all my banner - problems, I am not looking forward to repainting one shield, not even one.

Champion and Musician

Will be focusing on Eldar next time, as this post was taken over by a lizard swarm!