@Borgnine
I've been doing a lot of stuff. I'm basically taking all the death I've bought in the last 4 years and trying to bring it to 110% completion. I threw in a second kit of blood knights because they are really good in AoS, but mainly I'm focusing on finishing all the death I have already. I'm making scenery for the first time since I'll now be able to have a dedicated table at my new house. If that's not enough, I'm also making a Genestealer Cults kill team to try out Shadow Wars: Armageddon. I just learned about AoS28, and in the spirit of that I'm also going to work to improve some of my cool custom heroes, though they are mostly death models.
The mortis engine is kind of crazy and cartoonish. My concept for spirits is a bright, glowy look which is a contrast to the dark, dreary look that usually looks good on death. What I was going for here was just basic cold colors - green, purple, blue. I had to tone down the fire actually, It was that bright flame color which turned it into the focus of the model, which I wanted to be the spirits. The reliquary is red, but you cant see it anyway. The lantern is fire but that's just a small detail so it doesn't really ruin the flow of the model, and you can't even see it most of the time. Personally I feel like if you commit to your colors (paint them in multiple shades and make them look great) It doesn't really matter if it fits into the most optimal color wheel of whats most pleasing to the eye. But this Mortis Engine kind of got out of control and It is not my favorite in terms of theme, but its cool as a "bright explosion of glowing spirits" look.
For my first blood knights, I kept them pretty standard but I gave them some cool sword placements and a few capes. I've also now given the Kastellan a big cool shield. I don't think they look "elfy" at all, other than a few jewels you can clip off, and the cone heads - which are overshadowed by the "bat wings". The armor matches what you see on the vampire models almost exactly. The lore of Blood Knights - originally 'dragon knights' turned into vampires - fits the kit. Seriously, it looks like it was developed as a new blood knight kit then they decided that it would sell better as a high elf kit, made it look 5% more elfish then sold it as as HE instead. For my second group I made them look more vampire like with custom heads and sinister curved blades, and I plan to add some green stuff details to seal the deal.
Blood knights are still available if you search for them directly. They are online only. If they release a new blood knight kit, well then I'll probably put these away and buy 3 boxes of the new ones and I will be so happy I wont likely care.
I've been doing a lot of stuff. I'm basically taking all the death I've bought in the last 4 years and trying to bring it to 110% completion. I threw in a second kit of blood knights because they are really good in AoS, but mainly I'm focusing on finishing all the death I have already. I'm making scenery for the first time since I'll now be able to have a dedicated table at my new house. If that's not enough, I'm also making a Genestealer Cults kill team to try out Shadow Wars: Armageddon. I just learned about AoS28, and in the spirit of that I'm also going to work to improve some of my cool custom heroes, though they are mostly death models.
The mortis engine is kind of crazy and cartoonish. My concept for spirits is a bright, glowy look which is a contrast to the dark, dreary look that usually looks good on death. What I was going for here was just basic cold colors - green, purple, blue. I had to tone down the fire actually, It was that bright flame color which turned it into the focus of the model, which I wanted to be the spirits. The reliquary is red, but you cant see it anyway. The lantern is fire but that's just a small detail so it doesn't really ruin the flow of the model, and you can't even see it most of the time. Personally I feel like if you commit to your colors (paint them in multiple shades and make them look great) It doesn't really matter if it fits into the most optimal color wheel of whats most pleasing to the eye. But this Mortis Engine kind of got out of control and It is not my favorite in terms of theme, but its cool as a "bright explosion of glowing spirits" look.
For my first blood knights, I kept them pretty standard but I gave them some cool sword placements and a few capes. I've also now given the Kastellan a big cool shield. I don't think they look "elfy" at all, other than a few jewels you can clip off, and the cone heads - which are overshadowed by the "bat wings". The armor matches what you see on the vampire models almost exactly. The lore of Blood Knights - originally 'dragon knights' turned into vampires - fits the kit. Seriously, it looks like it was developed as a new blood knight kit then they decided that it would sell better as a high elf kit, made it look 5% more elfish then sold it as as HE instead. For my second group I made them look more vampire like with custom heads and sinister curved blades, and I plan to add some green stuff details to seal the deal.
Blood knights are still available if you search for them directly. They are online only. If they release a new blood knight kit, well then I'll probably put these away and buy 3 boxes of the new ones and I will be so happy I wont likely care.
JK. I'm glad those sculpting tools helped 
Besides, drybrush is a perfectly good method for a dry stone 
