Storm of Chaos
Campaign Book: Storm of Chaos
Storm of Chaos Preview Site
Storm of Chaos Miniatures
- Archaon's Horde
- Daemonic Legion
- Grimgor's 'Ardboyz
- Middenlanders
- Slayer Army

Gaming
- Sample Army Lists
- Tactics
Painting and Modeling
- Archaon
- Be'lakor
- Black Orc w/Great Weap.
- Chaos Warriors
- Clan Eshin
- Daemon Chariots
- Doomseeker
- Druchii Anointed
- Garagrim Ironfist
- Hellcannon
- Teutogen Guard

Terrain and Scenery
- Terrain Primer
RESOURCES
ARMIES

 

 

 

 

Be'lakor is essentially a large model with one skin tone. Although this scheme simplifies things quite a bit in terms of colour selection, it does make the painting process a bit dull. However, the results are well worth it if you persevere. Just pop in a movie or play your favorite band's entire discography while you paint to keep your wits sharp. Be'lakor is also all about musculature. You'll be painting nothing but biceps and abdominal muscles, so be prepared to flex (man, that's funny!) your flesh-painting techniques.

Follow the detailed instructions and check out the stage-by-stage images for reference as you paint your models. Don't fret if the model doesn't come out picture perfect in the end; painting takes time and practice to master. Just do the best you can each time and be open to learning new techniques from others. Before you know it, you'll be quite an accomplished painter with models you'll be proud to game with!
WE USED THE FOLLOWING CITADEL PAINTS:
Chaos
Black
Scorch.
Brown
Dark
Flesh
Bestial
Brown
Komm.
Khaki
Bleach.
Bone
Shad.
Grey
Codex
Grey
Fort.
Grey
Sp. Wlv.
Grey
Boltgun
Metal
Brown
Ink
1 Undercoat your model with Chaos Black. Start with a 2:1 mix of Shadow Grey to Chaos Black. This coat will be the basecoat for the model's skin, so mix up a large amount. Paint this mixture onto Be'lakor's musculature by picking out the Daemon Prince's abdominals, thigh muscles, and the like. This coat is a pretty important one, so take your time. Thankfully, the mixture is dark enough that any mistakes are easily erased. Next, paint all the skulls, spikes, claws, teeth, and wrappings with Scorched Brown.



2 Mix up another batch of paint for the skin. This time, mix 2-parts Shadow Grey with 1-part Chaos Black and just a drop Space Wolves Grey. Again, mix up quite a bit of this colour – you're going need it. Water down this mix and carefully apply it over Be'lakor's muscles. You're just going to go back over the areas you painted in Step 1. On the wings, be sure to keep your brush strokes moving in one direction from top to bottom to keep the colour smooth. This coat will also take some time to complete, so be patient. Apply straight Dark Flesh over all the skulls, spikes, claws, teeth, and wrappings.



3

This step concentrates on the bones and other details. Apply a 2:1 mix of Dark Flesh to Bestial Brown to the skulls, spikes, claws, teeth, and wrappings. Follow this coat with a watered-down, even mix of Dark Flesh to Bestial Brown. Let this dry and then start basecoating metallic items like the sword, rings, hooks, armour, and chainmail with Boltgun Metal. Be very careful not to get any of this colour onto the skin! Change your water once you've finished this step.


4

Keep building up the skulls, spikes, claws, teeth, and wrappings with a coat of straight Bestial Brown. This coat will be the final highlight for all the leather straps, wrappings, and cords. For the rest of the brown items, continue highlighting with a 1:2 mix of Bestial Brown to Kommando Khaki. Apply heavily watered-down Brown Ink to all the metal bits (triple the water to ink). Paint this wash into the areas you want it to go – do not just slather the model with ink and hope it comes out okay! Be precise and sop up any excessive ink pooling with a dry brush. Concentrate on the nooks and crannies of each metallic bit. It's important to let all your inks dry completely before continuing further. So, take a break or something.




5 With straight Shadow Grey, keep on painting Be'lakor's skin. Paint thin lines in a pattern onto large muscles in order to imitate muscle striations. Check out the images provided here to see what you need to do. For the bottom tips of the wings, add a drop of Space Wolves Grey to Shadow Grey and paint the tips with this brighter colour. While carefully painting the skin, be sure to leave Be'lakor's horns alone. Instead, apply very thin lines of Codex Grey parallel to one another along the length of each horn like so. Keep building up the skulls, spikes, claws, and teeth with a coat of straight Kommando Khaki mixed with a tiny drop of Bestial Brown. Finish this step by going back over the metallic areas in order to clean up the ink with a very, very careful light drybrushing of Boltgun Metal.



6 Continue highlighting Be'lakor's skin with a 2:1 mix of Shadow Grey to Space Wolves Grey. Keep doing the musculature striation technique from Step 5, but use even thinner lines this time around. Once the skin is all set, move to the wings. Keep painting the membranes in one direction from top to bottom. Mix in some more Space Wolves Grey in order to make the bottom tips of each wing brighter than the rest of the wing itself. You're after something like a colour gradient from top to bottom like so. Continue your pattern on the horns, but bump your colour choice up to Fortress Grey. Complete the skin with a few well-placed pure Space Wolves Grey highlights (mostly around the face). Build on the skulls, spikes, claws, and teeth with Kommando Khaki and then a 1:1 mix of Kommando Khaki to Bleached Bone. Lastly, add a few highlights with Bleached Bone. The trick to this step is to go slowly and keep your coats watered down. It will take some time, but then again, getting a good bone colour is always going to take time. There you have it, if you've been patient and careful, you should have a great Be'lakor model ideal for terrorizing your friends.



INTRODUCTION - ASSEMBLY ONE - ASSEMBLY TWO - PAINTING BE'LAKOR