Storm of Chaos
Campaign Book: Storm of Chaos
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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

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Painting a Doomseeker

No Slayer army worth its salt would venture into the Chaos wastes without a few of these maniacs in tow. While Doomseekers might be a bit expensive, the damage that they can do to the opponent's army will more than balance out the cost. Not only are they powerful in battle, but Doomseekers are quite fun to paint!

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:
Blazing
Orange
Fiery
Orange
Black
Ink
Codex
Grey
Scorched
Brown
Dark
Flesh
Dwarf
Flesh
Elf
Flesh
Midnight Blue
Bestial
Brown
Bleached
Bone
Shining
Gold
Mithril
Silver
Chestnut
Ink
Burnished Gold
Chainmail
1 Prime the model with Chaos Black Spray Primer and, when dry, paint the base Scorched Brown (whatever paint scheme you have for the base, you should start it now). At this point, you can drybrush the entire model with Scorched Brown to bring out the highlights if you like. As it is far easier to hide a bit of slopped Elf Flesh on metal than it is to hide Mithril Silver slopped on Elf Flesh, work with the metals first. Paint all the chains and weapon blades Chainmail (or Boltgun Metal). Apply Shining Gold to the bracers, rings, chains, and decorations. Clean up any mistakes (metal on the hair or body) with Chaos Black or Scorched Brown.
2 Continue to work with the metals. Apply a watered-down Black Ink (or Brown Ink or a mix of the two) wash on all the Chainmail and Shining Gold areas. This stage is time intensive – carefully paint every individual chain link with Chainmail. Be careful to avoid the gaps between links where the black ink had settled or you'll have to go back and clean it up. Once this is done, carefully apply Mithril Silver to the top of the chain links whose edges face outwards. Apply Chainmail to the high spots of the weapons and Shining Gold to the high spots of the bracers, rings, and decorations. Finish all the metals by touching up the blades of the weapons with Mithril Silver and the corner and highest spots of the jewelry with Burnished Gold. Give the base a drybrush of Bestial Brown (or whatever comes next for your base) and then take a breather.



3

Now that the metals are done, clean up any slop with Scorched Brown. Drybrush the base with Vermin Brown and then very lightly with Bleached Bone (work in Snakebite Leather if you want – the base is really up to you). Once this is done, carefully paint the boots Chaos Black. Apply a base coat of Scorched Brown to the pants (or don't if your drybrush was thick enough) and paint all of the exposed skin with Dark Flesh. A couple of coats of carefully applied Blazing Orange on the hair and beard will put you on the home stretch.




4

Apple a watered-down Chestnut Ink wash to the hair and beard to add shadow between the strands. Next, lightly drybrush Fiery Orange on the easily accessible parts of the hair and beard. The parts of the hair and beard that are too close to other parts of the model will have to be painstakingly painted with a steady hand and a detailed brush – you can do it if you take your time. Check to see if the drybrushed areas need a few coats of Fiery Orange and carefully apply them if they do. Once the hair is done, apply a few coats of slightly watered-down Dwarf Flesh to all of the exposed body parts. Leave the Dark Flesh in the nooks and crannies, though.




5 Time for details! Highlight the boots with Codex Grey. Do the same on the pants with a lighter shade (or shades) of brown. Carefully apply Elf Flesh to the heightened features of the flesh like the nose, ears, muscles, and cheeks. After the flesh is done, the body rings might need to be touched up. Apply Scorched Brown under the rings for a shadow effect and reapply Burnished Gold to the metal. Paint slightly watered-down Skull White on the teeth and the eyes. Use barely any paint in favor of multiple passes to avoid huge mistakes. Once the sclera (white of the eye) is to your liking, dot your eyes with Chaos Black (or a dark colour of your choice). If your Doomseeker has gems on his belt, bracers, or weapons, check out this step-by-step painting article for info on how to do these fine details. Just for completeness, my base colour for the gems was a 1:3 Skull White to Midnight Blue mix.