Wednesday 7 April 2021

Dahyak Grekh, Kroot tracker - Blackstone Fortress

Alright people, so here's a new character for BSF ! I've decided to look at the Xenos and prepared both Dahyak and Ammallyn but running out of some colours means Dahyak got to the finish line first !
This is the first Kroot I've ever painted and I have to admit I discover this race and their anatomy as I went. I have to say I quite fancy this understated pose and real pro look of him, there's the strong and silent type quality you find in Eastwood cowboy characters or a certain mandalorian.

You might have noticed I tried to limit my palette to the max on this one, well I've tried to make the tone selection as tight as I could and decided to work on textures more.
the gun has a coloured metal casing instead of my usual coal and I tried glazing with contrast to reach the look I was looking for which I must say was a complete success. The cloak is also treated with perpendicular light drybrushes to render some fabric look. It does look the part in hand but might be a little too subtle at table distance. I did consider an urban camo on the outside of the cloak because stylistically speaking it would be fun and suit the colours but I was afraid that so many folds would make it blurry (which is good IRL but not as much for tabletop gaming) so forgot about it.

As I was looking for some other characters in my collection for him to hang with, I realised the most obvious answer was the space frogs of course !
I suspect they love the same habitat and might get along just fine when kroots give up on eating them for the geene pool.

So here we are, that's 6 characters done now ! Things are taking shape !

I'm also very glad to say I've finally started on the villains, the cultists will be a long haul so I'll work on some faster groups in teh mean time to keep a sense of achievement throughout the whole process. I figured those guys might be the best to start with so let's see what I can do with them ! 


Oh and while there's much better than picture of unpainted stuff, I was quite happy with scoring a box of Escalation. Yes that's another bunch of cultists to paint I know but I think the right way to go with those is to paint them differently, with Necromunda in mind probably. Time will tell.


23 comments:

  1. That dude looks good. I like the color and weathering on the cloak.

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    1. Thanks, I wanted a restricted palette to really convey a special mood for him !

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  2. Love your take on the Kroot! He's easily my fav sculpt of the original heroes.

    Congrats also on finding a copy of Escalation, those are going for a mint on Ebay now they are out of production. I'm trying to come up with an excuse to get Ascension (And a "how" to convince my wife it's a good idea), but I'm not seeing it happen sadly.

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    1. Thanks, I really got to know and love him while painting him, he's a subtile but eficiently designed model, really nice.
      I'm happy about escalation but also quite overwhelmed by how more work it means ! ^^'

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  3. I know you're not as anal about era purity as me, but that photo of a modern Kroot standing next to all those shonky old 1980s Slann looks like Michael Caine hanging out with the Muppets.

    Nice work on all this them there painting!

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    1. There is a bit of Roger Rabbit in there but I chose not to care too much as long as colours and styles link everything, Era purity also looks like a lost cause unless your fellow players are as pure so I don't mind much. It is a source of satisfaction I can relate too though.

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  4. Looks like you have an awesome crew for Stargrave!

    Love the Kroot, I see them as birds with bright plumage, I always like to see the other direction as lizard/amphibians.

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    1. The Slanns are definitely Stargrave compatible, I haven't played them yet so I'm eager to correct hat !

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  5. That green and grey/blue look great together.

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    1. Thanks, colour combo really makes most of the job usually !

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  6. Love this model. I think all the tones come together to really make an excellent looking Kroot hunter. Good call on the cloak too; it has a lot more of that old western vibe this way. Great job!

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    1. Thanks, I really think it's got a nice spaghetti western quality to it

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  7. I think that, of all your amazing works, this is my favorite so far.

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    1. Probably not the one I put the more energy into but it worked pretty well in the end. thanks !

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  8. Love the skin on this guy, how did you do it?

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    1. Thanks, the skin is built from Kemhri brown then washed with thinned down athonian camoshade with agrax then some glazes with nuln oil, crimson carroburgh and other in places and then a couple of highlights to bring back a little definition.

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  9. Still no eldritch ranger :P
    But your kroot is awesome, really like the colours you chose.

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    1. Mec, if you knew... I've already broken the gun 3 times already and I'm still out of purples to finish it when she's 90% done !

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    2. purple ? Can't wait to see her...

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  10. Pretty nice! The earthy colours turned out nicely on this one. Looks like a total desperado

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    1. Desperado suits me fine, it's the sort of vibe I was aiming for (and the sculptor as well I reckon). Thanks !

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  11. Despite you limiting your palette to the max, the colors look so varied. Overall scheme is excellent.

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    1. That was all the aim on this guy, glad it worked, thanks a lot !

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