Kings of Hobby: April

Billy’s back again with another update on my Kings of Hobby project! This time, noticing that my army so far is basically a bag of glass hammers, I decided to work on some chaff and a cheeky character that no Abyssal/Abyssal Dwarf/Twilight Kin army is complete without: Ba’su’su.

I couldn’t quite decide on how I wanted to build my gargoyles. I have plenty of the Mantic ones, which I actually like quite a lot, but I wanted to do something different. While cleaning mould lines one night in front of the TV, I thought, “Wouldn’t these look awesome with some cool skulls glued directly to the wings and tail portion of the models?”

After looking online for a bit, trying to find just the right bits, I came across the GW Skulls box set. Inside, it contains a few Nurgle Plaguebearer skulls. I didn’t have that kit exactly, but I did have a ton of leftover Plaguebearer bits from way back when. A little poster tac, and voila! Creepy gargoyles!

I ended up digging out enough plaguebearer heads to do two troops of gargoyles. I think they came out pretty great!

I wanted to give them the real feeling of flight, so I pinned the gargoyles on different lengths of brass rod just for variety.

For these models, I wanted there to be more of the purple color to contrast a little bit with the more humanoid models.

For Ba’su’su, I purchased a wonderfully characterful miniature from Reaper: Bella, Succubus. This is a very charming miniature of a nude succubus with very small wings, casually flipping her hair. I thought she’d be perfect to represent my Ba’su’su.

I tried to stay consistent with my skin tones throughout the army to give that “spooky, sex dungeon vibe.”

Score

2 points – Completing 100% of my painting goal

1 point – Adding two units to the army

Total Score: 3

Goal

My goal for May is to finish another regiment of Succubi and a character. I haven’t decided which one yet, so whichever really jumps out at me from the Vanguard warband most likely. I’m excited to keep building this army, so stay tuned for more updates!