How I paint - Chaos Daemons - Juggernauts of Khorne

-


In the Warhammer Lore, the daemon cavalry of Khorne ride to war on Juggernauts. The Juggernauts of Khorne are half daemon half machines, made of bronze and brass with fire for blood. I wanted to capture this description in my painting. As a result, this guide is mainly based on a wide range of metallic paints with a few fiery reds and oranges for good measure. This guide is for painting the Juggernaut of Khorne not the Bloodletter rider. I did a How I paint - Chaos Daemons - Bloodletters of Khorne guide a few days ago, this can be should be used for the rider.

I also have a guide for Flesh Hounds of Khorne.

Paints required:

  • Leadbelcher spray
  • Black Templar
  • Leadbelcher
  • Ironbreaker
  • Warplock Bronze
  • Agrax Earthshade
  • Brass Scorpion
  • Runelord Brass
  • Retributor Armour
  • Reikland Fleshshade Gloss
  • Balthasar Gold
  • Sycorax Bronze
  • Stormhost Silver
  • Skullcrusher Brass
  • Mephiston Red
  • Evil Suns Scarlet
  • Wild Rider Red
  • Trollslayer Orange 

Paints Required for extra details:

  • Fire Dragon Bright
  • Yriel Yellow
  • White Scar
  • Lamenters Yellow


The miniature was undercoated with Leadbelcher spray. This metallic undercoat helps with the metallic look of all of the overlaying colours.

The iron of this miniature was painted with Black Templar. I used the balck contrast paint rather than the shade for two reasons: 1. it has a darker pigment and 2. the naure of the contrast causes it to be drawn into the recesses unlike washes.  The iron is all the sections of the model not covered in panels. It is the chainmail, the leg pistons and the neck pistons. When this paint has fully dried, drybrush the iron first with Leadbelcher and then with Ironbreaker.


The next step is to paint the panels of the Juggernaut with Warplock Bronze. You will need to apply two coats of paint to get a nice smooth finish. When this has dried, wash the panels with Agrax Earthshade.


Next the panels were drybrushed with Brass Scorpion. Use a medium sized round ended drybrush and apply the paint in a circular motion moving out from the centre of the panel. Take your time and be careful not to get the paint on the Iron. it does not matter if you drybrush the trims of the panels, as these will be painted in the next stage anyway.
Repeat this step with the Runelord Brass but do not go as close to the edge of the panel.
 

The next step is to paint the panel trims with Retibutor Armour. When this is dry wash the trim with Reikland Fleshshade Gloss (use the gloss version, it gives a far better finish).


As I was trying to get a range of brass colours in my miniature, the collar was painted with Balthasar Gold. This was washed with Agrax Earthshade. This change of colour helps to give the miniature more focal points. Also, the collars of Khorne (mainly on fleshhounds) are a really important lore point for Khorne.


The collar was drybrushed with Sycorax Bronze, using a small drybrush. This was followed with a edge highlight using a 2:1 mix of Sycorax Bronze and Stormhost Silver. 
 
The armour trim was drybrushed, using a small drybrush, with Skullcrusher Brass. This was followed with a edge highlight using a 1:2 mix of Stormhost Silver and Skullcrusher Brass.
 
The teeth were then highlighted with Stormhost Silver. Finally, to finish the eyes were painted with Mephiston Red. They were then highlighted with increasing smaller dots of Evils Suns Scarlet, then Wild Rider Red and finally Trollslayer Orange. THe idea here was to try and show the fire inside the beast through its eyes.

Extra details - Firery Runes


Some of the Juggenauts have runes carved into their panels, rather than embossed upon them. I wanted to paint these to show the glowing heat coming from within.

The runes were carefully painted in with Mephiston Red. Then increasingly lighter glazes were painted over the top of each other to build up the orange colours. With each lighter step, the paint was focused increasingly towards the middle of the rune. 

The order of the glazes were:

Evil Suns Scarlet,

Wild Rider Red

Trollslayer orange

Fire Dragon Bright

Yriel Yellow

1:1 mix of Yriel Yellow and White Scar.

Lamenters Yellow

Each glaze was made up with a 1:3 mixture of the paint and water. Allow each step to full dry before moving onto the next step.

 

Painting almost the entire miniature with metallic paints was really interesting and gave me some great ideas for some other projects (which I have not yet attempted). Additionally, I wanted the Juggernauts  to standout from the other daemons in the Khorne army, which are all painted red. 

When painting armies you need to consider how the full force will look but also how you are going to make individual units separate but part of a cohesive whole. If you have any questions please drop them in the comments. Happy Hobbying.



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

How I paint Rockgut Troggoth

-
Image
When I began painting my Rockgut Troggoths (Stone Trolls), I wanted them to look as though a flesh and blood creature had started to petrify. Most of the stone terrain in my collection is grey with a greenish tinge. This was the colour I wanted to replicate on my trolls. As I was painting my trolls, I made a note of the colours I used but I did not take any pictures, as I never intended to make a guide. After I had finished painting these miniatures, I decided to write up the method, in case I needed it again. Then, I thought I might as well share it. Paints required. Chaos Black spray Mechanicum Standard Grey spray Skavenblight Dinge Dawnstone Lahmian Medium  Athonian Camoshade Agrax Earthshade Administratum Grey Bugmans Glow  Rakarth Flesh Screamer Pink Cadian Fleshtone Stormvermin Fur Kislev Flesh Karak Stone Xereus Purple Mephiston Red Painting flesh of the Troggoth I began by given the miniature an undercoat with  Chaos   Black spray.  This was then followed with a light spray of 
Read more

How I paint - Gloomspite Gitz- Squigs

-
Image
When collecting Gloomspite Gitz it quickly becomes apparent that at some point you are going to paint squigs. This is my take on a classic red squig. Paints required: Wraithbone spray Khorne Red Army Painter Red Tone Averland Sunset Wazdakka Red Squig Orange Lahmian Medium Reikland Fleshwash Screamer Pink Pink Horror Pallid Wych Flesh Zandri Dust Agrax Earthshade Xereus Purple Genestealer Purple Yriel Yellow Druchii Violet .  Kantor Blue Thousand Sons Blue Ahriman Blue Temple Guard Blue . The miniatures were primed with Wraithbone spray. The scheme works over black, but you must build a nice sold layer of red at the start. This was then followed by a basecoat of Khorne Red . I thinned the Khorne Red with a little water. It took a few coats to get a nice solid finish. The miniature was then given a wash with Army Painter Red Tone thinned with a little water. The eyes were painted in with Averland Sunset .  To highlight the flesh, I began with Wazdakka Red . This was then followed by a
Read more

How I paint Moonclan Grots

-
Image
  I have a large Ork army for Warhammer 40k, but it has been a few years since I have painted any Greenskins. T hanks in part to  my backlog of Warhammer Underworlds warbands and a desire to paint some Destruction miniatures for Warcry I have been painting up my Ironjaws and t he Gloomspite Gitz . I love Mo on clan Grots as , with most Greenskin armies, they are played primarily for fun and if you win any games with them, so much the better. I wanted to paint my Gitz in a classic style, like 'back in the day' when I was using Night Goblins in the w orld - that - was. So here is my take on these nasty little backstabbers. I hope you enjoy and I would love to he ar any comments.    Other guides you might find useful: How I paint Moonclan Grots How I paint Rockgut Troggoth How I paint Squigs How I paint Orruk Armour Army Collection - Gloomspite Gitz Paints required:   Chaos Black spray   Abaddon Black   Stormvermin Fur   Rhinox Hide   Leadbelcher   Nuln Oil ( or
Read more