As you saw from my WIP post the other day I’ve been dipping my toe into Age of Sigmar. I haven’t committed fully by actually purchasing any models yet. Both of these models are free ones from the covers of magazines. I love my colour scheme. Yellow is my favourite colour and I didn’t want to just paint the whole model yellow so I thought I’d pick out just a few elements of armour. Less is more after all. After the jump I discuss naming my Stormhost.
With a brand new colour scheme comes a brand new name. Stormhosts tend to have astrological weather feline names. Cosmic Thundercats is pretty awesome but I can do better. A quick look at an online Thesaurus at the word Lion and one of it’s suggestions is Grimalkin. I love this, it reminds me of the Dinosaur Transformer Grimlock. I look up the meaning and it means ‘old female cat’. Hmmm, maybe I can tweak the word to Primal Kings? Wow, all of a sudden I’m describing Sigmar himself.
Now, do I add the weather or astronomical part as well? Tempest Primal Kings, Cyclone Primal Kings, Tornado Primal Kings, Primal Hurrikings, Celestial Primal Kings, Astral Primalkin, Hallowed Primall Kings, Rapturous Primal Kings.
Na, I think I’ll stick with Primal Kings. unless you have a better idea? Post it in the comments!
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Yellow Sigmarines!
I can allready hear the new Sigmar anthem by the Beatles ^^
That paint scheme is just beautiful! I wish I hadn't done all of mine as Lions of Sigmar now! And, you know, that I could paint that well… Awesome job, as always!
As for the name, Primal Kings sounds a bit like a sports team to me… My first thought on seeing the yellow was something sunny, maybe Helios Warriors? I'm no good at naming things though…
Perhaps Primal StarKings? Only an extra syllable but adds that other worldliness aspect. Otherwise a great name all the same!
Loving the colour scheme too – my favourite colour as well!
I like it. I'll give it some thought. Thanks.
Tempest Tabbies.
I love you colour scheme, I may steal it and paint it worse.
Sure, just make sure you refer to them as The Primal Kings Stormhost. Let's see if we can't make them canon ?
Thundercats HOoooooOooooo!
I think it would be nice to have some purple on the shield. Maybe replacing the grey with purple. Or completely purple with a yellow hammer?
Nice suggestion, could be a way of differentiating squads?
They look fantastic in that scheme, the models look so much better than space marines too.
Certainly refreshing change. I've been painting power armour since 1993.
Summer Rain Kitty Cats!
Winner.
Elemental Kings? Go full Captain Planet with the different troop types, Earth, Fire, Wind, Water and use a different colour or yellow/something combination for each.
That sounds cool. Can I deal with it being an extra three syllables? I'm not sure.
Primordial Thunderkings