Hello, and welcome from the briny deeps. Time to put your swim-suits on, and take a plunge with me as we look at my repainted Narmati Reavers.
When Idoneth Deepkin where announced I hit pre-order quicker than a Fangmora eel could snap its jaws. I loved the visual identity, I loved the Lore, I had to get some! I had really high hopes for Age of Sigmar at this point and I knew this army would bring me back into the fold. ( I Suffered from some slight Age of Sigmar “teething issues”). What I didn’t expect to happen was for me to paint a few and then completely abandon the project…
Have you ever painted a test miniature, been happy, then gone on to paint a few more and then become completely disheartened? I even decided to play it safe and initially paint them the standard Ionrach scheme. But I just didn’t like the end result. I think in isolation they looked ok, but as a unit, they were just too washed out and lack-lustre, the eye didn’t really know where to settle, so I completely shelved the project.
Fast forward about 7 months later and I really wanted to play some more Age of Sigmar. These guys were staring at me with their….eyeless eyes. So I came up with a new own-brew paint scheme, and hey – I didn’t totally hate it! I decided to inject some colour into the skin, I know the reasons for their pale tones, but I couldn’t help but think that the lack of depth and definition there was a big culprit in my previous paint job. I also added some green to their armour plating, matching it up with the existing blue cloth so I didn’t have to repaint the whole thing. I can’t believe what a few colour changes have done for my enthusiasm for this army. Not my neatest work, but as a repaint and a fresh reboot, I am really happy that I revisited them!
Above is what they looked like before, kind of, excuse the old phone pic. Some might prefer it, but I need to “click” with all my paints schemes in order to pursue the army in question. I hope you enjoyed this brief glimpse at my not so straight forward journey. There will certainly be more Idoneth on the horizon. Has a repaint ever totally rebooted your love for an army? Let me know, catch you next time.
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Curious about those skin tones–I am looking for something exactly like this. Not too warm and definitely not too cool. Cheers!
A little late, but how did you achieve the blue armor on the last pick? I love the blue you have on the silver…
These look great, the hint of pink in the skintone just makes more sense, visually. The eye is drawn to where it should be.
I Absolutely agree on test models being a good idea, but what looks great on one model doesn't always translate well to a unit, especially rank & file troops…
I'm really looking forward to seeing more of this army, like I kept looking forward to your BSF posts. Keep up the great work ??
I always struggle with the "big picture" of an army. That's kind of why I liked BSF so much, I can paint each unit/hero pretty much in isolation and just rely on the bases to tie them in. There will defo be more Idoneth + BSF to come, thanks for commenting. 🙂