Hey everyone! I’ve been quite productive this past week and finished another addition to my Stormcast Eternals collection; the Lord-Celestant on Dracoth!
I’ve had this model sitting around for a year now as it’s the model from the Age of Sigmar starter set. I really enjoyed painting him, it was also my first time painting a Dracoth. I wanted to paint it similar to my Stardrake, which you can view here, so opted for a similar blue scheme. The skin was painted Stegadon Scale Green, washed Nuln Oil, and layered Sotek Green, Temple Guard Blue, Temple Guard Blue/White, glazed Gulliman Blue and then I added in final highlights of White.
One aspect of the model I’m particularly happy with is the Lord-Celestant’s cloak. This was painted Khorne Red, before I have used Carroburg Crimson as a glaze to add shadows, but this time I decided to use a thinned Druchii Violet mix to shade the cloak. I then highlighted with Wazdaka Red, Wazadaka Red/Evil Sunz Scarlet, Wild Rider Red and White.
I painted the inside of the Dracoth’s mouth as if it is just about to breathe a fireball. This was painted white and then progressively glazed Bloodletter and Lamenters Yellow, adding in more white and more glaze to build up the intensity, I then added white in the centre at the back of the mouth. I also glazed his teeth Lamenters Yellow.
I’m really happy with the model, and glad I finally painted it after so long of it sitting on a shelf. The only other model I think I’ll paint from the starter set is the Lord-Relictor, as I’ve since bought the individual boxes of the rest of the starter set because I like the varied poses better. I’m now looking forward to painting my Dracothian Guard, as painting this Dracoth was a lot of fun!
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Can You tell me how You attached the shield? I'm thinking of doing the same so I can stick with WYSIWYG, but don't want to destroy miniature in the process… Should I just remove lower strap of the shield, or is there something else? Thanks for any advice and also good job on painting!
Beautiful work Amy. I love the flaming mouth look, adds some extra intensity to him. I'd say the added purple to the cloak worked out really well for you, it looks very rich and yet worn.
Love the style you paint your eternals! How do you paint the bases? they look really gritty and real.
Thank you! 🙂 for the bases they are a mix of Mechanicus Standard Grey mixed with sand and crushed oyster shells, once dry I washed it Agrax. I then applied some more random washes of Agrax Earthshade, Athonian Camoshade and Seraphim Sepia. I then drybrushed it Terminatus Stone and then Longbeard Grey. I then used some Forgeworld weathering powders; Medium Earth, Dry Mud and Black Soot adding in random areas. I finish off with a final drybrush of Terminatus Stone.
That fella is looking ace,
For the rest of the box it would be a shame not to use the models, you could always just do one or two at a time to mix in with the more poseable models.