This weekend the Flesh-eater Courts Army Set will be available to pre-order, bringing a grisly new wave of pallid paladins to the Mortal Realms. This box contains 25 new plastic miniatures – providing a great core for an army and a whole lot of skin, rust, bone, and rusted metal to paint.
These nasty ghouls, and the Abhorrant nobles who command them, present a unique painting challenge. The Warhammer Painting Team, however, are on the case with three videos covering gore splatters, ancient stonework, anaemic skin tones, and fleshy membranes. Delicious.
We’re starting with basing. This is a core component of every army, and it’s a good idea to get your process nailed down early on. For masonry and bloody bases, you needn’t look further than the following tutorial – just be prepared to get your fingers messy.
For the rest of the Abhorrant Gorewarden, you’ll need a foolproof guide to all the meaty parts. These miniatures are the perfect canvas for Contrast and Shade paints, which work with the sculpted definition of the muscle and wing membranes to do all the work for you.
The Flesh-eater Courts tend to have a lot of excess skin – which is often not their own! What their enemies see as flayed flesh fluttering in the wind, the delusion renders to them as splendid pennants and fine robes. The Warhammer Painting Team are sticking with the former – and here’s a video covering their morbid methodology.
With this triplet of terrific (and terrifying) videos under your belt, you’ll have no trouble tackling every single miniature in the Flesh-eater Courts Army Set. The box also contains Battletome: Flesh-eater Courts, which features a guide to painting all sorts of details on your miniatures. Combine them all together, and you’ll be unstoppable.
How are you painting yours? Show us your schemes on social media using the hashtag #PaintingWarhammer. For the Carrion King!