Chaos Knights : Part Two (Shields)

Hi folks !! After five weeks of constant painting (and three weeks of modelling works), I finally ended my unit for the D day at Nottingham, work, work and work every day until the day before the event is a hard experience but the result is more than I could imagine and that’s only the first step…



From Third Citadel Compendium

 I started the second step of the project last week with the creation of shields. The choice of the shields shapes was easy because I have affection for the originals Chaos shields. Their strange and aggressive shapes are the perfect to equip my chaps.


Fraser Gray work

Fraser Gray Madness

But how I will paint them?I usually paint a wood effect on my shields to obtain a neutral aspect for my units. However for this time, I need something more sophisticated and personal, with more details. My only solution is to sculpt my own shields, the “eye” thematic come from the Fraser Gray style and directly connected to my next work, the banners. This last step will be inspired by the famous “Chaos eye” banner published in the 3rd Citadel Compendium.

Here you can observe the colors test shield, I choose to use the same skin colors than the champion arm (and tentacles) and the chains/amulets create a “metallic contrast”, all that things contribute to unify all the models of the unit.