Blog Tlaltechutli's horde of Skinks

[TheCaseAce]

Hi

I've started to get paint on minis so figured I should start a plog.

I've always liked the Seraphon but really it's the giant dinosaurs and Skinks that appeal to me. The Saurus I am kind of "meh" about. I might buy some at some point but for now, the rule for my army is that every model needs to be a skink, or have a skink riding it.

Apart from, of course, the Slann, who I am calling Tlaltechutli (TLAL TECH HOOTLY) after a "frog like deity" of the mesoamerican people who was tied in with their myths of creation and destruction.

Here's the army so far, fully built and waiting to be primed:


It consists of...
Slann Starmaster
Skink Starseer
Skink Starpriest
Skink Priest (converted from a skink with loads of feathers and "trappings" attached)
70 skinks
3 Ripperdactyl
Bastiladon with Solar Engine
Going to be using the Shadowstrike Starhost.
I will add other monsters to expand it. Probably an EoTG.

I initally did a test colour scheme which was quite a bright blue with pink scales...

however although I liked it in theory, I thought the look of the army might be too cartoony. I wanted something which was still bright but a little bit more serious.

Here's test skink number 2.

Much happier with that colour scheme, so decided to make a Tetrad colour palette using http://paletton.com which I think helps to create a really coherent look for the army. This is the outcome...




So the basic colour is a fairly standard Skinky sea green colour with Sotek Green and Skink Blue highlights. I will then use Averland Sunset and Jokaero Orange as the spot colours. I am not sure yet if I will use the more "Temple Guard Blue" kind of colour for anything. Perhaps that will be the Ripperdactyl colours.

So far I've just been airbrushing the base colours of the 70 skinks... they got the Coelia Greenshade wash last night.


And I've set to work on the Bastiladon.


I think is going to have the Averland Sunset yellow warpaint on it but I am trying to work out what that looks like and how I paint it. Not sure whether to attempt to freehand some kind of aztec design, or just do a kind of abstract sunburst motif to represent the solar engine.

Thoughts and feedback very welcomed!!

 

[Crowsfoot]

I love the second skink and wow what a start, you have painted before but what?

 

[Aginor]

Nice start!
(and nice name choice for a Slann, mine is called like that as well. )

 

[TheCaseAce]

I love the second skink and wow what a start, you have painted before but what?

Thanks. Yeah the contrast between the white and blue is the point where I thought "ok, I can live with this scheme"

I've been painting 40k stuff a few years now but only just started AoS. My instagram is here: https://www.instagram.com/mattminismanchester/

Nice start!
(and nice name choice for a Slann, mine is called like that as well. )

That's awesome. Been researching mesoamerican myths and art to see what I can use and when I saw the frog headed deity I thought "bingo!"


My other idea I am tinkering with is creating a realistic looking heart out of green stuff and little tubes which fits into the Skink Starpriest's outstreched claw... then use Blood for the Blood God to make it look like he's ripped it out of a chest.

Then perhaps the Slann might have blood on his mouth, as clearly he eats the hearts of Chaos worshipping mortals that his rememberings bring to him.

I'm not sure whether this could be cool and unique or just look crappy. We will see.

 

[Crowsfoot]

My other idea I am tinkering with is creating a realistic looking heart out of green stuff and little tubes which fits into the Skink Starpriest's outstreched claw... then use Blood for the Blood God to make it look like he's ripped it out of a chest.

There is an oop model just like that,

 

[TheCaseAce]

Haha. This thread is crushing my dreams of being original.
It's as if other people have also briefly researched the Aztecs before painting the aztec lizardmen! Damn youuuuuuuuuuuuu

 

[ravagekitteh]

Looking pretty awesome so far!

 

[Lord-Marcus]

Haha. This thread is crushing my dreams of being original.
It's as if other people have also briefly researched the Aztecs before painting the aztec lizardmen! Damn youuuuuuuuuuuuu

if you want to be original. build some sort of awesome platform thing on a stegadons back, and have that model sacrificing someone at the top.

 

[Warden]

Apart from, of course, the Slann, who I am calling Tlaltechutli (TLAL TECH HOOTLY) after a "frog like deity" of the mesoamerican people who was tied in with their myths of creation and destruction.

Haha. This thread is crushing my dreams of being original.
It's as if other people have also briefly researched the Aztecs before painting the aztec lizardmen! Damn youuuuuuuuuuuuu

Awesome stuff! Yup there are definately a couple people who have used Mesoamerican sources to inspire their Lizardmen projects...

If you need more, we have a large thread with tons of pictures, mostly Mayans but there are some Aztec stuff sprinkled throughout.