Blog Maw of Sotek Hobby Blog

[CMYK.Joss]

Hail, spawnlings. This one welcomes you to the Maw of Sotek hobby blog. Here, I will be posting and indexing the various projects that I'll be (or I have been) working on. My goal in having created this is to maintain hobby discipline, have accountability, and receive feedback for the things that I make.

While I have been playing Seraphon since early 2nd Edition of Age of Sigmar, I admit that a lot of it has been smashing around with grey plastic. With some time on my hands, I've made it my objective to paint them all up into something I can be proud of. It's a long road ahead of me, but I look forward to it.​

STILL IN THE BOX:

• 20x Saurus Warriors
• Skink Starseer
• Aggradon Lancers

STILL UNPAINTED:

• 1x Lord Kroak
• 1x Slann Starmaster
• 5x Raptadon Chargers
• 5x Raptadon Hunters
• 3x Kroxigor Warspawn
• 2x Stegadons w/ Skystreak Bows
• 1x Stegadon w/ Engine of the Gods
• 2x Bastiladons w/ Ark of Sotek
• 1x Bastiladon w/ Solar Engine
• 1x Skink Oracle on Trogolodon
• 1x Saurus Oldblood on Carnosaur
• 2x Skink Starpriest
• 6x Terradon Riders
• 5x Saurus Guard
• 60x Skinks
• 2x Saurus Oldblood on Foot
• 1x Tehenhauin
• 2x Kitbashed Skink Chiefs
• 1x Kitbashed Skink Priest
• 1x Kitbashed Skink Chief on Troglodon
• 1x Realmshaper Engine

The FLGS I work at had an old Citadel Realm of Battle tileset in storage and my boss was kind enough to let me borrow and restore it. I will be detailing my progress as I try and turn this old peeling paint into something we can really play on.

A project that is near and dear to my heart and something I'm very excited about. I have a pie-in-the-sky dream of designing a compelling campaign system that can be used in conjunction with Age of Sigmar to create a living narrative for players to inhabit. I plan on accomplishing this goal by drawing from a number of different tabletop gaming supplements, but one in particular that I have fond memories of...

... To all you Oldhammer officianados, you know what I'm talking about. More updates to come.​

 

[CMYK.Joss]

The Starseer ruminates...​

 

[Imrahil]

What a great introduction for your hobby blog! Well done!

The list of models id amazing as well Good luck with all the painting

Grrr, !mrahil

 

[CMYK.Joss]

"I'm beginning the army with my skinks as they'll be easy to pain in batches and - more importantly - I want to get them out of the way because there's a bunch of them. After doing some research on the battletomes throughout the ages of AoS and WHFB, I landed on a colour scheme. The 6th Edition Lizardmen battletome describes blessed spawnings of Sotek as being infused with a reddish color, and I want that to inform my decisions.



I decided to settle on an orange base and plan for red markings and warpaint. Citadel's Gryph-hound Orange with a quick drybrush of Lugganath Orange got me a quick and dirty start. Speaking of; I used dirt I bought from Lowe's with Mod Podge to start the basing, but I wanted to really lean in to some jungle themes for these lads, so I busted out the Barbed Bracken.


... And as a bonus; dug out this little treasure.



I tried red on the orange base coat, but wanted to see more contrast on the model. I settled on Kabalite Green for the markings. Afterwards, I went buck wild with tufts and bracken and did some quick vibrant colors :



With the test model complete, I'm on to chugging away at the 59 remaining skinks. Wish me luck!​

 

[- Q -]

Good stuff @CMYK.Joss !

 

[JTSleep]

I like how you've made first post in thread a nice list that anyone can come back to later. Wish you great progress and plenty of colorful lizards.

 

[J.Logan]

60x Skinks

"I'm beginning the army with my skinks as they'll be easy to pain in batches and - more importantly - I want to get them out of the way because there's a bunch of them.

Oof, I feel that. There is something about getting a big number of models and thinking 'yup, this'll be awesome' and then the actual number hits you and you realise 'yup, this can be a hazard of burning out if I'm not careful'

Fortunately, like you say, skinks are an easy lot to do in bulk.

 

[pyro-dragon]

I gotta ask what font you used for the titles at the top

 

[Jez Doh]

Hey there, love the orange basecoat on those skinks! Might steal that idea for my own lizards, though Im a bit nervous about painting so many at once.

 

[Vosrik]

Wow, first off I'm really impressed with the attention to detail on stuff like the headers and images for the thread here. Definitely very inspiring, I can't wait to see your finished minis!

I'm also *particularly* interested in your plans for the Mortal Realms project. I've never been a fan of Path to Glory and I'd love for an AoS style campaign like what you described. I'll definitely be watching your work here!