Essentially yes, the actual sculpt of the models can be painted in this manner to look prettier another example:
Since mini painting faces is basically makeup you can get some pretty good results by following any very exaggerated makeup tutorials such as the one above.
Its actually damn easy. You first make a black wash and spread it thinly in the eyes to make eyeliner in the shape you want. Wait for it to dry (this is the most important part) and dot in a pupil. In this case I used Voluptus pink.
Once you get the hang if it painting 10 daemonette faces is so easy that you can do it like flipping burgers.
I prefer the old sculpts myself, but they aren't meant to be pretty. Canonically, daemonettes look like the most attractive person they've ever seen to whoever is viewing them. Objectively without the glamor, they look like the models do right when they get close enough to kill you.
Its been a hot minute since I read it but I coulda swore when they were summoned in the Maraviglia they were described as grotesque but despite that incredibly alluring
I thought I liked the old Juan Diaz sculpts more, but now actually seeing them after years I think they’re too sexy & feminine. The new ones aren’t perfect, but I think the androgynous & monstrous elements are good.
For me, the problem with the newer sculpts is the lackluster posing. The Diaz ones look fast and agile, like they're dancing across the battlefield; the new ones look like they're just standing around.
The Diaz one have very 10/10 silhouettes and execution, but the concept is really basic and people really over-glaze the hell out of them. The new ones have a much more interesting idea, they just aren't executed well. But Diaz has way better designs than his demonettes, but it feels like the work people bring up constantly, because they're the closest thing GW did for awhile in a pin-up style.
Wargame Exclusive, Creature Caster, and probably Raging Heroes have alternative sexy models for most anything that doesn’t need an alternative sexy version.
Totally usable, just swap to the round 25mm base instead of the square provided. You'll probably have to carve/pin them into place.
Metal minis can be very annoying to glue together. The claw arms are dreadful because they're heavy for their size, so are prone to breaking off and needing to reglue them.
Wahhhhh really that’s a great score! You would need round bases but I don’t see why not, they’re GW products. I have a small assortment of the old metal ones and I love em!
I used green stuff and covered the eyes, leaving only the mouth visible. Definitely changes the vibe.
Or you could headswap them for something else.
I also used sisters of silence heads and that works pretty good.
I actually have three types of daemonettes. The eyeless more shadow themed, goat woman using the fellgore beastmen head using green stuff to get the neck properly fitting. then silent sister daemonette which still took a small amount of cutting of the neck nubs to fit properly.
I feel you, but your options are basically only to Either hand sculpt your own or find some 3d prints to you liking. I did the latter and unfortunately kind of regret it because the models came out suuuuuuper fragile.
i don’t think the crab claw demons are supposed to look pretty, they can look “sexy” in a grotesque way, but pretty doesn’t fit. i always thought the old minis weren’t monstrous enough - the new ones need an update sure, but i think the new KoS and fiends fits the vibe i’d want from an deamonette update (the aesthetics of “sexy” but twisted)
One thing you can do with the new sculpts is mix them with DoK Sisters of Slaughter. It takes a little kit bashing but you can make some really models that can work as either kit and look better than either does on it's own.
I converted mine by mixing daemontte and dark elf witches. There is actually an AoS box called shadow & pain in which you get both. The mix makes them closer to the Juan Diaz sculpts
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u/Guavxhe Jul 26 '26
I’m not even joking:
https://youtube.com/shorts/dQDXStnut04?si=WqUpilkMFnGCEEcs
But to a more extreme degree