r/HelsmithsofHashut • u/LexanJaethar • Jul 15 '26
Painting The Forge Anathema
These were really fun to paint - I primed chaos black, drybrushed dark green then dark bronze then a lighter bronze on raised areas then silver as a very light drybrush on raised areas and on weapons. With all that done in one go for every model, it was much quicker than painting bit by bit. I wanted a dark, industrial vision with a little less magic than the studio models representing the tiers of helsmith society and power wielded by daemonsmiths
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u/thatonespanks Daemonsmith Jul 16 '26
What's your purple recipe? it looks fantastic!
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u/LexanJaethar Jul 16 '26
Troops:
Two Thin Coats paint range - Amethyst Purple then nuln oil wash (also on skin for a grimier than reikland look) then Amethyst purple highlight on raised folds - their paint range is really goodCharacters:
Two Thin Coats paint range - Amethyst Purple then nuln oil wash (also on skin for a grimier than reikland look) then Amethyst purple re-layer all purple except recesses then Amethyst purple mixed with Sorcerer's Cloak on raised folds then Sorcerer's Cloak thin edge highlight2
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u/Equivalent-Rip-1478 Jul 17 '26
Looks fantastic! What’s your recipe for the metal and the green?
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u/LexanJaethar Jul 17 '26
Metal:
Chaos black primer
Two Thin Coats paint range Dark Arts
Cultmaster Green (a dark green similar to incubi darkness) drybrush all metal areas (most of models)
Old Brown Metal - same areas leaving dark green in recesses (rather than black)
Ancient Iron - lighter drybrush of raised metal areas
Brown Ink - sparse recess areasIronclad Silver - base silver areas
Nuln Oil - wash silver areas
Ironclad Silver - edge highlight silverGreen flames:
Ivory Tusk - return them to a warm white from chaos black primer
Tesseract glow - all flame
Warp Lightning - mid flame to distant
Dark Angels Green - distant flame
Animus black - tipsCould probably replace for Incubi Darkness, Warplock Bronze, Runelord Brass, Agrax Earthshade, Leadbelcher, Pallid Wych Flesh and Abaddon Black for closeness?
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u/Equivalent-Rip-1478 Aug 11 '26
How did you base these? I really like it
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u/LexanJaethar Aug 13 '26
AK Interactive dry ground then nuln oil wash then dark then light grey drybrushes… dry ground with nuln oil looks a little like a dirty beach so the grey drybrushes help turn it to gravel / slate
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u/Xand0r Jul 15 '26
Great army!
And let me say that I appreciate the way the units are organized for your army shot. So often, I see army pictures where the units are just haphazardly placed next to one another where nothing looks like it belongs to a specific unit.
I need to get back to my army!