AHPC X: Beasts of Chaos (120 points)

Recently I've been beavering away (a relative term, while moving house interstate) on a Beast of Chaos/Beastman force.  A few years ago I did a unit of Beastmen as allies for my Chaos Raider army but have now been goaded (no names...Gav) into expanding to a full force.

I have gone with 12 figure units for use with Dragon Rampant, but as I find figures will add to them for Oathmark and maybe even a spot of OldHammer (shhh...)  Here are the first two unit: 1 each of Gors and the smaller Ungors plus a Gor Commander (all GW models)

It was good to experiment with GW contrast paints, of which much has been commented.  In the right context they worked nicely: specifically the fur, shields and other high detail areas came out well indeed. However, for larger or smooth surfaces I went back to traditional techniques which delivered the look I much prefer.  I've also been playing with some different inks to give the flesh on different units a different look - representing different tribes coming together to make the Warband.  Some work better than others - the Ungors look a little like baby Hellboy :-)

Painting notes

UnGor Unit - undercoated in AP Barbarian Flesh, fur in GW Gore-Grunta Contrast Paint, AP Red ink over the flesh, Shields in GW Wychwood Contrast Paint

Gor unit 1 - undercoated in AP Barbarian Flesh, fur in GW Gore-Grunta Contrast Paint, AP Strong tone wash over flesh, Shields in GW Wychwood Contrast Paint

Overall thats two 12 figure units and a Commander: 25 figs for a total of 125 points
The AHPC entry post is here: https://thepaintingchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/01/from-paul-og-beastmen-cometh-125-points.html

Skull-o-meter update: these 25 figs and their two hand painted banners are adorned with a total of 23 skulls (plus a few fleshy and seemingly recently severed heads that clearly aren't classical 'skulls' so weren't counted). Coupled with the 44 previously recorded skulls from the Herdstone model, this takes me to 67 noggins in the renowned "Skully McSkullface" side challenge. Not the same high skull to figure ration as say a 40k Chaos army, it seems nonetheless quite reasonable.

So that gets me back on track after a bit of a hiatus during the disruption of the move