Last of the Beastmen!
The Bestigor unit was always going to feature lots of dark-skinned beastmen. So many, I eventually decided to give them more of a unified look. First, I sprayed them all black so I could do some fast and lazy drybrushing on all their metal bits.
It's a bit of a move away from the other units, who are all vaguely celtic in some way or other. Unless you tenuously count Orange as being Irish. That convincing anyone? Yeah, good, let's go with that.
So my thinking here is that this lot used to be normal humans, some kind of knights or townguards, and got on the wrong end of something warpy. They cling to their equipment and armour as a memory of better times.
Their tabards are positively Bretonnian, see? Took a bit of doing, all those stripes. Shame you can't see a damn one of them from the front. |
In keeping with this idea, the unit have a regimental standard. Maybe even their own one.
What a nice army this has been to paint. I'd do them all again in a second wait jeez no what am I saying, I'll do some Eldar instead thanks.
Very nicely done. You sold me on the Irish / Celtic thing - I think they'll complement the rest of the army well. Very much looking forward to taking them for a spin! Thank you.
ReplyDeleteHow did you find painting the Bestigor? I like the idea of an elite Beastman, but they models seem a bit monopose (especially for a modern - and expensive - kit)
ReplyDeleteExcellent tabard work - I bet you didn't even have to break out the Laundry Pen.
Larry the Laundry got to take this one off, yes.
DeleteThey are very monopose, sadly, although I think you could break it up with skin tones, tabards and armour to a certain extent. It's a terrible unit to be on the first rank of, certainly, all those guys behind you are about to wallop you in the head.