Get The Flock Out Of Here

Guess what I found nesting at the back of my painting queue?

Tzaangors!

Despite being a staple of my Thousand Sons army, I haven't painted any of these guys for over two years. I guess after smashing through thirty of them, I just didn't have the puff for the final six and left them gather dust.

But there's nothing like a battle report to sharpen the focus. And when I had an all-Tzaangor list planned for my recent Thousand Sons civil war with Rapid I got to finishing them.

And it turns out, they're quite fun to paint. I've clearly got my hand in now, and so it was a nice going through the motions to augment my existing herds (or flocks).

Same recipe as two years previously (luckily I wrote this down):

Skin: Calgar Blue base, Drakenhof Nightshade wash, Lothern Blue drybrush

Horns, hooves and claws: Zandri dust base, Agrax Earthshade wash, Zandri dust drybrush

Claws and beaks: Averland Sunset base (wet-blended), Agrax Earthshade wash

Feathers: Screamer Pink base, Carroburg Crimson wash

Dreadlock/tentacles: Druchii Violet wash, Lothern Blue blend

Mail kilts: Celestial Grey base, Drakenhof Nightshade wash, Nuln Oil wash

Cloth kilts: Celestial Grey base, Drakenhof Nightshade wash, Ulthuan Grey layering

Armour and shields: Retributor Armour base, Reikland Flesh wash, Golden Griffon drybrush, Ahriman Blue layer

Shield bosses: Kalabite Green base, Nuln Oil glaze

Weapons: Ironbreaker base, Druchii Violet wash, Stormhost Silver drybrush

Weapon hafts: Charcoal Grey base, Celestial Grey drybrush

Tongues: Bugman's Glow

The final Tzaangor is actually an Enlightened who has been deposed from his Disc (now piloted by the Tzaangor Shaman Mildred). I did actually magnetise his claws, so he could remount the Disc is needed, but I don't see Mildred giving up her steed.

And so it goes - a nice little project to get me back into the swing of painting units. Ka-Caw!