Tuesday 1 November 2022

Bibbidi bobbidi boo

After painting a lot of Imperial Guard and Space Marines, I really wanted a palette cleanser

Malign Sorcery - Endless Spells for Age of Sigmar
"What da zog just ran over me?"

As if by magic...

Rapid kindly offered me a set of Malign Sorcery - the starter box of Endless Spells for Age of Sigmar - and I snapped it up.

It turns out it was just the painting excursion I was looking for - there were all assembled and painted in less than a week!

All very simple techniques, and quick to do, but enjoyable and effective.

Soulsnare Shackles - Malign Sorcery - Endless Spells for Age of Sigmar
Mr Grey Will See You Now

The Soulsnare Shackles were silver drybushed over black, with Typhus Corrosion and a Ryza Rust drybrush.

The Burning Head - Malign Sorcery - Endless Spells for Age of Sigmar
Burning sensation in your forehead?

The Burning Head was fire effects - Lamenter's Yellow with deeper colours added with Iyanden Yellow, Magmadroth Orange and Blood Angels Red.

Emerald Lifeswarm - Malign Sorcery - Endless Spells for Age of Sigmar
Bugs' life

A wash of Biel-Tan Green for the Emerald Lifeswarm with the bug bodies picked out with Militarum Green and Skeleton Horde for the skull.

Chronomantic Cogs - Malign Sorcery - Endless Spells for Age of Sigmar
Cogs up

For the Chronomantic Cogs, I drybrushed silver over black, then washed with Nazdreg Yellow and Snakebite Leather, which gave a nice brassy look. The spooky glow was Tesseract Glow over Ulthuan Grey.

Umbral Spellportal - Malign Sorcery - Endless Spells for Age of Sigmar
The Fairest Of Them All

My favourite effect was on the Umbral Spellportal - a heavy wash of Coelia Greenshade (which I left to dry lying down, so it pooled in the right place), and a drybush of Ulthuan Grey. The gold effects was just Retributor Armour with a Reikland Flesh wash.

Geminids of Uhl-Ghysh - Malign Sorcery - Endless Spells for Age of Sigmar
The Billiard Balls of Destiny

My diminishing supply of Gulliman Blue glaze was used for the Geminids of Uhl-Ghysh. The white one was picked out with Ulthuan Grey (and a thinner Gulliman Blue), and the black one with Black Templar (drybrushed Russ Grey).

Malevolent Maelstrom - Malign Sorcery - Endless Spells for Age of Sigmar
Son of the Purple Sun

The Malevolent Maelstrom is the only model I've painted before and while the magic effect was just Nihilakh Oxide with an Ulthuan Grey drybrush, I went back and forth on the central vortex. Starting with Shyish Purple contrast, the Ulthuan Grey drybrush, then a coat of Nihilakh Oxide, then a wahs of Druchi Violent and then another drybrush - we got there eventually.

Quicksilver Swords - Malign Sorcery - Endless Spells for Age of Sigmar
Ghost of Errol Flynn

Quicksilver Swords was drybrushed silver over black, Nazdreg Yellow over the hilts and Volpus Pink over Ulthuan Grey for the swirls.

Aethervoid Pendulum - Malign Sorcery - Endless Spells for Age of Sigmar
Edgar Allan's Hoe

Aethervoid Pendulum was also drybrushed silver over black, with the details picked out with Drakenhof Nightshade. The flames were a heavy drybrushes of Khorne Red, Evil Suns Red and Troll Slayer Orange. 

Prismatic Palisade - Malign Sorcery - Endless Spells for Age of Sigmar
The Privet Hedge of Solitude

The Prismatic Palisade was a simple as Lamenter's Yellow over white, with Ulthuan Grey drybrushing in the middle of the crystals.

Suffocating Gravetide - Malign Sorcery - Endless Spells for Age of Sigmar
The Molehill of the Covenant

The Suffocating Gravetide is practically a terrain piece, so that was just Zandri Dust with a Reikland Fleshshade wash, then drybrushes of Karak Stone, Eldar Flesh and Terminatus Stone. The skills were while with Aethermatic Blue contrast.

Ravenak’s Gnashing Jaws - Malign Sorcery - Endless Spells for Age of Sigmar
Flamin' hot cheetah

A good portion of Iyanden Yellow was enough for Ravenak’s Gnashing Jaws - that contrast paint is a marvel. Bleached Bone and Seraphim Sepia for the teeth and it's good to go!

Purple Sun of Shyish - Malign Sorcery - Endless Spells for Age of Sigmar
The Little Coronavirus That Could

And the main event - the Purple Sun of Shyish (Xereus, it will always be Xereus). Unlike many of the other spells, which were fantastically easy to build, this was more of a challenge to create a spiky sphere that needed to be pressed together.

Painting it was significantly easier - a heavy drybrush of Xereus Purple (told you so), followed by lighter drybrushing of Genestealer Purple, Celestra Grey and Ulthuan Grey.

Malign Sorcery - Endless Spells for Age of Sigmar

I don't know these Endless Spells operate in Age of Sigmar, but my kids have already played them in a 14-wizard battle-royale and it was an absolute hoot! Much more of these please.

6 comments:

  1. Fantastic set and beautifully done!

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    1. Thank you. They were a pleasure to paint, and just as much fun abusing the rules on how they ought to be played!

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    2. I still reckon they've missed a trick not having similar over-the-top stays-in-play effects for 40K. Bring back Vortex Grenades!

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  2. They look great! A really fun set of models.

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  3. Lovely stuff! I don't remember much about WH Fantasy Battle, but the Purple Sun of Xereus is one of them

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