Yes, I succumbed to the new version of Warhammer Age of Sigmar and although I was headed down the brand new Nighthaunt (ghosts and gheists) route as is my won't with all things undead in fantasy gaming my first finished mini is actually a Stormcast Eternal from the newly unveiled Sacrosanct Chamber (wizards and other magically attuned sorts).
This chap comes free with the £5 'Getting Started with Warhammer Age of Sigmar' magazine which is a really good deal tbh - or should that be you get a free magazine with a £5 miniature? either way it's a fantastic looking miniature and would normally be £15-20 on his own!
Painting wise the main feature was an experiment using my airbrush for the armour, starting from black primer I used Vallejo Air Gunmetal, Steel and Chrome for zenithal highlights before over spraying with Badger's Ghost Tint Brown. To be fair I was originally thinking of much darker, bronze colour but I'm happy enough with the final red copper effect and just need to try for more definition next time.
Amazingly this is also a push-fit miniature, and I defy anyone to tell where the joins are as the engineering is truly remarkable (although I have glued mine as I would for any model).
I always said I would never even consider using Stormcast, being as they first seemed, 40k Terminators dumped in the fantasy world of Warhammer just to sell more of that genre by making it a mirror of the 40k universe.
But things have come along way in the last 3 years though, and this sculpt really captivated my imagination plus I much prefer it to the female one in the Soul Wars starter set - this is looking like the start of a very slippery slope and a return to all things GW!!
It's a long time since I painted anything like this and I had to relearn a style I used to be very familiar with but much less so in recent years. I certainly don't find it as easy as I did in my youth, but I definitely enjoyed it and it made for a complete change - even if my patience for a finished result isn't quite the saint like quality I used to have!
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