A Year in Miniatures 13: The Cabal of the Palid Sun
This week marks two significant milestones. First, it’s the half-way point of the Year in Miniatures project, and by extension 6 months since Mythmaker Studios started in earnest. In that time I’ve changed jobs twice, broken my painting hand, and completely overhauled my photography setup, and the fact that I’m still not only keeping up with this ridiculous goal but actually finding it rewarding is nothing short of miraculous! I’ll be doing a review of the year so far in my next post, so there may be a few changes in format going forwards. More on that next time!
The other major milestone is that this Killteam is Mythmaker Studio’s first miniature-painting commission! We’d like to extend a huge thank-you to Eden for taking a chance on an entirely unproven studio, and we hope she’s very happy with the finished product.*
So without any further ado, we are delighted to present the the Cabal of the Palid Sun, a Drukhari Wyches Killteam painted to tabletop standard (or our definition of it anyway).
Rather than me waffling on about these models, I’ll let Eden describe her vision!
For my Drukhari killteam, I really loved the Kabal of the Pallid Sun paint scheme by Uruk (https://taleofpainters.com/2016/03/wip-kabal-of-pallid-sun-1-by-uruk/), as I thought the contrast between the bright colours and rusting armour was a unique and interesting contrast. That formed the initial concept, and then Benjamin and I decided to do neon pink and purple weapons to make it a bit more me! I also had a collection of gemstones I wanted to use for the bases to add a unique spin to them.
The story behind my killteam is that they belong to a cult that uses a particularly exotic form of combat stimulant. The ingredients for this concoction can only be found on a small mining planet that glitters with gemstones and precious metals. This unit has been deployed to intercept a lucrative supply run, much to the surprise of the uninformed traders...
-Eden
We started this process by finding some of the original concept art for the Wyches and using it to map out colours and try different ideas. This went through a couple of iterations before we were fully happy, and is where we landed on the pink/purple scheme for the weapons. With the plan laid out, we got to work on the models themselves. This is the first of the two Killteams for which the Deathshroud Terminator was something of a test-model - specifically, I used it to perfect the chipped white armour effect. Painting for somebody else is incredibly different to painting for yourself - even with a pretty comprehensive plan there were multiple steps where I realised we’d not made a decision, and I couldn’t do what I’d normally do which is make it up as I want along! It’s also a lot more nerve-wracking, knowing that if I screwed it up (or dropped something and accidentally stood on it) I would be ruining somebody else’s miniature, not just my own!
Next time we’ll be looking at something big and spooky!
30/ 06/22
Weeks Elapsed: 26
Miniatures Finished: 33
* We know she is, we’ve been in pretty much constant contact throughout the painting process to make sure things were heading in the right direction!
