Andrew Cook - Jottings

Building the Black Coach: Curtains

The curtains on the coach need, for me, to evoke the feel of old velvet. I started with Khorne Red, then washed with Nuln Oil, and applied the Khorne Red again, leaving the Nuln Oil coat visible in the depths. Next, a layer of Mephiston Red brought up the colour,

Building the Black Coach: Lanterns

With celestra grey on the left, finished on the rightI wanted some sort of glowing effect on the coach lanterns, to fit into the greenish tint of the rest of my Nighthaunt. I started with Leadbelcher all over - to make sure I had all the metal bits. The lantern

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Painting the Black Coach: The Coffin

I've gone for the closed casket coffin. The open version with the vampire doesn't look right to me. A couple of layers of Dawnstone gets me this... Then wash with Agrax Earthshade, drybrush with Dawnstone, the Ulthuan Grey; and edge highlight with Celestra Gray. Finally, run some Abadon Black into

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Building Vanguard Raptors with Longstrike Crossbows

I have a unit of 3 Longstrikes, but it seems that 6 may be more efficient, even though they account for more than 20% of an army in a 2,000 point game. So I've got my hands on 3 more. Building them is slightly awkward using the sequence of

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Building the Black Coach: Priming

Here are the parts after priming. Chaos Black Primer Corax White PrimerThe little blobs of white tack are now pretty concealed, but in person it's simple enough to find them so they can be pulled off. I'm leaving them there for now so I don't have to be too careful

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Building the Black Coach: Sub-assembly

The black coach is an impressive centrepiece for a Nighthaunt army - which hopefully will get even more impressive in the new Battletome which should be heading our way in the next few months. It looks. however, really fiddly to paint if it's all stuck together. I couldn't find anything