Beastmen Regiment

Now I have three strong infantry units as the core of my army.

I still want to make this unit larger to make them more of a hammer, but I'm happy with them for now. Besides, beastmen had two wounds in 3rd edition, so they will stand up to a lot!

Beastmen Standard Bearer

...and that makes 12.

This is once again a recreation of one of my original unit standards from waaaay back when...

Finished (for now) regiment tomorrow!

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On my way to +2 rank bonus!

Beastmen Regiment

No standard yet... standards are only for real units with at least two rank bonuses!

The army is starting to come together...

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Back to the goat-headed beastmen...

I really want a unit of twenty beastmen, but these models are difficult to find at decent prices! I have some that are obviously followers of Slaanesh and may just combined them into one unit, kinda like how medieval lords shuffled all their peasants into mobs on the battlefield!

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Another really cool beastman model...

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Why did they just make one guy with a bow?

I don't think any beastmen could have bows anyway, but I wanted to add some variety to the goat-headed beastmen that make up the rest of the unit. He will fill in part of the second rank and no doubt be mocked by his packmates for his inability to ever hit anything with an arrow...

Flay the Minion, Beastman Champion

It's been a while since I painted any beastmen. I've had this guy for a while now and thought it was time to get another rank and file unit into shape... This is Flay the Minion, the champion of my beastmen regiment.

More beastmen next week!

A Closer Look at the Beastmen

I got a couple of requests for more pics of the beastmen...

The trick to painting a rabble, yet maintain a consistent look is to keep a limited palette for the main focus of the models and vary the accents. In the case of these models, the shields become the main part when the models are ranked because of their position on the bases...

Although I varied the patterns I stuck with the same three colors - red, bone, and black. The secondary focus will fall on the faces and skin tone. I've chosen three different tones and applied them in a set pattern - three grey, two brown, and one green (the last is for Nurgle - I might have chosen differently for another power). Going forward I will follow this on each group of six... this will give me some variation while maintaining an overall unified appearance when the unit is assembled.

Other details - horns, fur, rags - were painted with any colors I wanted without spoiling the effect. I have some Slaaneshi Beastmen in my collection (destined for a champion's warband) and they will be painted using similar guidelines, but with a different palette of colors.

I really LOVE these models! I'll have some Chaos Thugs up next week!

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I managed to paint these this week. I LOVE these old Beastmen models. I am lucky enough to have around twenty of these...

The shields are from one of the more modern kits. Prices for the old shields on eBay are ridiculous. I'm planning on doing the same for my Chaos Thugs and Skeleton Warriors because I have piles of newer shields in my bits box. The handful of old school shields I have are reserved for my Chaos Warriors!

The building is scratch-built from foamcore and balsa wood with the addition of some old Mordheim bits.