Conquest LAOK Game

 These are some pics from my recent Nords vs Sorcerer bros game.

I managed a one point win with only two stands of archers left against a rather cranky elephant.

Nords Trolls

The warriors of the north continue to grow with my finished unit of trolls.

I used the below contrast the following speed paint blues to get a little variety in the skin tone as I did not want them to look like a unit of smurfs.  The paints went straight over the usual black undercoat with dry brush white/ grey highlights.

I decided to go bright in the hair as a throw back to the troll toys of the 80s and 90s again using speed and contrast paints. 

The did well in the first game so have been rewarded with this cool paint job that I really dig.

Nords Vargyr Lord and Ugrs

 Next up for my Nords is a Vargyr Lord and a unit of Ugrs.

Painting used my usual black undercoat and various dry brushes of grey and white.

All the remainder colours were achieved with contrast/ speed paints and lighter highlights.

The Lord has a slightly darker cloak than the others in the army as his skin has a light blue colour. 

The Ugr skin was achieved by a gw blue wash and various highlights.

I was impressed by both the Lord and the Ugrs in their first outing so they will be a regular feature in future games.

Nords Jarl and Konungyr

Next up for my growing Nords for Conquest are my Jarl and Konungyr.

Both minis were base coated black and then dry brushed with various whites.

The blue had a speed paint dark blue and then built up to other lighter blues.

I wanted these guys to standout so their wolf pelts were painted brown with lighter highlights. Other bros in my army have black grey white pelts.

The silver used speed paint followed by mithril silver highlights.

I tried a few different skin colours including gw flesh contrast paints with Vallejo pale skin highlights.

The jarl is resin and I managed to snap the spear early on so I kept these dudes on the back of their base to avoid further clumsy weapon snaps.

Next for painting is my huscarls.

Nords Werewargs

 My Nords army for Conquest continues to grow with a unit of Werewargs.

These bros were painted similar to my previous Nords with a black undercoat with shades of white drybrush.

The remainder of the painting used speed and contrast paints and various highlights using GW and Vallejo paints.

The “rocks” are tree bark with a black undercoat and drybrush of whites.

Mountain Jotnar - Nords

Next up from the Conquest starter set is the mighty Nord Mountain Jotnar.

Painting started with a black undercoat and various grey to white drybrush.

All the colours were speed paints with various highlights.

The size of the jotnar meant I could go to town on the skin town starting with a GW contrast paint up to a pale skin tone from Vallejo.

I wanted the skin to reflect the hard life this dude has had and think I captured a pretty well worn look.

This is a true centrepiece mini so I spent more a fair bit of time on this bro but tried to keep the colours consistent with the other nords I have finished.

Nord Bow Chosen

 For something different I have started building up a Nord army for Conquest: the Last Argument of Kings.

First up are the 12 bow chosen from the starter set.

Painting involved a black undercoat with a white dry brush whilst still on the sprue. This meant after assembly I was ready to paint.

Painting used lots of different speed paints followed by highlights with regular Vallejo and GW paints. The minis are 32 mm in size and paint pretty quick.

Next up are the huscarls.