Hobgoblin Khan (Part 2)

 Since last time I have made a bit of progress on this chap. I left that last post contemplating how to color this guy. 

Black, the most basic of basecoats

Inspired by the technique I have been using on the armor of my High Elves I had hoped to have that lightening strike twice by repeating that technique here but using Baal Red instead. So I painted the armor using Stormhost Silver then washed it with the Baal Red Contrast Paint. 

Baal Red Contrast over Leadbelcher test..

Although this created an interesting result it didn't quite turn out as I had hoped. However the armor and color scheme of my recent Black Orc project did work out as I had hoped so I am definitely sticking to the red color scheme.  Besides, no matter how hard GW tries to introduce new color schemes for the Chaos Dwarfs, and their Hobgoblin goons, after living through the '90s, there is just no way I can ever shake the red out the color scheme for these guys. I guess it's forever ingrained to my head-canon  now. 

 

Baal Red over all the armor.

Interestingly, while looking at older images of this model I realized I was missing the bow and quiver he is supposed to have.  But I can work around that problem. No, what I noticed is that his head, the hat in particular, is bigger than the one on the miniature I have. I can't tell if mine was modified somehow or if I have a variant. 

Catalog entry.

After looking at some 30+ year old pics of painted Chaos Dwarfs and Hobgoblins from White Dwarf, I decided to paint his hood-thing (I can't recall the proper name for it) a blue color. Which stands out nicely from all the red. I think whenever I get back to work on the Hobgoblin Archers I will paint theirs blue also.  

Base coats finished and progressing onward.

A lot of progress so far, now to carry it through to the end.