Forgesworn Eternals - Sunforge Hammers and Wings - How I did it

This is a simple painting guide to how I did the Sunforge effect for my Retributors and Prosecutor wings.

First I start off by painting the base color of Averland Sunset (Citadel). Not pictured, but the same base color is used on the sunforge hammer, of course.

Then I did a layer of Flash Gitz Yellow (Citadel) over the base.

Next I made a wash from White Scar (Citadel) by mixing it with a bunch of water. You are pretty much looking to make milk with it. The stuff should wash on and fill in all the recesses and show the yellow through.

Then drybrush Flash Gitz Yellow (Citadel) heavily over it, keeping the white in the recesses. You can allow the following drybrushing colors to end up on nearby parts because they help create a glow effect.

Using Fire Orange (Reaper) I drybrushed over the hammer head, but lighter so as to not cover the white and yellow. On the wings I started partway down and drybrushed to the ends.

A similar step, I used Phoenix Red (Reaper) and did a lighter drybrushing, to create a gradient showing the material cooling.

To finish the effect I very carefully and lightly drybrushed Abaddon Black (Citadel) to show the coolest areas of the hammer and wings. If I felt an area needed more black, I was still very careful to lightly drybrush to build up to the level I thought looked good. It is very easy to do too much black and screw the whole thing up, so be careful.

And that's it! The finished product should look like a piece of iron heated to a white hot in the furnace, and slowly cooling, which of course starts on the outermost edges and works its way to the core.

Forgesworn Eternals - Painted Models Part 3

I debated for a long time how I would paint the wings of my Prosecutors to fit the theme of the army. Once I painted the Sunforge Hammers, I got the idea to use those for the wings. The prosecutors have these metal spindles which glow with extreme heat and they use that radiant heat to help them fly. It's magic, I ain't gotta explain $#!%.

When I do the painting guide for the Sunforge Hammers, I will also be showing how I painted the Sunforge Wings, which use generally the same painting process and colors.

Forgesworn Eternals - Prosecutors

I got around to working on my Forgesworn Eternals again. This time finally getting to the Prosecutors.

A list of things I did in the conversions:

• Removed ribbons that held them up. Was never a fan of the loosely hanging ribbons
• Replaced the hammer heads with dwarven axe heads from the Longbeards kit
• Shortened the wingspans, but beefed them up with some spare shields and axe heads.
• Put dragon head thing on backs, to act as secondary thrusters.
• Replaced heads with Irondrake heads, and stuck axe heads on their crests for aesthetic.

Shortening the wingspan I am especially proud of. It reduces their footprint out of the COMPLETELY UNWIELDY zone and into 'workable' while still keeping the angelic winged look. Having a smaller wingspan also makes them a bit easier to transport.

I am working on the sixth and final prosecutor, but I am waiting on the axe head bits for his hand weapons to come in the mail. These are all made from just the starter set prosecutors.