Completed: Curseling

The Curseling mini is a fantastic one. It’s gorgeous. It was such a good example of Games Workshop’s ‘glow up’ releases. You know, where they release a new version of a great, classic mini and the new one is a big improvement over the old, but also retains lots of the elements that made the old one so cool.

I actually put off painting this one forca while because, like many Tzeentch minis, there’s a lot going on. In the end, it was not as bad as I had feared.

I painted him in a similar way to the Kairic Acolytes. Skinwise, my tzeentch armt is split into models with more natural skintones and those with pallid, grey flesh. The Curseling has both. The small amount of the warrior’s skin that was visible (only really at the neck) was done in a caucasian fleshtone, whilst the parasite that seeks to control him was done in grey. I like that, though I wish there was more of the warrior’s flesh visible to make it more obvious.

Speaking of the parasite, I had a lot of fun with colour on that mini, taking cues from the work I did on the hair of my Ogroid Thaumaturge.

All in all, I’m quite happy with how this mini has turned out. It’s aggressively colourful, which matches the vibe I’ve gone with across this army.

Next up for the Tzeentch lads, I have the last unit of the army to paint up. These are the Tzaangor. They look pretty fiddly. Technically, they are not the last unit, but they’re the last I need to field a 2k list. I do have a couple of Lords of Change to finish, but I’m going to focus down my resolutions before going back for extras!