# \[Archive\] My chaos dwarf army project
**URL:** https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-chaos-dwarf-army-project/6678
**Category:** \[Archive\] Showcase & Army Blogs
**Created:** [8 October 2007 01:33 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-chaos-dwarf-army-project/6678 "2007-10-08T01:33:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [8 October 2007 01:33 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-chaos-dwarf-army-project/6678/1 "2007-10-08T01:33:47Z")
**Dorktaku** :
Rather than creating multiple threads in the showcase section, i thought it was a better idea to post in a single thread here how my project is going…
So I decided, a couple weeks ago, to start a CD army. Thanks to a friend of mine, I found a good deal and got myself a decent army… at least 3000pts of evil stunties… but no hobgoblins, unfortunately ☹
Well, the next step was obviously to paint them, so here I am, struggling with my freshly primed blunderbusses.
Leading this project, I will have to bear in mind two elements :
-The final goal is to setup a tournament army, and a nice one if possible. CD minis are awesome, I don’t want to mess with their painting.
-The painting style I want to use on this army is an homage to the “old school” 'eavy metal style, from when i started to play : bright coulours, red armours… No problem with all that, I loved it back then, and I still do :smiley:
So, with this in mind, I started to paint… Here are the first minis. I will try to keep this post updated, but for more pics you can check [my blog](http://dusangsurlamoquette.over-blog.com/)(well at least the pictures since it’s written in French, sorry :-s)
n.b: the pics here are WIP… The bases are still not done; neither are the top of the blunderbusses.death rocket crew
bluderbuss
another blunderbuss
([more pics here](http://dusangsurlamoquette.over-blog.com/article-12897326.html))
a group photo
Any comment here or on the blog are, of course, welcome :smiley:
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### Author:  [@Willmark](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Willmark)
#### Post date: [8 October 2007 01:36 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-chaos-dwarf-army-project/6678/2 "2007-10-08T01:36:26Z")
**Willmark** :
Awesome start! Be sure to give them great bases. Bases that are well done are a must for tournament armies.
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### Author:  [@GhraskDragh](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/GhraskDragh)
#### Post date: [8 October 2007 02:06 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-chaos-dwarf-army-project/6678/3 "2007-10-08T02:06:13Z")
**Ghrask Dragh** :
:o your painting is of a very high standard! I like your choice of colours, you don’t see bright colours much on Chaos Dwarfs now days, I like it!!
:hat off should be a very interesting blog, looking forward to it.
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### Author:  [@Willmark](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Willmark)
#### Post date: [8 October 2007 04:19 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-chaos-dwarf-army-project/6678/4 "2007-10-08T04:19:19Z")
**Willmark** :
Also add dates with brackets to the title and note the last update. Its helpful for at a glance to see when the last update to the thread was made.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [8 October 2007 04:38 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-chaos-dwarf-army-project/6678/5 "2007-10-08T04:38:30Z")
**Canix** :
WOW ,french typical brilliant painting they are great ,will be watching your thread with interest.The project sounds llike a winner:hat off
By the way your painting isnt typical its amazingly good ,how are you going to base that look by the way:hat
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### Author:  [@Clam](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Clam)
#### Post date: [8 October 2007 06:38 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-chaos-dwarf-army-project/6678/6 "2007-10-08T06:38:27Z")
**clam** :
OMG! - they are magnificent. So nice to see the bright colours back - and then - still very unique!
Would love to see more from you hand - so please keep us posted!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [8 October 2007 06:42 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-chaos-dwarf-army-project/6678/7 "2007-10-08T06:42:09Z")
**zagor66** :
Some really great models here , good work!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [8 October 2007 08:11 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-chaos-dwarf-army-project/6678/8 "2007-10-08T08:11:50Z")
**Ishkur Cinderhat** :
Those are really sweet models, and the painting is top-notch. Give them good bases! A model without a base isn’t finished so these can get even better when fully completed. 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [8 October 2007 08:12 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-chaos-dwarf-army-project/6678/9 "2007-10-08T08:12:42Z")
**zagor66** :
Id use cork lava bases.
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### Author:  [@PyroStick](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/PyroStick)
#### Post date: [8 October 2007 08:20 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-chaos-dwarf-army-project/6678/10 "2007-10-08T08:20:39Z")
**Pyro Stick** :
Those paint jobs are awesome. I wouldnt of used so many different colours though
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [8 October 2007 08:22 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-chaos-dwarf-army-project/6678/11 "2007-10-08T08:22:29Z")
**zagor66** :
Like purple and red.
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### Author:  [@PyroStick](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/PyroStick)
#### Post date: [8 October 2007 08:29 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-chaos-dwarf-army-project/6678/12 "2007-10-08T08:29:18Z")
**Pyro Stick** :
Reds a must on every chaos dwarf model. I would of left out the Blue or made it darker.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [8 October 2007 08:30 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-chaos-dwarf-army-project/6678/13 "2007-10-08T08:30:41Z")
**zagor66** :
I meant the combination of the two.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [9 October 2007 10:28 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-chaos-dwarf-army-project/6678/14 "2007-10-09T10:28:11Z")
**Dorktaku** :
wow, thanks for all the kind comments guys, that really motivates me to keep painting! I’ll try to post updates as regularly as possible…
> Those paint jobs are awesome. I wouldnt of used so many different colours though
Yup, this has been one of my subjects of reflexion over the past weeks actually… Should I use a restricted or a broad palette? I was thinking that on a large army, having several bright colours could really make the units stand out ; I try to keep some sort of uniformity throughout the miniatures though, by keeping two main colours : red armours, blue clothes… and purple “details”. It could be a problem though, I will judge when I have a larger sample of painted miniatures.
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### Author:  [@Willmark](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/Willmark)
#### Post date: [9 October 2007 06:00 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-chaos-dwarf-army-project/6678/15 "2007-10-09T06:00:02Z")
**Willmark** :
Just be careful or you will end with an army suffering from the dreaded “explosion in a paint factory” syndrome.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [9 October 2007 07:44 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-chaos-dwarf-army-project/6678/16 "2007-10-09T07:44:44Z")
**wallacer** :
> Should I use a restricted or a broad palette?
>
> **Dorktaku**
I think it'll turn out fine so long as there is uniformity of theme across the whole army.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [9 October 2007 09:45 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-chaos-dwarf-army-project/6678/17 "2007-10-09T09:45:25Z")
**AGPO** :
Wow, really nice nmodels, and a great find, almost makes me sad that we’ll have to beat you in the rugby…
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [9 October 2007 10:55 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-chaos-dwarf-army-project/6678/18 "2007-10-09T10:55:23Z")
**Khan!** :
I vote to keep the palette as is for now. The combination of bright colours against the flat black looks really good in my opinion. Particularly the torqoise/electric blue! Also, there aren’t going to be a whole lot of armies with this kind of colour scheme, painted to such an excellent standard. Uniqueness + excellence = good.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [9 October 2007 11:53 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-chaos-dwarf-army-project/6678/19 "2007-10-09T11:53:25Z")
**Tallhat** :
Love the paint job. Keep it up 🙂
- Tallhat
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [21 October 2007 12:33 UTC](https://discourse.chaos-dwarfs.com/t/archive-my-chaos-dwarf-army-project/6678/20 "2007-10-21T12:33:20Z")
**Hammerhand** :
Really nice paint job, These guys are going to look really striking on the battlefield.
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