Painted models: 3
Total count: -1
Alright @BATG_Warriors, my first three battle-ready painted Big Hat Chaos Dwarfs:
This is the command unit for my Chaos Dwarf Warriors. I basically followed the paint scheme I used for Barbakul, so he fits the army he was sent from 
I went into huge and unsuspected trouble with the bases though. I just slapped a layer of Mordant Earth on it (used it for the first time), like I did often with Agrax Earthshade. It dried well enough into cracks, but when I tried to dry brush it, they completely fell off. So I think I used Agrax Earthshade over another layer of paint which I didn’t do here, so I will give all the bases of the complete unit another go.
Goal is to paint the whole army to this standard by April. Maybe I can spend a little more time and work on the characters, we’ll see. I’ll definitely come back at some point and give the whole army another round of painting, but the prime directive remains to get rid of that grey.