"Pretty in Pink" - Pink Horrors

The casting of spells fills Pink Horrors with increased joy,

and they emit especially high-pitched merriment as

the eldritch energy screeches from their upraised hands.

When wounded, a Pink Horror exhales a final lunatic cackle

before rapidly decomposing into an ectoplasmic blob of

gyrating magic. With a characteristic whoop of satisfaction,

this residue swiftly alters colour and divides into two Blue Horrors.

~wiki

Hey all! Welcome back to another Friday on The Art of Caesura!

This week brings the merry big sibling of the grumpy Blue Horrors that I painted a couple of months ago. For those of you who have been following this blog for a while, you'll know that I kind of like things dark and eerie - if not in colour than in tone.

The Pink Horrors of Tzeentch don't typically fit the whole "dark and eerie" vibe, but regardless I decided to darken my palate a little and I ended up having a lot of fun with these nutters.

I wanted to tie this guy to the other horrors that he explodes into when you killl him in Warhammer. I painted his tongue the same way as the Blue Horror flesh, and painted the fire coming out of his tube-fingers and around his left foot in the same way as my little Brimstone Horrors.

I must admit to being slightly uninspired when I painted the duplicate model of this guy. To differentiate them slightly, I alternated all their metal bits: all the bits that are silver on one are copper on the other and vice versa. One of them has dark purple feathers whilst the other: dark blue.

So...that now means that I've finished all the horrors in the Silver Tower box-set! Time for a family photo:

Well, there you have it folks! Till next time on The Art of Caesura!

Listening: The Breachside Broadcast

Reading: About the equinox at Loch a’ Dúin that I'm going to try to check out tomorrow

Next Week:

A reel deal!

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