Showing posts with label Kor Phaeron. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kor Phaeron. Show all posts

Tuesday, 8 September 2015










The Architects of the Heresy. 

The nepotism behind Kor Phaeron’s ascension to the First Captaincy was no secret. As the primarch’s spiritual counsel and foster father during the years of Lorgar’s youth
away from the Imperium, Kor Phaeron had helped shape the growing demigod in ways his true father had not. They stood together through the years of sacrifice and
revolution, through the holy wars that threatened to tear Colchis apart before its unity under the benevolent rule of Lorgar.
When the God-Emperor came to Colchis over a century before to offer Lorgar command of the XVII Legion, Kor Phaeron had been far too old to receive the organ
implantations and prepubescent genetic manipulations necessary to grow into one of the Astartes. Instead, through rejuvenat surgery, costly bionics and limited gene-forging,
Kor Phaeron was exalted above humanity as a sign of the value placed in him by the primarch.
 ( cfr. "First Heretic", book 14 of the Horus Heresy )

Paints used: Vallejo, Reaper Master Series, Games Workshop Washes, Com Art Medea Airbrush
Paint Brushes: Rosemary & Co. Raphael 8040, Broken Toad Brushes

Friday, 19 December 2014







Paints used: Vallejo, Reaper Master Series, Games Workshop Washes, Com Art Medea Airbrush
Paint Brushes: Rosemary & Co. Raphael 8040, Broken Toad Brushes


Saturday, 5 October 2013













I think this release has been a little overshadowed by the release of Ferrus Manus at Games Day. Personally, I was looking forward to painting these miniatures more. Whereas Ferrus represents the fulfillment of the martial/ ideological ideal of humanity as envisaged by the Emperor, Erebus and especially Kor Phaeron, represent humanities frailty. Frailty, greed, lust and decrepitude are much more interesting subjects than perfection (fans of Fulgrim may disagree). 

I'm sure you're sick of the amount of positive adjectives I throw at Forge World's products, so please forgive a few more words of praise for this model. The character just looks bat shit crazy. It was a challenging piece to paint. The runic script can be easily lost with a high contrast paint job and the face can look a little untidy when viewed from a distance. I originally painted Erebus' face with green under-lighting, but I felt between the etched scrpit and the lines in the face this confused the eye to much. I thank my lucky stars that I know how to oil wash. This technique allowed me to paint the model as I normally would without loosing the detail. 

Does anyone else think that Kor Phaeron looks like Prince Phillip? I'd love to know the kind of visual ques Edgar Skormorowski used to create this model. Although you cannot see this from the photos, the underside of the gauntlets have Kor Phaeron's bare hands hard wired into the suit. You can also see the characters back legs from behind poking out from this false terminator suit. I glued the head a little father back in the suit to reinforce the unease of the character. Curiously, the white dwarf preview in white dwarf seems to be a different head from the one put into general release. I wonder if there is a story there?



These are wonderful, wonderful models that will grace any collection. 

Myles