The one-man wonder Brandon Palmer at GMM Studios has done it again with another striking showcase. This time, he’s brought to life a fierce Stormcast Eternals Army.
Hello, world.
Another post, another finished army commission! Back from Adepticon and spring is in the air. I’m feeling rejuvenated and that poured into this Stormcast Eternals Army. More black! I love painting black. I like painting anything really, but black is fun. Sort of like painting everything as a giant opal gem.
The request for this project was simply “black and yellow.” Otherwise, the client wanted to be completely surprised by the pictures. I have done everything at this point, from “by the box” to complete and utter surprise, and would say that all are valid and fun for me.
What matters at the end of the day is the client getting the foggy picture in their mind that’s just clear enough for me to bring to life. I would never push a surprise army on someone, but sometimes it just “clicks.” When all the pieces fall together it’s a pretty magical and unique experience.
Surprise allows for a lot of experimentation. Usually over and over in my head, on test models and swatches like a giant jigsaw puzzle of color. Choosing the right pieces, deciding which ones fit. In the end, there is a balance; all the kinks worked out.
I have been playing a lot of Old School 93-94 format Magic lately, which includes The Dark in it’s set pool. The Dark isn’t the most valuable set, but when I was a kid it always was my favorite and I never knew why.
Now that I am older and revisiting these old sets with a better understanding, I can see it for what it was. The Dark was special because it was really just a big art experiment for Jesper Myfors, and his brain is what made it all so great.
Cards like Holy Light, Exorcist, and of course Witch Hunter are some great examples. It was evocative but also disturbingly abstract. Like a Tool video. Anyway, I give examples of white cards because, within that set, white is the perfect balance of light and dark.That was the whole point of the set, to show a little bit of darkness in each color, not just black. Inspired by that concept, it bled a little into this army. While the artistic style did not, the idea of a little bit of dark in the light made sense for an army in this set of colors, so I ran with it.
So, we have a group of redemptive Stormcast. Brooding and dark, but Chaotic Good.
A little bit of chaos in the otherwise pure knights. In some modeling cases, literally. Check out the full post, with oodles more photos over on my gallery and commission site.
Hope you enjoyed, and on to the next one! Which is Ulthwe. See you then, and thank you.
