In the world of Darklands the kindred of the Khthones is made up by
different realms. The Gorgon - snake men, the Krokod - alligator men, the Savrar - lizard men, the Ýdron - hydra men and finally the Líska - basilisk men. Having
a passion for snakes and weird reptiles in general, my force will consist of
Gorgon, Ýdron and Líska. The Krokod and Savrar are just a bit boring for my
taste, but I guess the three other realms are more than enough. So after showing
you the beginnings of my Gorgon realm, I will show
you in the following article, the Líska.
Mazikilias is not a basilisk man, but a vasilisk (basically a real
basilisk). I remember Mierce stating somewhere in their Kickstarter comments
that brown-red would be the colour of the Líska realm and I liked that just as I
liked the original paintjob of Mazikilias. Nevertheless I wanted to give it my
personal touch and so looked for insipiration in real nature and found the
following picture:
So I dry brushed the model on a brown base coat from dark red to a very light
beige-yellow and added the pattern with pure black. For his bone plates and
spikes I used the colour I had also used on Chysperis, the huge snake of the
Gorgones, which I will try to use on all bigger creatures to tie them together
while still varying the main scale tone.
As with the basilisks from legend, the Mierce incarnation has the ability to turn
opponents to stone by looking at them and so I wanted to go for a striking
colour that contrasts with the red tone. I found that livid green among my
Vallejo colours:
More reptiles coming soon! ^^
Sven
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