Bell of Lost Souls - Latest Comments in Victor Hardy's Chaos Deamons Army

Re: Victor Hardy's Chaos Deamons Army

gilbert93dt — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:59:33 -0000

Son of Gar is right. This is one of the best painted armys in the world.

Re: Victor Hardy's Chaos Deamons Army

son_of_gar — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:22:14 -0000

Im sorry, but you fail sir.
The two GD's alone make me cry, and i dont even like the demon price Golgotha.

Re: Victor Hardy's Chaos Deamons Army

fetalblooddemon — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:21:45 -0000

Ive always loved the way his models look! amazing!

Re: Victor Hardy's Chaos Deamons Army

Me — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:33:20 -0000

Not bad army, ok paintjob, but not great

Re: Victor Hardy's Chaos Deamons Army

Nikromunda — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:26:58 -0000

The maddest of Props to you Victor. Its nice to see a Golden Demon Winning superstar still knows how to paint and field a playable army with simple colour theme.

Re: Victor Hardy's Chaos Deamons Army

Stelio — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:19:06 -0000

The Bloodthirster took 200-300 hours. Read Victor's comments on competition painting here: "http://www.miniaturespace.n... Hardy's advice.htm"

Re: Victor Hardy's Chaos Deamons Army

Inquisitor_bob — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:46:51 -0000

Nice...

Just a note. Victor Hardy grew up in the Houston area. I went to school with him back then. He's the one that got me into 40K.

Re: Victor Hardy's Chaos Deamons Army

dethmansam — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:43:39 -0000

Honestly, I agree with whoopwhoop.
This is a fantastically painted army.
Also I love the prince.
However, the rest of the army is this very particular style which I do not like.
It is thid really soft-looking, gradual highlight style that has been very popular recently in the golden demons and in a lot of the top painter's collections.
To me it looks too soft, and that lends almost a rubbery quality to the model. A perfect example of the style is a particular night goblin squig hopper I saw a while back in the white dwarf. You would know if you have seen it. It is very pale, which i geuss makes sense if he lives in a cave, but it did not look real to me because of the style.

I love realistic painting. To me this style does not look real. It is not the technique involved, in face many of the techniques involved in painting in this style would vastly improve my painting, but rather it is a matter of personal taste.

Re: Victor Hardy's Chaos Deamons Army

Savark — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 23:57:37 -0000

OMG
that is the best army i have seen since, well ever

Re: Victor Hardy's Chaos Deamons Army

JohnOSpencer — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:34:45 -0000

Yeah, he plays with the same models he puts in for Golden Demon. He came by the shop I ran after one Games Day (pre-2000) and threw down with the models he'd just entered. He's a fun guy to play, also. Good times.

Re: Victor Hardy's Chaos Deamons Army

whoopwhoop — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:11:47 -0000

No doubt the mans got talent.

However, I just don't like his style. It somehow looks so boring.

Re: Victor Hardy's Chaos Deamons Army

deus of dice — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:23:41 -0000

WOW ... I mean... WOW!!!!

those models are absolutely incredible.... I cant take my eyes off of them.
Victor, congradulations you are the Paint God. You have inspired me to work harder and to improve my skills with every model that I produce. I would love to see these in person and just stare for hours on end , because judging on the details you can see I am sure pictures do not do these demons justice.

WOW!!!

Re: Victor Hardy's Chaos Deamons Army

Parcival — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:03:58 -0000

While his entire army is perfect, the religious iconography really is the best of it for me. Nothing depicts a demon's deep fall better than this banner. It's like wandering through a landscape filled with ruins of former Elfish colonies, but all canned into one model.

Re: Victor Hardy's Chaos Deamons Army

Azzy — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:56:15 -0000

Part of being a great painter is not only skill, but choosing a palette of colors that look good and look good together. You choice (and execution) of muted red and gold is fantastic, giving it a "scorched" look is just the icing on the cake. Kudos, Victor, nicely done.

Re: Victor Hardy's Chaos Deamons Army

Zack — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 00:45:39 -0000

I've had the pleasure of looking through Victor's collection of models a couple times now, including the night these photos were taken. This dude is incredible. Looking at him, you wouldn't think he's got such amazing skills, as he looks like a regular dude (not that a talented artists looks different), but alas. While yes, his daemons here, particularly Golgotha, are amazing, what I think is even more astonishing is the amount of models that he has painted, all of which are better than my best figure. I'm no slouch when it comes to painting, but every single figure he has is at least on par with my very best, if not better. I can't imagine the kind of dedication and time that must go in to his armies.

What boggles my head even more - look at the bloodcrushers - that red on the daemons is not dipped. He's layered and wetblended that. Redonkulous.

This man is truly a master.

Re: Victor Hardy's Chaos Deamons Army

rockdeity — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:15:53 -0000

Like everyone said, great work. The Daemon Prince is simply wonderful. I would like to call attention to the basing and dressing on the DP and the BT. He didn't even skimp on the bases. That DP base alone is a work of art.

On a tangent, I wish the juggernaut model didn't lean like that. I was really disappointed when I got mine. Actually, at first I was puzzled, trying to figure out how to stand it up straight and then it hit me like a manstopper... it's supposed to lean! In a big mob like that it looks even weirder. Like speed skaters going around a turn.

Re: Victor Hardy's Chaos Deamons Army

SSG_Snuffy — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:29:13 -0000

That's very good advice... but I still feel bad. ;-)

Re: Victor Hardy's Chaos Deamons Army

Herald of Nurgle — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:47:31 -0000

Nicely done!

BoLS: For some reason I just had a burst of inspiration: I'd LOVE to see an animated comic version at the top of each post for some reason. Like, a RL resemblance in order to say 'damn, that bi*** knows how to write st00f'!

Re: Victor Hardy's Chaos Deamons Army

Erunanion — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:33:40 -0000

I have to agree with fade_74, this army is an example of what artistry our hobby can reach. As in music, some are bad at it, most are good at it with practice, and there are a few masters of the craft. Victor is quite clearly one of the latter. The freehanding and use of absolutely the right colours is outstanding.

My own efforts will never match this... but I shall try :-D

Re: Victor Hardy's Chaos Deamons Army

mike @santa cruz warhammer — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:21:24 -0000

show us more!!!

Re: Victor Hardy's Chaos Deamons Army

sodcactus — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:07:49 -0000

Hmmm, don't know what broke the link. Just past it into google or something and it will set you right.

Re: Victor Hardy's Chaos Deamons Army

shadow puppet — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:06:29 -0000

I must say that Deamon Price is truly amazing! I would like to see more pics of that alone. I would not be a happy camper setting up against that force of art though.

Re: Victor Hardy's Chaos Deamons Army

sodcactus — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:05:51 -0000

Larger pics from different angles.

http://dragonforge.com/Pain...

Re: Victor Hardy's Chaos Deamons Army

sodcactus — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:52:16 -0000

I think the DP took some 600 hours according to what Victor wrote on CoolMiniOrNot. If I remember correctly.

Re: Victor Hardy's Chaos Deamons Army

Anonymous — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:29:23 -0000

Thats one hell of an amazing and beautiful Daemon army. Needs some horrors though !!