I’ve had the temple kit from Citadel sitting around for a while, undecided on the style to paint it in. Now working on my Tomb Kings for Warhammer Fantasy Battle again, it seemed like the perfect opportunity for creating a set of army specific terrain.
The legions of the Tomb Kings rise in defence of their necropolis
The only paints I used for the sandstone are Zandri Dust, Agrax Earthshade (pure and watered down) and Screaming Skull (for drybrushing).
I left everything as single pieces to allow maximum flexibility in terms of layout. There is enough stuff in the kit to khemrify a whole battlefield, and it can also be used for dungeon crawling and skirmishing in and around.
The pillars of the temple might have tumbled, but its defenders still keep their watch
I wanted to add a few faded spots of colour to both hint at the past grandeur of what are now desolate ruins and to tie the terrain in with the theme of my army. I picked the blues from the shields in the Skeleton Warriors regiment (Kantor Blue and Enchanted Blue) and drybrushed over them in the same sandstone tones as for the rest of the piece.
Those who pass under these arches enter the realm of the dead
To pick out the inlaid skull on the floor of the temple I painted it in white, applied some light washes in the recesses and then drybrushed over the top with sandstone.
The temple is a focus for necromantic powers
The obelisk I painted in the same way as the other columns. There is the potential to pick out individual areas separately. The top for example could be bronze or golden and the panels painted. I’ll wait until other core elements of the army itself are finished before making any such additions, since I am undecided on whether to introduce another colour like dark red to its theme, maybe to indicate some units’ elite status.
An obelisk proclaiming the might of a long forgotten ruler
