Drybrush, Slapchop, and a Surprise About Stormcast Faces
Evening hobby energy before tomorrow’s printing
Sometimes a whole hobby evening starts with one very simple question: “Do you have a printer?” In our case, that immediately turned into plans for printing warbands the next day. So yes — the plan was set, the machine was ready, and the excitement level went up fast.
At the same time, the painting desk was already in full swing. Michał had been working on a boss model for the next day, starting with a drybrush and moving straight toward a good old slapchop session. That kind of momentum is one of our favourite parts of the hobby: one person is sorting prints, someone else is already pushing paint, and suddenly the whole group is talking miniatures.
Warbands ready to go
Meanwhile, End3r reported that “Bolek and Lolek” were ready for action — or maybe “Gapcio and Gburek,” depending on the mood. We do love how quickly temporary working names become the official names in a project. Sometimes the miniatures arrive with epic lore in mind, and sometimes they immediately become a cartoon duo. Both approaches are valid.
That mix of printing plans and paint-ready models is honestly such a great place to be hobby-wise. There is something very satisfying about knowing that tomorrow’s minis are already halfway to the table before tomorrow even starts.
An unexpected lore rabbit hole
Then the conversation took a turn that we absolutely respect: from painting and printing straight into lore speculation.
Dubry dropped in with a Lord-Relictor image and the observation that it was really good. Which then opened the door to a much more surprising topic: are Stormcast Eternals… technically dead?
The key quote that kicked this off was:
“This is the only model among the Stormcast Eternals that does not wear a helmet like a death mask.”
And suddenly we were all looking at Stormcast a little differently.
Michał pointed out that in Age of Sigmar they are all immortal anyway, and that this is basically written into the army identity — but he had never really thought about that immortality meaning they might not be fully alive in the usual sense. Then came the immediate counterpoint from the painting shelf: hold on, there are definitely multiple Stormcast units with visible heads, so the whole thing clearly needs a bit more digging.
Dubry’s reading of it was great too: the masked ones feel like the true dead, and Lord-Relictor is the one unusual corpse without the mask.
Whether that interpretation is strictly correct or just the kind of wonderfully half-serious hobby theorising that happens late in the evening, it definitely made us want to read more. And honestly, that’s one of the best side effects of painting sessions — you sit down to drybrush a boss, and a while later you’re deep into the metaphysics of reforged golden warriors.
Why we love these hobby evenings
This was not a huge planned event. No grand reveal, no finished army showcase, no polished guide. Just a very real slice of hobby life:
- checking if the printer is available,
- planning to print warbands,
- getting a boss model ready with drybrush and slapchop,
- sharing progress shots,
- and somehow ending up in Age of Sigmar lore analysis.
That is exactly the kind of evening we enjoy most. A bit of progress, a bit of banter, and a bit of accidental deep-diving into the setting.
If Michał really did go off to finish training and come back with lore excerpts, then honestly, that sounds like the perfect ending to the session.
Hobby ingredients of the evening
- 3D printing plans for warbands
- drybrushing
- slapchop painting
- Stormcast Eternals lore discussion
- one Lord-Relictor causing existential questions
We call that a successful night.