Painted Drukhari Realspace Raiders battleforce showing all miniatures together from a top-front angle.

Drukhari Realspace Raiders Battleforce painted

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Why the Drukhari?

A few months ago I finished the Aeldari Combat Patrol that already motivated to do more space elves. Around black friday my FLGS had a ridiculous good offer on the Realspace Raider Battleforce so I got it along with the Codex and Lady Malys (which will be her own post)

Painted Kabalite Warriors squad displayed together, viewed from a top-front angle.
Painted Kabalite Warrior with whip, viewed from a slightly elevated front angle.
Painted Kabalite Warrior in advancing pose with splinter rifle, viewed from a front angle.
Painted Kabalite Warrior aiming splinter weapon, viewed from a top-front angle.
Painted Kabalite Warrior with dynamic stance and armored details, viewed from a front angle.
Painted Kabalite Warrior with raised splinter rifle, viewed from a slightly elevated front angle.
Painted Kabalite Warrior with ornate armor plates, viewed from a front angle.
Painted Kabalite Warrior mid-stride with splinter rifle, viewed from a top-front angle.
Painted Kabalite Warrior with aggressive pose and weapon ready, viewed from a front angle.
Painted Kabalite Warrior showcasing armor and weapon details, viewed from a slightly elevated front angle.
Painted Kabalite Warrior advancing with splinter rifle, viewed from a front angle.

My Goals

The Drukhari are now my tenth 40k. This Box was a great start and I might grab a couple other boxes occasionally but I will only fully commit to them once they get a range refresh. Most, if not all models from this box held up pretty well in my eyes but I still prefer more modern Miniatures

Painted Drukhari Archon character model, viewed from a slightly elevated front angle.

The Painting Journey

For the color scheme I wanted to use some Brown, Creme and Yellow as these are colors I have not really used in as an army scheme and only for highlighting, I was playing around a bit after a kabelite warrior testmodel I quickly settled for the one you can see. All models were fun enough to paint, their armor plates hat the perfect sizes for highlighting.

Painted Scourges squad displayed together, viewed from a top-front angle.
Painted Scourge with wings spread and ranged weapon, viewed from a front angle.
Painted Scourge in mid-flight pose, viewed from a slightly elevated front angle.
Painted Scourge showcasing wing and armor details, viewed from a top-front angle
Painted Scourge aiming ranged weapon, viewed from a front angle.
Painted Scourge with dynamic airborne pose, viewed from a slightly elevated front angle.

My favorite details

I loved the wings of the scourges, they were super easy to paint but they do break up the overall feel for the army when looking at everything together nicely. Other than that I really did enjoy painting the Armor of any of the models the most.

Painted Hellions squad mounted on skyboards, viewed from a top-front angle.
Painted Hellion riding skyboard, viewed from a front angle.
Painted Hellion in dynamic flying pose, viewed from a slightly elevated front angle.
Painted Hellion with skyboard and glaive, viewed from a top-front angle.
Painted Hellion mid-flight with weapon raised, viewed from a front angle.
Painted Hellion showcasing motion and board details, viewed from a slightly elevated front angle.

Challenges & lessons

The Hellions where my least favorite part of the entire box. At least building them, the models where you had to attach the hooks to the glider without any attachement points were really annoying, Originally I planed to leave these guys in sub assemblies for painting but I quickly changed my mind while building them. I am not sure I will get another unit of these guys any time soon.

Painted Drukhari Wyches squad displayed together, viewed from a top-front angle.
Painted Wych wielding blades in dynamic stance, viewed from a slightly elevated front angle.
Painted Wych in acrobatic combat pose, viewed from a front angle.
Painted Wych mid-lunge with melee weapons, viewed from a top-front angle.
Painted Wych with aggressive pose and exposed armor, viewed from a front angle.
Painted Wych poised for attack, viewed from a slightly elevated front angle.
Painted Wych with flowing motion and combat blades, viewed from a front angle.
Painted Wych in agile stance with weapons raised, viewed from a top-front angle.
Painted Wych showcasing dynamic sculpt and armor details, viewed from a front angle.
Painted Wych advancing aggressively, viewed from a slightly elevated front angle.
Painted Wych with dramatic combat pose, viewed from a front angle.

Paint recipies

Basics for all minis

Pretty much all models followed this recipy:

  • All Miniatures were base coated with white scar Spray
  • All Armor war painted first with aggaros Dunes
  • Any ranged weapons and weapon grips were done with black templar
  • Hair was done usually with either Black Templar, Wyldwood or Flesh Tearer Red
  • Any cloth was painted with Ironjawz yellow.
  • The entire Miniature was covered with Nuln oil, followed by a generous Drybrush with Corax white
  • I did the highlights on the Armor with Morghast Bone
  • Skin highlights was done with ironrach Skin
  • Cloth highlights were painted with Yriel Yellow
  • Any cables I painted with Sotek Green
Painted Incubi squad displayed together, viewed from a top-front angle.
Painted Incubus with klaive weapon, viewed from a front angle.
Painted Incubus in imposing stance with heavy armor, viewed from a slightly elevated front angle.
Painted Incubus advancing with klaives raised, viewed from a front angle.
Painted Incubus showcasing ornate armor details, viewed from a top-front angle.
Painted Incubus in aggressive combat pose, viewed from a front angle.
Painted Incubi shrine token displayed on its base, viewed from a top-front angle.

Next Steps

As mentioned I am not sure when I will continue this army apart from Lady Malys but I will keep my eyes open for any discount box (actually I am eying a second Realspace Raiders battleforce as its such a good spread of everything, even though the Hellions will probably live a long life on my pile of shame)

Painted Drukhari Venom transport viewed from the front-right angle.
Painted Drukhari Venom transport viewed from the rear-right angle.
Painted Drukhari Venom transport viewed from the front-left angle.

Painted models for this army

Characters

  • 1x Archon

Battleline

  • 1x Kabalite Warriors (10 miniatures each)
  • 1x Wyches (10 miniatures each)

Infantry

  • 1x Incubi (5 miniatures each)
  • 1x Scourges (5 miniatures each)

Mounted

  • 1x Hellions (5 miniatures each)

Dedicated Transport

  • 1x Venom

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