From DrQ: The Shrine of Tzeentch (40 points)

All is quiet on New Years Day. A world in white gets underway.

Moving from the Adventures' Landing to the Shrine, we are greeted not by holy devotes dedicated to celestials powers of goodness or law, but rather by two acolytes of the incomprehensible and unpronounceable force Lord of Change: Tzeentch!

Here for you all today we have two Kairic Acolytes accompanied by two demons. If you are unfamiliar with these clerics of the infernal, the most recent battletome describes them as such:

In the end, only those who wholly commit can attempt the Kairic Test of Nine. Each cult has its own variations on these rites, but all end with the walk through warpfire. Those that emerge unharmed become Kairic Acolytes. Chanting arcane phrases that hurt the ears of the uninitiated, a scrawny scribe or frail council elder transforms. Flesh ripples and from nothing appear a curseblade and shearbeak helm, gleaming greaves and an Arcanite shield. Thus can a cultist, with mere words, transform themselves from ailing scholar or lanky apprentice to a muscular ideal of the human form and back again. With such arcane disguises, the Kairic Acolytes can infiltrate and subvert the very forces of those who hunt them (Disciples of Tzeentch Battletome, p. 39).

Not fun guys to bring to parties! These models are half of a team for the Warhammer Underworlds game and are known collectively as the Eyes of the Nine. I picked the up on an internet sale for $10USD, which makes we wonder if they are at all competitive for play in the game. 

There are two acolytes in the team. The male above and the female below. 

I painted both of these figures primarily using colour shift paints from Turbo Dork called "Prism Power" and "Twin Sons." These are metallic paints that behave differently on white or black undercoats. They also have a slight oil-slick sheen to them as well. The hope was to mimic the shifting colours and patterns of the demonic lord they follow.

I also painted up the two demons that are in the set as well. The larger one worked well for the colour shift paints, but the shorter flame demons needed a more traditional paint job.

It's hard to convey the paint's effects in static images, but this last one does a pretty good job with the larger demon on the right. The blue areas were those that were undercoated white, while the green sheen is where there is black. The paints are tricky to use—basically acting like even more temperamental holographic colour-shift paints—but I think they might have edge applications for models where you want to invoke something eldritch and incomprehensible.

So, as far as points this is about 40: 20 for the Shrine challenge and another 20 for four 28mm figures. 

Also, as a matter of record, I've totaled about 130 (120 if you don't count the two modded holiday models) towards the GW side duel. 

From here I'm heading to the Ork (sic!) Pit. I'm sure no one can guess what I'll be painting up for there...