I havent done any painting in a while since im looking after my brothers huskies and they are losing their winter coats so its like trying to paint in a blizzard that doesnt melt right now but i did order some Idoneth deepkin. The more 'regal' looking ones seem a bit silly but the thralls and casters look rad and i really like their lore: Remade from the souls of elves eaten by slaanesh they are now cursed and their children are all stillborn with no souls. So they leave their homes on the sea floor and ride an aethersea up out the surf and through the air to coastal towns that are now moving like they are underwater. People cannot move fast, grass and trees move like seaweed in a current. The deepkin steal some people and drag them into the deep to steal their souls to keep their children alive and the worst part is after the attack the aethersea recedes and takes all memory of the attack with it. Only when traders come into town and ask where someone is do they notice the empty beds or people in photos who 'shouldnt be' and some villages can be farmed this way for centuries. Really creepy twist on the innsmouth idea of 'creatures from the sea need humans for their children' and much darker than age of sigmars usual comic bookey vibes.
So i picked em up and knew i couldnt put them in a grassy field and i am still too green to try resin water bases, though one day i hope to, and found this great tutorial using some texturepaint i snapped up cheap on amazon and ebay.
Hopefully in a couple of weeks my peace and quiet will be back and painting area dog hair free so i can try this myself. A creepy enemy like these walking up out the serf with floating schools of predatory fish swimming around them would look great. To say nothing of their fantastic shipwreck terrain piece.