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Title: Nord's Fantastic Saga (Oct 31 the Lord and his Guardians)
Post by: Nord on July 04, 2017, 07:37:11 PM
A little background before the pictures. I collected and played WHFB for a good few years off and on, starting way back in the early 90's and then stumbling to a halt just before the End Times series. Nowadays I tend to play skirmish games like Fantastic Saga or Dragon Rampant, but mostly I just paint for the fun of it. Having said that, I keep motivated if there's an aim in mind and currently it's all about Fantastic Saga so most of my projects are based around this system. This means typically units of eight or twelve.

I have a couple of forces that I am part way through, but my main focus at the moment is some Undead. I started playing Undead way back in my early WHFB days when they were still called Undead - my first army had skeletons and zombies shuffling alongside mummies and carrion, led by a Liche. Then I progressed on to Vampire Counts and have a fairly big collection all mounted on multi bases. This new round based force is more of the same, but with a few little twists. My first unit is an example of this - some ghouls led by a ghoul master/butcher. In Fantastic Saga this is two points as the butcher counts as a monster - my long term aim is to have 12 or more points to choose from for each force.

Enough blah......

(https://i.imgur.com/rFOBkdK.jpg)

These are The Hobbit goblins with a few bits (handbags) trimmed off, plus an old metal Ogre Kingdoms butcher.
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga
Post by: Hobgoblin on July 04, 2017, 08:25:41 PM
Wow! Those are astonishingly good!

Those goblins must rank as some of the best figures ever produced for everything except what they're meant to be. But these are best iteration of them that I've seen. Brilliant!
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga
Post by: killshot on July 05, 2017, 01:19:47 AM
Fantastic miniatures!  Your undead figures are very inspirational!
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga
Post by: Captain Blood on July 05, 2017, 05:13:00 AM
Brilliantly gruesome Paul.  :-*
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga
Post by: Duncan McDane on July 05, 2017, 10:49:54 AM
Awesome, love the skintones, love the gory-effect, great work all around ( as usual )  :D.
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga
Post by: Breazer on July 09, 2017, 06:55:42 PM
excellent stuff. I have to admit I dont know fantastic Saga but I think I am likeminded to you. used to be a fantasy player too but now I'm more interested in finishing myself a nice Lion Rampant force.

Keep up the good work here!
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga
Post by: Barbarus on July 13, 2017, 03:16:26 AM
Do I even have to say that I like them?  lol

More fantastic stuff for Fantastic Saga!


btw, Ive got two new factions in the making since last year, and the test phase for them is almost over.
Just depends on how many games I can fit in over the next few weeks.
So keep an eye out!
:D

Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga
Post by: Nord on July 13, 2017, 08:07:17 AM
Thanks guys, much appreciated. Here's some more - zombies and a necromancer.

(http://i.imgur.com/Irkn7ZG.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/ELU0dkg.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/z6n4yKU.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/ST0MbNZ.jpg)

Lots more blather on my blog - https://paintsngluenrocknroll.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Undead (https://paintsngluenrocknroll.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Undead)
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga (July 13 necromancer and zombies)
Post by: boneio on July 13, 2017, 07:50:52 PM
Incredible!
That old necromancer figure is good at the best of times but that whole unit is just...wow.
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga (July 13 necromancer and zombies)
Post by: aircav on July 14, 2017, 04:35:23 PM
Absolutely superb stuff  :o 8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga (July 13 necromancer and zombies)
Post by: Captain Blood on July 14, 2017, 05:07:46 PM
Flipping brilliant  :o :-*

Your palette works wonderfully well on the undead. All that clammy pale flesh eeeuw...  8)
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga (July 13 necromancer and zombies)
Post by: Nord on October 31, 2017, 07:59:11 AM
The Lord of Bleak Fell.

(https://i.imgur.com/X0hoJAz.jpg)

And his personal bodyguard.

(https://i.imgur.com/0ftahop.jpg)
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga (July 13 necromancer and zombies)
Post by: MachinaMandala on October 31, 2017, 08:00:56 AM
Absolutely fantastic. That ogre slaughterpriest is amazing.
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga (Oct 31 the Lord and his Guardians)
Post by: Sangennaru on October 31, 2017, 08:17:31 AM
Very, VERY nice! I love your use of washes!
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga (Oct 31 the Lord and his Guardians)
Post by: Ogrob on October 31, 2017, 08:28:07 AM
Best use of the army of the dead I have seen. Great colours.
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga (Oct 31 the Lord and his Guardians)
Post by: Hammers on October 31, 2017, 08:38:35 AM
You did a very nice job on those Army of the Dead chaps. You really got an eye for color and subtle nuance.
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga (Oct 31 the Lord and his Guardians)
Post by: Daniel36 on October 31, 2017, 08:39:03 AM
My my, you even make the GW Zombies look amazing.
And are those LotR Army of the Dead models? Well crap, now I need me some of those!
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga (Oct 31 the Lord and his Guardians)
Post by: Napalm Backflip on October 31, 2017, 02:56:09 PM
Really fantastic stuff! Reminds me I've meant to check out Fantastic Saga for a long time.
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga (Oct 31 the Lord and his Guardians)
Post by: Captain Blood on October 31, 2017, 04:05:06 PM
They look superb.
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga (Oct 31 the Lord and his Guardians)
Post by: Andym on October 31, 2017, 06:10:59 PM
Excellent colouring! :-*
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga (Oct 31 the Lord and his Guardians)
Post by: mdauben on October 31, 2017, 07:15:01 PM
I'm a fan and collector of the GW LOTR figures, so I really like what you did with those Goblins and the Army of the Dead figures.  Really impressive! 
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga (Oct 31 the Lord and his Guardians)
Post by: Nord on October 31, 2017, 07:59:30 PM
Thanks guys. The army of the dead figures are so nice with lots of detail and different textures, it seems a shame to just paint them a ghostly blue!
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga (Oct 31 the Lord and his Guardians)
Post by: horridperson on October 31, 2017, 09:31:35 PM
It's all amazing.  I was looking at the post and as I considered my reply it started with the goblins, then the zombies, and the army of the dead.  The start tones of the skins and muted cloth are fantastic.  The bright flashes of blood leap from the photos.  Great work!
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga (Oct 31 the Lord and his Guardians)
Post by: Finnegan on October 31, 2017, 09:44:18 PM
I can only echo what the others have said. Very impressive!
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga (Oct 31 the Lord and his Guardians)
Post by: MachinaMandala on November 03, 2017, 08:00:15 AM
Nord, how did you do the skin tone on the original post with the goblins and the ogre?
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga (Oct 31 the Lord and his Guardians)
Post by: Nord on November 03, 2017, 09:12:23 AM
Nord, how did you do the skin tone on the original post with the goblins and the ogre?

I didn't write down any colours, but I can give you a description of my technique. Prime white. Glaze skin with a pale colour, then shade areas with slightly darker version. Maybe add in some blue/green/grey for deeper shadow areas. Stipple with red/purple for blotchy effect. Use blood effect plus black/purple for gorey bits.
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga (Oct 31 the Lord and his Guardians)
Post by: Corso on November 03, 2017, 09:24:08 AM
Ah, the Old Undead - what nostalgia!

Fantastic models in your fantastic saga - well done!
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga (Oct 31 the Lord and his Guardians)
Post by: MachinaMandala on November 04, 2017, 01:24:47 PM
I didn't write down any colours, but I can give you a description of my technique. Prime white. Glaze skin with a pale colour, then shade areas with slightly darker version. Maybe add in some blue/green/grey for deeper shadow areas. Stipple with red/purple for blotchy effect. Use blood effect plus black/purple for gorey bits.

Awesome, thanks!
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga (Oct 31 the Lord and his Guardians)
Post by: Admiral Benbow on November 08, 2017, 06:07:42 PM
Wonderful!  :-*
Title: Re: Nord's Fantastic Saga (Oct 31 the Lord and his Guardians)
Post by: killshot on November 11, 2017, 12:31:59 AM
Love them, Nord! I really need to get some of these!