Round 2 - Skeletons vs. Riding into battle

[Overlord]

[Ethelred the Almost Ready]

Wow, great job on those Mantic skellies.  I thought they were far too fiddly to paint and could never get them looking right. 
Both are nice entries.

[Dr Mathias]

The monogram on the skeleton shields is very clever. Well done

I like both of these quite a bit, tough call.

[Hammers]

You let your artistic talent shine through in decrepit skellies liek this, *Mantic* scellies, even. I really like the Alpha-Omega design.

Great hoard you've got there, Jens. What scale are they?

[Jagannath]

I like both of these. The skeletons are great (filthy and aged, as the undead should be!) and I like verdant scene of the knights.

[Michi]

The monogram on the skeleton shields is very clever. Well done

Isn't that the one Albrecht Dürer used to sign his works?

[Blasphemia Blackwood]

Isn't that the one Albrecht Dürer used to sign his works?

Yes, that's Dürer's monogram. It's both visually appealing and evocative, so it felt like a good design for shields.

Thanks guys! Indeed, Mantic skeletons are not the best. I hate the heads and shields the most; that's why I replaced them. This dusty-rusty paintjob can hide their other faults and allows me to accentuate a few focal points - their new GW skulls in particular. With these few tricks implemented, they can end up looking pretty decent. Plus, it's quite quick, so I can make a small skeleton army in no time. When the round is over maybe I'll do a step-by step tutorial.

The charging knights together with their backdrop make a scene that's pleasant to look at. I second Hammers' question on the scale of the models; my eye is untrained when it comes to historicals.

[Captain Blood]

I think the knights are 28mm plastic Normans by Conquest Games - although I could be wrong.

It’s a nice scene of chainmailed might against a well composed sylvan backdrop.

The rusty grunginess of the skeleton warriors is extremely well done.

[Hammers]

Isn't that the one Albrecht Dürer used to sign his works?

Ah, that's what it is...

[Juxt]

Two great entries again,

That sculpted (?) green-manish shield is beautiful 

[mikedemana]

Those skeletons look like they just rose up out of a dusty tomb. Awesome effect! And to hear they're conversions, too -- well done!!

Mike Demana
www.firstcommandwargames.com
http://leadlegionaries.blogspot.com/