The Fimir of Albion

[Faber]

looks really promising pal! 

[Mr Saturday]

Another three members of the unit of half dead shamble off the painting table to join their finished brethren. I'm enjoying trying out various rust techniques, the armoured fellow turned out quite well, methinks. That leaves me with eight more to finish the unit, so... next!

Here's the unit so far, with eight conspicuously empty spaces still crying out for a fillin'.

[beefcake]

So are these fir bolg?
They look great. The blue light in the eyes is absolutely awesome.

[mweaver]

What a labor of love!  Beautiful work, from the conversions to the painting to the photography.  Thanks so much for sharing.  Extraordinary!

[Mason]

Great Stuff, Mr S!
I do love these updates and this unit in particular.
 

So much so that you have inspired me to change the slant of my planned* Undead army into something more Army of the Dead, LotR-style.

Thank you!
 



*Planned as in: Sometime this year....

[dampfpanzerwagon]

More fantastic models. Thank you for sharing the images and the background of this marvellous army.

Tony

[DeafNala]

INSPIRING STUFF! The modeling, brushwork, color choices, &, for moi in particular, the bases are OUTSTANDING! What you've achieved with the individual bases & movement trays transforms the minis from exceptionally beautiful gaming pieces into a cinematic/artistic experience. WONDROUSLY WELL DONE!

[Vermis]

I haven't seen this thread before.  I've just been through all 21 pages so far, and dude.

Dewd.

I love the dedication and creativity in this army.  The converting (including the choice of bits), sculpting and painting are all excellent.

These suggestions are a bit late for the first round, but...

- What you want as a half-dead unit filler is a nice li'l ol' fenbeast.
- There's a little tip about removing* integral bases at The General's Tent blog.

*Or at least reducing. But IMO if you can cut them thin, chopping the remainder from around the feet should be a piece of cake.

[Mr Saturday]

Thanks everyone! By George, the folks here on LAF really are a sterling lot, the feedback and suggestions I've gotten really help keep me on track.

So are these fir bolg?

They are heavily influenced by them, for sure. Most of the idea for them is taken from oooolllddd issues of 2000ad where Slaine encounters the half dead on his travels, warriors animated by pollutive magic in the sourland.

So much so that you have inspired me to change the slant of my planned* Undead army into something more Army of the Dead, LotR-style.

That's about the best compliment one can get, thanks Mason.

What you've achieved with the individual bases & movement trays transforms the minis from exceptionally beautiful gaming pieces into a cinematic/artistic experience.

Lordy.

- What you want as a half-dead unit filler is a nice li'l ol' fenbeast. Wink
- There's a little tip about removing* integral bases at The General's Tent blog.

Thanks! Cheers for the tips, the fenbeast are going to make an appearance in a unit of their own soon enough. I'm going to use them as trolls, so 6 or 8 of them probably. Same colour palette and eye glow as the half dead more than likely.

[Mr Saturday]

Another update on the half dead as three more walking corpses join the throng. For some reason I appear unable to take a decent photo today, so these will have to do! The two reaching out are probably the simplest conversions in the unit, I couldn't resist that handlebar moustache head on the guy at the back. Only five models left now to complete the unit. Here's a shot of how the horde of bog mummies looks now, it's filling out nicely...

[aggro84]

I really like the look of those bog mummies.
Very nice.
The flesh color looks great.
 
The armored fellow with the blue shield has to be my favorite.
 

[FramFramson]

God, I love those colours. Such wonderful paintjobs on all of them.

[DeafNala]

Everything works SO WELL together; i.e., the brushwork, choices of colors, & the FANTASTIC bases compliment & enhance each other WONDERFULLY. OUTSTANDING WORK!

[beefcake]

Brilliant!

[General Roos]

Absolutely amazing.