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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: McYellowbelly on January 04, 2021, 08:28:41 PM

Title: Undead halflings! Full unit finished
Post by: McYellowbelly on January 04, 2021, 08:28:41 PM
After a request here, many thanks for your help LAFers, I have some halflings given away with Miniature Wargames.
My evil plan is to combine them with plastic skeleton heads and the undead will March!
Mwahahahaha! But it will only be will small steps, so relatively slowly!
Title: Re: Undead halflings!
Post by: AndrewBeasley on January 04, 2021, 10:49:34 PM
That works very well.


I enclosed the magazine article for you - the 'dirty' paint job Pete the Wargamer used will fit very well with your conversion if you are stuck for ideas:


https://youtu.be/gefgDDba28A (https://youtu.be/gefgDDba28A)
Title: Re: Undead halflings!
Post by: SotF on January 05, 2021, 12:05:41 AM
There's also a pretty decent undead halfling that Reaper makes if you want one with less effort to get ready
Title: Re: Undead halflings!
Post by: pixelgeek on January 05, 2021, 01:02:39 AM
Maybe Wargames Atlantic will make some if enough people ask?
Title: Re: Undead halflings!
Post by: Wirelizard on January 05, 2021, 01:28:34 AM
Very nice!

Would a zombie halfling want to stop for both brains and second brains?  lol
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Post by: Spinal Tap on January 05, 2021, 06:50:26 AM
They look brilliant.
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Post by: Peithetairos on January 05, 2021, 07:51:34 AM
Cool conversions. The heads fit well. Will you change the hands and feet, too? You definitely gave me some inspiration for my sprue. One Zombie halfling is a must now.
Title: Re: Undead halflings!
Post by: McYellowbelly on January 05, 2021, 08:37:57 AM
Cheers all, hoping to make a small pike block.
Will try painting the hands and feet to look skeletal.
Hands should work, not sure about the feet yet.
Will post progress pics
Title: Re: Undead halflings!
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on January 07, 2021, 10:34:25 PM
Ingenious.
Title: Re: Undead halflings!
Post by: Sir_Theo on January 08, 2021, 12:06:14 PM
Lovely! They work really well.
 
The Assault Group also do some rather lovely Zombie halflings if you wanted to expand this further. Recommend them wholeheartedly. TT combat do all sorts of Undead halflings too, Mummies, Skeletons, Zombies etc
Title: Re: Undead halflings! Now painted
Post by: McYellowbelly on January 10, 2021, 10:09:15 AM
First few painted.
Will be a unit of 15, with standard, hero, musician,leader.
Still to base and make a movement tray once finished.
Title: Re: Undead halflings! Now painted
Post by: Pattus Magnus on January 10, 2021, 06:38:08 PM
Those look brilliant! The rust effect turned out very well.
Title: Re: Undead halflings! Now painted
Post by: BZ on January 10, 2021, 07:39:15 PM
Very nice!
Title: Re: Undead halflings! Now painted
Post by: white knight on January 11, 2021, 09:07:46 AM
Lovely!
Title: Re: Undead halflings! Now painted
Post by: Little Odo on January 11, 2021, 04:38:00 PM
Love them. Great work on the rust effect
Title: Re: Undead halflings! Now painted
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on January 11, 2021, 06:46:27 PM
very nice.
Title: Re: Undead halflings! Now painted
Post by: AndrewBeasley on January 11, 2021, 07:35:13 PM
Just pick one of the above compliments and add a +1


Hands and feet worked well.
Title: Re: Undead halflings! Now painted
Post by: FreakyFenton on January 11, 2021, 09:04:45 PM
Great idea and wonderful painting!
Title: Re: Undead halflings! Now painted
Post by: majorsmith on January 11, 2021, 10:30:07 PM
Great stuff!!
Title: Re: Undead halflings! Full unit finished
Post by: McYellowbelly on January 12, 2021, 05:17:02 PM
Everyone in Little Piddling on the Cete knew the story...many years ago, a noble, but arrogant halfling, Sir Whotta Coq-hede, led the towns militia off to war.
They left and were never seen again, small halflings who wouldn't go to sleep were warned to sleep or Sir Whotta and his skeleton militia would steal them away.
The children knew it was a fairy tale, despite older halflings swearing on their second breakfast it was true.
Then, one still, moonless foggy night, a small halfling child swore she heard a noise like a horn getting closer.....
Title: Re: Undead halflings! Full unit finished
Post by: Captain Blood on January 12, 2021, 06:32:20 PM
Those are brilliant  :)
Title: Re: Undead halflings! Full unit finished
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on January 14, 2021, 06:51:16 PM
Creative unit.

I do not want to face them.
Title: Re: Undead halflings! Full unit finished
Post by: McYellowbelly on January 14, 2021, 08:48:25 PM
Few more pics
Title: Re: Undead halflings! Full unit finished
Post by: WuZhuiQiu on January 14, 2021, 09:15:07 PM
Great job! How did you achieve that rust effect?
Title: Re: Undead halflings! Full unit finished
Post by: McYellowbelly on January 15, 2021, 09:14:28 PM
Great job! How did you achieve that rust effect?
Vallejo Panzer aces rust colours, working from dark to light using a stippling technique.
Followed by various light washes, Agrax earthshade, Athonian camoshade, sienna.
No fixed pattern, just playing around until I like it!