Anatoli's Empire of the Dead thread 23/11/2013

[Anatoli]

Thank you! 


Spent yesterday assembling and sculpting/converting a little on the Bedlam Brotherhood and the limited edition Nadezhda Durova mini. First of all I had bought the resin cobblestone bases specifically for the Bedlam Brotherhood and knew I would have to pin the models to the bases somehow. I did not have a pin vice, and they had been sold out in the brick and mortar store last time I checked so I was weighing my options when I remembered my dad has a power drill - going through his collection of drill heads I found one that was just slightly thicker than a paper clip. Amazingly enough it was both simple and fast drilling holes with the power drill, though you have to be very careful and drill slowly.

With the maniacs from the Bedlam Brotherhood Based, I resorted to re-sculpt the hair on Alice since I liked how she looked on the artwork - and while I was in sculpting/converting mode I also grabbed the Nadezhda Durova miniature and re-sculpted her the way I had imagined since I first saw the miniature on the Kickstarter page.

More pictures of both the Bedlam Brotherhood and Nadezhda Durova can be seen on my blog:

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.se/2013/10/the-bedlam-brotherhood-assembled-and.html

[Anatoli]

First character from the Bedlam Brotherhood painted up, been looking forward to painting Alice since I saw the artwork back during the Kickstarter. As she is the centerpiece of the Bedlam Brotherhood gang and probably the most complex and time consuming miniature to paint I began with her.  I'm confident the rest of the gang of murderous crazies will look great with her standing in the middle.

I tried out my idea of "crayon graffiti" on the asylum floor bases, I will make personalized doodles for each asylum inmate and in different colors to make the bases a bit more interesting.

More pictures of Alice and the cat can be seen over at my blog:
http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.se/2013/10/alice-from-bedlam-brotherhood.html

[Anatoli]

Patient "Eat my bear" from the Bedlam Brotherhood faction, one of the more unhinged minions I assume. More pictures of this stuffed animal gourmand can be seen over at my blog:
http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.se/2013/10/bedlam-bortherhood-eat-my-bear.html

[Anatoli]

This one doesn't have a nickname since he was not featured in the Bedlam Brotherhood artwork during the Empire of the Dead Kickstarter, but it's still a great model nonetheless. My goal is to finish the remaining 5 lunatics before the weekend. More pictures of this guy can be seen on my blog:

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.se/2013/10/bedlam-brotherhood-swirling-straitjacket.html

[Anatoli]

Latest additions to the Bedlam Brotherhood, these go by the nicknames "Tank" and "Hat-man" on the kickstarter art.

Being big and bulky I figure they have a more prominent role within the faction than the smaller lunatics.

More pictures of these two, as well as a group picture of all my painted up lunatics ( I still have 3 Bedlam Brotherhood minis left to paint). I also wrote down a few speculations/predictions and ideas for the Bedlam Brotherhood and how they could work as a new faction in Empire of the Dead.

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.se/2013/10/bedlam-brotherhood-tank-and-hat-man.html

[Anatoli]

Bedlam Brotherhood "Nipper" and "Parson" painted up, just one last lunatic left and this factions is finished.
More pictures of these two can be seen over at my blog:

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.se/2013/10/bedlam-brotherhood-nipper-and-parson.html

[Anatoli]

Last miniature to be painted, this one goes by the name of "Ninja Bob". Wasn't sure I liked the sculpt or not before I started to paint it, but it turned out to be real fun to paint. With this guy painted up the entire Bedlam Brotherhood faction is finished. Next up will be some individual characters.

You can see more pictures of Ninja Bob and a group picture of the entire faction all painted up over at my blog:

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.se/2013/10/bedlam-brotherhood-ninja-bob-and.html

[Anatoli]

This is my heavily converted version of the Nadezhda Durova limited edition miniature that you get with the Requiem Kickstarter for Empire of the Dead. I wanted a more dynamic and combat ready pose, a slightly smaller pistol and I also wanted the hair to be closer to what it looks like on the artwork. So there was some chopping, greenstuffing and a weapon swap (from the EotD weapon sprue).

This is probably the first time I've made such extensive conversion work on a metal miniature, and I'm pretty pleased with both the conversion and the paintjob. I painted the model to match the artwork since I liked the colors.

More pictures of the painted model, and some WIP's over at my blog:

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.se/2013/10/nadezhda-durova-vampire-hunter.html

[abdul666lw]

Outstanding work on Nadezhda Durova!
Now, being partial to Lacepunk, I feel that with a different pistol she would become a great 18th C. Hussarette.

[Anatoli]

Thanks Abdul, yeah she would fit into some kind of lacepunk alternative universe early 19th century setting as well 

[d phipps]

Stunning brushwork! Everything is so crisp. Well done. 

[Anatoli]

Just a quick paintjob of the "Invisible man" miniature from the Empire of the Dead kickstarter range. Not much to say really, though I did have a hard time figuring out how to paint his clothes. In the end I picked a flower pattern and brown colors for the coat and grey pants and hat for contrast.

I will have a slightly longer weekend this week which hopefully means that I will be able to paint up both Lightning Jack and Tom Gaunt - love both minis!

More pictures over at my blog:

http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.se/2013/10/the-invisible-man.html

[Anatoli]

Lightning Jack from the Empire of the Dead:Requiem range. Can't wait to use him on the table!
More pictures over at my blog:
http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.se/2013/11/lightning-jack.html

[Anatoli]

I don't know if this is an original character or some obscure character from a book/comic - but I liked the sculpt and while I was painting it struck me that he would be perfect to use as a Victorian edition of Simon Belmont from the Castlevania games. The idea instantly sparked a Castlevania scenario with Gentlemen fighting to liberate a Vampire and zombie infested eastern European village. If I get around to run a demo of Empire of the Dead at a convention I will have to make sure to use that idea.

More pictures on my blog:
http://anatolisgameroom.blogspot.se/2013/11/empire-of-dead-tom-gaunt-vampire-hunter.html

[kidterminal]

Nice.