Oh schaurig ist‘s übers Moor zu gehen. Florian‘s Silver Bayonet

[DivisMal]

Then I found this litte gentleman from Rackham‘s Confrontation line of models who makes an excellent scarecrow.
Since I also love the Northstar scarecrows (which are out of stock everywhere . ), he’ll sooner or later become the king of scarecrow. A scarecrow warlock! (Maybe even one of the Harvestmen?)

[aircav]

That Gargoyle is looking even better 👍

[Malamute]

Love the scarecrow 

[Cordvane]

Got a strange urge to listen to Metallica - Master of puppets. 

[Grumpy Gnome]

Continuing to love it all mate. The Gargoyle in particular takes it to a new level of awesome.

[Metternich]

Delightful figure.

[DivisMal]

Thank you so much, fellow LAFers, while we had visitors today and I wasn’t really able to paint a lot, I did manage to rebase a couple of older models to be used in The Silver Bayonet.

Here is my take on the cultists. Not sure if there is really literary evidence for cultists in Napoleonic times, but the movies Sleepy Hollow and Pacte des Loupes both featured some kind of conspiracy and so, why not!

The models are from Hasslefree iirc and were bought for some Warhammer skirmish fun; they do fit perfectly with the Perry riflemen. The most appropriate use for them might actually be to add a bit of cthuloid insanity to the northwest German bogs: a local branch of the Esoteric Order of Dagon with members in Groningen, Emden and Leer. The wealthy bürgers, kept together by their Frisian blood, are very well aware that both Amaterdam and Hanover are far far away. What sinister ritual are they preparing in the bog? Are they in league with the French? Or the other horrors that stalk the bog at night?

Ladies be brave! Gents be patient! King George has sent some of his best to investigate!

[DivisMal]

And this will be my final entry for the weekend:
Since I now have a model that is a more suitable demon, I thought this miniature might make a good vampire.
In The Silver Bayonet Vampires are mostly very tough monsters. So I’m not sure if the gentlemanly Victorian vampire is a suitable representation, but rather a more monstrous form.

He is accompanied by a female vampire, which is also an older model that I rebased and touched up slightly. I think it was from a Spanish company that sold excellent not-Warhammer stuff in the early 2000s.

So now I have two vampires, which should suffice. I’m now working on some French and hobgoblins.

[FreakyFenton]

 

I really like the Frisian cultists. The models you'Ve chosen and painted look great and I quite like the bit of flavour text you provided. Knowing a few Frisians might have made it that little bit funnier.

I do agree with your explanation of the vampires. There's some great models for more monstrous creatures in the reaper miniatures lineup as well. Great painting!

[Malamute]

 Great stuff, loving the vampires.

[LoxIslay]

Great Project! Amazing progression can't wait to see the next steps!

[DivisMal]

I really like the Frisian cultists. The models you'Ve chosen and painted look great and I quite like the bit of flavour text you provided. Knowing a few Frisians might have made it that little bit funnier.

I do agree with your explanation of the vampires. There's some great models for more monstrous creatures in the reaper miniatures lineup as well. Great painting!

Thank you so much! Actually we’ve got family in Frisia and I’ve got friends on both sides of the border. We’ll let us say I had someone in mind when I drew up the backstory…:)

[DivisMal]

Great stuff, loving the vampires.

Thanks. I was really afraid they’d be too evil.

Great Project! Amazing progression can't wait to see the next steps!

Well painting is difficult right now, but I did manage a few.

[DivisMal]

Padre Rui is joined by noone else than Ada van Helsing, the will-be mother/aunt/relative of a certain Abraham who will follow her career.  Ada is armed with pistols and a silver sword (made by polishing the blade with a needle). She an older model I rebased for The Silver Bayonet to serve as a supernatural investigator.

Edit: I was obviously so tired yesterday night that the text  was full of typos. Sorry for that!

[DivisMal]

Count Michel de Morloque is a French nobleman from the rural nobility. His mother was bitten by a vampire while she was pregnant and gave birth to a weak boy that was hidden away from the public. If it wasn’t for the high status of his family Michel would have ended on the street or get „disposed“. Being the only son pf the late Count saved him from that gruesome fate.

With the revolution, Michel had hoped people would become more tolerant of creatures like him. That was not the case.

It took a man like Major Ducas from Napoleon‘s secret service to realize the potential of the dhampir. Since the Michel is part of a special strike force investigating rebellion and the occult.