Baron Kraust's Band of Lost Souls

[Thantsants]

Having been lured into dabbling with the Dark Arts by Phreedh and selling my soul (... well swapping a few minis...) in a Faustian bargain with him for some great undead minis among other things, I've ended up starting a little side project! 

http://teasgettingcold.blogspot.com/2010/05/i-spy-with-my-bulging-long-dead-eye.html

As I'm a mere initiate in the forbidden arts of necromancy I've only got one skellington done so far...







Don't worry though - haven't forgotten the green ones!

Having said that I'm off to resurrect my old plastic skeleton horde... 

[Luckyjoe]

What a fantastic job! I love the eyes.

[phreedh]

Eye-popping =) Funny how the grass is always greener on the other side... I've got a hankering to paint some orcs.

[rob_the_robgoblin]

Wow, awesome!

You've really captured the feel of that mini. Nice and gritty and the eyes are spot on, I love them!

[Thantsants]

Cheers fellas - he was fun to paint and I couldn't not make those googly eyes a feature! Might give them a coat of gloss varnish to make them glisten!

Funny how the grass is always greener on the other side... I've got a hankering to paint some orcs.

Jump in mate - the waters lovely, if a little smelly! 

[Funghy-Fipps]

Simply love what you've done with that Roy Eastland skeleton, darling.  On the subject of Eastland skeles, does anybody know how many he sculpted in all?  I've got a White Dwarf (#133) which shows five, yet I've got one that doesn't appear amongst them.  A scouring of The Stuff of Legends hasn't produced any results so I'd be grateful for any information.  Cheers.

[Thantsants]

Cheers Funghy, old chap!  Distended, bloodshot eyeballs are this season's thing don't you know!


Afraid I couldn't see anything much on Mr Eastland's skellies either...

[rob_the_robgoblin]

Thats, I found a few bits for you (only 2 or 3 minis) in the loft at my parents. I'll send you a PM. 

[Thantsants]

Cheers Rob - most kind!

[rob_the_robgoblin]

No problem, patience may be key though!!! 

[Thantsants]

Well the Book of the Dead has made good bedtime reading and with my newly improved necromantic skills quake before me as I unleash....

... my second skeleton!!! 







Just a little something I whipped up in between watching paint dry on those dwarfs and mules!

Waiting in the limbo that is my pait queue are another 9 warriors, 5 horsemen and 3 archers (I can hear you Phreedh rubbing your hands together!  )

More mutterings here - http://teasgettingcold.blogspot.com/2010/06/dem-bones-dem-bones.html

[phreedh]

Love the first pic, very dynamic pose and all! Looking forward to see what else you will make out of these old plastics. Great kit!

[Thantsants]

Cheers mate - this one was actually assembled by my younger 14 year old self and has survived the years of being bashed around in a box!

Got 9 other warriors who just needed arms sticking on and 5 horsemen who were reunited with their mounts. Did you see my comment about skeleton archers on the blog? 

Wish I still had the wheels and other bits that fell off the chariot though... 

Probably going to wait until Baron Kraust and the other skeleton captains arrive (that Chaos Sorcerer and other baddies you're sending me!) before I do much more - got over 50 odd orcs to paint yet not to mention the poor unfortunates they're going to crump! 

[Thantsants]

Well here's another lost soul for the band - a plastic armoured skellie also from the genius citadel skeleton army box - I loved how the breast plates, helmets and greaves came separately so you had loads of flexibility in posing your horde!

This is another mini that I put together many years ago and has somehow survived to the present day - obviously back then I wasn't too worried about the physics involved in wielding a two-handed scythe and shield at the time but hey-ho! Mind you if I was going for realism not sure I'd be painting up walking skeletons in the first place! 

Enough blather - pics-



See how my photographic skills are improving - placed the shadows cast by the building's archers to form an ominous and shadowy dark skull against the background of the pic... not really but just noticed it looking at the pics again! 





... and the warband so far!



But wait could that be the dread shadow of the baron himself looming across the right hand side of the building?

Actually no - happy coinicidence again - the Baron's still in his dettox bath! 

http://teasgettingcold.blogspot.com/2010/06/any-any-any-old-iron.html

[rob_the_robgoblin]

Awesome stuff. I really need to look through that stuff...

Too much stuff going on!!!