The Return of The Terror of The Lichemaster - Oktober 2020 - skeletons!

[Dr. The Viking]

I realised that I will never collect the models of The Terror of The Lichemaster set, so I thought I'd do my own adaption of it instead.

I also realised I need a presentation for this year's Horisont gaming convention!

I will use the SAGA rules and modify them heavily to allow for magick and heroic defenders.

Here's a small ridiculous background for the scenario I'm brewing:

It is an ironic thing when the same people are struck by a terrible tragedy twice in their life. It seems at odds with what is ‘OK’; an unfair treatment by the Gods. An unreasonable miscalculation in the abacus of life’s distribution of equality and karma.

Even more ironic is it that the incidence detailed herein has more commonalities with prior events than apparent at first glance. We all know the story of Frugelhofen. It was once made famous because it was visited upon by the great necromancer Heinrich Kemmler and his lieutenants Mikael Jacsen and Racnal the Black. Yes, yes, surely you’ve heard the story.

Well, have you ever heard the story of what happened a hundred years later? No? I thought so.

Well, you see. Ulrich Kemmler (no relation) was a talented young apprentice of the finer arts of healing and magick when he came to Flugelrofen for the first time on behalf of his master. The hamlet had grown immensely in the light of the events of a hundred years ago and was now a sizeable border town of the Empire. He spent some time in the town and eventually got to be on good terms with most of the people.

Soon he and the daughter of the rich merchant Borgel had fallen in love but alas, the father did not think greatly of the idea. Ulrich was devastated and wandered around the wilderness to gather his thoughts.

Influenced perhaps by unsatisfied and dormant mystical powers he started speculating. Speculating about how he could have his precious girl and exact a revenge befitting his humiliation. Then stumbling upon the rotting carcass of a horse on his way back he finally had the answer!

Soon the citizens of Fruhelhogel started coughing. The coughing became worse and the worse became a plague and soon the people had forgotten the names of who was buried and who was about to be. Meanwhile Ulrich sat back and enjoyed his plan as it unfolded.

For 10 years he laboured on endlessly achieving the knowledge necessary to control the dark arts. Aided, in no doubt, by aforementioned and still dormant and unsatisfied mystical powers until one day he went to the mountains and found the tomb of Krell… ‘s neighbour from good times, and exhumed the body of a mighty Chaos Champion with a Kislevetian surname. He was Ksarten Helzinski!

And well, yes, it all went to hell for Flufenhogel from there.

The incidence came to be known as The Return of The Terror of The Lichemaster as everyone thought it was the reanimated corpse of Heinrich Kemmler that was really at work.

I intend to use these guys as Ksarten Helzinski and Ulrich Kemmler


This horde of undees will form the bulk of his troops.


More to come! Painting commences today!


The living side will be primarily city guard/militia and a few barbarians that were passing through on other business. (one of them riding a tiger battle cat!)


For terrain I will primarily construct a board that is more or less a forest of grave stones.  I've yet to see a board that is more or less only a grave yard, and I think this might fit the bill.

At one corner there will be a dead forest (undead entry) and the other corner will have a few buildings (an inn for one).

[DeafNala]

With THAT many cool old minis this ought to be something special. Have FUN* with it all!

*Somehow I can't imagine you not having fun no matter what you're doing.

[Dr. The Viking]

Been working on them.

Do I paint the necromancer's robe with the little black symbols like in the famous undead diorama?




I think perhaps, yes?


The wight's cloth needs a reworking... didn't pan out the way I thought it would. Maybe red is better?!

[Mason]

Just caught this, mate, and I have to say that I am jealous of your Undead collection.
Loads of wonderful sculpts in there.
You lucky bugger!
 

Great start on those robes.
 

Following with much interest from now on....

[OSHIROmodels]

Do I paint the necromancer's robe with the little black symbols like in the famous undead diorama?

Of course 

I like the green, it has an ethereal touch to it.

Keep it coming 

cheers

James

[DeafNala]

The Evil Dudes are coming along SPLENDIDLY...keep up the FINE WORK!

Do I paint the necromancer's robe with the little black symbols like in the famous undead diorama?

I'd go for glowing red runes myself. I'll bet if you let your imagination go, you can come up with something unique.

[vikotnik]

Ksarten Helzinski, eh?  

Cannot wait to see more; when we talked about this, my first thought was of the famous diorama, too. We may see some variations on that theme some time later on...

I like the green as well. Seems more ghostly to me than a warm colour like red.

Keep it coming  

[Constable Bertrand]

Aw Crazy, thats a lovely set of bones you have there! Good to see the knee bone is connected to the thigh bone 

Keen to watch your progress. A Box challenge perhaps?

Cheers
Matt

[Funghy-Fipps]

Sounds and looks good. Can't wait to see the terrain board.

[Dr. Zombie]

Great! I thought you said playtest would be unpainted and proxies. With your speed you'll have this all painted by next week.

- F -

[Too Bo Coo]

Fun project Doc!

[Dr. The Viking]

Urgh!

So many comments! So little to show! 

Thanks for the feedback folks!


I went for the black scriblings on the robe.




And then I changed the cloth on the wight... somewhat


The back side ended up looking the nicest... of course!


I'm not going to paint the bases... before I finish the project! So I guess these are as finished as they'll get for now.


These guys are the next buggers I'll paint:


Don't you just love that heroic skeleton with the sword over his head? Haha! Makes me giggle. 


The necromancer needed a minion sort of sidekick and Hoglet is going to be it.
Also I need to practice my skull skills so I'll paint some plastic skellies to go with the lot first.

[TF Riley]

Cracking stuff!!!

Will follow this with keen eyyes 

[clam]

Looks darn fine, Sir

[Blackwolf]

Man! Love your painting