Marienburg vs. the Undeadish (update: undead & spooky stuff)

[Hammers]

Thanks!

I've been procrastinating on these, but really think that the Undead need at least one unit. I've painted up two to see how they look & get a feel for the process of painting them. I really like these figures, aside from some of the skulls sculpted into the armour, and the bat-winged shields. I did end up replacing some of shields and cutting off a few bat wings from helms. I'm already tempted to get a second unit of these. (Still tempted to do a second unit of the converted heavy skeletal infantry, too.)

Great PJ on these.

[ZeroTwentythree]

Stuff! In the Mail!

Traded with Death for some old figures.



Now I just need to find a few more wights to round up enough for a unit...

[ZeroTwentythree]

I have been experimenting with some road terrain that I've had in my head for a while, but was finally inspired to start after reading an entry on another blog. I'm not going to copy all of the details here (feeling lazy) but you can read about it here:

http://zerotwentythree.blogspot.com/2015/10/road-warrior.html
http://zerotwentythree.blogspot.com/2015/10/road-warrior-pt-2.html

[ZeroTwentythree]

I made some more simple road sections to see how it looked in place. Also a few more thoughts/ideas. The photos are large and clickable, so I will just link to it here...

http://zerotwentythree.blogspot.com/2015/10/road-warrior-pt-3.html

[Major_Gilbear]

I think they look fine, if a bit high off the table. 

I'm curious though; since these are laid flat on the table, why didn't you just use the roll of textured vinyl on its own? I can't see the floppiness of the vinyl being a huge issue when placed on the table unless it's thin like wallpaper.

Speaking of wallpaper, you can usually get a sample piece from most stores for free, and one piece is more than enough to make a tonne of terrain. You can likely find something with a suitable texture, and is an old trick for texturing large areas quickly and cheaply!

[Corporal Chaos]

Outstanding! I just pages through this thread and am stunned at your quality of work. Nice job.

[ZeroTwentythree]

I'm curious though; since these are laid flat on the table, why didn't you just use the roll of textured vinyl on its own? I can't see the floppiness of the vinyl being a huge issue when placed on the table unless it's thin like wallpaper.

Speaking of wallpaper, you can usually get a sample piece from most stores for free, and one piece is more than enough to make a tonne of terrain. You can likely find something with a suitable texture, and is an old trick for texturing large areas quickly and cheaply!

I wanted these roads to be raised. Above the marsh and bogs. I will be doing some ground-level roads eventually, though they will probably be dirt/mud.

I had done a little looking for wallpaper, but hadn't found anything I liked and lost patience with that hunt very quickly. I've seen a lot of good stuff on other people's blogs, etc. but have no idea what its called or where to find it.



I've left the simple cork roads sitting on the table for a bit now, and I think I'm getting used to them. I think I will just leave them as they are for now, make a few more, and keep going with other things. I can always add more detail to them later.

So, in terms of moving on to other things, the road looked like it needed more bogs around it. At some point I hope to work out a way to tie all of the little bogs together a bit.






I continue to procrastinate in regard to those Black Knights. I've made a rule for myself that I will not paint any more figures until they are done. That is why I now have a few road sections and more bogs (not painting figures!), and a few more miniatures prepped (not painted!) Joining the Life & Death Elementals is the Plague Elemental. It's the weak link in the otherwise outstanding Citadel Elemental series, in my opinion, but I'll see if I can do a better job painting it this time around. I just finished stripping the really old paint off of him. I finally managed to strip all the old paint off the Ral Partha Jabberwock as well.

[ZeroTwentythree]

I made actual progress on the black knights. I didn't have a lot of time to work on them, but I am celebrating the little victories.




I know what I want to do wih the rest of the cork, but similarly limited in time. I did cut & paint a couple of angled segments, and two ruined segments.

[ZeroTwentythree]

I finally finished the Black Knights, and have the too-contrasty out photo to prove it.




Do we get names anymore? Do we know who sculpted/designed these at GW? Whoever it is did a great job. My painting is just OK, but the figures are so nice they elevate a mediocre paintjob and look great on the table.


I recently (and unexpectedly) won a lowball bid on some of the really old plastic skeletons. They were already assembled, though they required some minor repairs & repositioning. Painting was quick & simple, and I worked on them as I finished the knights. So now I have some lighter cavalry as well as the heavies.




I have also re-based a giant hawk/eagle that was on loan to a friend while I repaired his (newer & bigger) eagle. I believe this is an old Grenadier model, and was painted ages ago.




Now that the Black Knight monkey is off my back, I can think about what to do next. I may paint a few of the individual figures I've prepped recently. Maybe I can think about the next unit (or large critter!) to paint while I do that. Maybe something with a bit more color...

[beefcake]

Nice. I like that eagle. That's a "monster" mini I dont have that need to get.

[Major_Gilbear]

Well done on the cavalry - they look great!

No idea who sculpted the BK - not only do GW no longer publish the artists any more, it's also possible that the plastic kits designed digitally are the work of more than one person.

[Elbows]

Stunning work as ever, the skeleton cavalry look particularly good.

[ZeroTwentythree]

Thanks!

It wasn't originally part of the plan, I'd love to add some more of those old "bare bones" (haha) cavalry to the army if I can get some at a cheap price again. These were a bit of a surprise win on eBay.

No idea who sculpted the BK - not only do GW no longer publish the artists any more, it's also possible that the plastic kits designed digitally are the work of more than one person.

Even more impressive if it's more than one person working on the multi-part kit. In any case, if the anonymous designer (or someone they know) sees this: great work.

While I'm not a huge fan of some of the aesthetic directions GW has gone in for quite a while, I think some of the plastic kits they've done more recently are really amazing. I wouldn't mind painting up some of the Wild Riders/Sisters at some point. The Nurgle fly critters look pretty tempting too -- though I would probably leave the riders off.

[ZeroTwentythree]

Painted two individual figures. First up is Phil. Phil the Spectre. He's a plastic "wight lord" kit from GW, and as with the black knights, I'm really impressed at the quality. Phil will probably end up leading a skeletal infantry division. I think it's only appropriate to give him aggressive & violent stats, and the ability to cast some sort of "wall of sound" spell.







Next is a figure I sculpted long ago. I have a handful of castings from when it was available from Black Orc Games (they seem to have disappeared?) I've only painted one of them before & thought I would paint one to fit with the palette of the current project.

[Reed]

Looks like a very chaotic vulture-man kind of sorcerer.
Love the wight lord, I think the Vampire Count range was one of the most improved with 8th edition.