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

[ZeroTwentythree]

I mentioned before that I had some plans for the first few months of 2018. Here's what January's looking like...



I've previously shared some pics of high elves I've painted as an ongoing, long term commission for a local gaming friend. I'll be starting off the year with some interesting additions to that army. As much as I'm a lover of rank & file mass battles, I do still love cool fantasy models. That's part of what sets fantasy gaming apart from historicals, after all. So this will be a fun diversion from all the undead that I've been working on.

I'm counting on these taking most of January to work on. There's a lot of fiddly little details that will be a difficult to paint. But I'm going to squeeze in a few of my own models as well. Especially since I have to wait at least a couple days for the weather to cooperate for priming. The current plan is some more odds & ends, such as...



Finally) finishing two mounted mages for the Marienburgers/mercenaries, and a second mounted undead-necro-whatever.

The plan for the latter is to sculpt a hunched figure of tattered robes riding that horse. I've got the lower half of a skeletal rider on there for a guide. Maybe I will leave the feet showing out the bottom. Maybe not. Not really sure how to go about it yet.

As for the former two, I need to decide on a color scheme. That's what's largely responsible for holding up the progress for the past few... years.


On that topic, I was looking for inspiration on the internets and stumbled across this: http://beardbunker.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/battle-wizards-now-with-ovaries.html



What an awesome conversion, and great painting as well! Not relevant to what I was looking for, but I had to share. Click the link to check out the whole process and more photos.

Does this happen to belong to someone here? (If so, I must have missed it in the forum.)

[von Lucky]

All looks promising.

For the mounted mages, I'd suggest something away from their usually colour schemes for those models (red, black and yellow/orange). Maybe yellow/green for the female? Not sure for the male.

[commissarmoody]

WOW! She looks better then the source model.

[killshot]

Can’t wait to see those HE models!  The DE is fantastic!!

[ZeroTwentythree]

Just to make sure it's clear -- the conversion isn't mine. I found it on the web, was impressed and wanted to share. 

As far as my mounted mage, I went back to one of my old Mordheim warband color schemes, with a bit of inspiration from the above model as well. Tried to get a subtle pattern on the caparison, similar to a standard I did on a Repanse model years ago. Not sure it worked as well this time.




A peek at how I plan things out with thumbnail sketches before painting the model when I'm not sure how I want to proceed...

[beefcake]

Looks nice.
That red is great.

[von Lucky]

They've come out fine.

[Bloggard]

love the free-hand pattern on the horse's barding thingy.

[ZeroTwentythree]

A rushed attempt at filling in my need for a second mounted necromancer. About 30 min. of sculpting work on top of an old plastic Citadel skelehorse, and probably no more than another 30 min. painting. Turned out OK. Not professional looking or anything, but it's my own and has an oldschool sort of charm (i.e. not up to modern standards.) Progress shots and a final photo on my blog. http://www.zerotwentythree.com/2018/01/second-mounted-necro.html

[von Lucky]

I think he's come out pretty good.

[Little Odo]

Agreed. A nice attempt at a mounted wraith.

[MagpieJono]

He looks great. Certainly a lot better than I could do.

[ZeroTwentythree]

Thanks. Given the limits of my experience and time put into it, I'm happy enough with how it turned out.

Now I want to try some more sculpting, take more time, and improve. I have a bunch of ideas that I've wanted to do. 

[ZeroTwentythree]

Two more Krakon Games skeletal ogres to join the previous one.

[Metternich]

Nice brocade effect on the horse trappings of your mounted magic user, and a very effective kitbash/sculpt of the mounted necromancer.