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

[ZeroTwentythree]

Other than the standard itself, I'm done with the halberdiers. I've got 4or 5 standards to paint from different units. I think that may be my next project.

[ZeroTwentythree]

Everyone else is Bringing Out their Lead and GenConning and I'm just here at home with my newly arrived non-humans skeletons, robots, and zombie Lemmy. 

[Bloggard]

wow, the halbediers are fantastic.

[ZeroTwentythree]

Thank you!

 recently wrote how I was avoiding buying new minis this year, except to treat myself those few half orcs I recently picked up.

That was like summoning up temptation.

And I gave in to a buy I couldn't pass up. They classic minis and are close enough to half-orcs to be painted and used as such.



Seriously, no more buying minis the rest of the year. 

[fitterpete]

Where are you getting the Grenadier fighting men from?  I'm striking out with the retailers I got my barbarian army from.

[Hobgoblin]

Those Throgg's hobgoblins are terrific models. And yes, they'll make great half-orcs; they're closer to Citadel's other half-orcs than to their other hobgoblins.

They also fit into a nice continuum with Jez Goodwin's Asgard orcs at one end and his Uruk-hai and ogres at the other.

[ZeroTwentythree]

Where are you getting the Grenadier fighting men from?  I'm striking out with the retailers I got my barbarian army from.

I've had them since Grenadier was still around.

They also fit into a nice continuum with Jez Goodwin's Asgard orcs at one end and his Uruk-hai and ogres at the other.

I don't have any of those, but every once in a while I browse the Viking Forge web site. At some point I will order some of the old 'uns.

[ZeroTwentythree]

Been horribly I'll for going on three weeks now. Haven't done any painting in a while, until I rage-painted one of the previously started half-orcs just now.

[Bloggard]

something good's come out of it. top notch as per ...

[beefcake]

Very nice. The shield is especially good.

[Elk101]

Lovely vibe with the figures you've selected.

[Schrumpfkopf]

The half orcs are ace - the old ROR minis were true favs of mine back then.

[ZeroTwentythree]

Thanks!

When I first discovered Citadel miniatures (here in the US), the only ones I could find were the ROR boxes at a couple of hobby shops. I cleaned them out. Sadly most were sold or traded off. But now it's nice nostalgia to get a few back. Never had those Hobgoblins the first time around, though.


Squeezed out a few minutes throughout the day to speed through another Reaper half-orcs. Both of these were admittedly really easy to paint. The second one has been slightly modified. I cut off the ridiculous blades from her armour, and gave her a more humble shield to hopefully look better with the rest of the half-orcs.

[ZeroTwentythree]

I cast polymorph cheap dinosaur toy into skeletal owlbear!

*Poof*



Got a couple of skeletal triceratops toys in a package from Shadespyre a while ago. With a little work I think it turned out OK. The post-surgery beak-like skull, size and stance made me think owlbear.

[beefcake]

That's very cool. Nice conversion!