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

[DeafNala]

I've been pretty happy with my Secret Weapon Skulls...the one missing part of the side of his head is my favorite. Have FUN with them all!

[ZeroTwentythree]

Quick paint test for the heavy skeletal infantry. Obviously I did leave the excessive paulrons off, and swapped out the skull from one of those I got from Secret Weapon. Pretty pleased with how it looks.

This was also a bit of a photographic experiment as well. I used my phone and a pretty well rounded online, Flash based image editor called Pixlr for the photo editing.





While I was cropping the photos, I also noticed some of the extra stuff in the perephery of some of the photos and thought I would post this tiny peek at other parts of my desk...

[beefcake]

Look good. I really like how the skull is more vibrant than the rest.

[affun]

Very nice definite improvement on the source-matter. I'll have to keep this in mind for future reinforcements for my own undead.

(That eye-thing looks ridiculous and intriguing: exciting stuff)

[DeafNala]

The Deadite Knight & his Creepy Associates are WONDERFUL creations, BEAUTIFULLY painted....the  delightfully bizarre Crawling Hand & Eye are FANTASTIC. GREAT WORK!

[ZeroTwentythree]

The hand & eye were part of a 3d printed designer toy I customized for the release show at Rotofugi Gallery in Chicago next week. He's a little bigger scale.  :wink: Just finished him up & put him in the mail.

[DeafNala]

That is just the type of imaginative, bizarre creation that appeals to moi...AND BEAUTIFULLY painted to boot! VERY WELL DONE!

[ZeroTwentythree]

Finished the first small unit of skeletal elite. Only two fit on a base, which is fine. As long as they appear to have the same "mass" as the other formed units, I'm OK with that. I ended up going back and "dusting" the bottom of the robes, and giving the the edges of the armor & weapons a bit more detail. I like the way they turned out, and think they will look good with the army. I may do another set like this at some point in the future. But I've still got plenty of other stuff I'd like to get done first.





I have been re-thinking the "good guys." I already have some metal (Front Rank, Grenadier, Perry) and plastic (Perry) late 15th century medieval figures that I am considering using as my starting force of militia/levy/men-at-arms instead of my old WFB army. I like this idea for a few different reasons. The landsknecht style figures can still be introduced later on as mercenaries, and I can continue to paint them as my mood dictates.

For now, I should probably finish up the Undeadish and skeletal cavalry that are still sitting on my painting table first, though.

[DeafNala]

The Armored Dead Guys look EVEN MORE IMPRESSIVE in a Group than they are individually. VERY WELL DONE!

Painting as the mood moves you sounds like a SPLENDID method to moi.

[von Lucky]

They've come out really well - the balance of colour and size has worked out.

[affun]

I'll definitely keep this in mind for my own undead.

The way the models interact on the bases looks very good: Sort of floaty and etheral - Which suits the billowing robes of the miniatures very well. Quite dynamic!

[Peithetairos]

Those skeletons look ace. The rust effect is very good and just looks beautiful. as others said before, the skulls are a nice contrast to the armour and make the unit pop.

[PatrickWR]

The hand & eye were part of a 3d printed designer toy I customized for the release show at Rotofugi Gallery in Chicago next week. He's a little bigger scale.  :wink: Just finished him up & put him in the mail.

Ha! I used to live right down the street from Rotofugi! Quite a cool store in a fun neighborhood.

[ZeroTwentythree]

Thanks for all the comments!

I haven't personally been to Rotofugi yet. I've been to Chicago a few times (not for a few years, though) but I've always had a packed schedule while I'm there.



Finished my first group of Undeadish cavalry. It may seem like I've become a painting machine, but they have been mostly done for quite a while. I just quickly (maybe a little too quickly) finished them up whenever I could get a few minutes to work on them recently.

[Argonor]

Nope, not too quickly, methinks!

I wish I could churn out nice looking units at your rate...