Undead pumpkin head knight - Posted: June 22, 2025
Picked this up when I first saw it and sat on it for years. It's going to do double duty
as a vampire for my undead and probably as a Chaos lord for the pumpkin-themed Chaos army.
Also, the bloody sword broke, and it was going to be hard to store it with the intact sword
anyway, so I decided not to repair it. I thought that it would be like Narsil or something.
Undead pumpkin head knight - Posted: June 22, 2025
From the back the black coffin shield is kinda good looking I think, and it breaks up all of the
orange back here with the head and the cloak!
Undead Skeleton Standard Bearer - Posted: May 28, 2025 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop - Warhammer
When I first saw this figure when it was released I thought that it was the epitome of
what a perfect, modern figure looked like. It had so much movement and dynamism, with its
flowing tattered clothes and its swinging bell. I thought that miniatures couldn't get better!
Here we are almost 30 years later and I sitll think it's great, but I do see how it's a little
goofy still, carrying with it still a lot of that early 90s goofy proportioned Warhammer miniature
style. I still like it a lot, so I went out and picked it up on eBay even though I absolutely do NOT
need any more undead standard bearers.
Undead Skeleton Standard Bearer - Posted: May 28, 2025 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop - Warhammer
The back of the undead standard bearer is pretty fun too, with the still somewhat goofy sword scabbard
that harks back to the earlier 90s era when the swords were absurdly large everywhere.
Pumpkin Twig Blights - Posted: October 4, 2015 - Manufacturer: Neldoreth's Miniatures
I attempted to have this blight leaning forward, running. The idea was that maybe it's head was a bit
large and heavy, making the blight top heavy... I picture comical running accented by funny wipe outs!
Pumpkin Twig Blights - Posted: October 4, 2015 - Manufacturer: Neldoreth's Miniatures
A little more contemplative, this one.
Pumpkin Twig Blights - Posted: October 4, 2015 - Manufacturer: Neldoreth's Miniatures
This one shows a bit more of the long, gangly look that I tried to get. Unlike the earlier ones
I'd done years ago - which were stubby - these ones are a bit more dexterous and gangly.
Pumpkin Twig Blights - Posted: October 4, 2015 - Manufacturer: Neldoreth's Miniatures
Running for hugs, that's what I was trying for with this one. Perhaps I should have taken a side shot
of the fig to show that better...
Undead Lady - Posted: August 27, 2013 - Manufacturer: Freebooter Miniatures
I ordered this undead lady at the same time I ordered the first one
back in 2007. To think that I've lugged this figure around for six years on my painting shelf! It was simply too
intimidating to paint, because naturally I wanted it to turn out better than the first one. In the end I'm pretty
happy with it after all thi time. No freehand, but I think it works in spite of that. That being said, I believe that
the white looks better in person than in the picture. I find white is a tough colour to photograph.
Skeleton Magician - Posted: August 27, 2013 - Manufacturer: Heartbreaker Miniatures
I got this one with a huge lot of fantasy miniatures for role playing about five years ago...
The staff originally had a demon head with horns on it, but I replaced it to go with the halloween
pumpkin theme of my undead army. May the dead ever rot and tear the flesh of the living with the
help of this magic user!
Zombie Werewolf - Posted: October 31, 2012 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
Six werewolves and this is the final one for now. It's also potentially my favourite paint
job of them all. Instead of going from a stark brown to ivory colour scheme on the fur on this one
I stuck with a warm highlight scheme, and I think it worked a lot better. Made the fur much less
like non-metallic metal :)
Zombie Werewolf - Posted: October 31, 2012 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
I went for a greenish skin, assuming that the hair/fur had fallen off. I kept the muscles wet,
inspired by Hellraiser...
Zombie Werewolf - Posted: October 31, 2012 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
I tried to keep the bones dirty, not too clean, but it's tough. Some watered down red in the joints
was intended to be the remains of tissue and tendons/ligaments.
Zombie Werewolf - Posted: October 31, 2012 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
The flesh on the face peeled off, making the gums visible, so I decided to paint them as such
and it was fun. The wet muscles again here, the key to painting those is to highlight the high areas to
almost white.
Zombie Werewolf - Posted: October 31, 2012 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
The second wolf unit, this one made up of two living (potentially zombie infected) werewolves
being lead by the zombie werewolf, of perhaps lich werewolf!
Zombie Werewolf - Posted: October 17, 2012 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
This is my favourite of all of the zombie werewolves I've painted. It's not just the
sculpt, but also the detail that I've been able to use on the bones, skin, fur, etc. It will
play the role of the champion of my zombie werewolf unit.
Zombie Werewolf - Posted: October 17, 2012 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
The old, weathered 'PUMPKIN SALE' sign. Weathered in that dry, prairie aged sort of way
where wood dries out and turns gray. I'm happy with it, but I have a desire to do more with this
kind of thing down the line.
Zombie Werewolf - Posted: October 17, 2012 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
Muscles, skin and bones. This one was a pleasure to paint.
Zombie Werewolf - Posted: October 17, 2012 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
That dead, wandering eye is my favourite.
Zombie Werewolf - Posted: October 17, 2012 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
I like how the spinal column pokes through the skin on the back, pretty cool.
Zombie Werewolf - Posted: October 17, 2012 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
The first unit is ready. The second unit will be made up of one zombie and two living werewolves.
Zombie Werewolf - Posted: October 1, 2012 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
This is possibly one of the chsiest madels ever... I can imagine the concept conversation
about this one, but I would have liked to have been a fly on the wall for it in any case! "You want
a second werewolf based on the first one with a skeleton?". In any case I'm happy with the brown
fur on this one. Perhaps it's a tad over highlighted, but it stands out.
Zombie Werewolf - Posted: October 1, 2012 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
I went for a greenish skin on this one, not that there's a lot of skin, but I think it makes it
look almost like the camera colour was off, rather than actually being painted green... which is sorta what
I was going for I guess :) I'm just too used to looking at healthy skin I guess!
Zombie Werewolf - Posted: October 1, 2012 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
Another close up here. I tried to get the eye at an odd angle, but it looks like a mistake... perhaps
it's too close to being a normal angle...
Zombie Werewolf - Posted: October 1, 2012 - Manufacturer: Mantic Games Dwarves and Reaper Miniatures
Here's a picture of the previous werewolf (more pictures coming up in the gallery) facing
off some of Mantic Games' dwarves.
Zombie Werewolf - Posted: September 24, 2012 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
The first of the zombie werewolves! Reaper has three zombie werewolf poses, and this is one of my favourites.
I like the hanging skin, the open back, and the exposed muscles. I tried to make it look suitably grisly, and not
too clean and tidy, and I'm happy with the outcome... Perhaps a bit more matted fur, but otherwise I like it.
Zombie - Posted: January 3, 2012 - Manufacturer: Mantic Games
A bigger picture of the figure for all the gruesome details... yes, it's a double entendre
describing the subject matter and the quality of the painting ;)
Zombie - Posted: January 3, 2012 - Manufacturer: Mantic Games
Really cool ,radical poses on these Mantic figures. I've gotten used to the details on these figs
as well, so they paint up pretty easily now. I went with the dry-brown skin look, and I like it.
Zombie - Posted: January 3, 2012 - Manufacturer: Mantic Games
This dried out greenish corps is carrying a pretty fresh and delicious head! For this one, I really tried to
make a clear distinction between the old, dry blood from the zombie itself, and the fresh blood from it's most
recent victim. How did it work out? I like the results.
Zombie - Posted: January 3, 2012 - Manufacturer: Mantic Games
An old, dry-blooded half of a corpse wandering around the dark plains of the human lands... I really
like this figure, and according to D&D zombies attack with a slam attack, so it works!
Zombie - Posted: January 3, 2012 - Manufacturer: Mantic Games
The pose of this one really gives the impression that the zombie is scrambling for brains...
A lot of the Mantic figs have this extremely bent over pose, and it works pretty well.
Zombie - Posted: January 3, 2012 - Manufacturer: Mantic Games
This pose is more agile and ghoulish, but it's still cool for a zombie. Perhaps it's a zombie
that just barely didn't make the cut to being a lich. He's got lots of fresh blood on him.
Zombie - Posted: January 3, 2012 - Manufacturer: Mantic Games
Mmm... fresh hand for dinner...
Zombie - Posted: January 3, 2012 - Manufacturer: Mantic Games
This zombie's dragging itself across the ground! It's the counterpart to the walking legs...
partly anyway.
Zombies and dwarfs - Posted: January 3, 2012 - Manufacturer: Mantic Games
The zombies rush towards the fresh flesh of the dwarfen lines! My only real criticism of Mantic's zombies
is that there are no female zombies.
Zombie - Posted: November 2, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Games
The first of Mantic's zombies that I've painted. These figs are insanely detaile, which is good for the dip method,
not so geed for the pure highlight style that I use... Still, them make for some excellent figures when they're done. I'm
particularily hapy with the blood...
Zombie - Posted: November 2, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Games
The poses on the Mantic figures are very dynamic, almost too much so. Still, the detail of the intestines and whatnot
is quite excellent. The fresh hand contrasts great with the black-corpse rotting look of the zombie.
Zombie - Posted: November 2, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Games
This zombie, along with the other Mantic zombies, looks like it's about ready to fall over! hopefully it will
get its hand on some flesh first! I like the face of this one. Again I went with the black-dry rotting flesh again.
If it weren't magically animated, this would be one stiff, dry corpse!
Zombies attacking Vikings - Posted: November 2, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Games and Wargames Factory
Neither side of the battle realized what was happening as the dead shambled out of the forrest... The battle between
the kingdoms was over though... and a new battle begun.
Wild Orc Zombie - Posted: May 10, 2011 - Manufacturer: Unknown
These figures were purchased in the mid 1990s. They are wild or barbarian orcs from some
manufacturer I am not sure of, and I used them as ghouls for my undead army. Pretty hefty ghouls,
but I would still use them as such! I really like the figures, and I'm sad that they are now apparently
extinct!
Wild Orc Zombie - Posted: May 10, 2011 - Manufacturer: Unknown
This is from the same line as the previous, probably my least favourite pose, but it's still
cool. The blood on these guys is the latest scheme I've come up with, and I really like it!
Wild Orc Zombie - Posted: May 10, 2011 - Manufacturer: Unknown
There are three poses in this collection, two of which have the same lower half... But they still
manage to look good. I really like the armour on this one too... Who said a ghoul couldn't wear armour? I mean
many ghouls come from the ranks of player-character and various soldiers! It also makes a great zombie orc.
Wild Orc Zombie - Posted: May 10, 2011 - Manufacturer: Unknown
similar pose to the previous one with a different head. I'm really happy with these figs, and they
will likely play the role of zombie ogres in my D&D game, even though they are a bit on the small side for
that... I mean, what would I ever use 10 zombie ogres for in the future?
Wild Orc Zombie - Posted: May 10, 2011 - Manufacturer: Unknown
This is probably my favourite pose, and the second of two of these that I have. I painted the chain mail
loin covering as actual chain mail on this one, instead of the dirty cloth or matted fir scheme I used on the other
one.
Wild Orc Zombie - Posted: May 10, 2011 - Manufacturer: Unknown
This is the third version of this sculpt, this one with no armour at all. This one is more a ghoul than
a zombie in colour scheme, given that it isn't overly injured itself, but covered in the blood of its
victims!
Wild Orc Zombie - Posted: May 10, 2011 - Manufacturer: Unknown
This would be a great figure if it wasn't for the left side of its head all smushed and poorly cast
against its shoulder.
Wild Orc Zombie - Posted: May 10, 2011 - Manufacturer: Unknown
The second one of these. I really like the face.
Wild Orc Zombie - Posted: May 10, 2011 - Manufacturer: Unknown
Another variation on the previous sculpt, more ghoul-like again.
Wild Orc Zombie - Posted: May 10, 2011 - Manufacturer: Unknown
The most armoured version of these that I painted for the set of 10 that I needed. I really like
the armour, especially the chain mail. This is also probably the bloodiest as well!
Ghoul - Posted: May 10, 2011 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
As if for comparison, here are two actual ghoul figures. These ones are likely from the same period as
the previous orcs. They are a bit skinnier, but over all, very similar. Again with the new blood scheme, which
I think is working quite well.
Ghoul - Posted: May 10, 2011 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
Final extra ghoul. I love the skull and back bone weapon... Not sure how feasible it is, but
it's certainly got style.
Kings of War Undead Army - Posted: February 17, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic, Games-Workshop, Reaper, Grenadier and various miniatures
The entire army in all it's glory! After 2.5 months it's not quite as large as I had hoped!
Second Army Standard Bearer - Posted: February 17, 2011 - Manufacturer: Grenadier Miniatures
The second army standard bearer for the undead army. I realized how key these figures are
for an army during a game of Kings of War and decided on a whim to whip one up using an old
figure I had on hand. I sculpted and built the scarecrow over a few days but painted this one
from start to finish in a single evening. I really like the old-school quality of the figure.
Close-up of the scarecrow standard - Posted: February 17, 2011 - Manufacturer: Sculpted and built by Neldoreth
A close up of the scarecrow... which I realize is no larger than the previous picture!
Undead Army Standard Bearers - Posted: February 17, 2011 - Manufacturer: Grenadier and Reaper miniatures
A comparison of the two army standard bearers. I like how the old-school figure on the
left plays off of the brand new style of the Reaper figure on the right. I imagine these
two argue a lot about who's the better bearer... Skeletons, they're incorrigible.
Pumpkin constructs playing undead rats - Posted: February 17, 2011 - Manufacturer: Sculpted by Neldoreth
The final set of figures I needed for the army were the undead rats... They give a skeleton
unit special healing powers, and then should be represented. I fully intended to use some rats I had
on hand, or the Mantic skeleton dogs. In the end I went with a buddy's suggestion to use the little
pumplin-headed constructs instead! So, I sculpted up four, painted them, based, and blammo! Quite happy
with their character, especially the strutting one second from the right..
Undead Ghouls - Posted: February 14, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
The first of two ghoul troops for Kings of War. At first I wasn't all that keen on
these Mantic ghouls... But as they got closer to being finished, I appreciated them more and more.
Now that they're done, I really like them. I'm happy with the look here, and the dynamic poses. This
troop can stack behind another to form a regiment!
Undead Ghouls - Posted: February 14, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
A close-up image of the bloody mess that these ghouls ended up becoming...
Undead Ghouls - Posted: February 14, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
I realliy like this ghoul, especially the cleaver. I splattered the front with watery
dark red, which gives the miniature a sickly pink mottling. I like it a lot, which is good because
it would have been impossible to fix ;) I also really liked that jack-o-lantern!
Undead Ghouls - Posted: February 14, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
Another jack-o-lantern! And the backs of a couple of ghouls. Originally I had planned to mix
different colours into the clothing, but stuck with gray and brown instead. I'm not sure I would do
it that way again though, but it works for this unit.
Undead Ghouls - Posted: February 14, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
The second troop of ghouls. When this one stacks in front of the previous one, it forms a regiment
unit and the fence connects with the fence on the other one. I imagine these ghouls are moving fast, driven
by bloodlust. Note that the pumpkin on the left there is the very same pumpkin I used on the first ghoul
element I did a couple of years ago for my old undead HotT army. I figured it should stay!
Undead Ghouls - Posted: February 14, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
A close up of the pumpkin and that bloody knife-weilding ghoul! I liked the bloodiness of
the figures. Also, the dynamic poses. There is a lot of detail in the faces and hands, but almost too
much on the clothes... so many little folds.
Undead Ghouls - Posted: February 14, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
I want to taste your flesh....
Undead Ghouls - Posted: February 14, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
Here are the two troops stacked to form a regiment. Note that there is continuity in the fence. I am pretty
happy with these figures; Mantic did a great job on a couple of figures with a few extra options that allowed
them to become a pretty convincing and very affordable unit.
Undead Skeleton Revenants - Posted: February 7, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
The second Revenant regiment is done! This one purely Mantic figures, and it brings my total
of regiments for this army up to seven now! I am very happy with it!
Undead Skeleton Revenants - Posted: February 7, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
I put a couple of spear-armed figures in the unit for effect even though the unit doesn't support
the weapon explicitly. It's just such an effective pose with a spear!
Undead Skeleton Revenants - Posted: February 7, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
The revenant leader here, who has an arrow for his troubles! Officers must lean quickly not to
distinguish themselves too well or they get the attention of enemy archers!
Undead Skeleton Revenants - Posted: February 7, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
A close up of the banner bearer and his fellow front-rank figures. I like the dynamic pose,
and the weapon/shield in the left hand worked pretty well I think.
Undead Skeleton Revenants - Posted: February 7, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
A close up of the horn blower. Posing the horn to the mouth wasn't all that hard and it
has a great affect.
Undead Skeleton Revenants - Posted: February 7, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
A close-up of the front rank of the Revenant unit.
Undead Skeleton Revenants - Posted: February 7, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
A close-up of the jack-o-lantern on the front of the unit. I have sculpted many of these for this project...
I might do a count and a collage of images at the end!
Undead Skeleton Revenants - Posted: February 7, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
Here's the dead Revenant on the front rank. Pretty happy with this, but it wasn't all that easy to convert,
and as you can tell the lying pose isn't quite perfect. Still, it does the job!
Undead Skeleton Revenants - Posted: February 7, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
A close up of the banner bearer and other members of the front rank. Pretty nice set of figures here. I like
the banner bearer pose for sure, but that small hand has trouble holding that thick banner! With care it will
be fine though.
Undead Skeleton Revenants - Posted: February 7, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
A close-up of the jack-o-lantern on the back of the Mantic revenant regiment. That's another one sculpted by me.
Undead Skeleton Revenants - Posted: February 7, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
Two Revenant regiments make a horde, and here are the old Grenadier/Reaper miniature's Revenants along side
the Mantic ones. How does the scale look to you?
Undead Skeleton Revenants - Posted: February 7, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
Again I had a left-over revenant after finishing the Revenant regiment. I decided to save this one
in particulare because I really liked the threatening, football jock type pose!
Undead Skeletons - Posted: January 31, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
This is the second regiment of skeletons, and the first set of figures from Mantic that I've done. It turned out
well, and the unit looks nicely rag-tag. I'm very happy with it, and I think it will fit with the other figures I have
for the army as well.
Undead Skeletons - Posted: January 31, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
I went with Mantic's idea of having a unit leader this time around. This leader here chose a sword over a
spear... I don't envy him! Maybe I should have done his feather orange... I'm happy with it though.
Undead Skeletons - Posted: January 31, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
It's kinda tough to see, but here's a better view of the standard bearer. I used the standard bearer figure,
but replaced the stock standard with another scare-crow standard. It worked pretty well, as the Mantic miniature pose
is excellent. I increased its sturdiness by gluing the scare crow to the base of the fig as well as the hand.
Undead Skeletons - Posted: January 31, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
I really like the crow devouring the brains on that skeleton head that Mantic supplies. I had to use it
an I imagine that it's a zombie crow... braaaainns.... caw.... braaains....
Undead Skeletons - Posted: January 31, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
Another musician using Mantic figures. Again I used only the main part of the horn supplied since it looks convincingly
like a real horn from the early medieval period. This skeleton is holding it in a relaxed pose. I figures it just channels fearful
magic anyway, and doesn't work the same was as a real instrument would! I love the lanky hair on this fig...
Undead Skeletons - Posted: January 31, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
This skeleton was made using a set of legs glued onto a slightly-modified version of the skeleton body
bursting out of the ground that is included on the mantic sprew. I liked the pose, and I figured it would look
great on a body, and I think I was right. All I had to do was cut off the bottom part of the spine and it
glued on perfectly.
Undead Skeletons - Posted: January 31, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
I really like the over-arm attacking pose. I wish Mantic had more of these for front-rank figures... That being
said, I like the low motivation of the shambling skeletons as well, so I'm not unhappy! I like the fig here especially
because its attacking over the fence! One thing though... shields face forward Mantic, forward!
Undead Skeletons - Posted: January 31, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
A close up of my one-and-only jack-o-lantern with the square-toothed mouth. These are the standard design you
see on Halloween around here, so it's about time I did one! I think it turned out well so expect to see more..
Undead Skeletons - Posted: January 31, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
Here's a view of the unit from the perspective of the shield fronts. Notice all the jack-o-lantern design action!
I really like it. Pumpkins are just so da*n evil and cool looking!
Undead Skeletons - Posted: January 31, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
A side-top view of the unit showing off the shields again.
Undead Skeletons - Posted: January 31, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
A close up of the scare-crow standard. I am pretty happy with this scare-crow standard theme.
Undead Skeletons - Posted: January 31, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
Here's an image of the two skeleton regiments side-by-side. Despite the obvious style and size
difference between the two units, I think they will look killer on the battlefield together. I might
even field them as a single horde at some point as well.
Undead Skeletons - Posted: January 31, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
Some skeletons on the Mantic sprew just won't take a spear... This is one. Short of re-sculpting a hand
it's stuck with its sword. So, I kept is on a single base for D&D or whatever. No face on the shield, that was on
purpose... This skeleton can't follow orders and stay in line long enough to get one!
Undead Skeletons - Posted: January 31, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Miniatures
This is the only set of legs that makes the figure look likes it's attacking. Again, the spear option
wasn't there for this figure, so it's on its own base. I am sure I will find a use for it!
Undead Lich King for my Kings of War undead army - Posted: January 24, 2011 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
The last of the characters that I had planned for the undead Kings of War project!
I picked up this fig in the mid 90s, and I always liked it. Not only is it a woman, but it's got
a dynamic that I really like. It will see all kinds of action in Kings of War, and D&D as well
as other skirmish fantasy. The pumpkin was sculped by me.
Undead Zombies for Kings of War - Posted: January 24, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop
The second zombie regiment for my Kings of War undead army! Another mix of the macabre
shambling zombies. I am pretty happy with this one as well as the
first regemiment that I did.
Undead Zombies - Posted: January 24, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop
This is a 'casualty', which I haven't really done since I finished the
Skeleton regiment back in December.
Of course, I'm not sure one measely arrow would take out a zombie... As you can see, above the
fallen zombie are a couple of pierced zombies who still seem to be at it! But who knows...
In any case, I am happy with the effect.
Undead Zombies - Posted: January 24, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop
I painted this zombie a bit more fresh than the others... Or perhaps the person died
in a water trough or something, so it had time to rot, unlike all the others who dried out first.
The arrow in the leg hit it just recently, after all the fluids had left... Still, it shambles on!
The skull and red enamel paint are the original paint job.
Undead Zombies - Posted: January 24, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop
A side view of the eye catcher zombie... I just can't get enough of these 'shot in the eye'
poses for this army...
Undead Zombies - Posted: January 24, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop
Another dragging zombie, inspired by the
first dragging zombie I did for the previous regiment. It's not quite as characterful, and it's
tougher to notice, but it still works well.
Undead Zombies - Posted: January 24, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop
I did one or two similar poses for my original 90s undead army, and I really wanted to do one again.
So, here it is... a vigorously crawling zombie who misplaced its torso... Fear!
Undead Zombies - Posted: January 24, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop
A back view of the crawling zombie. Notice how a good amount of its skin has been peeled away
by the dragging motion?
Undead Zombies - Posted: January 24, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop
It was always the intention to be able to field the two zombie regiments as a single horde unit.
A horde in Kings of War is basically made up of double the figs of a regiment, and so two regiments placed
side-by-side. I built the bases of these regiments so that they 'fit' together theme-wise. The fence on
each base actually lines up with the other when put together to improve cohesion. I am very satisfied with this!
Undead Zombies - Posted: January 24, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop
An upper view of the horde. I think that I managed to get the effect of the zombies trying to spill
over the fence and toward the enemy... But it could have been done a bit better I guess... Still, I'm pretty
happy with the zombies overall!
Undead Zombies - Posted: January 17, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop
The first zombie regiment. I am quite happy with the shambling zombie horde that this regiment
turned out to be. I ended up fitting only 21 zombies on the unit, not including the single arm poking
out of the ground on the back of the unit. All the glossy blood you see on there is from the original
paint jobs, it's enamel, and I like its effect!
Undead Zombies - Posted: January 17, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop
This one I did when I originally put the zombies together. It was an attempt to increase the
number of zombies in the zombie box set from GW. But it was a novel idea that I kept in tact, as is,
except the paint job of course. Everything except the enamel blood!
Undead Zombies - Posted: January 17, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop
A close up view of the front rank of the zombie regiment, complete with three arrows; two arrows in
zombies and one in the ground.
Undead Zombies - Posted: January 17, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop
A close up of one of the zombies with an arrow in it. This arrow appears to have little
or no effect on the zombie's ability to shamble!
Undead Zombies - Posted: January 17, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop
This is the right side of the unit, and it has a story. First, the gray zombie there seems
to be following the dragged zombie... Perhaps still interested in eating the trailing entrails there?
But the real story is with the figure at the end, on the far right of the picture. That's old Granddad.
He actually passed away in his bed a few days previous, and his hut just happened to be within the range
of the raise-dead spell that re-animated the slaughtered villagers. Bad times for the humans of Rim...
Undead Zombies - Posted: January 17, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop
I am pretty happy with the arm bursting from the ground... But I think that I need to
put a darker brown around the opening to indicate fresh earth... Still, this will do for now!
Undead Zombies - Posted: January 17, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop
This one, like the thrusting arm before, should have come with darker earth around the
opening of the ground... but still, it worked out well I think. The arrow fell just short, and it looks
like this unlikely corpse is about to rise again and eat something fresh...
Undead Zombies - Posted: January 17, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop
And finally, a close up of the banner that I made for the unit. These are made with bamboo skewers
and tooth picks. A bit of black linen from some extra fabric I had, and a sculpted jack-o-lantern for a
head. Pretty happy with it!
Undead Zombies - Posted: January 17, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop
And here we see a comparison between my older paint scheme/execution (left) and my new one (right).
I think it's pretty clear which one is better... but I'm not sure now that I look at it. Aside from the goofy
green clothes on the old one, I think the older figure works almost as well! But... at the moment there's only
one of these un-repainted zombies left... all the rest are in various stages of re-painting...
Undead skeleton balefire catapult - Posted: January 10, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Games
This is the first of two catapults for the undead Kings of War army. This one is pure Mantic miniatures.
I really like the loader and the spyglass figures, and the catapult itself is a lot better than my first impression
thought of it. There are a lot of little details on it, which I tend not to like, but it worked. I figured I'd do
something funny in the arrow and the jack-o-lantern shield! Also I changed the skulls into jack-o-lanterns to stick
with the theme of the army, and I like the idea a bit better; the idea of exploding jack-o-lanters seems more plausible
to me thanks to the Green Goblin and the Hobgoblin of Spider-man fame.
Undead skeleton loader of the balefire catapult - Posted: January 10, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Games
A most excellent sculpt from Mantic games, converted to hold a jack-o-lantern projectile. You can also see the
little stack of jack-o-lanterns that I sculpted to play the part of ammunition for the war machine.
Undead skeleton balefire catapult - Posted: January 10, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Games
Very cool spyglass holding skeleton commander for the catapult. Also a close-up of the arrow in the shield.
The thing about this catapult is that I figure it's basically a magical construct itself, much like the skeletons that
support it. So, I imagine it aims and shoots itself, it just needs to be loaded and told where to fire. This commander
is figuring out the best target and will shortly let the catapult know :)
Undead skeleton balefire catapult scatch-built by Neldoreth, figures - Posted: January 10, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Games
The second catapult was scratch-built by myself. The figures are made up of extra bits from the skeleton
catapult crew frame as well as the Revenant command frame. The catapult itself is mostly card and balsa wood with
some string and green stuff thrown in there. I copied the design of the Mantic catapult closely so that it would match.
I'm very happy with it.
Undead skeleton balefire catapult commander - Posted: January 10, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Games
I used the body, head and right arm from the Mantic catapult crew frame for this figure, and the
legs from a Revenant command spru. Pretty happy with how it turned out; Mantic's skeletons are second to none.
Undead skeleton loader for the balefire catapult - Posted: January 10, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Games
This fig was made from the Revenant command spru with a sculpted jack-o-lantern in the hand. It worked out
pretty well I think.
Undead skeleton balefire catapult battery - Posted: January 10, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Games
This picture shows the size difference between my scratch-built catapult (left) and the Mantic one (right).
It wasn't done on purpose, but happened because I just built it by eye without measuring anything. I am happy with
both, and I might even build more later on if I find I need them.
Lich King - Posted: January 10, 2011 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
I threw in a lich king figure alon with the catapult crew since it only required four figs... I realized I should paint more
if I could! I am pretty happy with this one... I wasn't sure if the lich king would let his armour get rusty, but then I figured
it would have to match the army theme anyway, so I am sure there's a reason... His magical protection is actually far greater than
the armour, so he doesn't really care? Anyway, pretty happy with this figure.
Undead skeleton balefire catapult - Posted: January 10, 2011 - Manufacturer: Mantic Games
I also threw in another Revenant figure while painting the catapult crew. This one will be included in the
Mantic figures Revenant regiment when I get aorund to painting it. In the meant time, here it is unbased and
waiting for its unit base! Nice figure. Again I faced the head in the same direction as the shield. I like everything
except the face really... but it painted up well anyway so I'm happy with it!
Undead mounted skeleton Revenant or Grave Guard - Posted: January 3, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop and Mantic Games
This mounted regiment represents something I've wanted to do for a long time... Make my undead
cavalry from old-school GW figs much less lame (incidentally, the latest Vampire Counts cavarly are just
as lame as these - imo). They include a mix of GW figs (undead skeletons and Empire horses - along with some
Battlemaster horses) and Mantic Revenant figures! Yes, that one skeleton is going down!
Undead mounted skeleton Revenant or Grave Guard - Posted: January 3, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop and Mantic Games
On the side view you can see the numerous jack-o-lanterns on the ground there. Also you have a
good view of the rusted metal. Again, these wights or revenants were kitted out with new gear when they
were raised, but after a couple of months on campaign, since they don't take care of their gear, it's
starting to rust! Steel rusts... Thank the engineers for stainless steel!
Undead mounted skeleton Revenant or Grave Guard - Posted: January 3, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop and Mantic Games
Mmm... metal skeleton horse butt... And so many jack-o-lanterns! Note that I took the time to put the
tails back on! I know, they shouldn't be that long, but are you seriously going to tell me that you can
swallow the fact that there are animated skeleton riders and horsemen, but that even this fantasy skeleton
horse breed can't have long tails? Sheesh!
Undead mounted skeleton Revenant or Grave Guard - Posted: January 3, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop and Mantic Games
I always wanted to do a skeleton horse jumping a fence, and here it is. It was kinda rushed and it's not
nrealy as good as I had invisioned, but I'm still happy with it... I was a little unhappy with the fact that I could
only fit seven riders on the base; the figs really have to be ranked up like GW figs in order to fit, so when
I scattered them around a bit there wasn't as much room as I'd hoped...
Undead mounted skeleton Revenant or Grave Guard - Posted: January 3, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop and Mantic Games
I converted this horn-blower using the Mantic horn and a Revenant body with an arm from the skeleton spru...
It was surprisingly difficult to get the arm-holding-horn-to-mouth pose using the Mantic pieces as they were...
Quite fiddly, but in the end it worked swell. The Mantic horn actually comes with a large end piece. I decided not
to use it and simply carve out the end of the horn-body piece. It looks much more plasible that way I think, although
not as much panache!
Undead mounted skeleton Revenant or Grave Guard in crashing pose - Posted: January 3, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop and Mantic Games
This one took a lot of fiddling as well... Snipping, gluing and positioning... It broke off more than
a few times... But in the end, I thought it was good. A good practice for when I do some dying human riders!
As you can see in this shot both the horse and the rider have just taken arrows. That skeleton is about
to have dirt and leaves for dinner I think...
Undead mounted skeleton Revenant or Grave Guard - Posted: January 3, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop and Mantic Games
The banner with the fluttering rags turned out very well I though. It was easy enough; I simply used white
glue and paint to stiffen it enough, and set it down so that the horse and rider were facing the roof to let it dry!
Undead mounted skeleton Revenant or Black Knight - Posted: January 3, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop and Mantic Games
I put an arrow in this rider, but when it got positioned on the unit base the arrow was obscured by
the close proximity of the other riders.
Undead mounted skeleton Revenant or Black Knight jumping - Posted: January 3, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop and Mantic Games
This is the only bit of flare on the unit that I wasn't all that happy with. I wanted to have a jumping
skeleton horse, and I converted this horse to be jumping back in the 90s using a little bit of fire and luck
and so I put a fence under it when I fixed it to the unit base..
Unfortunately it's not as dramatic as it should be; it's almost not noticable in fact. Still, it works, but not as well as I would have liked.
Undead mounted skeleton Revenant or Black Knight - Posted: January 3, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop and Mantic Games
This was an extra figure that wouldn't fit on the unit base... It will be cool to have a skeleton
rider in skirmish mode... I was sad to leave this one off the unit base though, but the lance is just at
an large angle outward from the body... I also like the round shield. Perhaps this one can play the role
of Revenant King or something.
Undead mounted skeleton Revenant or Black Knight - Posted: January 3, 2011 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop, Mantic Games, Grenadier Miniatures
Along with the mounted armoured skeletons, I managed to paint up a Mantic Revenant figure. Here it
is posed along side a GW wight (left) and a Grenadier Miniatures armoured skeleton. That Mantic figure
is pretty small by comparison. Honestly, I think the Mantic Revenants were Mantic's weakest undead set;
the faces on a lot of the figures lack the skeletal detail of their compatriots. Also, they are all facing
sideways. I imagine they did this to further distinguish them from their skeletons, but it doesn't work for
me, so I repositioned to the to face in more-or-less the directions of the shield.
Undead skeleton Revenant or Grave Guard - Posted: December 28, 2010 - Manufacturer: Reaper and Grenadier Miniatures
The next regiment in my Undead Kings of War army: Skeleton Revenants. They are analysis to
Games Workshop's Grave Guard, and are basically th heavy skeleton troopers. I represented them using
the figures I used for grave guard back in the 90s, which I had also used as blades for my HotT army.
I am really happy with the crowded dynamic of this unit.
Undead skeleton Revenant or Grave Guard - Posted: December 28, 2010 - Manufacturer: Reaper and Grenadier Miniatures
In the front rank of the heavy skeletons there are inevitably victims of archery attacks.
This is the unit's drummer. Perhaps his snazzy playing drew the attention of some archer, or perhaps
the skeleton was just unlucky. Rusty armour doesn't really help either.
Undead skeleton Revenant or Grave Guard - Posted: December 28, 2010 - Manufacturer: Reaper and Grenadier Miniatures
I really liked the idea of the arrow sneaking over the edge of a shield rim. This unlucky
skeleton took one in the chest, and it looks like the skeleton might be going down... Perhaps falling
forward in the next few moments?
Undead skeleton Revenant or Grave Guard - Posted: December 28, 2010 - Manufacturer: Grenadier Miniatures
This was a left over figure from the previous unit. I like it, and I look forward to sending it at
my D&D players!
Undead skeleton Revenant or Grave Guard - Posted: December 28, 2010 - Manufacturer: Grenadier Miniatures
Another left over heavy-armour skeleton figure. The 20mm base will keep it pretty versatile. The shield
is from Wargames Factory's Romans.
Undead skeleton Revenant or Grave Guard - Posted: December 28, 2010 - Manufacturer: Grenadier Miniatures
Halberds are great, and this figure is pretty cool as well. Pretty happy with it.
Undead skeleton Revenant or Grave Guard - Posted: December 28, 2010 - Manufacturer: Grenadier Miniatures
Here's another comparison shot. These figures came out of the same pack, and the middle one was
painted back in the 90s. It is pretty much exactly how the other two looked, as well as all of the
Revenants from the previously shown unit, before they were repainted. I dropped the red skeleton look
this time around!
Undead skeleton spearmen regiment - Posted: December 23, 2010 - Manufacturer: mostly Reaper with a few Games Workshop heads
The skeleton spearmen. Six of these figs are simply re-based from the HotT elements that I did back in 2009.
The remaining ten are re-paints, as well as the dead skeleton there. The pumpkins are the same ones I posted pics
of before. I am very happy with this unit. It's got a lot of volume is dynamic and natural... Much more so than the
ranked up 20mm base figures one typically sees in games of this scale. I also really tried to use white space... that is
space that is left open. The white space helps define the unit and the dynamics of the unit...
Undead skeleton spearmen - Posted: December 23, 2010 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
I threw a dead skeleton into the regiment to keep things realistic... As far as units of skeletons
are realistic anyway. How did it die? Likely an arrow or two in its chest, but who knows? The dead figure
is kinda tough to see at eye level, but on the table it's quite prominent from above.
Undead skeleton - the eye catcher - - Posted: December 23, 2010 - Manufacturer: Reaper miniature with a Games Workshop head
The arrow in the eye. I couldn't let this unit go by without putting an 'eye-cather' in the
front rank! Yes, it's the real eye-catcher there! Anyway, I think it's pretty cool... I need to do
more figures with arrows in their eyes!
Undead skeletons - Posted: December 23, 2010 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures with Games Workshop bits
I sculpted that little jack-o-lantern over the goofy GW skull on the horn there. Why would an undead army decorate their
instruments with skulls? Anyway, I liked the way the horn turned out, pretty cool idea of GW to steal the old Roman horn.
In the background you can see the eye-catcher as well!
Undead skeletons - Posted: December 23, 2010 - Manufacturer: mostly Reaper with a few Games Workshop heads
This figure was originally going to be the unit leader for the preceding skeleton spearmen. There wasn't
really room, and the style of figure didn't really fit. Also, I didn't really need the extra fig, so I based it
on its own 20mm square base. It might be a character or a skeleton figure for D&D or something. I really like the
pose. It really makes me think of 70s and 80s skeleton heavy metal... it looks like it means to be holding a guitar, no?
The Lost Spearmen Skeleton - Posted: December 23, 2010 - Manufacturer: ?? Don't know, contact me if you do! ??
This spearmen I had planned to put into the preceding spearmen unit. However, I had them all laid out on
the multi-base when it got knocked by a small child, spilling the skeletons all over the room! I found them all
except this one. After an hour and a half of searching I gave up... The next day I found it in my dirty brush water
when I cleaned my brush... Too late to put it in the unit, I took it out, rinsed it off and based it up.
Undead skeleton - Posted: December 23, 2010 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniature
This skeleton wasn't a complete re-paint. I originally did it
for D&D a few years ago, and I brought it out to put a new shield and a helmet on to it for my Revenant unit.
Turned out that I didn't need it for the revenant unit, so I left it single-based! More fodder for the D&D action.
Undead skeletons - Posted: December 23, 2010 - Manufacturer: Grenadier Miniatures
So here it is, as promised. In the middle is my recent re-paint, painted last week. Flanking it on
both sides are a couple of skeletons from the same pack, painted back in 1995ish. Not sure it was worth repainting
now that I see them together!
Undead skeletons - Posted: December 23, 2010 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
Another before and after comparison shot. These ones are all Reaper (except the one on the left). The center
figure is the lost skeleton, recently repainted, flanked by two figures painted back in 1995ish. The old skeletons
are quite sloppy and have no highlights... except a light dry-brush over the darker colours. The irony is that they
look the same on the table top! Note the bright colours on the old skeleton on the right there...
Undead skeleton archers - Posted: December 14, 2010 - Manufacturer: mostly Reaper with a few Games Workshop figures
I based up these archers on a 100mm by 40mm single base. This coincides with the size of a troop
of archers for the Kings of War rules. Stack two of these one in front of the other and you have a regiment.
This one is equiped with a banner, but no musician; musicians are only useful for units that get into close-combat.
I went with the same basing scheme as I used with the wraiths, and I think it still works well.
Undead skeleton archers - Posted: December 14, 2010 - Manufacturer: mostly Reaper with a few Games Workshop figures
A view of the unit from the top with the base and a close up on one of the jack-o-lanterns.
Although I am happy with the composition, I wish I could make it better, but I'm not exactly sure how..
Undead skeleton archers - Posted: December 14, 2010 - Manufacturer: mostly Reaper with a few Games Workshop figures
The second 100mm by 40mm based unit of skeleton archers. This one sports a downed skeleton right smack
in the middle of the front row; where else would a shot-down skeleton be in a troop unit? The fence in this
unit actually lines up with the fence in the previous unit when the two bases are stacked to make a regiment.
I also added another oddly-shaped pumpkin on its side as well!
Close up of the downed skeleton archer - Posted: December 14, 2010 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures and Games Workshop
A close up view of the downed skeleton with the arrow in its chest on. It's an old plastic GW skeleton
and like its counter-parts, it's also left-handed.
Skeleton archers - Posted: December 14, 2010 - Manufacturer: mostly Reaper with a few Games Workshop figures
The skeleton archers formed up as a regiment. I like the entropy of the unit all formed up, but it's
still almost too squarish... Still, I'm quite happy with how they turned out.
Undead army standard bearer - Posted: December 14, 2010 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
An overall view of the army standard bearer for my Kings of War undead army. With
the banner, it's a large miniature. The close up of the figure itself can be found in the
next picture in the gallery.
Undead army standard bearer close up - Posted: December 14, 2010 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
A close up view of the army standard bearer for my Kings of War undead army. I picked this figure
because it had great conversion potential; originally it had an open hand with some sort of hooked armour
on it. I simply cut that off and replaced it with a hand holding a banner. I am happy with the way it turned out
in the end. I really like the pose.
Wraith character - Posted: December 14, 2010 - Manufacturer: ? unknown - please contact me if you know ?
This is an extra wraith from the couple of wraith units that I painted last week.
I like the figure, it will be good for some undead D&D action, as well as any skirmish that
might need an undead figure with character, or for Mantic's wraith character, whose stats were
included in Mantic's second journal.
Jack-o-lanterns - Posted: December 14, 2010 - Manufacturer: Neldoreth
I painted up a few extra jack-o-lanterns; since I have to mix paints, it's always
better to paint more at the same time. It also saves me the work of painting
them down the road!
Undead wraith unit - Posted: April 16, 2009 - Manufacturer: ?? If you know please contact me! ??
I picked these figures up in the mid 90s and I really liked them at the time. I still quite
like them, except perhaps the style of sculpting on the hooded-cloaks. It's a bit too heavily detailed
and wrinkly for me these days, but it still works. I really tried to get an autumn pumpkin patch look
to the base of the unit, and I am appy with how it turned out, although not perfectly happy. My partner said
it looked more like a back alley with some pumpkins in it than a pumpkin patch... oh well! It still looks
cool I think. Over all I think I could have done something more interesting with the figure positions as well.
This unit is for Kings of War.
Undead wraith unit - Posted: April 16, 2009 - Manufacturer: ?? If you know please contact me! ??
My second unit of wraiths. This unit includes the little pumpkin-head sculpt that I did. I think it worked out
very well and I plan to add them to as many units as I can! I am very happy with the paint scheme and execution, but the
base might ave been done better, as discussed with the previous pic. Over all though I like it, including the tufts of
grass that I chose to use! I'm excited to field these guys now!
Undead wraith unit - Posted: April 16, 2009 - Manufacturer: ?? If you know please contact me! ??
A better look at the base of the first unit. I think I might have been a bit hard on myself, as I really
like how the base turned out. It wasn't exactly as I'd hoped, but I have time to hone it! Still, it looks
excellent and has a lot of character, so I'm quite happy with it! I think the fence adds a lot...
Undead Ghouls - Posted: April 16, 2009 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop
Another element for my Hordes of the Things-Warhammer undead army. The figs on here
represent two generations of GW ghouls... The front rank are earlier than the back,
and they are of two vastly different schools of design. It also clearly shows scale creep. I like them though. I am very
happy with the scheme, especially the skin colour, which is done using the same colours
as the skeletons in this army. Another thing I realized with this one is that I didn't
have to put complimentary colours on each fig; I just painted them all with purple cloaks
and then added the jack-o-lantern (which I sculpted) for compliment. Finally, the weapons on
these figs are left with the original (circa 1998) paint job.
Skeleton Riders or Knights - Posted: Feb 3, 2009 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop
The last element required to bring my undead Hordes of the Things army up to the
minimum points requirement. This will play the role of a Hero type element for now.
if I ever paint up more of these, I can eventually use this as a simple mounted
knight element, or a knight general or something like that. These are all old GW
figs, including the undead mounted champion/wight in the middle with the axe. It had
been probably 13 years since I first painted it, and it was nice to get back to it!
Converted Vampire lord using Bretonnian Damsel - Posted: Feb 3, 2009 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop
My Vampire General. She is a pretty nice fig, one I bought when I was revitalizing my
undead Warhammer army in the late 90s. If you don't recognize her, originally she was
a Bretonnian damsel or something like that. She makes a great vampire. In the HotT
rule set she could play a hero or a magician.
Posted: Feb 3, 2009
A shot of the general leading some of her undead!
Hordes of the Things Skeleton Blade general element - Posted: Jan 26, 2009 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop, Reaper Miniatures
This was a pleasure to do, and will play the role of the general for my HotT army.
The centre fig there is a GW wight something or other.
The two flanking figs are Reaper skeletons, with added helmets and decayed armour.
I really enjoyed doing the scarecrow banner. It is a miniature version of my
Giant Scarecrow Halloween display
and I wanted to do it in miniature for ages! I am very happy with the way it
turned out!
Undead - Posted: Jan 26, 2009 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
I like the generic skeleton... Just a skeleton with a spear and a blank shield.
These figs are old Reaper skeletons with swords. Replaced the swords with spears
and they painted up very nicely. I really like those big blank shields! Note the added
arrow there. I have a bunch of Bretonnian figs that I plan to paint with green arrows :)
Undead - Posted: Jan 26, 2009 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
Second element of spear for the HotT action. Again, the standard skeleton is really cool,
even if GW doesn't think so ;)
Undead - Posted: Jan 6, 2009 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop
One of the old, out of production fell bats from GW. I am not entirely sure why
they re-did these for the new ones, as they are very similar. The jack-o-lantern
on the base I sculpted for another purpose, but decided it was too small. It really
adds a life to this fig thanks to its brightness. I am quite happy with the final outcome
on this fig, especially the wings.
Undead - Posted: Jan 6, 2009 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop
This bat is a bit more tame than the previous, but still, such a large bat would
be quite frightening with or without extra-giant fangs. The tombstone is the ever
present tombstone from the zombie box set. As with the other bat, I am happy with this one,
especially the top of the wings.
Undead - Posted: Dec 29th, 2008 - Manufacturer: Games Workshop
For the Hordes of the Things (HotT) with Warhammer miniatures project I decided to pull
out the old Skeleton Cavalry figs, which have been out of production and use since 1996 when
warhammer moved from 'Undead', where you could mix vampires and mummies, to the Vampire Counts
and Tomb King armies... Anyway, I decided that these would be skeleton knights, and so based them
up for HotT as knights. They won't work for Warhammer base-wise, but it doesn't really matter since
they're unusable anyway! So, besides all of that, I am very happy with them! I went for the early
medieval knight looks, early crusade sorta thing and it seemed to work pretty well! Over the next couple of weeks
I will take some pictures of the figs the way they looked prior to being repainted for comparison!
Undead - Posted: Dec 29th, 2008 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
This was the first set of undead figs I have done for some time. These
are slightly modified Reaper figs that I used for my old (circa 1996) undead army.
Thanks to a Hordes of the Things (HotT) with Warhammer miniatures project that was started here
dug them out, fixed them up, and repainted them! On a 60mm by 20mm base, these figs will
work for HotT as well as Warhammer if I should so choose! The shields were fun to do; first I painted
them to look brand new, and then I added dirt, rust, and slash marks... It was tough to put that stuff
over the highlighted freehand, but it turned out well in the end. I added a touch of bright orange to
my standard rust scheme, and that worked very well also I think. Overall, I like the medieval look of the figs.
Undead - Posted: Dec 29th, 2008 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
Repainting figs is always a load of fun! These figs sorely needed an update,
as they were painted originally more than ten years ago! These are old Reaper
skeletons (the two on the outside originated as
this one and the one in the middle originated as
this one). The glaives/halberd weapons are actually made
using those plastic-coated large paper-clips for the shafts and plasticard for the blades. They
worked pretty well I think. This stand (based for Hordes of the Things as well as Warhammer) sports my
favourite jack-o-lantern shield so far (the one in the middle).
Armoured Vampire - Posted: Aug 13th, 2008 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
Strictly speaking this fig is for my D&D campaign, but it is an undead fig. It is
Reaper's Gabriel Darkblood, vampire warrior type. I copied shamelessly the colour
scheme from the painted version on Reaper's site :) The cloak is screaming for some
freehand, but I just don't have the time!
Giant skeleton - Posted: Oct 8th, 2007 - Manufacturer: Reaper Miniatures
I couldn't resist doing some freehand on the shield. I didn't
want to go too elaborate though, so I stuck with the Irish knot!
This is the kind of undead monster that would walk through ranks and ranks
of troops!
Undead skeleton lady - Posted: July 25, 2007 - Manufacturer: Freebooter Miniatures
I though this fig was great the first time I saw it. This one will hit the auction block,
but I have a second that will feature prominently in my D&D campaign! This is my
first large-scale attempt at non-metallic metals, and I am not unhappy with it!
Another flying red head! I need at least a couple of these things
after all >:) These are awesome undead monsters, as they have a scream
that paralyzes, and a kiss that will turn the unwitting smoother into
yet another flying red head!
Ramona the Revenge seeker. The one on the right is one of the first figs I ever
painted... I didn't even stay in the lines... Still, I have seen worse, but not much
worse ;) She was my undead general at a time when there were only male vampires. The army
theme was actually supposed to be an army of undead women who died violently at the hands
of sexist men! Ramona came to create a feminist-undead world!
One of the few GW figs in my army... Although I really tried to keep my army GW
fig free, this fig was too nice to pass up... Repainted in 2000, all drybrush....
It was also female, which fit the army theme... Back then it was a liche, I think
now it is a banshee or something...
Determined to have no GW figs in my army I went with this huge resin zombie dragon!
Back then undead dragons weren't mounts and could be fielded without a rider! They also
used to have the best breath weapon in the game... Do they still? Anyway, if I had a penny
for every time I dropped this dragon I might have ten cents!
Some of my Reaper skeletons. Not one GW fig in any of the skeleton units!
With a 9000 point undead army, that is a serious amount of Reaper figs. In those
days Reaper metals were still cheaper than GW plastics! These ones were repainted
last year for a D&D campaign I was running, all the other hundreds of skeletons are not
picture worthy ;)
My first successful scratch built piece. This one was completed with the
release of the first Vampire Counts book, about a month and a half before
the GW model was released. Someone actually said 'I thought that wasn't out
until next month?' Naturally I was proud and so began my scratch building exploits...
