sewers.of.estark’s armies & warbands

[sewers.of.estark]

Invigorated by finishing a figure, I skipped ahead a bit to the next unit of my Tomb Kings, a spirit host of wights and a tomb vampire.


C18 Night Horror - 52 Vampire Casting Spell


Middle Earth Barrow Wights - ME-73(2) w. Sword Raised



C18 Night Horrors - 59 Wight Attacking



C17 Skeletons - 87-11 Lich



Middle Earth Barrow Wights - ME-73(3) Gliding w. Sword



C18 Night Horrors - 57 Wight

 

[twisted moon]

more inspiring work.

 

[sewers.of.estark]

more inspiring work.

Thank you twisted moon

I think this will be the last of the “modern” figures in the army, aside from some plastic skeletons.
Tomb Kings Lich Priest from the casket of souls, unfortunately I’m missing the casket itself and the scenic base, so he is instead relegated to just being a lich priest.

 

[sewers.of.estark]

Finished up this unit of skeleton archers, 19 in total, will rank them up with the necromancer I’d painted previously to complete the unit

 

[Geroak II]

Nice to see mix of old and new (20 years old is still new, right?) miniatures in the same army.
Very effective looking swirly freehand on king's shield, really adds a lot to the model!
And those wights are classics, I've always though they, and especially the one advancing with sword and pointing at his next victim, captures excellently how wights would look like. Good job on getting these painted and ready to take their revenge on the living.

Also, love how lich priest seems to be raging over missing casket. "I turn my back for one minute and it's gone?! Whooo toook it?!"

 

[sewers.of.estark]

Thanks for the kind words Geroak, I’d agree that 20 years old is definitely new still, at least for me! I’m also a big fan of those wight sculpts, both the middle earth range & night horrors are excellent glad you like the lot!

 

[sewers.of.estark]

With the Tomb Kings project nearing its end, I’m switching gears to help keep things fresh (can’t say I’m very excited to paint all those nightmare legion troops again)

I started work on this small subproject - a warband of fire serpents, mainly intended for skirmish games / rpgs but could also join the Tomb Kings as a unit of chaos allies. I skipped the usual matte coat so they could have a slippery gloss finish. Anyways here is a look at the start of the project, so far I’ve completed..

C18 Night Horrors - 03 Armored Medusa



Ral Partha Personalities and Things that Go Bump in the Night - 01-007 Serpent Creeper V1



Ral Partha AD&D Monsters - 11-464 Naga



Ral Partha AD&D Monsters - 11-492 Yuan-Ti 3

 

[ManicMan]

nice work the the patterns. basic but very effective

 

[sewers.of.estark]

nice work the the patterns. basic but very effective

Glad you like them ManicMan!

 

[sewers.of.estark]

A few more finished up and the last few on the painting table

Archive Miniatures Dungeon Nasties - 771 Giant Snake



Asgard Fantasy Monsters - FM11 Salamander v1



Asgard Fantasy Monsters - FM36 Weresnake


A look at the group so far

 

[twisted moon]

they're an interesting bunch. good work.

 

[sewers.of.estark]

they're an interesting bunch. good work.

Thanks twisted moon!

 

[sewers.of.estark]

Here’s a few more of the Lavacoil Clan

C27 Chaos Snakemen - S3 S'Sirron Fangthrane



Dragontooth - Non Player Characters NPC-02a Stygian



Broadsword Miniatures - Monsters M-06c Serpent Creature



Ral Partha Hydra if I recall correctly, haven’t had any luck finding it’s catalog listing

 

[symphonicpoet]

^That is an unusually slithery band. Love the cobra and the hydra! And the red is quite fetching.

 

[sewers.of.estark]

^That is an unusually slithery band. Love the cobra and the hydra! And the red is quite fetching.

Thank you symphonicpoet, I’m glad you like them

Here’s the last of the warband,

Grenadier - AD&D 2001 Wizards, 2001c Illusionist. Though for me he will be a grand snake cleric


And the whole warband,


Also did some touch ups on these fine characters for my 1001 nights army.

A hired assassin,
Citadel DL2 Hobgoblin Warriors - DL2(12)


Ral Partha Personalities and Things that go Bump in the Night - 01-069 Djinn 1

 

[ManicMan]

nice work.
I might just be me but.. that Illusionist.. He looks a bit.. like his legs have been half cut off.. probably just me but it's just the proportions ^_^ still nice

 

[Geroak II]

Most of those fire serpent minis I've never seen before. I do like freehands you've painted on some of them (especially those on salamander), they look good and fit the minis nicely. Got to admit, I was half-expecting Thulsa Doom miniature to be leading the troops. Good stuff either way.

 

[twisted moon]

more nice work.
i especially like the hobgoblin assassin.

 

[sewers.of.estark]

nice work.
I might just be me but.. that Illusionist.. He looks a bit.. like his legs have been half cut off.. probably just me but it's just the proportions ^_^ still nice

Thank you ManicMan!
Yeah he is proportionally a bit off, I’ve never been much of a fan of Grenadier figures because it seems to be a trend with them.

Most of those fire serpent minis I've never seen before. I do like freehands you've painted on some of them (especially those on salamander), they look good and fit the minis nicely. Got to admit, I was half-expecting Thulsa Doom miniature to be leading the troops. Good stuff either way.

Thank you Geroak, I’m glad you like them! I tried to use a wide variety of figures for the project and I can definitely see the Thulsa Doom vibe!

more nice work.
i especially like the hobgoblin assassin.

Many thanks twisted moon. Glad you like him! He was painted a few years ago and since he was already in the same scheme as my Arabian Nights test model I figured I should include him in the lot!

 

[sewers.of.estark]

Back to work on the Tomb Kings -
Death Riders

The first figure is a C21 undead horse Rotskin with the rider converted from the Machineries of Destruction, Undead Warmachines - MD8K Screamer w/ shield supplied by oldschoolminis.



C21 Horse Bones/Sherga and C21 Rider Goreprow