Undead

Whole thread is very inspiring. I love that dragon and maybe maybe maybe I’ll pick one up…. But I’ve still got a fire dragon to paint. He’s a similar size and proportion but he’s been sitting half finished for a very long time.
 
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Thank you. Next up we have the Skullchucker. Now the main debate I had with this was bone or stone wheels... the advert I see has stone, but I've been lazy and left mine as bone. I may change my mind, but life is short and the lead pile large. I am missing the pile of skulls, but I expect I could make a small pile at some point to replace the original, or maybe it'll turn up one day! Looking at the models now perhaps some rust is called for on the chainmail, looks a touch fresh now I look at it again!

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Well after this we have a few already done bits I took photos of that I'll post, but the next bits of undead on the todo list are a non citadel catapult and eventually the zombie dragon. Then we move onto more modern Nighthaunt models. Still that lot may well take a while as I've diverted onto some Squats for a bit!
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I think the bone version you did looks better.
 
Thank you for the lovely comments. In an effort to get my painting mojo back I've been trying to knock out some simpler bits and pieces. So first up given I got the camera out today are my ghosts. So as mentioned over here, these are a selection of old Citadel ones, Midlam Miniatures, Checkpoint miniatures and what I think of as new Citadel (but are in fact actually quite old now!).

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So despite my "I'll churn these out quickly" ideas reality got the better of me a bit. I'd heard good things about Army Painter Pastel Seafoam SpeedPaint as "Ghost Juice" and thought I'd perhaps try that.

Now normally I don't base my minis until I am done, but the Midlam models are on cast bases so I opted to base everything and put down some texture. I knew I also wanted to put a bit of "ghostly light" onto the bases - so they would need to be "done" by that point.

So I started with a black prime from the airbrush then did a zenithal highlight in white and then tried slapping on the Juice ... disaster, the SpeedPaint re-activated the white and I ended up with a messy splodge. Where did I go wrong? I had heard stories of re-activation with the v1 SpeedPaints, but supposedly that was fixed in v2. Well when doing my zenithals I tend to use white ink rather than paint since I find it flows nicer through the airbrush. Now it's supposed to be waterproof, but I guess it wasn't SpeedPaint proof. So back in the stripper for that ghost and re-primed again in black.

The other thing this first failure taught me was I'd not gone solid enough with the zenithal - they needed a stronger highlight since I wasn't going to add much later. The black of the shadows was also too harsh. I wanted some black for edge definition, but it didn't really work for the general shadows.

So for my second go I did things a little different. Again a zenithal highlight, but stronger. I then used Vallejo Verdigris from the underside to add some coloured shadows - the Verdigris is a little darker than the Pastel Seafoam so would work well. I cleaned up the zenithal highlight and then did the bases repainting them and adding 1mm static "dead grass" and a few tufts. I then varnished the models to protect these layers. I wasn't quite sure about a gloss or matte varnish - normally with washes like this you'd probably want a gloss, but I did want a bit of general staining from the Seafoam so opted for a matte in the end. When that was dry I slapped on the Seafoam. I did a little OSL on the bases with the airbrush at this point and once everything was dry went back in with a few glazes of near white and white just to bring up some of the highlights a little more.

Some of the Midlam models in closeup. I very much like these, they feel like the older miniatures and are lovely castings.
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Some classic Citadel ghosties
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I'm pleased with how they all came together. Nothing complex about the paint scheme and no need for a super steady hand, it was nice to just get an entire unit "done".
 
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Thank you. It's really nice to start to get some full units together.

So speaking of units... and in the spirit (haha) of my recent posting of other people's painting you might recall @Zanko gave away some of his collection. Well in the most generous of gestures he kindly sent me twelve citadel mummies. Not sure I can ever express the gratitude, but hopefully universal karma will make up for my lack of supulatives.

I didn't want to repaint the miniatures, partially because that seemed rude for a gift and because they were nicely painted. So I settled on rebasing them (from 25mm rounds) onto 20mm square so they would rank up. I also painted the desiccated fleshy parts that were on show which had not been done first time round, and did the odd extra highlight and shadow, so a few small touches of my own.

So here are Zanko's tweaked mummies.

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And then adding in my own three painted for Deadcember last year to complete the unit.

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So at least this post contains some of my own work :)

Undying gratitude to Zanko for his kindness and generosity.
 
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Great job with the ghosts, really digging that little touch of ethereal light shining from them on the ground.
And what a generous thing to do from Zanko. Big respect to that man.
 
Many thanks for the kind words! :grin:

You have enhanced the models even more with your changes / improvements! They look great as a unit!
 
Thanks, undead are one of my favourite armies - although more the necromancer dark haunted forest aesthetic rather than the later more common tomb kings.

So I've finished up my Carrion now. I do have a couple more of the older models still to paint, but here are the five slightly odd Carrion. I managed to get the riders to sit a little better by extensively filing down the bases and adding a little green stuff. On the actual Carrion I filled in round where the flight stand mount would have been and sculpted in a little more detail. I've generally concluded I prefer using black brass rod for my flyers rather than acrylic stands (although since I started with those for my 40k stuff I will continue to use them there).


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I debated a bit about posting my Ghouls, they are not classic models or anything. However I guess they form part of my "Oldhammer" undead army and I spent quite a while finding some that I felt fitted in with the style. Anyhoo here they are:

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I've some classic models left to paint - chariots and whatnot, so we're not quite done with the dead!
 
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Those carrion models have always struck me as kinda odd, are they supposed to be small or far away Ted?

Love the ghouls! Mixing up manufacturers is in the spirit of Oldhammer IMHO.

BTW Have you seen Kim Talisman’s latest undead army?
 
I've not, I'll take a look tomorrow. The Carrion are weird, the earlier model is so much better. I never quite got these ones either now or first time I had some (which I expect my brother still has). Still part of their dorkyness appeals in a retro-hammer way! Bit like things like good old Nagash!
 
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He restricts to slightly older models and cuts them up to convert as usual. 🫣
 
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