Undead Night Horror, Winged Vampire

Hi all,
another sporadic post for you today.. Painting on my undead is slowing at the moment due to me still painting Flesh Tearer Space Marines for a friend and the fact that I have started assembly of some of my orc and goblin army war machines and chariots (They will be getting there own posts soon).

Anyway today I have for you my winged vampire from the night horror range. He looks good from a distance but when you study the mini up close you realise how poor a sculpt compared to the rest of the range he is :(
I'm not even sure he is wearing any clothes as he doesn't have a belt at all. Maybe it should be ethereal mist for his lower half..

Undead Skeleton Death Rider Cavalry

Well weeks with nothing and 3 posts all in quick succession.. These guys are the start of my death rider cavalry for my undead army. I have around another 16 or so to paint but they are not a lot of fun to do so will probably be done sporadically inbetween other projects.
So far I have 2 regular troops, 1 of Bob Olley's death rider champions (guy with bronze wings) and a Liche character to add to my selection of various hero minis.

Well that's everything so far. More updates as I get stuff painted so stay tuned..

MD

Ghosts From The Night Horror Range Done

Okay it's been a while I admit it.. Work is still non stop and looks to be this way until mid January now so my painting time is suffering.
On top of that I have been getting a bit bored painting only undead.

So with this in mind and in preparation of the new year a few months back I will be trying a new approach.
I will be painting up my undead alongside my Rogue Trader Marines (see the next post for these).
This should help me keep focused on painting lead a bit better.
I am also planning on mixing in some Necromunda minis at some point too so watch this space..

Anyway diversion aside I have painted up the 6 ghost minis from the Night Horror range.
Nothing special but I am happy with the result. I went from codex grey to elf grey to white and then did 2 thin washes. 1 of thraka green and the other my old favourite devlan mud.
I am pleased with the result and plan of using it on other minis later in the army.

Marines up next..

MD

Undead Skeleton Reapers Complete

Okay after a brief hiatus from painting due to life I am back :)

Got my reapers finished over the last few weeks and have a 2000 point undead vs dwarf battle set for tomorrow..
Unfortunately the battle will be with unpainted stuff so no nice pics but the idea will be to learn the rules a bit better.

Anyway light has been bad recently so not the best pics in the world but hopefully you will get the general idea and 1 day I might be able to take a decent photo ;)

I am not 100% happy with the standard and may go back to him some day to alter it. Maybe another colour to spit it or a border added..

More Chariot Progress

More progress on the chariots...

They are at a stage where I can game with them now. I need to add grass and flowers to the bases but will do that once I have finished the next unit off to do a big lot in one go.
I have also found a banner pole that came with the set which I need to paint up and attach to one of them.

These were nice and easy to paint and a fresh break from rank and file..

First Undead Chariot Done

Okay another post..

Not done as much painting as I should have recently. Work has kicked in again and this weekend I have managed to hurt my should limiting what I can do.

I have almost finished my first chariot though. Just need to finish up the basing and glue the chariot in place.

The driver is stuck in place and I filled in the slot for the passenger. the though is that the space at the back is big enough to just put a regular guy on a base there or swap him out for a character if I feel like it.
I have 2 more on the go of these. both have the same setup.

A Vampire, a book and some Knights of Law

Okay I am still about and painting.. A bit slower now though as I am doing an extra hour a day at work so not getting home until 7 and finished settling and eating by 8 :(

But I have been plodding along and painting a few bits. I even managed to get a small 300pt skirmish in of 3rd edition during the week.... No pics of the skirmish as the scenery needs work but I will be working on it so pics will be up son of battles.

Anyway what I have done recently.
3 of the Knights of Law box set are painted. I have decided to go for some of the old coloured metallic on some parts just for the hell of it.. These will be used as random warriors for all sorts of scenarios.
I have also done a night horror vampire and a random book on a pedestal I had laying about (not sure what to do with the base yet).

Oldhammer June Challenge Complete Pt2 - Undead

Okay last set of pics for the June/July Challenge..

 

Oldhammer June Challenge Complete Pt1 - Undead

Okay June is done and dusted.. Just in time for the start of next weeks August Challenge.

Not much to say other than it is a unit of 30 skeletons with heavy armour and shields lead by a fallen champion.. Now just a level 5 skeleton champion.

Pics coming up for your delight...

More in the next post

More Undead Painted - Grenadier Pterodactyl

Okay I am still plugging along on the Oldhammer unit challenge but in the week it was too hot and I got side-tracked.
anyway here is a nice piece by Grenadier I have done. Not sure on what it will be fielded as but I like to think it was a ranger and his mount in life....

Monthly Challenge Continued

5 more rank and file for the unit... The skeleton on the far left was in the first blister pack I bought decades ago.

Monthly Challenge Progress

Okay I have got some progress on my July challenge for the Oldhammer forums ;)

The first 9 of the unit are done except for shields and basing which I am planning to do last.

Lead by a minor chaos champion (counts as an undead hero) whose soul has been trapped by necromancy preventing him from travelling to the afterlife..

 continued on the next post.. pics are being stupid and not resizing properly..

 

 

 

Oldhammer Painting Month

Hi all,

Midweek update ;)
Over on the Oldhammer forum a group of us have started painting together to help get some of the mountain of lead we own between us painted before it either rots away or we do..
It started last weekend and finishes up at the end of July. Now with this in mind and a realisation of just how much lead I have I have started to paint with a new outlook.
I have picked a unit of 30 skeletons mixed between the original FTS series preslotta, later C series preslotta and a splattering of later slotta skellies from marauder, GW and good Old Bob Olleys own.

This is how they started out. I will put some updates up next weekend. Not a great pic but I will do better next week.

New Lead Again

Had a few more parcels turn up these last couple of weeks with some new toys inside :)
The postman must be getting sick of weighty parcels always coming here...

Finally got a start to the Sven scenario minis with 4 Norse, 5 Slann and a Slave. Some preslotta dwarves in there including the mail order special. A skeleton standard again preslotta. 2 new preslotta zombies 1 of which is the zombie corpse or as my friend put it a zombie laying in wait for a nearby snack human to arrive. Plus a few other goodies as you can see.
There is a few I am not sure on what they are but I like them all so I am happy..

More Reapers Done

Okay after a brief hiatus due to illness and general life I am back on form.. Finished painting 4 more Reapers to get a starting squad of 10 done. The minimum required for a 3k undead army in 3rd edition.
I may go on to finish them or more likely I will go onto a generic skeleton unit with hand weapons next..

Anyway onto some pics.