The Eternal Court of the Carmine Rose

[Borgnine]

Wow, that Briar Stag is amazing, you have a knack for finding cool models! The painting is really good too, with the light accents on the tips - altough I must admit, it's rather christmasy with the reds and greens

The bones look great too, quite a menagerie there!

 

[Shadespyre]

Actually I have to thank / blame @ZeroTwentythree for pointing this one out to me. And now it seems just as well that I didn't paint this up on a snowy base for use in Frostgrave!

 

[Farmer7574]

What a beautiful array of minis - perfect too considering the current competition topic.

That stag fits excellently with your army. Great job

 

[Shadespyre]

There's always going to be something else that I can add to this army... here's Yet Another Undead Dragon

Yet another from the Reaper Bones range, I think this is from Kickstarter 4 but I have so many of their models I'm not sure any more... I stuck to the greens like I have for every other one, I think this is similar but different to the colours I used on others, I think the two-tone green works pretty well.

Someday I'll have to paint a "live" green dragon and find a way to make it NOT look like any of these...

 

[Borgnine]

That's an amazing model and your green paintjob makes it look awesome, so much character there! How big is it?

 

[Shadespyre]

Thanks, I love painting these Bones dragons, the sculpts practically paint themselves! As pictured, the model is about 14cm long and 10cm high. Big enough that you could put a rider on him and it not look silly, but smaller than modern GW dragons.

 

[Shadespyre]

Long overdue addition to the army, there was no way I was buying the whole set so I had to keep waiting for one to pop in in a bits shop

 

[Borgnine]

Now that's a good model in good hands Great work as always, she turned out pretty glowy!

 

[Theerteen]

Yep, nice one. Fits your theme excellently! Which box/Set ist she from?

 

[Shadespyre]

She's from the Nighthaunts "Thorns of the Briar Queen" set. Which is actually pretty good value but I had no use for the Chainrasp models that come with her, they just don't fit my army at all.

 

[Ol'timer]

Long overdue addition to the army, there was no way I was buying the whole set so I had to keep waiting for one to pop in in a bits shop

I did the same thing! Have to admit I thought of you and your army when I first saw her on the gw site.

 

[Farmer7574]

She's a great fit for your army - great call on adding her to it. Nicely painted too.

 

[robtion]

Love the Briar Stag and bramble demon. Lots of character. The nighthaunt briar queen is also a nice addition.

I may be counting your chickens on your behalf before they hatch but any idea on your topic for the next challenge? I have a small spark of motivation and would like to get started on it

 

[Shadespyre]

No clue at the moment, the only undead models I have kicking around are even more dead dragons, probably!

 

[Shadespyre]

Rather a chore, these. The last of the Grenadier "Undead Legion" collection, I'd never bothered hunting them down as I don't like them much and they are way to "middle eastern" to fit my army theme but they came up cheap on ebay so here we are... based to fit into rank and file Skeleton regiments.

 

[Ol'timer]

I know those! I have the full set here someplace ( looking at the stack of boxes)

 

[Shadespyre]

For the first time in ages I find myself messing about with Warhammer bits and building something which *might* turn into something for the army...! No promises.

 

[Shadespyre]

Well, I made this. I think she's probably another Vampire Knight, let's wait and see how / if I paint her...

...bits from at least 5 different Warhammer armies, I'm not even sure where some of them are from, feel free to tell me / guess!

 

[Shadespyre]

I think she came out okay. I did try the red lacquered armour look but it didn't feel right on this miniature, somehow

 

[Shadespyre]

My small contribution to the spirit of Deadcember is these three rebuilt and repaired old skeletons

LH Skeleton has plastic and greenstuff bracelets, hands and spear
Middle skeleton has a new right arm and weapon and a repaired knee. He once had a bow in his left hand, long gone.
RH Skeleton has a new forearm and weapon, an added shield and new feet - I did a better job of the feet than the original sculptor did on the skull, I think...

 

[Shadespyre]

It's been 5 years since I last posted!?

I was so excited to discover that this website was still active that I searched across my untidy desk, pulled out this skeletal ogre, and gave it a quick and dirty paint job in the style of this army. Pleased to find that I still have some of the resin bases and basing materials that I used before, so I might still add a few more Undead in the future...

 

[Seneschal]

Shadespyre! I was just thinking about your avatar pic the other day! Good to see you back! The ogre looks great, it certainly fits your army's scheme!

 

[Disciple of Nagash]

Fantastic to have you back Shadespyre - and even better we inspired you to paint such a cool skeleton ogre - I thought I had seen nearly all the undead miniatures but I've never seen it before, brilliant model. It reminds me of older GW models, like 4th edition which I personally love.

A Golden Bat competition entry maybe?

 

[Shadespyre]

Fantastic to have you back Shadespyre - and even better we inspired you to paint such a cool skeleton ogre - I thought I had seen nearly all the undead miniatures but I've never seen it before, brilliant model. It reminds me of older GW models, like 4th edition which I personally love.

A Golden Bat competition entry maybe?

I'm not sure where it's from, I think it was a gift from our old friend ZeroTwentythree as we sometimes pass minis back and forth between us. I think if I was to enter the Golden Bat I should perhaps try harder?

 

[Shadespyre]

Shadespyre! I was just thinking about your avatar pic the other day! Good to see you back! The ogre looks great, it certainly fits your army's scheme!

Ah, the old CMON Vampire Countess, it's still one of my favourite minis I've ever painted.