I’ve been pretty busy visiting some friends and whatnot these days. I haven’t had much time for hobbying but I’ve got a bunch of stuff in the works & ready for some paint.
Here's the first, some more skeletons with their command group:
I wanted to convert the champion beyond what he is now to a standing pose pointing his sword towards the enemy. I didn't have any suitable legs so I just settled for putting him on a rock in the end.
I'm usually a bit lazy when it comes to banners and don't bother doing freehand, but am thinking about it for these guys... any ideas?
Here's another unit filler:
I wanted to do a fallen tree for this one so delved into my giant kit and made use of one of the weapons in there.
A Wight King:
This one's a Christmas present from my big brother & his family last year. He looks cool as he is but I'm debating on whether or not I should replace that rod-looking think on his right hip with a small axe from the grave guard kit...
I also ended up chopping off that grave stone base and replaced it with a fallen log just to add to the autumn theme.
And last (and probably least), some single base tree fillers:
Nothing special here, I just made these to have a go at adding to the theme of the army. I might add some vines to the trunks later on.
@Leithel Cheers mate, I can’t take credit for the idea of doing ethereals this way as it was Bloody Beast’s Rafal Maj that has given me the inspiration for this.
I can totally see how your suggestion about the longer gradient into the crevices would make it better. After looking at it for a bit it does seem a little bright.
@Eyeless Cheers! I’m glad you like the filler. I'm enjoying painting these skeletons but I'm looking forward to doing some zombie fillers. I've got a few sick ideas for those!
Regarding the ethereal scheme, it’s just a few very thin coats of Nihilakh Oxide over white, then a few coats of very thinned down Incubi Darkness. I’m going to play around with this scheme more in the near future and will do a tutorial with images once it’s satisfactory.
@Draykorinee @Shadespyre Thanks for the comments, more in the works!
@Borgnine This skull was actually pretty fun to paint, but I can see how it’s gonna be a bit of a drag to paint up a unit up like this. Once these sword-n-board skellies are down I’m up for doing something with a different palette, so hopefully it shouldn’t be too long before I get something up here to check out.
Cheers for your comments & feedback everyone!