undead army in five days - part 7

Not a good start as I overslept and didn't get going with the painting until 9.30. Still in three hours I've finished the character models and war machines off. I've put a bit more effort into the character models so they've taken a bit longer but they look pretty good so it was worth the effort. Being a wimp I finally broke of from painting to eat something for the first time today. Still I'm full of beans on toast and coffee now so I'm off to break the back of those skeleton warriors (I hope)

Cheers Jon

undead army in five days - part six

Crikey! half way through already and still 40 skeletons that haven't got past the undercoat stage. On the plus side I know have two days without work (yippee) so I should be able to get a lot more painting done.

Tonight I managed to get the catapults and crew finished and magic washed and my two necromancers blocked in and washed. I've actually highlighted and finished one necromancer who needs to dry so I can finish of her base.

So tomorrow it's onto the skeletons for blocking in and washing as well as highlights and basing for the artillery and characters. A busy day ahead then........

undead army in five days- part 5

The Ghouls are finished so that's 1/3rd of the infantry done! I took them to work and highlighted them in my lunch break followed by finishing the bases and spraying with satin varnish when I got home. Here's a few pictures taking on the paint bench (I'll take some better ones when the project is finished.

I'm pretty happy with them they won't win any painting awards but for gaming they're acceptable. Time for some tea and then I'll crack on with some more painting and try and get further with the war machines and character models.

Cheers Jon

undead army in five days - part 4

Well I managed to get the twenty ghouls blocked in and magic washed tonight and made a start on the artillery. It's now got to the stage where I'm making mistakes through tiredness so that's it for tonight. All the piants are from GW and I'm trying to keep to a limited palette of red, black, cream/bone, dark brown and silver

I don't think I've done too bad for what is basically two evenings works. I've got work again tomorrow and then it's the weekend so I've got nearly two solid days of painting time then. It's going to be tight but I still think I can do this.

Cheers Jon

undead army in five days - part 3

Right, I got up early this morning and managed to PVA and sand all the bases with my morning coffee before I left for work. Popped into Hobby Craft on the way home from work and grabbed some white primer. Primed the whole lot when I got home and right know the models are drying while I have tea. Later on I'll start blocking in colours in rediness for magic washing the models.

The blocking in is going to be pretty labour intensive and is probably the least fun bit so time to stick to my guns, knuckle down and stay away from the computer!

Cheers Jon

undead army in five days - part 2

Right stage one complete, that all went pretty well. The Mantic miniatures are mostly in two-three parts (lower body, upper body and head). A few on each sprue are a little more complicated with a separate arm and weapon. They go together fine with normal poly-cement. All in all I'm impressed.

Next job on the list will be to texture all the bases with sand and PVA before priming with a spray primer, then I can start the proper painting on Friday.

Jon

undead army in five days - part one

Well my Mantic games undead army has turned up just in time for my wife to take the kids to her mums for five days. Yes that's right five days to do what I like. So the plan is to stick together, paint and base my new undead army before the family get back home. I'll try and post updates on here when I get time.

The army deal I went for can be seen here

http://www.manticgames.com/Shop-Home/Undead/Army-Deals/Product/Antonia-the-Darks-Vengeance-Guard.html

Altogether it comes to 60 infantry, 2 catapults and a few character models (including a couple of old undead models from my bits box)

I really like the look of these undead now I've seen them in the flesh and can't wait to get started. So tonight's task is sticking all the models together ready for priming. Lets see how it goes.

Jon