Finished group shot first. |
The updates brought them more in line with the Barrow Wights, a special flying Wight unit from a Clash of Kings update. I already had a unit of those, painted up all spookily. I really like that paint job. The Undead are a popular army for guests, so I decided that my old Wight Hordes needed some touching up, in order to be wysiwyg on the field.
The Wights were some of my first multi-basing attempts. And they were bad. The models are Warmachine Bane Thralls. The models had slots, so I built them up on their round bases, and tried (poorly) to then just incorporate those bases into the multi-base. The base was on MDF, with a bunch of milliput and cork board to make it interesting. Removing the models too quite a long time, as they had to essentially be dug out from all the basing materials.
No cuts. Though I did warp a pair of old clippers. |
I really like cork board in my bases. It's cheap and adds a lot. Previously, I would massage some milliput or green stuff out to make the mud, and then paste around all that. I hadn't hobbied in so long, I couldn't find the little storage container before my patience wore out, so I decided to experiment. I cut out a variety of shapes from a cracker box, and glued them to the base. I then pasted around them like usual. After priming, they seemed to have help up well, so I continued my usual process painting everything, and then adding a thick layer of acrylic glaze to get a glossy effect for the mud.
The models suffer a bit from mono-pose syndrome. The box comes with 3 copies of three poses and a leader mini, but you can mix it up enough. The ripples of the cloth made it harder to do a straight dry brush on these guys, so I ended up with a few layers of green and attempting a highlight of sorts on the robes. Not my finest work, but it's been a long time since I hobbied, and I haven't done much highlighting previously.
One guy is hiding in the back. Five models for each horde. The mud turned out pretty good. |
The leader, pointing which way the axes should go. |
That said, I think my Undead could all use some touching up. I think some withered plants or something would look cool. That was on the agenda to get to over the winter... will try and pick that up this summer.
Much of my nerd time the last year has been dominated by Dungeons and Dragons. There's uh.. a pandemic on now so most campaigns and my usual game nights are on hold. I think I'm a little shy on hobby projects, but it was fun to paint a bit again, so we'll see what I can lazily churn out in the coming weeks.
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