Hobby Update: Undead Werewolves

Up now are some Werewolves for the Undead! The unit caught my eye way back in January of this year, after a few battle reports of DarkBlack on the Forum, who was using them on Universal Battles against Trevor's Penitent-focused Brothermark in some long-distance gaming. Those games happened about the time the new Abyssal Berserkers really started gaining popularity in my view, and about the same time that I found out about, and then really started thinking about, Keith Conroy's Lycan-heavy Herd. Playing around with Speed 9, Nimble units has been a lot of fun for me this year, and it's about time I hobbied these up for the Undead!

The unit.

The unit is a pack of werewolves from Veselaya Zateya / Fantasy Battles, which I believe is a Russian company. I've used them before for Varangur Snow Trolls and also way back for the Barrow Wights from 2nd Edition. Online, I have seen other folks use their Dwarfs for themed  Earth Elementals, and they just seem to have a great selection of of large infantry units we can use for Kings of War. Their pricing is hard to beat, but be warned that the models are cheap plastic, a bit hard to heavily convert, and do need a lot amount of cleaning up before you can prime and paint. Mold lines are the biggest issue, though there are come circular "spots" on some models, I believe from the injection process that will need sanding or filling. 

The unit again.

Hobby-wise, I did what I thought was a fair amount of cleaning up, but even still, I missed a few areas and had to go back and scrape a bit more. Painting-wise, I wanted to keep them dark, so they were primed black, and then hit the bodies and fur with a drybrush of Skavenblight Dinge. (This showcased the mold lines and such that I missed, as dry brushing so often does...) I didn't want bright metals, so used an old Leacbelcher and a new Sycorax Bronze for some contrasting, but somewhat muted, metal colors. I liked the way these turned out, and am digging the softer bronze color. I tried a dark red for around the mouth and bared fangs but it ended up looking like Lady Tottington, but I ended up covering it up with a blood effect. The last hobby thing to note is the shield, which was painted blue with the intent of sticking a decal on later. With the unit already glued to the base and the fog effect added... I decided I didn't like that original plan, and so attempted an awkward free-hand as a homage to the inspiration for the unit, copying their forum-picture. (Thanks DarkBlack!) The fangs aren't as sharp as I would like, but this still reads ok from far away.

Believe it or not, the unit, a third time. 

On the table, this should be a neat unit for the Undead! Speedy units with Nimble are a lot of fun, and no one really expects this kind of unit from the Undead. Hopefully we'll be able to catch a few people out when they hit the table!