For the Skeletons the main initial work was making sure there were enough spears; as some of the Mantic models are built as swordsmen it was necessary to a bit of converting. Spare spears from other sets came in handy to make up the short fall. Then a simple basecoat and drybrush combo served for the bone and metals, with cloth, shield, weapon and belts finished in more detail. If it wasn't drybrushed it was just a flat coat of paint.
This allowed a black tinted glaze to do all the hard work of the shading, and it was the same for the Zombies too:
These were obviously an even easier job to deal with, having as they did relatively little to them, little clothing, few weapons, etc. I used four different shades of rotting greenish grey flesh; though shaded it's really not that apparent.
One of the models in the Mantic Zombie sprue lunges forward with both arms, however I found it easy to remove the right arm and swap it around with the other models (who already had separate right arms). Adding weapons and using a handful of the leg sets from the Ghoul set improved the variety.
For these undead, I've gone for a new basing finish, more contemporary when compared to the lurid green of my other troops. I will eventually upgrade the whole force.
Excellent work, you put me to shame, I'd be lucky to finish that lot in a month. The miniatures look fantastic.
ReplyDeleteThese look really nice. I use Mantic's Ghouls in my VC army but I admit I've had some difficulty getting them to 'rank up'. It looks like their zombies are not as bad eh?
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