ZeroTwentythree's Post-OWAC5 Undead Wrap-up Post (2,089 pts)

Post-Challenge Wrap Up

"Season of the Liche"

Mighty, Bright Winged, Slightly-Off, Lord of Undead, ZeroTwentythree, with his Mighty, Slightly-Off Undead Army

Based on this year's Intro Post, one would have thought I was planning to paint a pretty straight forward undead force. A fast-attack "wing" for my always growing undead army. But here we are. Things don't always end where they were planned at the start. I'm not going to say that's necessarily a bad thing. I had a lot of fun with this army challenge.

All of these photos are larger than I usually post, click/tap to enlarge.

Full army glamour shot

Full army glamour shot

 

The Liche, dismounted, treating Candyman, Phil the Spectre, Sexy Wraith, and other friends to some soup & salad at his henge cafe, The Slab & Ditch.

Step 1: Soup & salad. Step 2: skeletons.

This wasn't even supposed to be part of my challenge army, and it's not exactly old, but it fits the fast attack & death from above themes well!

Cavalry. This is probably where things first went awry.

We come with PEACE

My own version of the Plague Cart emerging from the Field of Bones, re-animated OWAC-ers in tow.

CAW!

The Liche sets out from his swank and freshly redecorated tumulus accompanied by The Overlord, Assistant Overlord, The 'Nurp, and Rainbow Death

Aside from the substitutions, a lot of the "extras" were... well, extra. I didn't plan on painting a large portion of this, or any of the terrain. So this was a very ad-lib army. The core remains the same: liche, infantry regiment, two small cavalry regiments, a plageue cart, and carrion. And much of that was on the table from the start. It just took a weird twist. Of those, only the cavalry figures were swapped out. So here's the grand total, re-calculated from scratch because somewhere along the way I screwed up the book-keeping.

Army Totals

 

The Liche (lv.15) w/undead horse, pistol.................................... 247 pts 

Candyman - Undead Hero (lv. 10) w/Army Standard, lt. armour........... 150 pts

Overlord (lv. 5 necromancer)........ 60 pts 

Assistant Overlord (lv. 5 necromancer).....   60 pts

25 Skeletons with light armour, shield, spear, musician, standard....... 378 pts
6 Death Riders w/Lances, Shields....... 138 pts
6 Death Riders w/Lances, Shields....... 138 pts
3 Carrion........................................................ 135 pts

1 Plague Cart....... 100 pts
1 Nightmare Legion with light armour, shield, spear....... 14 pts

Phil the Spectre.....................................................200 pts.

Purple Nurple Lv. 5 Hero w/ Undead Horse w/H. Arm., Shield, Barding............ 48 pts

Rainbow Death - Lv. 5 Hero w/ Undead Horse w/:. Arm, Shield, Lance (shhhh... they think they're a unicorn & noble rider).. 45 pts

Sexy Wraith.............. 150 pts

Dragon.............     0 pts
Undead Hero (lv. 10) w/ lt. armour, shield.......................... 58 pts

Undead Hero (lv. 10) w/undead horse, lt. armour, shield... 68 pts

Wight.................................................................................    100 pts

Henge w/stone circle, soup, salad....................................    unlimited skeletons

Total........................ 2,089 pts

A fun project! It's really going to be hard to switch gears (and mindsets) to something different. I could probably stretch this out into a "part two" next year. Or I could switch back to a more serious undead contingent. I still have all the original cavalry I had planned to paint, after all. Maybe a return to sci-fi/40k? I suppose there are any number of options...

...skrtch..skrtch...skrtch...

...hiding in the shadows.

ZeroTwentythree's June Undead (600pts)

June Entry

LEADER Month!

 

I decided to save the man... er, former man... himself for last - The Liche!

This figure holds a bit of nostalgia for me. One of my close friends when I was young had an undead army and used this figure from Grenadier as one of his leaders (general?) As I recall he painted it in a pretty loud color scheme. I'm sure I didn't manage an identical paint scheme, but I think I'm fairly close. Since I had to pick this figure up from eBay, I got the original pack with both mounted and on foot. It's nice to have both options!

Here he is accompanied by the army standard bearer, The Candyman. The figure is an old Citadel skeleton, but the scythe had broken off. So I took the logical step and gave him some festive balloons, and modified his shield arm to hold a star-bust swirl lollipop.

 

Next are two undead heroes that were part of the original, less weird OWAC plan that didn't involve flamingos, lollipops, or any of that nonsense. One is an old Citadel mounted wight who was intended to lead the regular undead horse cavalry. The other, on the left, is a more recent figure from Northstar that I was really fond of, and will lead the regiment of armored skeleton infantry. Lastly is an old '80s Citadel Lord of the Rings barrow wight I picked up part way through June. I just had to paint it right away!

 

 

 

Lastly, let us bow our heads to the loss of two more OWAC challengers who dropped out to the Field of Bones - Maciek and Andrea. But all is not lost, they shall fight and paint eternal as part of the Liche's elite painting team. Also, I lost one of the last '80s era paints that was still in usable condition. So it too will be memorialized as a small terrain piece.

 

 

Just when I thought I was in the home stretch and going to finish early, The Overlord posted the below image to the OWAC FB group.

 

I took that as a challenge.

 

Thus, I have a last minute henge, complete with circle of stones, soup, and salad.

 

 

 Here's a candid shot of the Liche about to perform one of his summoning rituals. Soup, salad, and barrels are not glued down, so I can use this for a variety of gaming purposes, not just amassing a skeleton army.

So there it is, June and another OWAC completed! Coming soon, my wrap-up post.

 

June Leader Month
 

1 Liche (lv.15) w/undead horse, pistol.................................... 247 pts
1 Undead Hero (lv. 10) w/Army Standard, lt. armour........... 150 pts

1 Undead Hero (lv. 10) w/ lt. armour, shield.......................... 58 pts

1 Undead Hero (lv. 10) w/undead horse, lt. armour, shield... 68 pts

2 Skeleton Warriors...............................................................   20 pts

1 Wight.................................................................................    100 pts

1 Henge w/stone circle, soup, salad....................................    unlimited skeletons

June Total: 600 pts

Grand Total: 1733 pts