Showing posts with label Skulls. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Skulls. Show all posts

Saturday, 14 March 2026

From TeemuL: Warmaster Undead (47 points)


Just collecting some skulls and "Warmaster Undead" squirrel this week...


...and of course adding to Warmaster army some new units, the true meaning of the Challenge.


I have previously painted some units for the army during the past Challenges, but I guess I have already enough for a small game. Let's see if that happens sooner or later. These are the latest additions, one unit of foot infantry, one character and one war machine called Skull Chucka. I bought all the minis I have second hand they were mostly painted. They might have been mostly intact, too, but I'm not sure. Anyway, Skull Chucka is missing the crew, so I guess it works by magic now, and character should have another companion, one with a banner, but they are all missing at the moment. I couldn't find them in the box I stored them, but may be I found them from somewhere else.


There are lots of different kinds of bones on the base, and some weapons, too. A good supply, if you need to raise some bodyguards?


I chose green as the main colour (after bone), which is used in the shields. Cloaks are purple and shafts are red. That's pretty much it! I used Contrast paints except for the metal parts, which are traditional acrylics. Quite fast to paint once you have all the colours defined. I painted all the other characters last year, but left this one for the Challenge, because of the mountain of skulls. I gently highlighted all the skulls on the mountain with bone colour, trying to keep count of skulls, but most likely the final count is incorrect. Shields and weapons bring some interest to the bone mountain. Skull Chucka was very quick to paint, so the 3 points awarded for a crew served weapon is quite right, even though it is a big one.


There are 45 skulls between shoulders visible enough to count on the rank and file units and on the character. Then 42 freehand skulls on the shields and banners and 1 sculpted. 8 skulls on the catapult and 1 more in the banner pole. I counted 30 skulls on the base of the character, most likely incorrect to some way or another. Total amount 127 skulls. I just noticed that my close rival in the Skull race, BruceR, also painted some 10mm Warmaster skeletons. Great minds think a like!


3 points for the crew served weapon and 44 points for the infantry (there are 43 full "bodies" and 3 crawling up from the ground), total 47 points from the Undead.


List of squirrels (15): 
28mm Napoleonic British
28mm Fantasy Dwarfs
28mm Fantasy Mercenaries
28mm Fantasy Orcs
28mm Warhammer 40k Imperium
28mm Warhammer 40k Chaos
28mm Warhammer 40k Eldar
28mm Post WW2 Alternative History
28mm LotR Forces of Good
28mm LotR Forces of Evil
28mm Old West Gunfighters
25mm Classic Fantasy
15mm WW2 Soviets
15mm WW2 Germans
10mm Fantasy Undead

What a great army Teemu, you have really re-created that awesome old-school look with the green bases as well! And what a great score on the Squirreling Duel mate.
 
Well done, Sander 

Tuesday, 10 March 2026

From BrianC: A lot of everything! Kings of War Undead, Alternative Armies 15mm, Gangs of Rome, & More! (306pts)

Well, it's been awhile. Life happenings. But, when I had some time, I try to paint what I can. I'm not sure if I will hit my goal this season. I painted a mixed range of 15mm and 28mm miniatures from a mixed range of tabletop miniature companies. Let's get to it!


Alternative Armies 15mm Automata Infantry (15)








Cool Mini or Not Besiege 15mm Mulfin Set (36)













 





Alternative Armies Rogue (15mm)


 





Kings of War Dwarf Champion (28mm)







Frostgrave Wizard Apprentice (28mm)








Wargames Atlantic Gangs of Rome 28mm (6)







Next Level Miniatures Dwarf Bar Maiden (28mm)







Mantic Games Undead Infantry 28mm (25)







Mantic Games Undead dogs 28mm (3)







Bolt Action American Infantry 28mm (2)







Rumbleslam "Fang" 40mm










I will end it here. I'm hoping to finish painting more Undead infantry and Saxons.


POINTS

15mm x 52 = 104pts
28mm x 39 = 195pts
40mm x 1 = 7pts

TOTAL = 306pts




Wow Brain, that's a lot of kit painted.  Must feel good to get them finally ready to go.  Lots to love, but I especially like that Dwarf Champion. who appears to be clad in a deep sea diving helmet and the Frostgrave apprentice.  306 points to your tally.





















Sunday, 8 March 2026

From Mike W - A mixed bag of Genres & Scales (324 Points)

Just when you thought it was safe to avoid Orcs in my posts, I present a batch of 20 x Orc Bowmen, although many would say no ewal Orc would consider using a bow... 

These guys are 3D Prints from Highland Miniatures, via eBay and I although they do not match the look and feel of my existing collection  I just liked the sculpts and wanted to paint them!

Batch of 20 x 28mm Orc Bowmen

Closer view of the right flank of the Orc Bowmen

And the left flank, featuring the banner

In my head, I'll use them as 'civilised' Orcs that have taken to dressing like humans, albeit, some strange Orcish cult (Gorka or Morka or both!) with their deep red cowls and forgoing the traditional choppas and spears for bows.

The command group


Three Bowmen

Three more...

Another three, although I like these guys as a one off, I don't think I'll get any more as they are so different from the others in my collection


Four Bowmen

And the last four!

This really is the end of my Orcs for this year but don't worry I'm sure I'll not be able to resist more eBay bargains in the next few months!

Next I have some 100 x Warlord Games Epic ACW 15mm infantry, painted as the 10th Tennessee 'Sons of Erin' Volunteer Infantry, an Irish unit featured on the cover of an Osprey Men-at-Arms book I have.

The full unit

These were painted in much the same way as the AWI infantry I submitte din a previous post this year, being grey clad rebels these guys were pretty straight forward to do and the use of a watered down black ink wash helped pull th edetail out of the figures.

First of five bases!

Second....

The command base, flags printed out and attached.
Unfortunately the 'Sons of Erin' green harp flag is not really that visible.


Fourth base!

And finally.

THe artillery base and teh mounted commander were painted up - really as they were part of eth figure sprue, they will be deployed somewhere in my Rebet army!


The rest of this week's post is taken with a couple of odds and ends thtat have come off my workbench....

A 28mm Skeletons armed with sword and shield.

This guy is wearing a Bedouin head wrap sourced from a Gripping Beast Arab Infantry set.
His original skull is at his feet!


Another view

Finally a Chaos cultist who has stumbled upon a couple of unfortunate travellers, I can't remember where the figure came from but it was for a long forgotten project.

Chaos Cultist with his victims


His nasty looking weapon


A rear shot


SKULL POINTS
+1 Skeleton
+6 Recount on previously submitted Chariot! If allowable...

POINTS
20 X 28mm Orc Archers @ 5 Pts ea.                    100 Points
100 x 15mm ACW Infantry @ 2 Pts ea.                200 Points
1 x 15mm ACW Cannon & 4 crew                         12 Points
1 x 15mm Mounted ACW Officer                             4 Points
1 x 28mm Skeleton                                                    5 Points
1 x 28mm Chaos Cultist                                            5 Points

TOTAL                                                                  326 Points

From DaveD. Well that is a decent output indeed . More Orcs indeed  , what’s not to like , but civilised ones He he . The Epic ACW is of course epic . Plus odds and sods - cracking .