Oathmark Skeleton mini army

 Here is an Oathmark Skeleton mini army.

My original plan was to have a mix of soldiers, archers and spears, but I got in the flow and built most of my stock into soldiers.

So nine ranks of Skeleton Soldiers and one level one Necromancer.

I did pick up a box of Mantic Ghouls which will give some speedy units in lieu of some cavalry when I expand this army.

Oathmark Skeleton Infantry

 Another twenty skeletons for Joriff's army.

Okay, they still need the shields added, so are skulking at the back.

Joriff admires his handiwork.

There will need to be more before he challenges the nearest town.

Joriff the Necromancer

So, having started my Undead army, I needed a Necromancer to command it.

In Oathmark, skeleton forces need a Spellcaster on the table to maintain them. At the moment, I am building small forces, so a low power necromancer will fit the bill (and not be too heavy on points).

Joriff is built using the Frostgrave Cultist sprue plus some details from the Wizards sprue (the skull for instance).

The figure was undercoated with Citadel Chaos Black followed by Army painter Chaos Red. The hood was painted with Citadel Screamer Pink, the trousers with Citadel "The Fang" blue/grey, gloves with Citadel Steel Legion Drab. The belt was Citadel Rakash Flesh as are the scrolls.

The skull was painted with Army painter Skeleton Bone, the eye sockets were then painted with Humbrol 34 matt white and then Citadel Hexwraith Flame. The potion bottle was painted again with Humbrol white followed by Citadel Aethermatic Blue in a couple of coats. The chains were painted with Citadel Abaddon black and highlighted with Army Painter Stone Golem. Boots were Citadel Catachan Flesh.

Joriff commanding his forces.

CUT! Will you two on the end stop gossiping!

 

Compare The Ghoul dot Com 2: The Sprues

As previously mentioned, way back when I bought the Frostgrave Undead Encounters bag of Mantic undead sprues from North Star at Salute.

This comprised ten skeletons, four ghouls and three zombies (one skeleton sprue, one zombie sprue and two ghoul sprues).

During a recent archaeological expedition, I found the original zip-lock bag with one Ghoul sprue and one Zombie sprue.

Zombie Sprue

Ghoul Sprue

I think I should be able to mix and match the two sprues to add to my Ghoul unit.

Compare The Ghoul dot Com

 Oathmark Elf Light Infantry; Mantic Ghoul; Oathmark Human Infantry; Mantic Ghoul; Oathmark Skeleton Infantry

Oathmark Skeleton Infantry

Osprey Games have recently released the Oathbreakers supplement and North Star have released the Skeleton Infantry as a multi-part multi-pose plastic kit.

The Box is the standard Oathmark box with six identical sprues plus thirty 25mm x 25mm square bases.

Each sprue builds five skeletons. Each skeleton can be armed with hand weapons (three with swords, two with axes and one left hand sword), spears or bows. There are eleven different heads 

The shields and armour are of a Bronze Age style showing their age.

The figures are very fine, two of the heads have open jaws showing empty space.

The figures go together easily. The shoulder joints are delicate and the arrangement does need careful assembly, a couple of the shoulder sockets only work with certain arms. I applied Tamiya Thin liquid cement to soften the plastic before applying it again. Once the joint was set, I applied some additional liquid cement. The weapon arm does look a bit delicate, painting needed careful bracing of the weapon.

The shields are intended to be bronze. The shields were undercoated with Citadel Abaddon Black applied by brush. The front of the shield was then painted with a mix of Humbrol 30 Dark Green and Citadel Abandon Black.

 There was a very interesting paint recipe by Nicholas P on Lead Adventure Forum. As I did not have any of the required colours or the Acrylic Medium in dropper bottles, I made do with what I had. I used a medium brush to deposit a quantity of Citadel Lahmian Medium onto the palette. I then added a large brushload of Humbrol 34 White and Humbrol 30 Dark Green. This meant that it stayed liquid for longer and behaved a bit like a wash.

They were then dry brushed with Citadel Nurgling Green. A Wash of Citadel Drakenhof Nightshade was followed by a second dry brush with Nurgling Green.

The figures (without shields) were undercoated with Citadel Chaos Black spray followed by Army painter Skeleton Bone. 

All armour and weapons were painted with Citadel Abandon Black, The axe handle was painted with Citadel  Dryad Bark. Straps and belts were painted with Citadel Steel Legion Drab. Cloth straps and the skeleton's teeth were painted with Army Painter Stone Golem. 

The base was painted with Citadel Abandon Black.  

The weapons were painted with a mix of Citadel Abandon Black and Humbrol Dark Green. They were then dry brushed with Citadel Nurgling Green. 

Everything was dry brushed with Citadel Terminatus Stone.

A final wash of Citadel Agrax Earthshade showed off the detail.

The shields were clipped off the sprue and the damage caused by the clipping tidied up. The shields were glued to the figures hand with superglue.

Ten down, another thirty to go just for a mini army.