North Star Cultist III for Frostgrave

 The Frostgrave Cultists III set from North Star contains multi part multi pose plastic figures, lightly armoured (if they have armour). They are suitable for general cult rabble as well as miscreants for SF games.

This one will be part of a Militia unit for my Necromancer's army.

North Star Cultists III for Frostgrave

 The latest addition to the North Star range of plastic figures for Frostgrave is Cultists III. This adds another selection of cultist figures, lighter armoured than Cultists I and Cultists II.

Standard North Star box (though it feels a bit more flimsy).

The box contains four sprues, each of which builds five figures.

There are heads and hands to build undead out of the figures as well.

There is one particular weapon of note, a chainsaw!

That will be an entertaining add on.

Without the chainsaw, these are going to supply some lighter troops for my Necromancer's army, and possibly some melee troops for my Converted one as well.

Oathmark Revenant Infantry - two ranks of Revenants with sword and shield

 So having completed one rank of Revenant with two handed weapons, it was time to build two ranks with hand weapons and shields.

One of them is going to be a Champion, so was built with the officer arm and was given some bits of personal equipment from various Frostgrave sprues.

The bases have been milliputted and they have been undercoated.

Oathmark Revenant Champion - Painted

 So this Revenant Champion was definitely undercoated in February 2023. At some point the haft of the two handed mace got a coat of Citadel Dryad Bark.

But it skulked in the figure case unloved and unregarded like the Revenant infantry.

And now finally it is painted.

The figure is based on a Renedra 25mm diameter plastic base, the figure's puddle base is blended into the base with Milliput. Woodland Scenics fine cinder ballast was added over PVA glue.

The flesh is Citadel Rakarth Flesh. The hair, leggings and the cloak are Vallejo Black Grey. The skirt is a mix of Vallejo Black Grey and Citadel Dryad Bark.

The haft of the mace and the shoes are Citadel Dryad Bark.

The metal work (chest plate, mace head, leg guards, wrist guard and brooch) were painted with MIG Black Green.

The skin was shaded with Citadel Seraphim Sepia.

The metalwork was weathered with Citadel Nihilakh Oxide.

Brown areas were shaded with Citadel Agrax Earthshade. The grey areas were shaded with Citadel Nuln Oil. 

The fur collar was shaded with both Agrax Earthshade and Nuln Oil.

The jewel was painted with Army Painter Stone Golem, and then Citadel Warpstone Glow.

Oathmark Revenant Infantry - Painted

 The Oathmark Revenant Infantry were released at the end of June 2021, I assembled the first rank in August that year. They were undercoated before February 2023.

Finally I have painted them.

Based on the traditional Renedra 25mm diameter bases, the puddle bases were blended in with Milliput.

Woodland Scenics fine cinder ballast was applied over PVA glue.

They were undercoated with Citadel Chaos Black spray.

The flesh  and the plume are Citadel Rakarth Flesh, leggings Citadel Steel Legion Drab.

For the next lot I might change the plumes to Army Painter Stone Golem and wash with Citadel Soulblight Grey.

The skirt and boots are Citadel Catachan Flesh.

The axe haft is Citadel Dryad Bark.

The metalwork was painted with MIG Black Green.

Citadel Nihalakh Oxide was used for the weathering, inspired by the exhibits at the World of Stonehenge exhibition.

The flesh and plume were washed with Citadel Seraphim Sepia.

The leggings, boots and skirt were drybrushed with Citadel Terminatus Stone and then washed with Citadel Agrax Earth Shade.

The whole first rank.

Mantic Zombie Apocalypse bargain box: the Zombies

 After Mantic Games discontinued the licence for The Walking Dead: All Out War, they must have had a few Zombies left over.

They had a Summer sale in 2022 with a Zombie Apocalypse box comprising some random ex-TWD:AOW zombies plus some figures from their SF range and a hard plastic truck.

What I did not do was photograph them in sufficient detail to be able to reference what zombies were included.

I have made up for that.

Now I just need to identify the named zombies (the last two are from the Michonne set).

Wargames Atlantic Skeleton Cavalry

 Wargames Atlantic released the Skeleton Cavalry box set a while ago.

As it says on the tin box, there are ten horses, two chariots and twenty five skeletons.

The twenty five skeletons include the riders and crew of the horses and chariots, but can be built in a number of combinations (see the box text above).

The skeletons are of the Ray Harryhausen style with Ancient Greek style kit, shields and armour.

There are no instructions, but it appears the chariot can be built either as an open sided or closed sided chariot.

The intention is to build the horses as zombie/revenant style so they will need some internals and skin added. The crew may need kit-bashing with the Oathmark Revenant Infantry to match the more Northern European style,

Fireforge Samurai and Ashigaru comparison

 Comparison between Fireforge Ashigaru and Samurai with Fireforge Almughavars, Living Dead Peasants, Byzantine Auxilia and North Star Stargrave Scavengers.

Oathmark Barrow Worm

 Barrow or Ghoul Worms are enormous burrowing creatures that having consumed dead flesh have become undead themselves.

Necromancers can control (with difficulty) the creatures, unleashing them on their enemies.

Having wanted to add some heavy hitters to my undead army, I was looking for something suitable.

Crooked Dice had their Corpse Scavengers but they are rather complicated to assemble. They also have a Death Worm. This is a one piece resin model.

The model was undercoated with Citadel Corax White.

The base was painted with Humbrol Dark Earth 30. The body (except the claw/fangs) was painted with Citadel Rakarth Flesh. The claw/fangs were painted first with Vallejo Old Wood. This was followed by Vallejo Dark Sand. They were highlighted wit a mix of Vallejo Dark Sand, Vallejo White and Army Painter Stone Golem. The wound was painted with the same Dark Sand/White/Stone Golem mix with the holes painted with Citadel Mechrite Red. Open sores were painted with the Same Mechrite Red. Citadel Drakenhof Nightshade was applied to the sores. The pustules were painted with a White/Stone Golem mixture and then Citadel Gryphonne Sepia was applied. Citadel Drakenhof Nightshade was applied to the mouth.

Fireforge Living Dead Peasants.

One of the Enemy tables in Five Leagues from the Borderlands is Whispers from Beyond, with a lot of Undead types. Though I have a large number of Oathmark Skeletons, I needed  some more Zombie types. Looking at the ranges available, I decided that the Living Dead Peasants looked like a good match.

FireForge's Living Dead Peasants is part of their Forgotten World range.

Supplied in a standard sized box it makes 18 unarmoured zombie/undead figures.

The box contains three identical sprues. Each sprue makes six figures, four male and two female (not quite the result of an equal opportunities necromancer).

Each sprue can build three unarmed zombies plus three armed with two handed (mainly improvised) weapons or six armed with a hand weapon. There is a bit of a shortage of empty hands for the the hand weapons (I managed to get two with hand weapons in addition to the three unarmed ones - there is one additional empty hand, and one of the ones with a hand weapon has a lantern).

There are nine heads, two of which are female. One head has a corvid having a snack.

Here are the six assembled from one sprue.

Side views of the six figures.

As is normal for the FireForge fantasy figures, they are notably taller and bulkier than the Oathmark figures. However, they do not have "puddle" bases, so their head height is not that bad compared to Oathmark.

Oathmark Skeleton, Fireforge Living Dead Peasant, Oathmark Human Infantry and Oathmark Revenant infantry.

In Five Leagues from the Borderlands, the maximum number of zombie types is eleven, so there will be some conversions required so I do not need to buy an extra box.