What to do when you have some orphan bits.

What to do when you have those "orphan" bits... those pieces and fragments that you hang onto when you think "Hey, I could make something out of this..."

Well, you rethink your entire army, just so that you can create a conversion that uses those lonely bitz.

Or, you want to create an even more elaborate Liche priest on a horse to go with a new unit of horsemen.

Perhaps both!

As you can see, I had an odd collection of leftover bits.  I am not sure how I ended up with just one Casket mage arm, but I did.  I also had a small carrion from the Tomb Guard sprue.  I got this vision in my head (you don't want to know what goes on in there), and I had to see if it could be made (dessicated) flesh.



I am still adding some more little things to this, but it will be the centerpiece of that 18 man horse unit.  You already saw the movement tray in progress.



This is also part of that grand experiment to see how the foam core works which has replaced the usual cavalry bases.  It has been very nice so far, especially on the big Tomb Guard unit!  Much easier to keep all the floor sections level and seamless.

WOrk in Progress: Tainted World Eater Decimator

Well, get ready for Decimator #2!  This time, we cover the Khorne god.  It required a whole different set of conversion tactics than the Nurgle version.  I collected just about every skull I could find, and even that was not enough.  I had to sculpt about 7 more myself.  This should fit in quite well with all the previous "Tainted" World Eater pieces that have come before, such as the rhinos and predators.

Here are some torso shots (you can't go wrong with bunny ears!!!!).





And the legs...





And for the base...


There is still more being added, but this all needed several hours to set up before the next step.  I also added some things to the weapon arms, but I am waiting on Magnets!

One last horse archer...

This guy finished off the unit that was posted last night with the movement tray.  It is impossible to see here, but I did a color experiment by mixing bright fluorescent yellow with black. It made a very luminous yellowish grey... very cool!





And here are some close up images of the base.

The first painted movement tray for the Tomb Kings...

I have been wanting to see what one of my movement trays would look like once it was painted.  That, and what the whole unit would look like as well! :-)  These trays are all magnetized both on the top and on the bottom so that they stick to the display board.

Here are a bunch of images, starting with the top views:






Here are some more lateral views.  The inscription says:, "With the help of the Great Winged God, I Psusenes, shall restore my Kingdom and all who reside within it.  Those who plunder my Tomb Cities will suffer a fate worse than undeath.".

The whole team! Group shots...

OK, the team is all here :-)

Another picture of the Wights:



Some Skellies...





And the rest of the team!

Ghouls and zombies, oh my!

The last of the ghouls and zombies for this team are done.  Now it is on to the skeletons and Wights.  It is very strange painting those after doing all the Tomb Kings!!



What is fun on a team like this is to try out different flesh tones on each figure.  It can really help identify which is which during a game.  That is important when that 4-minute timer is ticking away!!

More blood Bowl figures...

Here's some Ghouls for that Undead Blood Bowl team :-)