I completed the small coven of necromancer and zombies from the Fantasy and History Kickstarter for Frostgrave (or whichever other fantasy skirmish game the future holds for me). Thanks to Bad Squiddo Games for promoting this campaign which otherwise would have passed by me.
My favourite figure of the lot is this half skeletal zombie with a raven on his shoulder. It reminds me of a classic from Citadel that I painted for my Oldhammer Undead. The sculpting quality on this model is very high – I really like the position of the fingers on the left hand and the leaning posture with the large sword dragging behind, as if the wielder still vaguely remembers its use.
On the necromancer there were some elements I couldn’t clearly identify, like the top of the staff. Overall he is pleasantly creepy looking though. I believe he is not meant to be a common human, as his hands are three long laws.
With this villain and his henchmen finished I’ll probably look into getting a band of adventurers together next to fight through the ruins of a soon to be expanded town.
The Lost and the Damned 
Love the first one, the skeletal zombie with a raven on his shoulder. It kinda has a “heavy metal album’s cover art” vibe. Love it very much! Great painjob on all of them, by the way.
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*paintjob ^^;
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True, it has that feel to it. Thank you for the compliment, and for making me image search retro heavy metal album covers right now – very entertaining!
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Yep agreed the dude with the long metal thrashing hair is the best. He should be dragging a flying V electric guitar hehe.. Nice paint work man
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Thanks, he’s got a strong visual style and was very straight forward to paint as well, all clean lines and details.
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Very cool – I’ve been bitten by the undead bug for Frostgrave too & really wish I’d seen this Kickstarter! The Necromancer is a nice sculpt, but crow-zombie is brilliant – all very nicely painted of course :-)
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I saw you have no shortage of Undead for Frostgrave already! A quirky lot, my favourite is the lizardman, the open wounds look really gruesome.
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Well done and superb use of color and highlights. Love the bases as well.
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Thank you! I’m using that basing style for most projects now, I think it is quite flexible for most of the surfaces I am likely to play on. Painted and drybrushed sand, a mix of autumn and dry static grass and a bit of coarse flock in various colours.
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I like the look. I’ve recently been trying to sculpt my bases, and I’ve been happy with them. Yours have a nice balance I agree.
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I really love how you used the shadow the miniature casts so effectively. Really adds to the mood of your scenic photos and brings home the dread. I shall keep this in mind for my own photos.
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Thank you, I was quite taken with the result as well, especially against the cracked plaster walls. I didn’t set out with it in mind, but after a few test shots with artificial light on a late evening I decided to use it for full dramatic effect.
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