Wrath of the Wight King

My plan for Deadcember 2017 had been to complete a Necromancer themed 1,000 point  army for Warhammer Fantasy Battle by adding two new character models for a Wight King and the Master Necromancer himself. For the former I had recently picked up the excellent Wight Lord by Heresy Miniatures which was a perfect fit for the style of the army. Due to a painting slump I only just managed to complete this now however.

Skeletal figure in armour holding sword and decapitated heads in front of ranks for skeleton warriors
Commanding the dead

There isn’t any unnecessary detail on the sculpt and I like its slim silhouette which is well suited to fit into the entirely infantry based army of skeletons, zombies and haggard ghouls. I might add some blood splatter onto the blade later courtesy of the decapitated heads, but right now I am not very happy with my painting so I didn’t want to risk spoiling the miniature in case it went wrong. In general, I am using very few splashes of colour across the army anyway, with red mostly being reserved for the vampires.

As the Master Necromancer I am planning to use the 4th Edition sculpt of Heinrich Kemmler, to date one of my favourite miniatures of all time.

6 thoughts on “Wrath of the Wight King”

    1. I had bought the plastic Citadel model for the role, which is very nice, but wasn’t convinced that it fit in with the army as it stands. Then I found this guy and it ticked all the boxes.

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