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Undead Line

I got a bit more painting done tonight.

These half dozen zombies are all in greatcoats. Instead of giving them a contrasting cuff I decided to leave them as either brown or grey. Bizarrely enough there are three identical pairs. Even though I picked them up at random I have managed to paint one of each pair in brown and the other in grey.

Their flesh tone is skeleton bone at the minute, but once dry I will add various washes. Some greenish and others a more khaki colour. Even though I have been painting lots of zombies and other undead I still haven’t got the hang of painting their flesh.

The greatcoats have yellow epaulettes, mainly to add a bit of a brighter colour, but also because I saw them in the Osprey book on Russian Napoleonic infantry and I quite liked them. I will try and add a number on each, however it may lead to a repaint 😁.

My MDF bases have arrived so I can base up to 100 infantry on the 2p sized base. I managed to find one to base all six of the lot I am painting now.

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Visthowla Legion

My big werewolf is finished.

I only have one of the set. There are 6 different ones with interchangeable heads and arms. I rather liked him so he was an impulse purchase. My original plan was to have him as a big werewolf for the forces of the Star wraith. However when I looked into it (and to be honest the Vistula legion was Polish – doh) I should have realised this unit was on the side of the Ferach.

Never mind he is a really funky figure, a bit of a grizzled veteran of many a campaign. He will certainly add a bit of a punch to the Ferach forces. He painted up nicely. I did toy with the idea of painting him in the blue and yellow of the Vistula legion but decided to stick (sort of) to the colour scheme on the Alternative Armies Website.

This basically being blue tunic with purple collar and cuffs. A red Czapka with gold braid and white breeches.

When I say he is a big werewolf, I mean he is indeed a big werewolf.

He towers above the Ferach stretcher bearer.

The other thing I managed to finish tonight was an objective marker for Flintloque or similar games.

This poor unfortunate sheltered behind the solid protection of the chest only to have his legs taken off by a cannon ball. Time and the depredations of carrion eaters have left him in a sorry state.

As it is for Flintloque the body may in fact be a trapped zombie protecting the chest. The only way to find out is to open the chest and see what it contains. Pay chest or perhaps an officer’s stock of best brandy. More than likely it will be nothing more than the records of the quartermaster.

Next up will be half a dozen Zombie line.

It looks like they have already found an officer!

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Doktorov and the Medics

I am not sure whether Medics is the right term…

I finished my reanimator and its team today.

Doktorov and the medics up first.

Doktorov is the Necromancer to the Star wraith (The head honcho of the Witchlands). He is, for want of a better term, a bit of a tinkerer. He believes that with his incredible knowledge and skills then he can improve on the stock Zombies that he re-animates. For instance he has developed a zombie that can see in the dark, a flying zombie with a rocket pack or indeed and exploding zombie. Most of the Vampires would rather not have him anywhere near them or their troops. An explosive Zombie that can explode in amongst your close packed column is doing the enemy’s job for them.

His two assistants are the dwarves Klaus and Yosephe. The dwarves were sent from Krautia to aid the Witchlands against the Ferach invasion in the hope of an alliance, an alliance that never came. Fear and boredom have turned them to drink and they somehow never manage to complete the task to the satisfaction of Doktorov.

The reanimator brings the dead back to ‘life’ as a zombie

I would imagine the two vertical prongs re-animate through the use of electricity provided by lightning.

The set comes with 5 corpses as seen below.

Some that look like they have been recently killed and others that need repairing or a bit of grave robbing has occurred. The pairs of corpses look a bit worse for wear.

I also managed to finish off the Latrinislav officer.

He is a nice figure and somehow he reminds me of a naval officer. I think it must be the hat and the beard.

Last up for this batch is the stretcher and casualty.

I think I may have gone over the top with the blood… I think he is a bit beyond the casualty stage with a ruddy great hole in his stomach that seems to be gushing blood.

To be honest I might give him a repaint (well I need to paint/tidy up his left foot if nothing else).

I have started on my Giant werewolf of the Visthowla legion. Hopefully I will get him finished tonight.

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The Reanimators

I enjoyed painting this trio of minis.

Doktorov and his two Dwarven assistants. I still need to do the reflector on the middle dwarf (once again I notice I missed something when I put the photo up). Lovely figures to paint. Very simple too compared to some of the military types.

I made a start on the various casualties.

The stretcher is part of the field hospital set. I am basically just blocking in colours to begin with.

Then onto this lot…

I managed to get a bit of paint onto the werewolf of the Visthowla as well as a base coat on my bear. I also got a start on one of the officers from the Latrinislav command set.

I haven’t got a clue what happened to the other two from the set.

Hopefully I can crack on tomorrow and get the reanimation device finished along with the various casualties.

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Canine Pioneers/Sappers

I got these pretty much finished tonight.

Well when I say finished….

I want a better highlight on the green uniform, the collar and cuffs and the boots (I totally forgot the boots).

I am really happy with how they came out. I did a bit of humming and hawing about uniform colours tried to find something useful online about Austrian uniform colours. They pretty much seemed to be white with various exceptions – (in fact they wore blue or Pike grey coats…I found out after painting them).Therefore I went green with yellow. I did toy with the idea of a brown coat, but with them being dogs I felt everything might blend in.

The first two up for a closer look are:

Then onto these two…

It was I added the above that I realised that I had forgotten the rolled greatcoat on the one carrying the barrel. Monster brown was the first paint that came out of the box so he has a brown greatcoat.

Interestingly enough I had a swine of a job getting the yellow to cover the green. I suddenly remembered something in GW’s how to paint miniatures. Basically make a pastel shade to go over a dark one… I gave it a try and it worked fine.

I am quite pleased with my painting progress over the weekend.

Since Friday night I have painted everything I undercoated on Thursday.

I think I will move onto the reanimator and crew next. Then that way I have painted everything I got for Christmas.

After that who knows🤔🤔🤔.

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Madame Pompaboom

I decided to have a little bit of painting time today to finish of Madame.

Another great little set fromAlternative Armies. I got her primarily as I am trying to get lots of civilian figures; but she can be used in both Flintloque and Slaughterloo.

Madame is of an ancient family line and is the last of the same. She travels Valon with her trusted manservant. Here we see her dressed in her finery. Her hair is so high it requires the manservant to follow her around holding it up with his hair pole.

It really is true what they say… The camera does indeed show everything. I have just noticed the belt buckle on the manservant has bled onto the black belt (which I have obviously forgotten to highlight too).

Tonight I will crack on with the surgical sets tables etc and make a start on the engineers.

I redid the belt and added the various highlights.

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Alternative Armies Purchases and a bit of painting

AA had a free postage deal on so I took advantage of it 😁

I wanted some of the Savant Zombies. I ordered the six from the ‘Escape from the Dark Tzar’ set. They are really nice figures in resin. I still can’t get my head around how light they are compared to the usual white metal figures.

From the same set I ordered the ogre captain to act as my officer for my Finkelstein ogre section.

Apologies for the blurred picture.

He is another nice figure. So much lighter than the rest of the ogres I ordered.

We have a forager a sapper and two line ogres. These will be combined with the two I already have (see below) to make a section of six plus an officer.

I managed a bit of painting this evening making a good start on Madame Pompaboom.

She still has a long way to go – her hairstyle alone will probably take an hour to finish.

I started late as I was sorting out my craft shed which I finished today. All of my toys are going out there to make room in the house.

I hope to get both her and her manservant finished tomorrow night.

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Ferach Field Hospital

I am just about finished the full set.

A bit of a tidy up and some darkening around the eyes especially on the two on the left. Really only just the stretcher and equipment table to sort out…

I have added a couple of plastic pieces too – a table for the surgery and a chest to hold all the tools.

I really like this set. There are three of them that can be used as civilians. The surgeon on the right would make a good barman.

Not sure where I will go next. Perhaps Lady Pompaboom.

I received my new figures today. I have been very resolute and they are still sealed in their box. I will open it tomorrow and get some photographs taken.

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Medics, Engineers and a Very Posh Lady

I managed to get a pile of figures undercoated this evening.

First up is the medical team. Two surgeons a stretcher bearer team and an auxiliary.

This set also contains a gentleman surgeon as seen last week and a rather nice ex soldier with a wooden leg (not to mention a wounded elf on a stretcher).

Next up is a group of canine engineers.

This is another nice set. The first would make a rather nice assassin with a bomb and pistol. The second is carrying a plank, the third a barrel, while the last is obviously digging up his bone. He, like me, has a concentrating tongue – it sticks out when we are concentrating.

Madame Pompaboom is next.

This rather hatchet faced lady and manservant is a rather fun set. With her ladyship’s hair being so high it requires him to hold it up. She almost conceals a bomb in her towering hairstyle. Her head and hair are a separate casting. I couldn’t work out where her face had gone. Being the pillock that I am, I was trying to put it on upside down. I thought the fuse on the bomb went into the hole on her neck 😱😱😱.

I am thinking white and gold for the dress…

I did manage to finish one of them.

I really like this figure. He comes with the field hospital. However, I think I will use him as an ex soldier.

All in all another eclectic mix of very nice figures.

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Undead Artillery

The undead are ahead in the arms race!

I eventually finished these. They are lovely figures. Really easy to paint. I do like the guy with the powder bag. It looks like the ball is in there with the powder. I have some extra zombies (6 of them) that need painting. I may paint these up in the same uniform to act as armed support.

The gun carriage is from Alternative Armies whilst the barrel is a GW empire one. I decided to make a light gun however I felt that it was a bit small for what I wanted.

Hence the plastic barrel (I never got round to ordering a AA one – it didn’t help that I kept forgetting that I had the gun and the crew.

I really must get hold of the Grapeshotte schilling pack as this beast will rule the battlefield and I need something to be able to shoot back.

I have a couple of scenarios that this can be used for.

I also quite fancy a hunt the gun scenario as in the 1957 film the Pride and the Passion. The undead have to get their gun to help attack a town’s walls. Ok the gun in the film was massive.

It does have Sophia Loren in it. I haven’t seen it in years… time to find it on eBay 🤣