Will Vale Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Hi folks, I've had a bit of a gap in the middle owing to family holiday, work, etc. but I've finally finished the skeletons I started at the very end of January. They're Games Workshop 28mm models, and they're a bit long in the tooth now. There's nothing really wrong with them but they don't have quite the poses and detail of the newer stuff. The biggest issue is that as they're designed to rank up on square bases they have rather restricted poses, so they're not a very diverse unit. I've tried to build in a bit of variety with the various optional parts, and have some spears aloft and some down low doing the stabbing. The command group (champion, standard bearer and musician) are quite characterful, especially the musician's ludicrous horn. I was a bit worried about attaching the shields at the end, but they had decent gluing surfaces so I was able to scrape some paint away and fix them in place with solvent glue. I think my favourite is the skeleton with the coffin-lid shield and half of his skull missing. They're all painted roughly the same way - Alclad primer, Tamiya acrylics for the basic bone colour, Citadel paints for almost everything, Alclad varnish and Citadel metallics with some Vallejo Liquid Metal colours for the brightest highlights. The metals are quite shiny but the diffuse lighting kills that a bit, I'll have to take some pictures on black and see how that looks. NB: The bases are inspired by Padley Gorge near Sheffield where we used to live. It's not exactly a tribute but I remember the mossy rocks and autumn leaves fondly. Hopefully I can develop that a bit if I do some matching scenery. Thanks for looking, and to those who commented on the WIP thread, it's always helpful to get another pair of eyes on these things: Cheers, Will 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredG Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 It's one time that to say that they don't look lifelike is a compliment 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Moore Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Lovely work Will. My favourite is the one with the spiky helmet and the low-riding loincloth (last photo, right-hand side). Makes him look like he's got builder's bum. The bases are particularly nice too. It's been a few years since I was up at Padley, but they definitely capture the look of the place. Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Those are really nice Will The musician's horn is ludicrous in more ways than one, given that he doesn't have the means to blow into the thing in the first place Cheers, Stew 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clive_t Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Great stuff, I really enjoyed the WIP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted March 6, 2018 Author Share Posted March 6, 2018 Thanks all! 22 hours ago, AndyRM101 said: Lovely work Will. My favourite is the one with the spiky helmet and the low-riding loincloth (last photo, right-hand side). Makes him look like he's got builder's bum. Hehe, there's another one whose trouser-remnants are definitely hanging quite low: 21 hours ago, Stew Dapple said: The musician's horn is ludicrous in more ways than one, given that he doesn't have the means to blow into the thing in the first place Yes there's been some debate in our house as to whether the lack of lungs or lips is the real problem! Cheers, Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted June 10, 2021 Author Share Posted June 10, 2021 Is it ironic to resurrect a thread about the undead? I painted a Grave Guard model this week as it was last month's free GW miniature and I thought it would sit happily with my existing skellies. I think the Grave Guard are probably not as nice as the skeleton warriors - they have a lot of vampire bits like bat wings on their helmets, and their forward-leaning poses seem less varied. (I don't know if this will work as an embed, but if you click through it spins around!) But it's still fun to paint skeletons Will 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Not my normal genre Will but nice all the same. I remember the original thread, back in pre-covid prehistory. The look like fun & with your treatment are very effective. The spinny bit looks good on flickr. 👍 Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escaflowne Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Fun painting it give me some idea for painting my skeletons and Dyniak in my cemetary I don't want to meet them in the night 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Vale Posted August 3, 2021 Author Share Posted August 3, 2021 Thanks folks! What's a Dyniak? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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