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Wight Champion

Old skeleton head on the body of the snap fit sigmarine from White Dwarf back when AoS was in its infancy. The crow in front of the moon is the same heraldry that I gave to the battle standard bearer some (a lot of) posts back.

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Barrow Wight, Lord of The Rings The bright greys/whites that I used on the banshee, I had first tested on this Barrow Whight.

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Giant Bat

The second of the four that came in the box, it still needs some grass on the base.

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Another Vampire Counts (Cairn) Wraith.

The scythe blade was missing from this metal miniature, so I replaced it with one from the warhammer plastic zombie kit.

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Banshee!

Classic metal sculpt, I decided not to go for the blue/green “ectoplasm” glows that are in fashion these days, but instead use whites and greys, for a more “classic” look. The red hair was inspired by Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak.

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Cairn Wraith

another one, made with the plastic necromancer kit, greenstuff, a skull, and an unidentified metal bit for a scythe.

(I find the plastic necromancer quite bland compared to previously released sculpts, but the robes meant that he could be turned into a Wraith easily). 

With this model I also learned that one can use Lahmian Medium to get rid of varnish frosting!

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Zombie Barbarian AKA Mordred the Damned One, Fir Bolg, Celtos

He has risen once again to bolster the undead ranks of the Re-Animator’s Army of Darkness!

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Vampire Counts Wraith AKA Cairn Wraith

Of the classic metal variety. He comes to join the family of Wraith conversions that I had done back when I started this tumblr!

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Aenur the Noble, Dhampyr Prince

AKA Aenur, Sword of Twilight (Mordheim Dramatis Personae)

I always wanted to paint this model, and when I finally decided, I was watching Castlevania by Warren Ellis and got influenced by Alucard and Dracula. This model did not need converting, just the correct colour choices to become a Creature of the Night.

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Necrarch Vampire

AKA my camera really likes it's yellows

Or as they always say "it looks better in real life"

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…and the sea gave up the dead which were in it…

AKA

Grave Guard... Of the Sea!

Sea Elves, sorry, Aelfs, that died

*calls expert: “is the plural Aelfs or Aelves now? Is there a fee for typing that word? Are Aelfs considered inappropriate content for Tumblr? What? Maybe I should stick with Elves?”

This post was originally erroneously submitted on my Chaos and post-apocalyptic anarchy Tumblr, whateverhammer2.

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Classic Plastic Giant Bat!

From an old box with critters and a Minotaur!

The bat is ok, but I feel especially satisfied by the base. It conveys the melancholic "some time in the past humans were here, but now they're long gone" feel, a landscape perfect for my undead.

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Sir Edward T. Head, undead zombie warrior AKA Krieg the Relentless, from Descent: Road to Legend Lieutenants Modified with Warhammer fantasy weapons, Sir Edward is ready to fight in the Re-Animator's Army of Darkness! With a head sculpted like that, the Iron Maiden reference was obligatory...

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But what is this!? A Ghoul! Of the GW, metal variety!

The Re-Animator may have not been posting enough, but he managed to do some work it seems!

Straight out of the box, I love these guys because they are perfect to experiment with skin tones. A lot of full moons ago, I had converted some as rotters for my Nurgle Blood Bowl team.

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The Re-Animator’s Army of Darkness is a thing that still exists! Now I am not much of a WIP person, but this post is proof of life (or better, undeath).

Mr Krieg the Relentless from the Descent boardgame has become another pawn at the hands of the Re-Animator. He has gained a new left arm with a GW skeleton shield as I did not like the supposedly decomposing armless original. And a new weapon from the GW zombies, cause the original one was very poorly sculpted. Now, paint awaits!

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The Nosferatu Gate!

From Paizo’s Dark Elf Sanctum, I based and painted it as a scenic element/objective marker for the Re-Animator’s Army of Darkness.

EDIT: Now with 100% more color correction!

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A ghoul!

The newest addition to the Re-Animator’s Army of Darkness, and originally part of Mantic’s Dungeon Saga undead box.

I tried some new colours and combinations on the skintones, and I chose him because the mini has few elements to paint while the amount and depth of the detail is more than satisfactory.

EDIT: Now with 100% more color correction!