samedi 20 mars 2021

A Wraith King to summon them all

One post about historical figures, then one post in Fantasy. Ok, I know, I should be painting Winged Hussars, or Vikings, or even Sassanids, meaning I should finish what I have started first. But I've started so many different projects than any new figure can complete an existing army.

Today, after a Norsemen warband, I needed a bit of fantasy. I also needed to clear my desk, and decided to paint the biggest figure on it - a wraith ! A wraith king to command my undead army, and summon dozens of skeletons, zombies, and other horrible creatures - a good option to replace my old vampire general.

So, what does he look like ? A big, howling spectre.

This mini doesn't come from any 1/72 fantasy sets, but from a pack of Undead troops designed for Battlelore 2nd edition. There are several types of figures in this pack: skeletons, knights on big horses, spectres and a zombie dragon - you can expect to see more in the next months. 

The skeletons are larger than the Caesar ones - they seem to be 'real' 25mm figures. The spectre (or wraith) is a big figure, but I find his size ok compared to the horde of skeletons and zombies (Caesar and Dark Alliance) around him.




That's all for today - hope you find him frightening :D


27 commentaires:

  1. Hi Phil,
    That's a nice looking leader for your undead army. Battlelore also has a very spooky looking banshee that you might want to look for as well.

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    1. Hello Eric, and thank you. A banshee, indeed ? Yes, I think I will have a look on the web :)

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  2. Very very nice! Where is this ghost comes from?

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    1. From a boardgame called Battlelore 2nd edition. I don't know if it is still in production, I bought this mini at least five years ago.

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  3. Top class. Goes really well with 20mm figures.

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  4. Fantastic looking mini. Really scary!

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  5. Nice one. You nailed the colours.

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  6. Impressive and frightening Phil! The Vikings and other Late antiquity historical figures would make suitable foes, especially Vikings and Anglo Saxon types much of Tolkien's is inspired by their mythologies :-)

    As a side not I spotted a comment of yours that slipped through the cracks on my blog! It has been a nightmare since the constant spam bots bombarding the place and having to screen comments!

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    1. Thank you Tony! I totally agree, there are undead armies in most mythological stories, and my own Undead army should have a fight against my mythological vikings this year.

      Yes, I had difficulties to write comments on your blog lately, for several weeks. I thought it might come from the automatic translator (it don't use it but it is proposed at the top of the screen when you want to write a comment) ?

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    2. Absolutely brilliant Phil, he looks great at this scale, he has a real final boss feel to him like all great fantasy bad guys should.

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    3. Thank you! A level boss, or a final boss ? ;-)

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    4. Yes the comment screening is a difficult one, it might be better to remove the moderation and just delete the spambots as they appear!

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  7. Great choice and result Phil, I also own that set and It is useful for such Undead Horrors

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    1. Thank you Sceavus! Not my idea since I first saw these nice figs on Plastic General blog, thank you again Jack!

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  8. Excellent work sir!
    Your painting is superb and inspirational as usual.

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  9. Wonderfull painted figures!

    Greetings
    Peter

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  10. Very nice! Are the skeletons also from Battlelore?

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    1. Hi, thank you for your comment. The skeletons are a mix of 3 sets:
      - Undead, by Caesar
      - Zombies by Caesar
      - Light warriors of the dead, by Dark Alliance

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