Sylvania Wakes

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With my Stirland garrison of Heiligsheld being complete it is time to turn to the enemy, the undead of neighbouring Sylvania.

My Undead forces are here:




Due to the nature of them I figured they will be quicker to paint than my fleshy human fancy uniformed chaps.
This pleases me as my humans take me about 8 hours a model to paint.
The zombies have flesh and bone and metal and cloth and they are my biggest unit so they will take longer than the simpler skellibobs.

Having left the largest of my human units to last and regretting it, I decided to paint my largest and hardest undead unit first.
But I did not pay anywhere as much time on them and this is very clear if you look closely at them.


One of the things I wanted to do in terms of their appearance is make them drab.
So they have only a few colours, all the hair is black and all the leather/cloth is brown.  
This helps make them more of a dull shambling mob of meh.

Another thing I wanted to do was make them look like they bring death with them.
So I used a browner static grass than normal, more leaves, no pretty shrubs/flowers and I added brown fern/bracken. The idea being that their very presence brings death and decay to the very ground they walk.

So here they are:



Skellibobs next. 

Comments

  1. Suber8 August 2025 at 15:24

    These are really enjoyable. I love the idea of the decay shown in the bases, it's great how much depth it adds to the whole thing

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    1. Mike8 August 2025 at 15:37

      Thank you.
      Normally I don't like it when the bases do not match the playing surface, but here I think it makes sense.

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  2. FreeXerjin9 August 2025 at 07:48

    Hey, these came out really well did’t they? I like the green skin and the little ratty nice touch!

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    1. Mike9 August 2025 at 09:35

      Thank you.

      Gotta use a colour like the old citadel rotten flesh I think it was called?
      I did toy with the idea of various stages of decomposition but that would have taken too long.
      All in all not bad for about 25 hours, which for me is lightning fast!

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    2. FreeXerjin9 August 2025 at 17:53

      Can’t remember if it was rotten or rotting flesh.

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    3. Mike9 August 2025 at 17:59

      Whichever it seemed fitting to use my bottle of Vallejo Dead Flesh.

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  3. Orlygg14 August 2025 at 08:08

    What a lovely mix of old figures Mike. My eye is drawn to the old Citadel skeletal archers... I love those figures, though God knows why... aren't their stats abysmal? Though, no decent undead army can be without them (:

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    1. Mike14 August 2025 at 08:12

      Thank you so much, yeah they are not great, though to be fair, skellibobs in general are crappy. Fear is the weapon of the skelly, and weight of numbers the weapon of the zombies.

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    2. Orlygg14 August 2025 at 08:54

      Ahhh strategy! Something I always neglected over spectacle. Is that the Lichemaster I can spot too? (;

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    3. Mike14 August 2025 at 08:58

      Oh yes, and his lackies Krell, Jacko and Ranlac, alas I have only gotten back into oldhammer in 25mm last year so everything I have has been bought in the last 18 months.
      Kidneys were sold to raise funds!

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  4. Dominus Limum18 August 2025 at 10:35

    What a classic collection! Congrats on getting them together and thos zombies looks great.

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    1. Mike18 August 2025 at 16:24

      Thank you very much.
      No pressure on painting them as well as they deserve though!! :O

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    2. Mike18 August 2025 at 16:29

      Oh and thanks for following the blog!

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