Now In Digitally Remastered Director's Cut Extended Edition Battalions (3D where available*)

And somewhat less than 28 days later, they're done!

Earthy colours, Kas specified, so leathery browns, dull greens and a few bits of battered white or black. I was going for the idea that they're all fairly recently dead, hastily interred after their village got overrun by something or other, then freshly raised from the mass grave this very morning. By traditional necromantic tradesmen using an age-old recipie. Something about the fairly bright grass sets off the pale flesh nicely.

One of the things I like best about Blood for the Blood God (he said, with the man from GW firmly twisting his arm up behind his back) is that it's translucent. Over the heavily drybrushed zombies, the detail underneath isn't lost. Previous attempts at blood effects were in Blood Red or similar, and that just covers what's under. This stuff looks sticky and damp; dabbing at it when it's still wet takes it off the top details too, which is good on bone.

It's a trick!
Get an axe.

One of two potential musicians.
Zombie musicians? Who knew?

Banner of Tasty Snacks

Wait! Let me get my face back on!

And I thought I smelt bad on the outside.

Zombies. Give them an inch and they'll take a foot.

As a box set, the Zombies are pretty decent. 5 different torsos, 5 different legs, lots of arms and 10 different heads to combine, so a great set of options. The arms aren't brilliantly attached to the torsos, there's a peg on the shoulder that you hang the arm on. Doing that the other way round would be better anatomically, you'd get a cleaner fit.

Vlad Woz Ere

Found him at last! God, Fimir meat is delicious.

This is a Wight from the DnD game.
I felt the unit needed more afros.

The other musician.

Kill meeeee

Left 1 Dead

I used to Maraud, you know.

Oh really? Where were you stationed?

They rank up pretty cleanly (with a couple of exceptions, as always). I planned it a bit, which is unlike me - the first couple of ranks are shorter, then two ranks of hand weapons raised to various degrees and the polearms at the back. But I think you could also put them with the shorties along the sides, tall ones in the middle.

Painting 50 in a row makes me feel I've seen it all, and it did get pretty repetitive. The few conversion pieces I did are nothing wild (two model substitutions, a few bits of Viking or Marauder), but I'm glad to have them in. Zombies (like skaven) are now firmly off my wish list of models!

*i.e. at my house, currently