All Wight By Me

Happy Halloween! Let's start a Deathrattle army!

No, that would be crazy. Or would it? The Start Collecting! boxes have broken my will and I just don't know any more...

Let's assume that I'm not doing another Age of Sigmar faction (although Death is the one grand alliance I haven't done yet...), and that this is just a model I've been keen to paint for quite a while.

In fact, I bought him in the dark days between the End Time and Age of Sigmar, when the internet had stirred itself into a wee panic (for a change) and no-one knew what was staying and what was going to be discontinued.

So in a fine example of 'what would save from a burning building?', I bought a load of miniatures that were totally unrelated to my collections, but I'd kick myself if I never go the chance to paint.

The paint job was simple, as lots of undead models can be when you start with a black undercoat:

• Bone: Ushabdi Bone base, Sereaphim Sepia wash, Tyrant Skull drybrush
• Armour: Black undercoat, Ironbreaker drybrush, Runelord Brass drybrush
• Crown: Retributor Armour base, Typhus Corrosion wash
• Side-armour: Runelord Brass base, Agrax Earthshade wash
• Cloth: Skrag Brown base, Agrax Earthshade wash
• Fur: Black undercoat, The Fant drybrush, Nuln Oil wash, Agrax Earthshade wash
• Cloak: Typhus Corrosion undercoat, Kabalite Green base, Nuln Oil wash
• Straps: XV-88 base, Agrax Earthshade wash
• Shield: Black undercoat, Ironbreaker drybrush, Incubi Darkness details
• Sword: Kabalite Green base, Warboss Green layer, Nihilakh Oxide wash, White Scar layer
• Base: Mechanicus Standard Grey base, Astrogranite Debris, Nuln Oil Wash

I was particularly happy with how the Baleful Tomb Blade turned out. Continuing my adventures in wet blending, I started with a dark green all over the sword, then layered up to a shining white tip. Hello D3 wounds!

The cloak has some great motion to it, but the clean plastic makes it look a bit pristine for something that's supposed to have been rotting in a barrow for centuries. I threw on a layer of Typhus Corrosion to rough up the edges a bit, which seems to have helped.

Until next time, boo!