Drepur's Wraithcreepers - Boney Prince Charlie

Underworlds warbands incoming!

Don't worry - I painted them for someone else. I haven't accidentally become productive!

I painted up the Warhammer Underworlds starter set as a gift for a family we've just spent the holidays with (in Scotland, which explains the tartan). The starter set is a good one - you can crack it open and play Underworlds fairly intuitively, without any of the more complex additions that come with the later rules.

The two warbands included are fairly straightforward too - four Nighthaunts and four Stormcast (well, three-and-a-half). Their stats are fairly similar and they become inspired in the same way, so it's all quick to grasp, but with enough complexity for repeated play.

Grodrig the Lance

I didn't know how popular four ghosts would be - but it turns out that Drepur's Wraithcreepers were everyone's favourite (including mine!). 

Some great ploys and fantastic movement shenanigans, with a reasonable amount of offense and defence, made these guys the team to beat.

The Patrician

And the unlikely MVP was The Patrician! You'd think just having a drum would put him at a disadvantage, but his ability to move his own team out-of-sequence was incredible.

Sire Haqfel

For painting them, I got experimental and tried some zenthial highlighting techniques: basically undercoating the entire miniature in black and then just adding a white undercoat from a single direction to simulate light (all with a rattle can - I'm too poor and incompetent for airbrushes).

With the highlighting all done, Contrast paints could do the job for me fairly effectively.

• Undercoat: black, then zenithal white
• Robes: Nighthaunt Gloom wash
• Ghostly trails: Hexwraith Flame/Lahmian Medium wash, Ulthuan Grey
• Bone: Ushabti Bone base, Skeleton Horde contrast
  
• Blades: Ironbreaker base, Typhus Corrosion wash, Ryza Rust drybrush
  
• Weapon hafts: Wychwood contrast
• Bases: Dawnstone drybrush, Ulthuan Grey drybrush
• Ivy: Death Guard Green base, Biel-Tan Green wash
• Roses: Blood Angels Red

Viceroy Drepur

Having sought out a quick and easy method for painting, I then set myself the slightly ambitious task of doing all the leaders in tartan! So Viceroy Drepur got an Ahriman Blue base and Drakenhof Nightshade wash, followed by Moot Green chequers and Yriel Yellow chequers.

Once you get into the swing, it's quite fun to do, and it does make the boss stand out.

Drepur's Wraithcreepers

Now away tae find them long-legged beasties!