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Sunday, September 30, 2018

Mertvet

As promised, here I am going with more wights - or in this case, liches, disciples of Daremnych. This one here is a gorgeous model from Otherworld Miniatures, bought a long time ago, finally painted. He was something different in this typical scheme of mine - there was just way more clothes than metal, so I couldn't just drown it in verdigris! Still, I think it worked in my favor in the end - I got lots of space to paint freehands on, the red robe reinforces his image as an evil wizard and patina got used only as subtle, yet effective accents.


Immediately after being raised, Daremnych started to look for his old lieutenants - to replace living necromancers as soon as possible. The first one found was Mertvet - the most reliable one. That wasn’t thanks to his loyalty or stability, no - rather, the opposite. He could be simply expected to always act in his own interest. Where a loyal man could be broken in the most unexpected moment, Mertvet’s betrayals could always be planned for. He got recruited into Daremnych’s cult when he was busy terrorizing the countryside as a powerful, immoral wizard conducting experiments on people he captured. In exchange for his help in the Death God’s army, he could continue his deeds while enjoying the newfound security, without being harassed by heroes trying to slay him. That and he didn't have to risk the price of denial - fighting much more powerful Daremnych - which was in the end, the reason for his death a long time ago. After being raised, Mertvet and the Great Priest decided to simply continue their agreement as if nothing happened.

A single Liche miniature from Otherworld Miniatures on a square base, adapted to be used as a necromancer in WFB or AoS. He has a mix of red robes and black ones with yellow, freehanded patterns.

8 comments:

  1. Świetne zwieńczenie kostura, bardzo dobrze wygląda także szata z freehandem. Zresztą cały model 'ocieka' klimatem. :)

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    1. Ano, model jest naprawdę świetny, więc i przyjemnie było postarać się z freehandem :) Dzięki!

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  2. Może teraz ty będziesz malował dla OM. IMO lepiej pomalowany model niż z ich strony i to dużo lepiej!

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    1. Dzięki! Nie miałbym nic przeciwko żeby mnie wzięli do zespołu - jeżeli inne ich modele są równie dobre co te, to brzmi to jak fajna robota ;)

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  3. Very nice indeed. I love the painting on the robes.

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  4. Piękna robota!
    Nie znałem bloga - Wrota się przydają. ;)

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    1. Wielkie dzięki! I ano przydają się, sam się powoli zapoznaję ;)

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