For the last few months/years I have been slowly collecting miniatures to be used as additional necromancers - because you can never have too many of them - and now I finally got around to finish converting/preparing them all and maybe actually get them painted. Seeing that I already have some standard Necromancers (and Liches), with those I decided to make them a little special, with some additional theme than just 'an evil old guy'.
The first one shown here is Alarich Schwering, the most converted one, one that studied Lore of the Beasts besides his standard necromancy. I envision him in my background stories as a crazy, wild survivalist and to give him an appropriate look I made him a sabretusk pelt - out of Ogre Ironblaster bits and some greenstuff.
EDIT: Painted miniature can be seen HERE.
The first one shown here is Alarich Schwering, the most converted one, one that studied Lore of the Beasts besides his standard necromancy. I envision him in my background stories as a crazy, wild survivalist and to give him an appropriate look I made him a sabretusk pelt - out of Ogre Ironblaster bits and some greenstuff.
EDIT: Painted miniature can be seen HERE.
As for the second one, Matthias Schwarzfeuer, I got inspired by THIS miniature to make him really fancy, rich and extravagant - a necromancer that wants to break with the 'dusty old man' stereotype. It's mostly about painting, so not very much of that idea is visible now but I could still give him a fancy Empire hat and some additional gems.
EDIT: Painted miniature can be seen HERE.
EDIT: Painted miniature can be seen HERE.
And the last one, Ignatyi Ognemet, the least converted but also the one that started the whole idea of 'odd necromancers' in my mind. Long time ago, when I was reading 9th Age rules, I saw that they allowed necromancers to take Lore of Fire, which instantly gave me the image of a crazed bright wizard, only using green flames. I liked the idea enough to buy a box of Empire Wizards and build such a guy - he uses a flagellant head and some long hair to make him look more dishevelled.
After that, I decided to add some theme to the two metal necromancers that were waiting in my drawer - which you can see above. Much later I saw that 9th Age got rid of the old WFB lores altogether, so even if I would play that system, he won't make much sense. No worries though, all three odd necromancers should be interesting to paint and that's all that matters.
After that, I decided to add some theme to the two metal necromancers that were waiting in my drawer - which you can see above. Much later I saw that 9th Age got rid of the old WFB lores altogether, so even if I would play that system, he won't make much sense. No worries though, all three odd necromancers should be interesting to paint and that's all that matters.
Ten ze skórą lwa jest najbardziej okazały. Czekam na malowanie.
ReplyDeleteDzięki ;) Ten będzie najprawdopodobniej pierwszy gotowy.
DeletePorządne konwersje, na bogato.
ReplyDeleteJedno bym tylko zmienił i obrócił o 180 stopni ognisty miecz ostatniego Maga albo zamienił na ostrze bez płomieni. Niby szaty i płomienie są obecnie w jednym kierunku, ale płonące ostrze obrócone w taki sposób gryzie mi się z kompozycją i nie wygląda naturalnie - Mag wygląda jakby machał tym ostrzem do tyły, szczególnie (co widać na przedostatnim zdjęciu) kąty płomieni są w różne strony.
Wielkie dzięki za długi i krytyczny komentarz, te są zawsze mile widziane :) Rozumiem o co Ci chodzi i też mnie strasznie irytowało, że ten miecz zaprojektowano akurat tak. Wypróbowałem to obrócenie w photoshopie, ale wygląda jeszcze dziwniej, bo płomienie lecą pionowo w dół, jakby robił jakiś zamach zza pleców z prędkością światła... A bez ognia nie chcę robić. Poza tym idea machania mieczem do tyłu i niekoniecznie zgodnie z kosturem pasuje mi do konceptu, ten czarodziej ma być obłąkanym piromaniakiem, myślę, że pasuje mu takie wymachiwanie ;) Wciąż, dzięki za komentarz :)
DeleteProszę Cię bardzo. Natomiast wydaje mi się, że po pomalowaniu może nie będzie się to tak rzucało w oczy.
DeleteWszystkie fajne, ale pierwszy jest super:D Panoramiks ;)
ReplyDeleteDzięki! Faktycznie, wyszedł trochę jak Panoramiks ;P
DeleteNice conversions. Looking forward to seeing them painted.
ReplyDeleteBig thanks! :)
DeleteSam lubię bardzo tych starych nekromantów. Ciekaw jestem, jak to będzie w kolorze.
ReplyDeleteZapewne dość mrocznie ;) zobaczymy za jakiś czas!
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