Zombies! Aaaaah!

My editor window is showing that somehow a Comic Sans derivative is being used in my carefully curated layout, which is probably karmic punishment for falling off the planet for two months. Hopefully, that’s just a bug, because I know how people feel about Comic Sans.

I’ve been working on some chaff to fill out some encounters for Five Leagues from the Borderlands, which has become my preferred way to game lately. I have energy issues due to the organ disease, so sometimes the only way I’m getting any games in is on my own. Besides, I’m pretty good company for me. It’s not a bad thing!

Say what you will about Games Workshop, they make a nice zombie. Perhaps a little overdetailed, but they ooze character. The plan is to hit these guys with a blue underspray, red overspray, then highlight everything with a lemon yellow drybrush pass. This helps me see the details a little better, and is far more forgiving for my painting style!

Then it’s just a matter of picking out some areas that I want to add color to. With these two, I went a little more overboard than I planned, but I’m hoping to dial it back a little and let the undercoats do some of the heavy lifting for me!

Next week I’ll be sharing some Marvel work as I move that collection out!

10mm Fantasy: Vampire Counts Skeleton Unit

Apparently, the holidays broke my damned brain. That’s the only reason I can figure that I would have broken down and tried to paint God’s Forbidden Scale again… I swore I would never touch 10mm again, and yet, here I am, brush in hand and ridiculous grin plastered on my stupid face, painting incredibly tiny skeletons.

And, truth be told, I had a better time of it this time around. The trick to tricking my brain into not shutting down this time was painting with the suggestion of color instead of actually painting the models. The details are so small that you’ll just lose your hair if you approach these like a 28mm model.

But, wow. The finished result is actually pretty spiffy. I love the look of two ranks of boney bois, just shambling up for a scrap! I had so much fun with these that I’m already working on a command unit for these troops, and a commander model for the army!

And, just for fun, here’s a picture with a US penny for scale!