I did have a moment of weakness though and bought a copy of the new Mortal Realms magazine. I have zero interest in starting Age of Sigmar, but I can see great potential for mounting them on square bases to create a Spirit-themed Vampire Counts army for Fantasy.
Thirty minutes locating my stash of square bases and assembling the ghosts later and I had this:
That works pretty well I reckon. Even though the models were made for Sigmar, they rank up rather neatly. I had to jiggle them a little for the more flamboyant poses, but it works.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, I went back and cleared out my local newsagents!
Yes it smashes apart my painting progress, but at £2.99 a pop, I couldn't really say no. That's two big units of 'counts as' Skeletons for about £25, more than enough to fill out my Core.
Luckily these should be fairly quick to knock out. The Contrast paints were literally made for this kind of project. I've a few ideas knocking about to make use of the Sigmarines as well, but I'll get back to you on that when I've had a proper think.
That's really it for now. I should get a bit more done soon, now Regionals aren't looming and work's gone quiet again. Until next time, happy gaming!
Nice work! I picked up a lot of the 40k equivalent when it first came out. Such a bargain.
ReplyDeleteI picked up a ton when those first came out too, then me and a mate went halves on a full Conquest sub. Overall really good value.
DeleteHe's got zero interest in AoS unfortunately so I'm just picking up bits and pieces from this one when they're relevant to project ideas I've had.