I finished this lovely Oldhammer mini in December, but I've kept it secret until I could surprise Bodvoc with it in our first Dark Shadows game (more on this in an upcoming post).
Initially I thought the mini fairly dull. To be honest, pretty much just all vulture feathers and flesh, and a black robed mini skelly didn't inspire me. Looking for inspiration online showed lots of images of nearly black minis with very little else to grab the eye. I dragged it out of the unpainted undead pile because I wanted something fast and flappy for my army.
As I looked closer I appreciated the details, its a nasty, rotting smelly corpse that still flies. It has patches of wing missing any feathers, the leathery skin still allows flight. There are areas where flesh and skin are missing completely, the neck is exposed down to the spine, and the head is mostly bare skull and beak. Even the underneath has the organs exposed, along with a couple of ribs.
I don't think I've done it justice, but I've had fun trying.
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Undead bird after your chips!
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Flap flap flap
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I'm sure those should be on the inside
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I really enjoyed painting this beast, hopefully it was a pleasant surprise for Bodvoc as it strafed his dwarves, or tried to.
What Next?
I do have a few more secret projects for the campaign, expect them when they've had their first appearance on the table top.
Otherwise, I'm in the middle of Dave Stone's Paint What You Got Challenge, so I'll be plugging away at that until February 26th.
I thought the Carrion miniature looked great on the table and I also really like your basing. It was certainly very effective too. I need to come up with an anti aircraft battery for my dwarves.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure sure you've got something in the lead pile
DeleteExcellent work on the undead carrion, I can almost smell it through the screen ! LOL Great work on a classic miniature.
ReplyDeleteThanks. It was fun to paint, just wait for the battle report to see if it avoided the curse of the newly painted mini.
DeleteSorry about the smell