Greetings, the pile of shame recedes! Following a few WFB games, I have coloured in some more lead models, namely some Plague monks from the Skaven and and d3+1 Wood Elf Dryads. Contrast paints were used and following a collision with the concrete floor of my garage, some hasty repairs were also made;
Plague Censer Bearers
Following a game with Stuart's Skaven - and the fact they had been on my to-do table for yonks- I decided to finish the last of my censer bearers. These things are absolutely nails in combat and likely to give Neil's Chaos Knights a scare the first time he meets them.
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| A large slab of milliput masonry and a bent plague censers is the only sign of a near death experience for my models. |
Plague Monks
No self respecting censer bearer goes to war without some plague monks at their rear and these are the ones. Mainly eBay rescues and some repaints of old shitty attempts by me result in these. Due to contrast paints and a total lack of dry brushing these models have a two tone look that all the other plague monks back in the warren will envy (and possibly stick knives in them for their sartorial elegance). Two of these in the picture below had their stabbing weapons stolen before their grand eBay excursion so they got replacements. A dark elf dagger and another skavenish knife were pinned on to make sure they were fighting fit.
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| Volpus Pink is so hot right now! The horned monk holds a blunt dark elf blade whereas his mate to the left has another scavenged item, tres skaven. |
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| Shysh Purple is also so hot right now! |
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| Last of the Plague Monks. These were the newer models from around 1993 or 1994 I reckon. |
Yoshimitsu Looking Tree Spirits
Long before Dryads were lithe semi-sexy tree things, they were blocky unattractive wooden monstrosities. They used to be quite tasty in their first army book, but sadly not so much now. They are, however, the closest thing I have in my wood Elf army to a tanky core choice. I've had a few games with them recently and although not much of a match for elites, they can hold up units not tooled up appropriately.
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| More models from the golden age of me working for Games Workshop, when Dyads looked like chopped up logs glued together. |
So that's what I've been up to recently. I have a couple of batreps to finish where you can see why I decided to finish the censer bearers. Maybe next time I will make a stab at my Lizardmen army, so until then hobby responsibly and thanks for reading.
