I was browsing through eBay the other day - as you do - and I stumbled across an old Warhammer Fantasy model - the Undead Plague Cart. What caught my eye the most was the price being asked for the instances that were there, anything form £49 - £70.
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| Full details of the model ad how it could be used in Warhammer, taken from an old White Dwarf Magazine |
I was flabbergasted!
What was even more interesting was that I knew I had a copy of this model in a box not far from my workbench - as I have been painting and completing my recent Egyptian Undead Army, so I dug out the model.
Given that I remember paying only a couple of quid for my model some 30+ years ago, I did a little research n the internet and found the following...
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| Confirmation that the model originally sold for £2.50 in 1989. |
Sadly I messed up on the photo of the model in the state that I found it - needless to say it was unbased and the skeletons (human and bovine) were in a gaudy red wash finish. It needed repainting badly!
Also the wheels were literally hanging off the model...
...So I broke it up and drilled out holes to make a new axle for the wheels. I painted the bones with 'Screaming Skull' paint and allowed to dry, the driver was painted in a dark grey and the Cart its-self with a Khaki / Earth finish.
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| The renovated Plague Cart, an hour or so work painting and basing and a day's lapsed time... |
When dry I gave the bones a Mid-Brown / Dark one wash, the driver's cowl was given a think Nuln Oil wash and the cart and wooden parts took a mid brown wash.
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| A view of the model from the front - high lightimg the cowled driver |
Once all the washes were dry the model was glued together and to the base, the given a matt varnish finish, the base was then finished with fine sand and then static grass was applied and grass tufts added to taste.
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| The Grizzly bit, contents of the cart |
I then put the model onto eBay with an initial bid price of £43.75 and sat back to wait and see what would happen!
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| Final Model view |
