AHPC XII: From Mike W - 28mm Undead Orcs

 At the risk of too much Necromancy in this year's challenge I present a small group of Undead Orcs! The real story behind these figures is that I have a whole bunch of Zombicide & Project Z figures that I have ready to paint-up into hopefully a huge Walking Dead horde (see previous and forthcoming posts!)

The Whole group of nine figures, I'll likely get some more if I seem them at the right price on eBay!

Anyway, I really like the Zombicide figures and I happened upon a game variant that is set in the middle ages where the unsuspecting villagers are pitted against Undead Orcs, the figures looked really nice on eBay so I bought a batch! 

Two 'Runner' Undead Orcs - look to me like the smaller Goblin end of the Green Scale

These 9 figures are that very batch - 2 x Fatties, 5 x Walkers and 2 x Runners!

With these guys I have taken the view that their 'green-ness' should be exaggerated, so I have not gone down the route of giving then muted, pallid skins. Instead I gave them a base coat of Foundry 'Phlegm Green' (charming!) before an Army Painter green wash.

Orc Undead 'Walkers' - mid sized figures

Cloths were allowed to be muted colours (to help exaggerate their green appeal) and so these were done in greys, khakis and browns. Plate armour was done in Gunmetal  and straps etc in dark brown.

I'm taking these to be former Black Orcs, now Undead Orc Fatties!

Mouth and open wounds were completed with a watered down red before the whole being mat varnished. When dry red ink was added to give the effect of flowing blood etc.

And a final view of some of these guys.

I elected to do these bases in fine sand and electrostatic grass.

I must say these little guys were a joy to paint, detail on the figures is great and the figures are all very well posed. It seems that there is also a Sci-Fi version of eth game with associated figures - if I see these at a good price, I may also get some of these.

Oldhammer Skeleton Plague Cart

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.

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...

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. 

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.

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.

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!

Final Model view