Dave's Withering Wraiths (225 points)

Continuing the theme of bright, colorful Undead, I've painted up a small unit of Wraiths for this month. These are excellent models (by Gary Morley, circa 1992)—charmingly cartoonish with dynamic poses and nice little details throughout (including the ubiquitous Games Workshop skull, which is found over two dozen times on these three figures).

Wraiths are also a favorite unit of mine from the Undead army book. First of all, they are flexible, allowing you to field units as small as a single model, so there is no reason not to squeeze at least one of them into your army. In combat, they are absolute terrors as well. With two attacks each at an effective S5 (for their double-handed scythes), they can dish out solid damage. Moreover, they are incredibly difficult to beat. They can only be harmed by magical weapons, which means regiments without well-equipped champions will have to rely on rank and standard bonuses alone. If a brave hero does step forward, Wraiths cause a special chilling damage that weakens characters and monsters, rendering them feeble and pallid. On top of all this, the Wraiths cause terror and force their opponents to take a break test or flee at the end of every turn they remain in combat with these horrifying undead.

3x Wraiths ~ 225 pts

I am quite happy with how these guys turned out. I really tried to tone down the reliance on ink washes and go for bright, primary colours. As a result, they came out brighter and cleaner than my past stuff which is exactly the direction I want to go with these Undead. They are really going to pop on the table and look great!

This was a pretty easy month, so I started in on my "surprise" for the end of the challenge. In March, I will use my mulligan to give me time to work on this as well as on the models for April, which will be the biggest month for my army. If I plan it right, it should be pretty smooth sailing after April to the end of the challenge in June—and hopefully there will be lots of nice bonuses to show you all!