ZeroTwentyhree's OWACV Intro Post

Hi.

I'm Thomas, aka ZeroTwentythree. You may remember me from such Old World Army Challenges as Elves...

...More Elves...

 

 ...and Still More Elves Yet, But This Time In Space...

This year I'll be painting... NOT Elves. Maybe. I guess they could be the skeletal remains of elves. I'm not saying they are. But who can tell? Their pointy ears, silken hair, and arrogance may have all decomposed and returned to the soil. Look I'm going to paint skeletons and not question it too much beyond that...

No, this year, for the fifth installment of the Old World Army Challenge, the fourth in which I will be participating, it will be...

The Season of the Liche

Look it's right there on the track list. ;)

 

I've got a pretty well established undead force, but I've started creating unique sub-divisions within and branches outward from that. So this will be one of those. In true OWAC spirit (unlike my last one...), this will be motivation to work on a bunch of unpainted figures I already have and are in need of paint.

The core will be some old lead armored skeletons, a bag of busted up plastic cavalry I inherited from a fellow Oldhammerer who passed away a few years ago, and three new (gasp!) death turkeys from Knightmare Miniatures. To be honest, I never had an interest in adding carrion to my almost exclusively skeletal force until their KS a year or so ago. However, now that I had them, they provided the impetus to this particular project.

This is a fast attack force set on a quick raid and then harvesting the spoils in the form of fresh recruits. As such, I will be utilizing the flying and mounted troops for the quick strike on some poorly defended village or caravan, and then the infantry to fall in afterward as escort to those who come to reap the rewards. I have been after the classic Citadel Corpse Cart for years. But since I can not get one for a reasonable price (especially here on the wrong side of the pond) I will be scratch-building my own. In addition to that, there will be (former) man himself!

"When I make my mind up, you are going to be mine..."

Like I said, it's the Season of the Liche. Tripping his way through the Old World, infiltrating, recruiting, turning on, tuning in, dropping out...

My proposed list is:

• (3) Carrion = 135 pts.
• (25) Skeletons (lt. arm., shield, spear) = 350 pts.
• (10) Death Riders (lance, shield) = 230 pts.
• (1) Liche (lv. 20) with Undead Horse = 355 pts.
• Bonus: dismounted version
• (1) Undead Hero (lv. 10) with Undead Horse - 65 pts.
• (1) Undead Hero (lv. 10) - 55 pts.
• (1) Plague Cart = 100 pts.
  

Total: 1290 pts.

(There may be "stretch goals" but this is the core of what I hope to accomplish.)

The price of the OWAC may be high, but the Liche will pay. Behold the summoned Offering he presents to the Benevolent Overlord, full of undead menace and fearful Grimdarkness.

...and that's how it starts off...