Post-Challenge Wrap Up
"Season of the Liche"
Mighty, Bright Winged, Slightly-Off, Lord of Undead, ZeroTwentythree, with his Mighty, Slightly-Off Undead Army
Based on this year's Intro Post, one would have thought I was planning to paint a pretty straight forward undead force. A fast-attack "wing" for my always growing undead army. But here we are. Things don't always end where they were planned at the start. I'm not going to say that's necessarily a bad thing. I had a lot of fun with this army challenge.
All of these photos are larger than I usually post, click/tap to enlarge.
Full army glamour shot
Full army glamour shot
The Liche, dismounted, treating Candyman, Phil the Spectre, Sexy Wraith, and other friends to some soup & salad at his henge cafe, The Slab & Ditch.
Step 1: Soup & salad. Step 2: skeletons.
This wasn't even supposed to be part of my challenge army, and it's not exactly old, but it fits the fast attack & death from above themes well!
Cavalry. This is probably where things first went awry.
We come with PEACE
My own version of the Plague Cart emerging from the Field of Bones, re-animated OWAC-ers in tow.
CAW!
The Liche sets out from his swank and freshly redecorated tumulus accompanied by The Overlord, Assistant Overlord, The 'Nurp, and Rainbow Death
Aside from the substitutions, a lot of the "extras" were... well, extra. I didn't plan on painting a large portion of this, or any of the terrain. So this was a very ad-lib army. The core remains the same: liche, infantry regiment, two small cavalry regiments, a plageue cart, and carrion. And much of that was on the table from the start. It just took a weird twist. Of those, only the cavalry figures were swapped out. So here's the grand total, re-calculated from scratch because somewhere along the way I screwed up the book-keeping.
Army Totals
The Liche (lv.15) w/undead horse, pistol.................................... 247 pts
Candyman - Undead Hero (lv. 10) w/Army Standard, lt. armour........... 150 pts
Overlord (lv. 5 necromancer)........ 60 pts
Assistant Overlord (lv. 5 necromancer)..... 60 pts
25 Skeletons with light armour, shield, spear, musician, standard....... 378 pts
6 Death Riders w/Lances, Shields....... 138 pts
6 Death Riders w/Lances, Shields....... 138 pts
3 Carrion........................................................ 135 pts
6 Death Riders w/Lances, Shields....... 138 pts
6 Death Riders w/Lances, Shields....... 138 pts
3 Carrion........................................................ 135 pts
1 Plague Cart....... 100 pts
1 Nightmare Legion with light armour, shield, spear....... 14 pts
1 Nightmare Legion with light armour, shield, spear....... 14 pts
Phil the Spectre.....................................................200 pts.
Purple Nurple Lv. 5 Hero w/ Undead Horse w/H. Arm., Shield, Barding............ 48 pts
Rainbow Death - Lv. 5 Hero w/ Undead Horse w/:. Arm, Shield, Lance (shhhh... they think they're a unicorn & noble rider).. 45 pts
Sexy Wraith.............. 150 pts
Dragon............. 0 pts
Undead Hero (lv. 10) w/ lt. armour, shield.......................... 58 pts
Undead Hero (lv. 10) w/ lt. armour, shield.......................... 58 pts
Undead Hero (lv. 10) w/undead horse, lt. armour, shield... 68 pts
Wight................................................................................. 100 pts
Henge w/stone circle, soup, salad.................................... unlimited skeletons
Total........................ 2,089 pts
A fun project! It's really going to be hard to switch gears (and mindsets) to something different. I could probably stretch this out into a "part two" next year. Or I could switch back to a more serious undead contingent. I still have all the original cavalry I had planned to paint, after all. Maybe a return to sci-fi/40k? I suppose there are any number of options...
...skrtch..skrtch...skrtch...
...hiding in the shadows.
I don't think that "slightly-off" does any of this justice!
ReplyDeleteSooooo weird. And campy. Fun project fro start to finish. The flamingos are fun, but that soup is really awesome
ReplyDeleteSuch an awesome and unique undead army! I've really enjoyed watching these classic figures get painted with such an interesting twist. All hail Lichemaster Donovan!
ReplyDeleteSoup and Salad and Flamingos! What can I say, my sibling of the insane armies! Excellent work!
ReplyDeleteI love it. The army feels cracked, like the mind of a long dead Necromancer who has gone quite, quite mad! :D
ReplyDeleteA wonderful achievement with an excellent theme. Congrats on completing the challenge. I love the Flamingos.
ReplyDeleteWeird and funny army indeed. Love the flamingo cavalry. I would like to see the backstory? converted into the weirdest undead warhammer scenario (or maybe a campaign!) ever seen.
ReplyDeleteMy first write-up got accidentally deleted and I didn't have much time to rewrite it before having to travel for the remainder of the month. Hopefully I get some time soon to do a longer follow-up post on my personal blog.
DeleteA short version is that The Liche has himself been subjugated by a more powerful and more serious undead entity and resents it. So he rebels in little ways. ;)
Acid! O_o
ReplyDeleteBrilliant army!
ReplyDeletebest salad ever painted! the rest is not bad too :)
ReplyDeleteAlways love your work, but this year you absolutely went next level.
ReplyDeleteTop stuff. Humorous and slightly weird and wonderful, just as oldhammer should be :D
ReplyDeleteUnique, for a one off kind of guy
ReplyDeleteWeird and colourful, but still terrifying! It's not easy to put your own unique stamp on an undead army, but you managed it, and how! Great work and great fun to follow your progress! Can't wait to see what's on the cards next year!
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