Ian's Undead - June Leader Month

"The world is a vampire
Sent to drain
Secret destroyers
Hold you up to the flames
And what do I get
For my pain?
Betrayed desires

And a piece of the game"

       - Smashing Pumpkins, Bullet With Butterfly Wings, 1995

I chose June as my leader month as it's the end of the school year and, as a teacher,  it's usually quite a busy time for me. Also, getting rid of the bigger stuff in the previous months gave me a lot more time to complete this simple task... I only had to paint the 2 miniatures left from my initial list : a vampire and a liche. 

After two weeks I didn't like at all where I was going with those two and decided to change for a mounted vampire. A bit less old school but nevertheless a fine addition to my army. I wanted to try something I've never done to paint the sword to make it stand out from a simple steel or rusted one. I wanted a magical sword that looked like a magical sword. So I went on you tube and found this tutorial from Juan Hidalgo, which I like a lot. I am satisfied with the result but I hope to make it better next time.

I still had some time so I added a last miniature: a Blood Dragon vampire. I wanted to try a metallic red armour and a new pattern for a magical sword on this one (tutorial here). I also used oil paint for the first time. I am not happy with the result but, again, it's trials and errors and I hope I will fare better next time!

The final OWAC Ocho Undead Army :

January 2025

20 skeleton archers - 240 points

February 2025

Mulligan - 0 points

March 2025

10 ghouls - 80 points

4 wraiths - 300 points

April 2025

3 Screaming Skull Catapults - 255 points

May 2025

1 Bat Swarm - 250 points

1 Evil Sorcerer (Level 5 Necromancer) on horse - 70 points

June 2025

1 Vampire level 5 with heavy armour and Frostblade on undead horse with barding - 422 points

1 Vampire level 5 with heavy armour, shield and Fireblade - 369 points

Total : 1 986 points

That's it for June and the end of my painting adventures for OWAC VIII! Final wrap up post in July and there will be no extras as I am travelling in Europe from July 1st to July 23rd.

Cheers!

Ian