skeleton horde!

I also finished up my unit of 50 skeletons 

Ten new Skeletons with spears

I cranked out some skeletons today at least to the point they are dipped. I based them all in the normal way then to try out something I herd work well I dipped them in to some wood stain I had around they are a fair bit darker then the old washed ones when they dry I will get a better chance to judge them then I just need to detail and weather them and they will be ready to fight! 

more old Skeletons this time with spears

still ugly but at least I have replacements painted up for them allready

old Skeletons with hand weapons

yeah there ugly but I suppose some people will be nostalgic for them

new gen Skeletons with spears

some of the new generation of skeletons

Vampire counts: skeletons the return

It's time the vampires got some new blood.... any way I have had these 3 boxes of skeletons laying around for a bit and now they are going to be added to the twenty I all ready have finished( vampire-counts-skeletons )They should be much more threatening in a large block. At least that is what i am shooting for.

Vampire counts: Skeletons

Just finished up the Skeletons and I am rather happy with them. Normally I go very basic on Warhammer troops because there are So many in any given army I just find it hard to get done if I don't go for something really fast and to the point. Not that these will win any painting competitions but I like the few things I went with to make them a little nicer. The rust on the iron parts was really easy and added a lot but the copper verdigris really made them pop the way I was hopeing. Now I just need to paint a lot more to upgrade the look of my old skeletons to the new ones. Lets hope next book Zombies get a new box.

Vampire counts: Skeletons

I finished base coating a unit of skeletons they need a wash over the cloth and metal and there is a lot of highlighting and detailing to go but i think they are off to a nice start.
oh and of course the bases  need to be painted.

There is no "vision"  for this army quite like I had from the start with my imperial fists. I wanted to play a huge Zombie horde with a coven of necromancers pushing the army ahead of them but I could just not find a way to make that work on the table top at all. Mind you that was with the old book but I still don't see that working even with the changes in the new book.
On the bright side I have fallen in love with the zombie dragon and coven throne so it is a matter of time until a new idea of how I want the army to work gels.