Elessar2590: 3D Printing The Lord of the Rings
The Dead Men of Dunharrow
I was never really a big fan of the Army of the Dead until I saw this picture by Angus McBride. I loved the image of mostly human looking ghosts with physical clothing and weapons but ghostly flesh, going a little bit further than the art but using it as a reference point. Now I just needed to wait...
Thankfully everyone's favourite Australian not-MESBG 3d Designers Medbury Miniatures released these perfect minis
Along with a King and some Cavalry with a Banner and some guys holding a weird sigil thing, everything I need to make an army.
I had two goals. Make them recognisable as Army of the Dead on sight for tournament and general gaming purposes to never confuse my opponent. Two make them look old.
I decided not to do a tartan for them but to do some very rough plaid of overlapping colours to give a kind of mountain man vibe. I wanted to make them different to the Clansmen of Lamedon which you can also see on this project.
I used a brilliant GW technical paint called Nihilakh Oxide to "rust" the bronze and used it over white for the flesh and hands to give it a ghostly effect.
Paint the bronze and give it the Nihilakh Oxide. Then paint the clothing and wash it with black wash before a drybrush highlight and plaid. Then paint the ghostly bits white and finish it with another Nihilakh Oxide wash.
I went with the ghostly banner because I think it's a nice centrepiece for the army and the King just has a purple cloak without plaid but I gave it a lot more of a Ghostly effect.
The Display Board for the Tournament Tomorrow. This is a 500 Point Army (six hand weapon and shield minis are dismounts). The Black Stone of Erech on a matching base to the rest of the army. I normally just re-use the same display board but I felt this army needed a unique one. 
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