More work on the Skeletons

So ive managed to get more work done on the skeletons.  I think this scheme should do nicely.  Now I just need to figure out a shield symbol.  Any ideas and comments much appreciated.

The friendly Chaps on the Kings of War fanitics Facebook page suggested that I try out something simple like a tower from a chess set. whatever i choose it has too be easy to reproduce a hundred times.

what do you guys think of the red/white scheme? Is an imperial looking undead army scary looking or just silly?
I think each unit with have a different pattern on the shield using the same colours, So halved, Quartered etc. Im hoping this will separate the units but keep them unified at the same time.

The final part of the plan is to tone everything down and dirty them up with weathering powders to make them took like they just dragged themselves out of the ground.

I'm aiming to have the first 15-20 figs done by the end of Friday evening. (We will see if this happens.)

Mark

Kings of War

So I've been following Kings of Wars development for the last 3 years as i love Fantasy war gaming. Warhammer fantasy battle was my favourite war game for almost 20 years, but as time went by the rules changed and the models got more and more expensive.  Mantic games came along and brought out new models at an affordable cost. The models were a bit hit and miss and the rules were in development so i waited. About 5 months back they game started to take off in a bigger way here in Auckland with the first tournament held at Battlecry a few weeks back.  This made me decide it was dime to dive in and give it a go. 

Undead.

An undead army was always one of my favourites and over the years i have painted a few different ones for myself and other people. I decided i would try out a skeleton horde as my first attempt at trying mantic models. The mantic skeletons are amazing models.  they have lots of character and remind me a lot of the army of the dead from Evil dead 3 –army of darkness.

 

I've tried to assemble the miniatures with as many different options as possible so thy really do look like a shambling horde. At the moment I'm not sure on a colour scheme but im thinking an imperial half red half white scheme to really go against the bone white and rusty metal.  Not sure how it will look till ive tried a few but i do know that i want the army to pop on the table.

should have some test figures ready by the end of tomorrow night.

If anyone out there plays Kings of War id love to know what you think of the game.

Mark

Finished Test figure

Not the best pictures but just a few different angles of my first test figure for the modern kiwis.  Still not 100% on the uniform colour but i think its pretty close.

A poor attempt at a representation of the NZ flag and the kiwi patch.

Keen to know what people think of the colours. I was using this picture as a reference.