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 plastictrees wrote:
He's probably spending time with his family or sculpting instead of showing us pictures! He must be destroyed!!

Not until he shows us those pictures

Right. Then we can destroy him.


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Wait. If we do that, then no minis. Never mind. I guess we'll just have to wait.

hah hah! Sorry guys the Wife unit dragged me otu ona bike rider this mornign and is now out fo the house with her niece for the afternoon. I am sittign the boys. I WILL get a pic of one of the undead grunts up tonight though I promise.

I finished the necro prietess yesterday as week and I am REALLY lookign forward to showing her off!

Brief respite on the destruction! You are on notice!
Also: Yay!

 tre manor wrote:
hah hah! Sorry guys the Wife unit dragged me otu ona bike rider this mornign and is now out fo the house with her niece for the afternoon. I am sittign the boys. I WILL get a pic of one of the undead grunts up tonight though I promise.

I finished the necro prietess yesterday as week and I am REALLY lookign forward to showing her off!

when can I buy some orcs tre?

 tre manor wrote:
I am sittign the boys. I WILL get a pic of one of the undead grunts up tonight

Referring to your children as 'undead grunts'... is that an American thing?

Looking forward to that sneak peek quite a bit!

You have a short reprieve.

czakk wrote:

 tre manor wrote:
hah hah! Sorry guys the Wife unit dragged me otu ona bike rider this mornign and is now out fo the house with her niece for the afternoon. I am sittign the boys. I WILL get a pic of one of the undead grunts up tonight though I promise.

I finished the necro prietess yesterday as week and I am REALLY lookign forward to showing her off!

when can I buy some orcs tre?

I was wondering that, too!

Alright y'all. HEre is a small peek at two of the nine. These will have hand weapons and shields. The equipment will be suitably worn. The weapons will probably be some sort of short swords and the shields will be round shields of some kind of metal sheet so not very big. These will represent the most basic form of melee grunts. I am hoping as this effort develops to have the opportunity to follow a few other ideas I have for various types of undead, but for the beginning this is the offering.

There will be nine of these " grunts " ( never fear I have a better term for them int he rules and fiction ) in the starter set along with a pair of living cultist acolytes and a somewhat more vital undead warrior hero and a controlling NEcromancer. The undead in this game are going to be FAR more powerful of an enemy than what is typically seen in gaming and fiction in general. Undead always terrified me as a kid because I wondered how you can kill something that is already dead. The undead of contemporary fiction have definitely lost that kind of ominence. I want the undead fo this world setting to bring that back in spades.

Looks awesome Tre. Is there an overall feel for all the factions? High fantasy, Celtic/Nordic etc?
What size base are those on (you knew that was coming).

Looks very cool, although not modular that I can see (maybe that is just the other factions?).

Looks great!

They look great; I love the Red Box zombies, and these are in similarly twisted and twitching poses. You can just tell that these husks of men have had their humanity and soul stripped from them.

They seem to be carrying a bit more jewelry (necklace, armband, is that a big earring?) than what you typically see in your mindless undead. That, combined with their loincloths, is giving me some kind of tribal vibe. Also, I could be wrong but it looks like at least one of them has a back scarred by whip lacerations. Are they former slaves?

Looks very nice. Zombies arez our friendz.
Looking forward to more info, wish I could sculpt like that

 Trodax wrote:
They look great; I love the Red Box zombies, and these are in similarly twisted and twitching poses. You can just tell that these husks of men have had their humanity and soul stripped from them.

They seem to be carrying a bit more jewelry (necklace, armband, is that a big earring?) than what you typically see in your mindless undead. That, combined with their loincloths, is giving me some kind of tribal vibe. Also, I could be wrong but it looks like at least one of them has a back scarred by whip lacerations. Are they former slaves?

Yeah I'm getting a real northern Africa meets Haitian Voudou vibe. Mixed with a bit of Robt. E. Howard this seems like it could be a real aesthetic powerhouse! Very exciting.

Not whip lacerations. I was tryign to make them look like dried husks. Mummified undead. So their skin is somewhat loose and withered looking. You cannto really see it all that well in the photos bu their entire bodies are covered with that texture.

I am glad you guys are liking this! Very encouraging!

Are those 20mm or 25mm bases Tre?

And can you post a shot next to a Gynnade or Helsvakt dude?

These are great! Really looking forward to the kickstarter.

Looking great Tre! They look like they will paint up very nicely too. That texture will respond well to some washing and the jewelry will give a nice pop of interest and allow for some good variability in look. You could easily do the jewelry as gold, bronze, copper, or even jade.

They look soulless and implacable, rather that vicious and hate-filled, which is cool. Almost reluctant. They would look great out in front of a dynamic, animated cultist.

Wait, mummified?
Hmm,.. Egyptian mythology inspired? Ooh, or maybe a clash of mythologies?

I'm getting a strong "Conan" and "Age of Hybperboria" (?) vibe here...


...and I'm loving it!

 Alpharius wrote:
I'm getting a strong "Conan" and "Age of Hybperboria" (?) vibe here...

It's 'The Hyborian Age', but yes, I'm getting that vibe too, and oh what a sweet vibe it is. When I first learned of Red Box Games, it was the Njorn and Helsvakt that really grabbed me by the loincloth when I saw how incredibly perfect they were for useage in Conan the RPG (and The Keeper simply is a Stygian sorcerer). Looks like these undead are going to be able to fit right in there too. I love it.

Looks great. I have a set of your Lesser Undead and they are excellent miniatures, these guys look excellent as well.

Agreed with everyone about the pulpy aesthetic!

Looks like I know where my hobby money is going in the next couple of months...

 Trodax wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
I'm getting a strong "Conan" and "Age of Hybperboria" (?) vibe here...

It's 'The Hyborian Age', but yes, I'm getting that vibe too, and oh what a sweet vibe it is. When I first learned of Red Box Games, it was the Njorn and Helsvakt that really grabbed me by the loincloth when I saw how incredibly perfect they were for useage in Conan the RPG (and The Keeper simply is a Stygian sorcerer). Looks like these undead are going to be able to fit right in there too. I love it.

That's what I get for trying to remember how to spell it AND try to accomplish that on an iPhone!

I would be totally in for an Age of Hypnotoadia setting.
Autocorrect is this generations muse.

"Hither came Conan the Librarian, black-haired and sullen-eyed..."

I read a whole bunch of Conan while biking and camping around County Kerry a few years ago. Really enjoyable stuff, especially if you're into Dungeons and Dragons. And can ignore all the dated sexism and racism! I am primed to like this.

I hope there's a lizardman race. I have been waiting for a cool looking lizard or serpent person race to be done in 28mm for so friggin' long. GW Lizardmen are okay but I really want something less cartoony.

Sorry Doug! Thought I had posted the base size. Yep these are pictured on 25 mm rounds. They are sized identically to the current RBG lesser undead. I will say only that thus far based on what everyone is specualting no one is goign to be disappoitned int he theme of this effort.


and yes.......there will be lizardmen.

 tre manor wrote:


and yes.......there will be lizardmen.

If this is going to be a Hyborian age feeling project, I would say snakemen than lizardmen. Although I have no doubt than any mni from you will look awsome!!!

Oh man, I am excited now!

Tre Manor scale lizardmen. This could be expensive for me!

Just went and downloaded some Robert E. Howard from Project Gutenberg, as preparation!