Halloween Horseman

Finished this Halloween Horseman, which I kitbashed 

and built from various model parts and then

 painted in a suitably fun and spooky fashion 

Nighthaunt Black Coach

A spooky coach to drive fear into the hearts of all mortals!

Knight of Shrouds

Finished painting a Knight of Shrouds to Ally with 

my Vampire Bloodline collection, House Ravenstein.

Vampire Lord On Zombie Dragon

My Vampire Lord 'Count Rutger Von Ravenstein' riding
on his faithful Zombie Dragon steed 'Thraugnaurhexis'.

His Path to Glory awaits!

Terrifying Terrain

More castle terrain finished for my Vampire Lord to lurk around!

 Will be using it when hosting local club Age of Sigmar campaign nights.
 It's all GW, some is older stuff  and out of production,
for now at least... (Witchfate Tor, Deathwatch Knell)

 Skullvane Manse has been re-released as Warscryer Citadel.

 And there's some cemetery stuff here and there from the Mausoleum set.

The Revenant - Painting WIP

The Revenant - Rusty Hull

Work begins on painting the hull underlayers of the Wraithfleet ship.
I used a scorched brown base, then blended in ochres and oranges.
Some airbrushing, some layering by brush and very soft drybrushing.
Chestnut/sepia inks also handy for creating variables.

Wraithfleet Mortis Ship "The Revenant"

A project for an upcoming Age of Sigmar 'Firestorm' grand campaign.

This was a 3 day build. It uses a number of Games Workshop citadel kits.
Now to start painting, and breathe some 'unlife' into the cursed thing 💀

Dire Wolves

Converted the heads of the Games Workshop Dire Wolf models recently. A few cuts, some drilling and filling and they look like these:

The vampire Countess Von Ravenstein rides out on the hunt with her pack of Dire Wolves. The wolves are constantly plagued by the large, vicious carrion crows that haunt the castle, that peck out their eyeballs and pick at their flesh when they are idle, sat by the portcullis kennels at the main gate... but the Direwolves need only the scent of living prey and they track it down tirelessly for their mistress.

Vargheist Vampires

Resurrected some second hand Vargheists, stripped, rebuilt, painted and added to my Death Alliance Path to Glory force. My Vampire Lord Theresa Von Ravenstein's power grows ever stronger as she scours the land thirsting for vengeance.

Terrorgheist

Mortimer Ravenstein, my vampires Terrorgheist pet complete, with a nice rocky perch to pounce from.

Varghulf Vampire

'Great Uncle Siegfried' Varghulf, painted and based, ready to guard his nefarious niece as she battles across the realms with her growing undead hoard.

Vampire Lord and Spirit Host Army of Malignants

The Countess Theresa Ravenstein. Betrayed, exiled and thirsting for vengeance. She seeks to resurrect her murdered household and claim her rightful throne once more. Her path to glory awaits...

Rusty stuff.

Here's a few WIP shots of the rust and weathering work as it progresses.
It's always a fun process and as it develops and the effects begin to happen across the surface of the model. I find it very relaxing and it does offer creative opportunities; some violet reflections here and there, spots and patches of blue hues and greens that contrast visually with the oranges and warmer tones of the rust colours.

More stuff soon!

Chaplain Dreadnought WIP

Time to add something else to the Crusade.

 This chap is a great sculpt to paint. It's the chaplain dreadnought I purchased many moons ago and I finally finished off all the conversions I wanted. He has longer legs so he looks like he can walk faster than a snail now, longer melta barrels, finer banded hosing, torso/waist relocation forward under the ribcage as it should be! - and a plethora of filling jobs required, plus added iconography and magnetising the torso and limbs.
He stands about 11-12mm higher than a originally/regular dread and hopefully will look more in scale with the FW Contemptor Talon 3-pack I plan on one day owning.
The original iron halo in this kit was used on the gunship, it fitted on top of the air intake scoop perfectly --but only because I have a much nicer once that suits this model.
I will add that chunk of brutal blades above the carapace towards the final painting stages.
He also has a banner/relic blade to go on top behind the halo.

So here's a WIP shot of the fella.

More stuff soon!

Black (and red) Knights - Gaming Standard

Another unit to add to the ever expanding hordes of Castle Ravenstein. Still working on the army fluff for this regiment. I went for a uniform look to the unit and whizzed through them in a week in my spare time. I like the way they came out but I will try a different style when I build hexwraiths for my next cavalry block, more ethereal and less rusty'n'dusty (which is my overall army aesthetic).
The only little conversion was on the Hell Knights steed - he has some devilish horns to set him apart from the other mounts.

More creepy stuff soon!