Practicing Necromancy (Test Run of Skeletons)

My first 10 skeleton warriors are complete, or near complete.  They still need to be based, which I don't have the supplies for.  And I need to finish the shields for the unit, but they are done enough to get an idea what they will look like massed together. 

I'm not pleased with the actual results but I am very pleased with the potential results of future runs.  This test run was my first time using the dipping method.  It turns out I will need to thin out the dip because it pools really thick in places, and brushing off the excess is a problem, it just pushes it around.  The first 5 skeletons turned out decent, but the second 5 I did not have time to clean up so there's a few messed up spots.  Like the black blob at the bottom of a shield and an eye socket that is still white.

Like I said earlier I do like the potential of this method once I can perfect it.  I love the dirty look it gives to the skeletons.  Their not bright white and shiny like their commander poured bleach on their bones to whiten them.  They actually look like they came out of the ground all dirty and stained.

The Fleur de lis on the shields are resin castings of a small Bretonnian knight shield.  The detail was so small that I didn't cut off all the flash around the bottom.  I figured it it was white like the rest of the shield it would blend in.  But the dip made it really pop out and become noticeable.  For future shields I will need to cut closer to the symbol.

I believe I touched on it in one of the older posts, but this test run includes a skeleton that I sculpted a uniform onto.  And another that I sculpted a hood onto.  The one with a hood was my first attempt at sculpting at this small of a scale.  I've done a little work at 1:18 scale, but this small is so difficult and frustrating.  The skeleton with the padded coat and hood, however, I am pleased with.  The coat is a little bulky, but I can live with that.  I will be attempting a few more with different army types and see if I can obtain exceptable results.  If I can I will cast them so I can make copies, without having to continue sculpting to fill the ranks.

Up next on the paint table is a unit of 4 Cairn Wraiths.  They will be painted in brown to look like dead monks.  I also modified their weapons, monks don't carry scythes!