Boneblades!

 As previously mentioned, I picked up a box of Wargames Atlantic's 10mm undead (which they call Boneblades). I would describe the box as a unit set as opposed to any army. Tere are three identical sprues in the box with sword and shield warriors. There are also 3 casualties and 3 command stands with a war banner. (One per sprue). You get about 108 skeleton warriors and I think 117 total figures. 

I painted up one of the sprues (sans command), it gave me enough warriors for 3 bases so the box should yield 9 bases of warriors. 

Here is the rear view of these sculpts. They are very quick to paint. I primed black on the sprue, dry brushed with off white and then clipped them from the sprue, cleaned cut marks up with an exacto blade and mounted to popsicle sticks. I hit them with another dry brush to get to the areas I could when they were in the sprue. After the shields got some diluted paint on the fronts and backs. The final bit was to paint the metal on shield rims, helmets and swords. 

The figures next received an Army Painter Strong Tone wash. Normally I ink after a gloss varnish to prevent the ink from staining the paint too much but I wanted these little bone fellas to have dingey, dirt stained look. 

Here is an aerial overview picture. You can see the sculpts are a bit two dimensional. I imagine this is a result of the strip printing method and also the fact they are scrawny skellies. This 2D is less present on the orcs and the dwarves. To make them less 2D linear, I broke up the ranks a bit. Overall, I'm pleased with these fellas. Over a hundred figures for about $22 USD. They paint up quick and paint up well. 

Painting them brought back memories of my mid to late teens. Having just jumped into the GW hobby, my older brother would drive me to gaming stores and also fund some of my purchases. One of those early acquisitions was the Undead Army box sets filled with scores of plastic skeleton warriors. While they were fiddly to assemble, they were pretty darn easy to paint.

With those memories all coming back, the experience of painting these sculpts more enjoyable. As I get older, I have learned to cherish these old moments in time and enjoy the making of new moments that I will cherish now and later.