Last summer I joined the second Turm event held in Zagreb at UMS "Agram" by Ana Polanšćak of Gardens of Hecate fame. We were playing Forbidden Psalm, and my warband was the pious knight Sievert and the Grateful Dead.
The idea for my miniatures came to me when I was looking for references for 15th century Duchy of Pomerania at a local library and I found a history article about this painting from Kołobrzeg cathedral:
The painting, which is an epitaph of one Siewert Granzin from 1492, shows a knight praying for the dead, and the dead raising from their graves to defend him from his pursuers. It has become an instant favourite of mine -- the dead look so happy! And the Noble Necromancer was an idea I've really liked at least since I read the Lord of the Rings chapter with Aragorn leading the army of the dead.
Forbidden Psalm is based on the Mork Börg roleplaying game, and the RPG book uses a lot of moody old Public Domain art. So I thought using a painting reference for my warband would be a good match.
So here they are, the pious knight Sievert (name changed for the ease of pronunciation) and his dead retinue, wandering around the accursed graveyard-city of Graven-Tosk (or maybe the accursed Kołobrzeg):
The dead were hand-sculpted from scratch. I made three torsos and four heads, then cast them using Oyumaru and Milliput + Green Stuff mix. Hands and weapons were sculpted individually. The knight was a mixture of Perry Foot Knights and Perry Mercenaries parts, with a scratch-built bevor and sword sheath.
The banner was made following an old Massive Voodoo tutorial by David (here), butchered with a few shortcuts to save time. It was cut from graph paper, and when you look at it against a strong source of light, you see graph paper lines underneath the painting. I regret nothing.
Since I had several skulls to spare -- that's a very nice bonus you get for casting your own minis -- I made a few handy skull tokens to represent treasure, spell effects, objectives, and the like.
The minis were painted over a few days before the event in Zagreb, using borrowed Scale 75 paints (which take a while to get used to, but make for a lovely matt finish) and a Mig Ammo silver metallic, which turned out to be surprisingly great.
And here's a picture from the event. Terrain and photography by Ana Polanšćak:
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