In my last post, I was lamenting the fact that the vintage citadel shields are priced beyond what seems reasonable. It was for that reason that I grabbed some stuff from my bits box to armor my Beastmen (and yet to be seen Chaos Thugs). While wasting a little time this afternoon idly surfing the net, I spotted this pic...
I smiled, because I have this box set. I have collected several units of classic Citadel and Marauder metal Undead models (again, yet to be seen, but I hope to split time between Chaos and Undead). I am planning on using these plastic models as reinforcements for summoning spells. The first level
Summon Skeletons spell calls unarmored warriors to the necromancer and even the third level
Raise Dead only brings troops with a 6 save, meaning I can model some in the scraps of armour in the kit and have the effect of Light Armour. In the level of points I plan to play, it will difficult for casters to be high enough level to get the
Summon Undead Horde spell, but if it comes to that, I can simply know that the skeletons have a 5+ save without the benefit of putting shields on the models...
... and that's what I'm really on about. I have a pile of Citadel shields I'd forgotten about!
There are more than 30 shields in the box, including these five sprues perfect for Chaos models! Now I can try my hand at... errr... hand-painted shield designs. I've actually done free hand work on other models...
Anyway, finding those shields in mint condition is like Christmas all over again!
Looking forward to seeing what you can do with these. I'm stuck using decals as my painting skills just don't extend to doing good freehand designs...
ReplyDeleteloevly models, great news at finding all those old shields.
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