Zebraoutrider lets slip the Dogs of War
So… who did you say had the black spot!
When I took the Freebooter unit off the shelf, my heart sank. I thought I’d finished painting them, but to my disappointment the layer of dust simply hid the fact that I’d given up on them – why? I can’t remember back that far, but I guess after painting the Mordheim vampire (as the unit leader) my interest waned and I was distracted elsewhere. To add salt to the wound I dropped the whole unit whilst cleaning them and so working out a decent configuration of the ranks of soldiers took a few attempts.
These plastic minis were constructed using the Citadel Miniatures Empire Militia kit, the Chaos Marauders’s kit and the Mordheim Accessories sprue to produce a unique, pirate-themed unit.
So, once the dust was hoovered up and the minis were painted up using the same mix of random colours on my work table and a series of washes and we have ‘Bloody Mary’s Marines’. These are not elite Ultra Marines, oh no! they’re more like cannon fodder to distract and slow down the enemy.
Now if ‘Bloody Mary’s Marines’ decide the adventure is getting too strenuous then Captain Hrothyogg can step in to boost their morale! 
Fortunately, this big fella from Jes Goodwin’s 1986 C23 Ogre Citadel Miniatures collection was in a pretty good condition although the application of new washes added much needed vibrancy and fresh flock put new life into the base. To add further context to Hrothyogg’s story, I found a spare lizard from the OOP jungle swarm pack from Citadel Miniatures and painted him up as the Captain’s pet.
Dust demons be damned! Bring back those vibrant colors