Spooktober has begun! - October Release First Preview: Mounted Skeletons Unit
Good evening guys,
Hope you are all doing great and have had a great summer.
With the summer over and the misty autumn around the corner, you already know what time of the year is… what is coming… yes, yes… the land of the dead is upon us, Spooktober!
As you may know, Spooktober is already a tradition here in Highlands Miniatures. Since the beginning of the Patreon, every October we have created a set of undead miniatures for our Transilvanya range of miniatures to celebrate Halloween, a very special occasion for us. And this year won’t be any different! 💀🎃
We always have a great time working on Transilvanya, our undead army.
Nevertheless, we are also enjoying a lot the work we are currently doing for the Sons of Ymir, and that is why we can’t still announce a full list of miniatures coming this upcoming October 2022 Release to Highlands Miniatures, as we would like to bring many, so… stay tuned this month for all the announces!
But one thing is for sure… the Mounted Skeleton Unit will be the first one to arrive to the battlefield! This unit is composed of:
Four (4) Mounted Skeleton Core Miniatures
Three (3) Mounted Skeleton Command Group
Five (5) Undead Horses
About the Mounted Skeleton Unit
Once they were respectful and noble knights who fought for the kingdoms of men, today they come to the call to fight again for the bloody line of Transilvanya.
These knights are no longer what they were, although they are a slight mirage of the man they were. Today, they come back. Dressed with rotten tabards, already broken by the passage of time and their rusty armour they ride without mercy. These tireless warriors will become the adversary's worst nightmare.
They have returned, never to leave.
We really wanted to update our old undead cavalry at least since last year, and what a better time to do it than now. We've tried to capture the essence of old human medieval knigths who have fought many wars and perished in battle. If you take a close look at them, you will be able to identify from where the references and ideas for this unit come from. And it may or it may not be a little easter egg of something we are working on... 👀
Finally, for all our beloved friends around United Kingdom, our most sincere condolences on the death of the Queen of England, as we know for some of you it was a very beloved figure.
👉🏻 If you want to share with us more ideas and suggestions for this next army, you can join our Discord Server: CLICK HERE
Hope you like the miniatures guys, we ready you as always!
Comments (31)
Keep the undead flowing! cant wait to see a new breath into undead foot knights in the future.
Thank you Doug! More undeads are in the way!
They look fantastic, I like the herald with the horn. Glad I backed these now that I understand how it all works 😊
Thank you Rory!
These look like a great option for Mousillon undead
Hola, hermosos esqueletos. Consulta, saldrán mas unidades de enanos? Gracias!
Hola Gonzalo! Si todo sigue según lo previsto, este mismo mes de Octubre también veremos algo de los enanos en el Patreon :)
Could you add a greathelm head too?
Undead Horses with bardings. YES!
glad you like them Christian!!
Oh wow these look fantastic! Your miniatures over time have really become more dynamic. There is a big difference between the first skeletons vs these ones and the sculpting shows! Great job!
Thank you for your comment Abdul! It has been an amazing journey these past two years. We hope to keep learning and making progress with our sculpting skills to offer better miniatures for our patrons! :)
Just amazing miniatures as usual , but there's any chance to come along with movement trays too?
Thank you very much Ed! We are not sure if we will be able to bring some undead movement trays for this upcoming October, but they will eventually come for sure!
Spoopy
Yes!! Love the look of these so much 😍
Thank you very much Shaun! Glad you like them!
Very, very nice. Loving the horse sculpts especially. More to add to my HM Undead army! Love that this is a yearly thing now.
Thank you very much Karsten! Yeah, we really love to work on our undead range of miniatures. Even if we will try to bring another Sons of Ymir unit for October, we will always bring undead for that month!
Looking good! But the lances atleast on the pictures are looking a bit short.
Thank you Tonny! As the lances come attached to the miniatures and most people use normal resin, we prefer to leave them a little shorted than usual to avoid issues while and after printing :)
Muy muy guapos,me gustan mucho!
Muchas gracias Alberto! Nos encanta trabajar en el ejercito de Transilvanya! :)
No doy a basto a, comprar resina, menuda Maravilla! Buen Trabajo. Para vuestra info, no hay STL de carro de cadaveres ni del Ingenio mortis, ninguna compañia los ha modelado. Por dar ideas jajaj
Muchas gracias Manel, nos alegra que te gusten!! Respecto a lo segundo, no habra que esperar mucho mas para ver algo de ello en Highlands Miniatures! :P
Buenas! Veo que el mes de octubre es para los no muertos, retomareis los enanos?
Hola Jose Luis! Si todo va segun lo previsto, tambien tendremos enanos este proximo Octubre, y seguiran el resto de 2022 y a lo largo de 2023! :)
A raíz del comentario anterior, y sabiendo que vuestros vampiros tienen rasgos más elficos, ¿por qué no hacer las tropas básicas (zombies, caballeros, esqueletos...) aprovechando la temática elfica en vez de la clásica imperial/bretoniana?
Hola Diego! Es una pregunta muy interesante. La realidad es que a dia de hoy no existen elfos en el universo de Highlands Miniatures. Estamos introduciendo nuevas razas de fantasia poco a poco, como es el caso reciente de los enanos, pero no tenemos planes para trabajar en la raza de los elfos al menos durante 2023. Si quieres echar un vistazo al universo en el que estamos trabajando, puedes ver el primer esbozo que hicimos hace ya un año en esta publicacion, que incluye un mapa del universo de Highlands Miniatures: https://www.patreon.com/posts/world-that-is-to-51372541
What about you sculpt some undead dwarfs ? 😁
That would be a real challenge! A skeleton dwarf without a beard...