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Mars Miniatures16 Aug 2016 5:02 a.m. PST

Taken from full post here:
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Converted Wraith on horse, an undead beastman, and a sentient plant critter…
Presenting Gravelord, Wraith Raccoon, & Swamp Groot.

Even more characters to fight for Mordor. The Dwarves are doomed!

Pics and character fluff below…

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This is Gravelord Nito.
He is a Wraith that I've converted/cobbled together from many parts. An unidentified skull was glued unto a shield and then I sculpted some ghostly flames around it. The lance arm is from an Empire General, the horse is from a Napoleonic Cuirassier. The head is an Elf head (I think) whose face got scrapped off. The cape is from a mounted Engineer? No idea about the torso. Its all spare parts found in my bits box. I think its appropriate for this Overlord of Undeath to arise from dead bits.

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Honda Civic, I've a horse outside
Subaru, I have a horse outside
Mitsubishi, I've a horse outside
If you're lookin for a ride I've a horse outside

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Wraith Raccoon and Swamp Groot are ready to start some trouble in Middle Earth!

Wraith Raccoon: For over a thousand generations, the Deadeye Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the dark times, before the Empire.


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Wraith Raccoon might be the last of his Order… the Order of the Deadeye Knights!
Hunted relentlessly, millennia ago by the God Emperor Sigmar and his twisted evil and human-centric Empire, the Deadeye Knights were a coalition of Beastmen creatures who are able to harness the power of the Force (err.. I mean Chaos, or the Warp, depending on which century Warhammer game it is!)

While Sigmar is long dead, the Empire still lives and Wraith Raccoon is fully dedicated to destroying it as soon as possible.

But if a few garbage cans happen to show up… What the hey… the Force can wait!
Raccoons have an instinctual love for all things trash can related!

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nvdoyle16 Aug 2016 5:51 a.m. PST

Love 'em!

(What's the source of the Wraith Raccoon and Swamp Groot minis?)

Rich Bliss16 Aug 2016 8:22 a.m. PST

Pretty sure those both started life as Heroclix figures.

Mars Miniatures16 Aug 2016 9:24 a.m. PST

Yes, they are/were heroclix.

Wraith Raccoon is indeed Rocket Raccoon with some weapon swaps.

Swamp Groot is either Swamp Thing or Man Thing heroclix. I forget which is which. No mods on him, just repainted.

Brother Jim16 Aug 2016 9:40 a.m. PST

Man-Thing. Swamp Thing usually has a more human like face.

Mars Miniatures16 Aug 2016 9:45 a.m. PST

Brother Jim,
Thanks, I was not a reader of either *-Things but I knew the difference was between the facial tentacles.

kallman16 Aug 2016 4:24 p.m. PST

Yep enjoyed both Swamp Thing and Man-Thing comics back in the 1970's when they first came out. The Berni Wrightson illustrations were just captivating as were the Mike Ploog drawings.

For an interesting perspective on how both swampy characters came into being please read and enjoy these two blog posts.

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