Necromancers
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PAINTING FROSTGRAVE NECROMANCERS “Necromancers study the magic associated with death, as well as the creation and control of undead creatures such as zombies and animated skeletons. They generally wear dark colours (most commonly black) and tend to have a sickly, unhealthy appearance. While Necromancers are not necessarily evil, there are few that have delved deeply into this school of magic without giving in to its corrupting influence.”
PREPARATION The first task with any model is to have a good look at it,  see what you are going to have to do to it. Try to imagine  the whole model finished in your desired colour scheme.  Mike Owen’s models are a great start, complete with lots  of appropriate detail and feel. I then turned to the  fantastic illustrations in the FROSTGRAVE book by Dmitry  Burmak and used them as my guide, as the sculptors  had done. For the Apprentice I extrapolated a bit,  following the colours of the Wizard and adapting them to  the different model.   CLEANING I was lucky to be working with the Resin master casts  and they needed very little work. Using a scalpel and  
needle files I removed the visible mould lines – these are  the thin lines that run around the model, hardly any on  this model. Scrap the knife blade carefully along the  mould line, holding the blade at roughly ninety degrees to  the surface. Finish off the scraped surface with a small  fine file to ensure that the area is all nice and smooth. As  a final word on preparing models, please be careful when  using any sharp modelling tools.   UNDERCOATING Undercoating is essential as it provides a consistent  surface on which to apply the next coats of paint, and it  shows up the detail on a model much more clearly than  shiny bare metal. It’s not so bad with resin models,  depending on the colour of the resin, but they should still  be undercoated.  
Necromancers study the magic and spells associated with death, as well as the creation and control of undead creatures such as zombies and animated skeletons. They generally wear dark colours (most commonly black).