Kardak Khan

 Kain wasted no time with the gathering of the troops. Commanders and powerful undead individuals were summoned to serve as captains in the upcoming war. In many areas of the old world, graveyards had the so-called "sinners ground" – a part of the graveyard dedicated to murderers, thieves and other villains who lie in unmarked graves, condemned forever to oblivion.
Once buried there, there was no turning back. Or so they claimed...
Upon entering one such site, Kain felt the strong negative energy and was drawn to a special unmarked location, a mass grave in form of a catacomb. Endless corridors filled with corpses led to the deepest point where Kain discovered a corpse in heavily damaged full body armor. These where the remains of Kardak Khan, a cruel and merciless killer. A mercenary and a sadist who killed in the most horrifying ways – women and children, young and old, all was fair game. For profit or for sport, it mattered not. This perverted individual was obsessed with pain and suffering of others. When he was finally caught and brought to justice his torturers had a special treatment in store for him, for some of them were relatives and family members of his victims. After torturing him for days they strapped on his armor and dragged him to the local town square for public stoning. Full body armor allowed stoning to last for hours until Kardak was crushed both physically and spiritually. It is said that his last words to his torturers were a promise of vengeance and return.

Kain didn't hesitate for a moment and raised a perfect captain for his growing army – one among many to follow, and thus, after so many centuries, Kardak kept his promise. After all, evil calls upon evil.
Fear the return!!!

For Kardak I used Krell of the Great Axe, Lord of Undeath by Games Workshop. This is one of my favorite GW sculpts from the newer era. It was a real joy painting this mini. Lots of different metal textures allowed me to experiment with various pigments and washes to achieve rusted metal and oxidized bronze. Green glowing eyes and read on his helmet break the monotony of dark colors that dominate the model.