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Modeling => Projects Blog => Topic started by: Kingside_Bishop on February 22, 2010, 06:52:26 PM
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Hi everyone!
So I've decided to get into Fantasy, and have set my sights on a Vampire Counts army. I haven't fully fleshed out a background yet, but I know I want them to be an army from the Bretonnian duchy of Mousillon. I've had a few ideas... the most attractive being the newly self-appointed duke of Mousillon, the infamous black-armoured knight, turning out to be a vampiric descendent of Maldred, the last duke.
Anyway, the reason I'm posting here, is because during the assembly and painting of my last army (a Cadian/Catachan/Ork kitbash to achieve a post-apocalyptic motorcycle gang to fight in the wars on Armageddon) I didn't take any photos -- and now, I regret not being able to reminisce about its construction. :'(
So, I was gonna post a work-in-progress sort of thing, and update it as I get more models done.
So here goes.
(https://www.40konline.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv356%2FKingside_Bishop%2F40k%2Fth_Skeletons.jpg&hash=21d466dd5b7ecdfbd1c48d1ed1d078075cba8ae9) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v356/Kingside_Bishop/40k/Skeletons.jpg)
This is my first unit of skeletons. I wanted to get some done before getting too invested, because I'm going to be painting a lot of these, and I wanted to make sure it would be bearable. They're a fairly simple kit bash between VC skeletons and Bretonnian Men-at-Arms. In the future, I'll be using TK heads and spears (with Bret spearheads), as they're easier and cheaper to acquire on eBay. As it is, I like 'em.
(https://www.40konline.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv356%2FKingside_Bishop%2F40k%2Fth_Zombies.jpg&hash=95ddf26e3d159255670505bea0508ef89d44ee52) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v356/Kingside_Bishop/40k/Zombies.jpg)
My first three zombies. They were tons of fun to pose, and I'm really glad because I'll be putting a lot of these guys together, too. I'm bashing zombies with bowmen for this one, as I got a bunch of bowmen from the Bretonnian battle box that I obviously can't use as a VC player. It's a bit complicated, given the differences in arm construction between the two models, but totally worth it.
(https://www.40konline.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv356%2FKingside_Bishop%2F40k%2Fth_BlackKnights.jpg&hash=364d12eb34be347170516395ea05392ddaf4ec5b) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v356/Kingside_Bishop/40k/BlackKnights.jpg)
Here are my first black knights. They're pretty much unconverted, just a simple head swap with some Tomb King heads whose crowns I love. It's a little simpler than I'd prefer, but ultimately, when people look at the army, I want them to see a Bretonnian force, and then do a double take, which means my knights need to look knightly. I plan on painting the horses an appropriately eerie, translucent color.
That's it for now! Next on my to-do list is to finish up a unit of black knights, so I can paint them, and maybe get some 500-point games in! My overall goal is to have a 2,250 point army done by May, in time for KublaCon. We'll see if I get there.
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Looks great Bishop! I've never seen an undead army like this but have thought about it some years back :)
I also like the painting a lot. Do you want to paint the whole army with this color scheme?
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Mousillondead, nice.
I'm not entirely convinced by the Black Knights to be honest, I think the TK heads don't really work on them. But that's just my opinion, and you said you like the TK heads, so fair play to you