Post: #1

Hello there carpe noctem,
Long time lurker first time poster. with the release of our favorites on the way i have decided to start up my VC again. having already done a strigoi army a few years ago i decided to go slightly different direction this time.
Army will have few gouhls and focus on mainly skeletons as core and headed by asur stylized vampires.
enough of the chatter will show off a few pics for you now.

Vampire lord conversion


rear of vampire


test skeletons


wraith shots



and the bases i will be aiming for



thank you for looking and any comments

Post: #2

Nice job sofar! I like the cold look the mini's get with the combination of white and purple, looking forward to the rest!

Post: #3

Great use of a high elf there. The only good high elf is a dead on! One suggestion though: try a nice subtle wash of devlan mud on the skeletons and maybe one as well on the wraith. It'll really help unify the bits a bit and it'll help it "pop" more. Aside from that, looking good so far bud!

Jake

Post: #4

What a good concept keep going i want to see the result!

saludos

Post: #5

Thank you for kind words and advice
not much has been done on the painting front except getting 20 skeletons to base coat standard as shown above. but i have done another conversion here for second vampire.





Please ignore the painted bottom half was from when it was a high elf. and also ignore the flat section of the top of the head, i plan to green stuff a head of hair on this one.
In keepiung with the theme i was thinking of using high elf war lions as dire wolves since i have 4 of them lying around. if anyone has any idea how i can gore them up a little i would be for ever in your debt.

Post: #6

Greeting.

A little bit of work has been done on my army. not as much painting as i should but you know how modeling can distract you haha.
Tomorrow i will take a few more photos of whats is currently drying right now and a army shot of the 960pts i have ready.

new addition 1


skeletons getting done




A forgotten realms style inspired liche (will count as a necromancer) he was originally going to be a wight king


And my favorite unit good old blood knights.


thank you for any comments you may have. and just qucik question. what does the community think would be best boxes to buy to mix with zombies? im considering getting 1xzombie and 1x men at arms tomorrow...but not sure if flaggelants would be better or something else entirely.

Post: #7

Personally I think flagellents would be better as Ghouls, so probably men at arms.

I like the conversions done so far, very unique. I agree with Redarmy, a few washes will really help with blending the different layers together.

Post: #8

Skeletons aren't 100% done yet. Im still deciding what wash to add. Devlan is way too brown for what I want with this army so thinking maybe black wash again.
What do you guys think?

Post: #9

Conversions are looking great. Your army will have a ton of character that way which will really make the game fun for you. Keep up the great work.

Jake

Post: #10

Black will probably be better, but then devlan isn't that bad, it doesn't make it go that brown, but is good for making garments look grubby like the undead should look

Post: #11

Sepia makes a good bone wash, gives it a lighter feeling to the bone. I personally prefer a mud wash over bleached bone for my skeles.

I love what I see so far, can't wait to see even more painted. The coloring and shading and highlighting makes my day that much brighter!

Great job!

Post: #12

Small update, i got a little bored painting skeletons so i slapped a little on my lich. nothing fantastic, still trying to steady my shaky hand after a good 18months and no painting.

I plan to come back to the metalic areas but i should stop spending time on him and keep going with my other 50 skeletons





Its a shame his highlights have washed out in image, they look atleaast a fair bit more pronounced in life

Thanks guys

Post: #13

Hey Nightmare,

Some really great work here! I really like the purple on your wraith, and the Vampire conversions are very creative and look fantastic!

Nice use of the Tzeentch sorcerer as a lich-inspired Necromancer. It looks really nice, and you did a great job painting it!

Looking forward to seeing more by you!

Post: #14

Wow! I love the Liche! He looks fantastic! One tidbit, add some subtle highlights to the tips of his staff. It'll help it really pop. Great job!


Jake

Post: #15

the staff was highlighted quite brightly but i decided i should wash it to tie it in and it kinda went too far the other way...
Going on holidays tomorrow so will fix him up when im back and get struck back into my other 70 skeletons

Thanks for the comments guys

Post: #16

Very nice. Some great conversions too. Am I right in thinking High Elf, Dark Elf and possibly some Dark Eldar?

Post: #17

High elf, dark elf, demonette And skaven about all the pieces I have used. Oh and a space wolf power sword
Even though my bits box was stupidly huge I am regretting selling of so much of it

Post: #18

Your army looks great so far, especially the conversions. I like the tzeench sorcerer/lich, looks like he'd be about 7 feet tall in real life. Very imposing.

And of course the Dragon Princes make great blood dragons. But they make a lot more sense in your army than in most others!

Very curious to see how the sculpted hair is going to look on the bald guy.

Post: #19

I did a quick mock up with hair on a spare head. First attempt at green stuff work besides fur which was so easy compared to this. Will probably come back to it at a much later stage.
I have plenty of core to paint anyway.
I'm going for a vlad style hair do

Post: #20

I am loving the litch!