And here... we.... go

[TheTrev0]

From the darkness, he came so quick
Gust of wind, out went candles wick.
Unable to resist, began his blood kiss
With this, my first step into abyss.

Sought out I did, a doctor for a cure
Shook his dead, "You must endure"
Entered the library, a book to read
Pale skin, cold sweat, desire to bleed

Judge to convict, Priest to convert
This monster now, my will to subvert
Next my family, their life to mine
Beyond that, this town to dine.

Now I lay and this town sleeps,
I pray to Sigmar, for my soul weeps.
If I should change, before I wake,
I pray to Sigmar, my life to take.

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Hello everyone! I've already introducted myself in the New Blood Section (Found here) and now I am posting here to start my... "plog?" Did I get that right?

So I've literally bought the Vampire Counts army and I'm building from the ground up. Most of my order came in today, but some of it was out of stock (like the army book... how is an army book out of stock?). Technically I'll have a few missing models (Fell bats, Spirit Hosts, Zombie Dragon, and Mortis Engine), but I'll get those as I go on.

This is what came in today! I've still got some more to come

Anyways, if you've been following me so far, you'll notice I like poetry and I think Vampires have a sense of poetic beauty to them. A soft and quiet death in the dark. The seductive allure of cursed immortality. The passion for power.

I plan on giving my army a traditional "Christian Vampire" theme, where they are anti-crosses, holy water, ect. with a strong poetic foundation. I hope that is apparent from my new poem posted above, which drew inspiration from the traditional Christian prayer that children learn to say as they go to bed.

I'll be documenting each step as I move forward so that anyone who is interested in this sort of thing can follow me. I do want to make a comment though, while on the subject, that although I plan on documenting each step, the posts may have some time between them as I plan on taking my time with this army (Unlike my Ogres in which I just sloppily pushed through). So each step is going to get the attention it needs to elevate my army to a new level that I'm not accustomed to. It would be a great reward if my army won "Best Painted" on its well-tailored and themed display board.


I guess there isn't much more to say... other than

I'll catch you all later! Look forward to plogging and keeping this as an ongoing post for months and months!

 

[Duke Danse Macabre]

You fool, you foolish fool!
You have no idea of the horror you have inflicted on yourself making that many models at once..... :O

Anyway its good to have you mate and great to see you really getting stuck in.
Something tells me I will need to keep an eye on this thread.

 

[Tawg]

You fool, you foolish fool!
You have no idea of the horror you have inflicted on yourself making that many models at once..... :O

Anyway its good to have you mate and great to see you really getting stuck in.
Something tells me I will need to keep an eye on this thread.

I'm not gonna lie, I bought at least that much at once when I started back into Vamps Although much of mine was also Pre-built and cheap off Ebay (Pre-built being a bad thing IMO). I still have yet to even really start to dig in, but hopefully this summer I'll be more resolved, and more productive :zombie:

That was certainly a fun shipment to open though, when I got my boxes on boxes of undead :konrad:

 

[Tomfoolery]

I've built armies doing this method, it's a double edged sword. At one time and this is not a joke I spent 6 grand building up what was the largest OnG army in probably the midwest if not one of the largest private owned armies in the country. I got my models at 25% off retail and when it was finished I had around 19,000 points, 22k if I strecthed it out. A 30 strong block of Stone Trolls, 20 block of River Trolls, 5 Giants.... lol seriously.

For one ti was nice because I bought them when they did the redesign into 5th so all the models were fresh. I painted 6k worth of the main part of the army being made up of Night Goblins and Savage Orcs. 18 units of 20 NG dropping 3 Fanatics each... it was a mess to run but great fun. I eventually traded off what I didn't assemble being mostly Orc Boyz, Boar Boys and Trolls. Painted the rest. Now all that being said.

1) I beat the coming inflation and price increases. This was awesome.
2) I couldn't look at the army without losing my grip on reality... it was overwhelming and I was just a single painter.

I have done just like you this time around with my VC. I have boxes of stuff sitting in the corner waiting on my brush and more coming in the mail but I'm being smart this time. I'm not building anything more until I have what I have assembled painted. Now this means I can't play for a minute but it's ok. Dire Wolves are getting done. Hexwraiths are getting done. Grave Guard are getting done. Characters are knocked out as they come in and are painted between the units to give me a break.

My advice is this. Open that box of Zombies and Skeletons and assemble 5 each. Paint them up and do a special or a single model like that Banshee. Then do up another 5 zombies and skeletons and do the Necro. Wash rinse and repeat until you're finished. It'll go faster this way. Give you motivation to get your boring core done and the army completes itself in lockstep.

Good luck and while you're at it you'll need to get two cans of Chaos Black and one can of Skull white primer.

 

[Theerteen]

THIS! IS! ...just beautiful and I wanna have only half of that order to cuddle with. God dammit..I should finish studying and earn money like a boss, only once I wanna have the possibility to purchase this amount of models

Very cool, I will watch your updates to mark the point where you'll start begging for help No, seriously. You will beg!
Ok in fact I'm just jealous and excited to see this project take it's place here. So, welcome, and may the patince be with you!

 

[Ravenstein]

This is the kind of hobby bravery I admire. Go for it!!!

 

[TheTrev0]

You have no idea of the horror you have inflicted on yourself making that many models at once.....

Anyway its good to have you mate and great to see you really getting stuck in.
Something tells me I will need to keep an eye on this thread.

Haha! Well I'm taking my time and building them at my convenience. As I have stated before, I really want this army to look good and the only way to do that is to do it the right way. Now I'm not saying its gonna take me months, or that it'll be done in a week...

It'll be done precisely when I mean to.

I'm not gonna lie, I bought at least that much at once when I started back into Vamps Although much of mine was also Pre-built and cheap off Ebay (Pre-built being a bad thing IMO). I still have yet to even really start to dig in, but hopefully this summer I'll be more resolved, and more productive :zombie:

That was certainly a fun shipment to open though, when I got my boxes on boxes of undead :konrad:

Who said mine wasn't cheap Okay, lets face it... warhammer is always expensive, even when you get it as such a HUGE discount as I did.

Plus, I usually buy stuff off eBay also because of how much cheaper it usually is. That being said, I wanted to build and paint this army myself and take a lot of pride in it. It was actually a previously purchased Warriors of Chaos army that I bought off eBay and then resold for a substantial profit! Thus... the Vampire Counts Army

I've built armies doing this method, it's a double edged sword.

...

1) I beat the coming inflation and price increases. This was awesome.
2) I couldn't look at the army without losing my grip on reality... it was overwhelming and I was just a single painter.

...

My advice is this. Open that box of Zombies and Skeletons and assemble 5 each. Paint them up and do a special or a single model like that Banshee. Then do up another 5 zombies and skeletons and do the Necro. Wash rinse and repeat until you're finished. It'll go faster this way. Give you motivation to get your boring core done and the army completes itself in lockstep.

Good luck and while you're at it you'll need to get two cans of Chaos Black and one can of Skull white primer.

Ya I know what you mean and where you are coming from. I also got a sweet deal with this army... an offer I couldn't refuse! So I got it at a significant discount! Plus, I had a lot of money from selling my Warriors of Chaos army that I bought off eBay and promptly turned it around for a profit!

The primer is good advice! I forgot to buy more primer for this army, so I'll need to go out and get it. *Jots down one sticky note*

Now... doing 5 at a time doesn't seem like it would be enjoyable to me, although I do understand where you are coming from with this advice. Perhaps it would be better to do it that way. Currently, my brother has a masterly painted High Elf army and paints in "stages" for large core like this and I think thats how I am going to do it.

So if the spears, shield, and armor are going to be a metallic silver, paint all the skeleton's spears, shields, and armor. Then do the next color. Maybe brown for the wood pieces. So wood staffs, shields, ect.

THIS! IS! ...just beautiful and I wanna have only half of that order to cuddle with. God dammit..I should finish studying and earn money like a boss, only once I wanna have the possibility to purchase this amount of models

Very cool, I will watch your updates to mark the point where you'll start begging for help No, seriously. You will beg!
Ok in fact I'm just jealous and excited to see this project take it's place here. So, welcome, and may the patince be with you!

Ironically, if you're going to study, you should study how to make a profit off anything. Then when you are done using something, you turn around and sell it back for the money you put into it plus a little more. That's what I've been doing for the past two years or so and it's really paying off. I never think of spending my money anymore... I view everything as investing my money to turn a profit. Some things you'll never get out what you put in (Like my motorcycle), but a lot of things you can or get more. Trades are good too!

So as stated before, this army was purchased from the profits of a Warriors of Chaos army I bought low and sold high! Combine that with the fact that I got this army on the Hella Cheap! BOOM! Lots of models.

Of course, if you become "Da Boss" at some great business, you can just spend your money... I'd love to get there!

Anyways... I know what you mean by the begging part HaHa! But I don't think I'll run into that problem.

I already realize how big of an undertaking this is and as such am asking for help immediately. That's help from friends here locally as well as professional help from this site! In fact, I already posted a thread for painting help examining my Ogres (Found Here) and I've gotten GREAT advice already from a moderator. I am going to apply that with all the other help I get to make sure that I never have to resort to begging.

Now - with that said - it feels good to have gone in balls deep like this and your support and excitement makes it all the more rewarding! I recommend that everyone does this at least once in their hobby adventures! It's a ton of fun!

This is the kind of hobby bravery I admire. Go for it!!!

Thats what my brother said who does what I just did for all of his armies (High Elves, Empire, Warriors of Chaos, Flames of War British and American, and Dystopian Wars French). This is the first time I've ever done this and it's a ton of fun!

Thanks for the support

 

[Tomfoolery]

When you are up against painting huge hordes of troops (zombies, goblins, clanrats etc etc) I have ALWAYS done a 1st rate job on the front rank. My front ranks always look stellar. The following ranks I consider to be above average paint jobs more then suited for tabletop games. This is something even GW does. Look at the spiders in the second rank......

The goblins are missing some detail too and so are the weapons. They still look great, they are still fieldable and you'll save countless days doing this.

 

[Tawg]

When you are up against painting huge hordes of troops (zombies, goblins, clanrats etc etc) I have ALWAYS done a 1st rate job on the front rank. My front ranks always look stellar. The following ranks I consider to be above average paint jobs more then suited for tabletop games. This is something even GW does. Look at the spiders in the second rank......

The goblins are missing some detail too and so are the weapons. They still look great, they are still fieldable and you'll save countless days doing this.

That's just tomfoolery, you need to paint everything insanely perfect! Especially the bits people won't be able to see! (Inside of cramped spaces, like a Black Coach for instance :konrad: );

Well.. while I may ascribe to that view, I guess there can be a bit of leeway. But painting everything with as much detail and care is also a good way to improve your skill in general. But I've never been someone to have a fully painted army either, so I may be giving awful advice..


So Trev, what are you putting together first?

 

[Tomfoolery]

^^

Those armies always bother me. You see the guy at the LGS to meet up for a game. Everyone unpacks their armies and you begin deployment. He's got 5 guys in one unit of 30 done, 4 in another, 7 here with another in wash, some characters and most of the standard bearers.

The next week you go to meet up again and you ask him if he's got anything more done. He'll get all excited and act like the KoolAid guy "Oh yea!" and then he gets out another standard bearer.......

This'll go on until he gets bored of the army, trades it or sells it or new moels come out and then it's a start from the beginning again.

I field painted armies running up to several thousand points and they never disappoint. You just cut corners on the back ranks of Zombies... no biggies. No one notices that their tongues don't have that 2nd highlight added to them because they're just blown away that 40 of them are even painted.

The day I play OK or WoC I'll field up a Eavy Metal worthy painted army. I did Khorne Deamons once, 1k worth. It was 3 small units of Bloodletters and a Demon Prince lol back in 5th. I used them as a break from painting Goblins. I sold it on flebay for 1.5k .

 

[count kill alot]

Awesome to see them all batched up like that
If I could give you a tip: start with what you would deam the fastest to paint your way throe, example ( my best is metallic so heavily armored troops such as GG)
Since it’s a long process id suggest you paint some of the fun stuff in between to keep you inspired, nothing boosts armie moral like a well painted general.
The other good thing about this is that you can start visualizing a colour sceam for your entire armie as well as adding a few personal touches to create uniqe units.

 

[Count Lasombra]

I would recommend you do one box at a time and complete it entirely before moving on to the next one.
It is always a great temptation for me once I assemble and base coat a unit,to set it aside and move on to the next.
Consequently,many of my units are in various stages of completion.
It's a good habit to force yourself to finish what your working on.
Now! Less talky! More Painty!

 

[Adam_Barrow]

I got in a situation where I wanted to hurry up and start playing, so I ended up with assembled models I could put on the table without paint. It's contributed to me not having a fully painted army, but I also get to play the game with all my little dudes present, not using proxies.

I'd take it in stages. Set yourself goals. "This weekend I'll finish the first two ranks of Ghouls. Then I can hit a Necromancer as reward."

 

[Theerteen]

Any progress so far? I'd like to see what you've started with and how your paint / converse style looks like

 

[TheTrev0]

Any progress so far? I'd like to see what you've started with and how your paint / converse style looks like

No progress yet. Haven't gotten a chance. Just wanted to have them so when I was ready - I could get started right away.

As of right now, and not to get into it too much, but just been a little reoccupied with a few things. It might be awhile.

Sorry for the ... tease? That sounds strange.

 

[Theerteen]

I like it strange:silent: But it wasn't meant in an offending way..