Citrovs Army Log - Custodes and Undeath

[Citrov]

I already have a considerable Undeath collection, so this is more to log those that I have started working on since the beginning of the Soul Wars event. COnsidering new members cannot upload images I will instead be providing links.

My priorly painted army is here.

I will paste a Link for my Custodes at some point Here.

And now for the things I have been working on.

Some ghostly heroes

Gravestone Marker

Finally finished the base for my Custodes Grav-Tank

 

[Disciple of Nagash]

An unusual army, very elite based with the Blood Knights. I really like the winter scenery and how you've posed your models - I've also never seen someone do spectral dire wolves before!

What are your plans for your army, any new units etc?

 

[Citrov]

I am rather fond of elite armies, which you can see in my first love the Custodes. I also love the idea of spectral creatures clawing at the living, tying them down while the vampiric Blood Knights run them down and Vampire lords slip between them like a dark mist, cutting apart the enemy heroes like a spectral assassin.

In the future I plan on getting more chainrasp to add to my Soul Wars batch, get some of both banshee types to support them, since my army is very focused around their leadership of trio of female vampire lord matrons. Then in the future I would like to kitbash my Vampire Lord head honcho (the one on the vampire dragon) to have an alt "ranger" model where she is wielding the wraithbow artifact. I am also drawing up plans for making a coven throne conversion to better fit my army lore.

 

[Disciple of Nagash]

Yes I noticed the Matriarch element of your army, I'd agree a Coven Throne is a must then! Some of the new Nighthaunt models are brilliant, the Chainrasps especially so will be good to see them

Do you game with your army, as my only concern there would be the unit selection?

 

[Citrov]

I do, though not often with my undead mostly thanks to it being hard to find games where I live, though the new edition has gotten most of my 40k gaming group into AoS recently, or interested at least, so I should see more games soon.

As for what I run it varies, sometimes I just go Soul Blight and use lots of Blood Knights and Vampire Lords, other times I go more summon heavy with a couple vampire lords, a squad of Blood Knights and then a bunch of Dire Wolves and now Chainrasps too. Having a lot (and with plans to get more) gives me options at least.

 

[Disciple of Nagash]

so I should see more games soon.

That's good; be sure to let us know how you feel the army plays as and when you get the chance. We don't hear back too often at the moment from how players think the new models and rule play, especially if you are going to use Nighthaunt models.

 

[Citrov]

Been working on my Chainrasps

The first batch completed

The current 10 I am working on

 

[Eternal Salvation]

Looks like a great start! These are the new Nighthaunt models from GW?

 

[Citrov]

Aye they are, fun little guys that are hard to get rid of. I actualy think they work better in Legions of Nagash than in the Nighthaunt battletome.

 

[Citrov]

More recent additions to my undead host.

Completed chainghast

Knight of shrouds

This one is from the Soul Wars kit, was easily removed so I can use the Ethereal Steed on something else, he is floating on a gravestone.

Etherial Steed - WIP

This ethereal steed will act as a mount for my Vampire Queen.

 

[Eternal Salvation]

That mount looks great! Where is it from?

 

[Citrov]

@Eternal Salvation The mount is from the new Soul Wars set for the new AoS edition. I simply clipped of the Knight of Shrouds (surprisingly easy I might add) and painted up the steed. Below are the completedd shots.

Vampire Lord on Etherial Steed

A shot of the basing

 

[Eternal Salvation]

Nicely done, Citrov! I really like the colour palette you choose. The colours all seem to work well together, and it doesn't seem that often that I've seen one of those ladies done in black and purple. Very cool!

 

[Citrov]

Cheers man, I am a fan of blacks, silvers and purples, along with gold. But my other big army is all gold, so I love painting my vampires for the greatly different feel they have and different things I can do. Its also why I collect some orks on the side.

 

[Citrov]

A slightly different kind of model, finally got around to completing my Telemon and his base, just need some magnets to make transporting it easier

You can see it here

 

[Borgnine]

I love your work on the vampires and your ghosts are no worse too! Good to see them work well with green/etheral cowls - and that snowy basing is indeed marvellous Nice idea with removing that Knight of Shrouds - he looks pretty good as a footman... or maybe a floatman? Giving it to a vampire lord was also a good call, but man, that's horse's HUGE! Or maybe she's small. Still, looks plenty impressive either way

Also, sorry for being not up-to-date with WH40K - is the last guy an imperial knight of sorts? I didn't know that GW made even some custodes variants! I think that gold could use some warm shade in the recesses around the details - I'm just throwing ideas around, he looks hella imposing already

 

[Citrov]

Ah cheers and nah he is this bloke Telemon Heavy Dreadnought So imagine a Space Marine Leviathan Dreadnought, but now the Adeptus Custodes get one that is better in every way to the point that it can take on a knight. In game mechanics it actually can with one of the highest strength melee profiles in the game outside titans. He is also the bigger older brother to this guy Contemptor-Achillus Dreadnought who is like the Space Marine Contemptor Dreadnought, but also better in every way. General theme of the army is that you get 5 models for every opponents 30-50, but yours are of much higher quality.

As for the vamps, yea the horse is quite large, its actually on the next size base from the standard cavalry oval base so obviously when I use that ethereal steed I gotta ask permission, but the casual nature of my store means its generally not an issue.

 

[Citrov]

I have not posted in a short while, but here is my most recent work.

Servo Hauler 1

Servo Hauler and Crane

All Servo Haulers

Ogroid Thaumaturge Front

Ogroid Thaumaturge Back

Ork Kill Team

 

[Borgnine]

Wow, those Servo Haulers are big! Good work on them, they look really good and pretty 'at home' there in that scenery Also, good call on making that thaumaturge white, that's both original and looks very interesting, more otherworldly

 

[Citrov]

Cheers, here is a Big Mek Gun conversion I recently did, getting hyped on the upcoming Orktober to the point of planning out a Mad Max themed Kill Team board for them.

Side 1

Side 2

 

[Citrov]

Been working on my Ork Kill Team, got 20 models ready for the roster.

Team snapshot

The Kill Team leaders

Da burna crew

Da dakka boyz

 

[Borgnine]

Very fine orks you have there! I like the use of Black Orc heads on some of them, fits them surprisingly well