My first VC army

[TheReanimatedCorpseOfYara]

Hi all,

Well, I'm new to this whole forum but I thought I'd like to share with you some photos of the models that have got me into collecting VCs.

I've never had a VC army before, but the quality of some of the new sculpts drew me in. Plus the fact that there was a Bloodline power called "Master of the Dark Arts"...I mean, who couldn't resist that (very Lord Voldemort!). What really convinced me, though, was the box-out in the WD 339 showing how you could get a decent 1000pt army with just a battalion box and some extras (Grave Guard, Dire Wolves)....and then there was this excellent pre-order deal I found on-line and I was hooked.

This is my second Warhammer army after my Empire troops and it's so far been a nice change from painting puffy sleeves and horses. Having said that, I've not exactly done too much...so far, I've only managed to finish the Ghouls:

I'm also putting together the Vampire to lead them. Not being a big fan of any of the models, I'm converting my own:

I was aiming for a pose which says "Arise!" Although I now can't stop thinking it should be "Alas" https://www.vampirecounts.net/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif

These are my first stab at painting the undead, so comments and criticisms would be very welcome!

Cheers,

Yara

 

[Trevy the Great]

I love that Vampire! What pieces did you use?

 

[Hexter]

Your Ghouls look fantastic!The purple ;ooks solid as does the bone.

I belive the body and arm is from the new HE prince box,I'm using the same for my Vamps.

I think the head belongs to a ghoul?

 

[TheReanimatedCorpseOfYara]

Hi there,

Thanks, chaps - I wasn't too sure about the ghouls when I'd finished the skin wash, but the bones and blood etc helped a lot when I painted them.

Hexter, you're spot-on about the parts for the Vamp. His body is from the new HE prince and the head is from the new ghoul sprue (you get quite a few spares). The arm is the HE prince arm which normally carries the halberd, with the hand replaced by a zombie hand.

His left arm will be the prince's left arm with a sword added (perhaps the new skellie champion's?), and I've also got the cape from the HE prince to add too.

I'm a bit worried he may end up looking like a dead HE, which isn't the effect I want at all.....I think a suit of red armour, a la the latest von Carstein models, should hopefully prevent this.....we shall see!

Cheers,

Yara

 

[Hexter]

I'm a bit worried he may end up looking like a dead HE, which isn't the effect I want at all.....I think a suit of red armour, a la the latest von Carstein models, should hopefully prevent this.....we shall see!

Well you could try using Green stuff to sculpt some spikey ridges on the shoulder pads,or a headress stareting on the back of his cape and rising behind the back of his head,like Konrad's!:grin:

 

[Boo]

Very nicely painted ghouls I must say!

And that conversion vamp is looking good so far, but I might agree with you, it would most certainly look like a undead HE.

 

[Disciple of Nagash]

Fantastic paint jobs on the ghouls, nice detail and definition between the colours. I really like the conversion, I can definitely seeing saying arise! I would suggest filing or green stuffing the bottom HE but to make it less elfy, as Boo said it will look to HE even with a paint job, definatley needs a bot of conversion there. Looking forward to seeing the rest of your stuff.

 

[Trevy the Great]

Looking forward to that finished Vampire, Yara. Keep 'em comin'

 

[Drachenfels]

the ghouls are very nice. love the vampire so far. maybe have limbs coming out from the base as if their rising from the earth? i you get what i mean

 

[TheReanimatedCorpseOfYara]

I know exactly what you mean! I've wondered about doing the same thing myself, but am a little bit worried that I haven't left quite enough room on the base to do it. I'll try to mock something up with the extra limbs from the zombie sprues and see how it looks.....

Bit of a delay on doing anything further, though....next week's trip to Salute has consumed most of my Hobby Pass for the month ;-)

Once I have something more to show I'll be sure to post something here!

Cheers,

Yara

 

[TheReanimatedCorpseOfYara]

Hi all,

Soooo...it's been a long time since I've posted anything here. Things have been a little busy and I've not really had much time to work on my VCs.....

However, at Salute recently I picked up this chap:

He's from the Celtos line now produced by Brigade Models. I added a shield from the new skeletons and put him on a 20mm square base....I'm thinking he might serve as a skeleton champion, or perhaps even a Wight King. He has hair, so I tried to go for a dead-Saxon/Man of Rohan look to suggest he's a long-dead chieftan...

Now to paint his men!

Cheers,

Yara

 

[Danceman]

Looking sharp. The vampire will be interesting to see once done as well.

cheers

 

[TheReanimatedCorpseOfYara]

Hello again.

Well, this log continues to lurch forward....I'm afraid there's been no progress on the Vampire since the WIP shot in my first post. Instead, I've just finished these three:

You'll notice they're not GW Cairn Wraiths. They're Black Tree Design's "Wraith Lords", which I plumped for as they cost about £4 for all three figures, rather than the £4 per model that GW charge.

I think they may be even cheaper now as BTD currently have a sale on.....they make excellent stand-ins!

Cheers,

Yara

 

[The Dark Lord Mr Fluffy]

Looking good so far, that skelly champion is a great model, what happened to that vampire you were making with the ghoul bitz? I wanna see the finished results!

 

[TheReanimatedCorpseOfYara]

Work on the Vampire has rather ground to a halt - I need to figure out what to do with his left hand...I'm torn between having him holding a drawn sword, or having it resting on the pommel of a sheathed sword. I think it would look a little undramatic otherwise....

Any thoughts?

Cheers,

Yara