My VC, updated with Wight King!

[Vigor Jim]

Hello!

I will post updates on my vampire counts here, have about 3500-4000 points at the moment wich will eventualy all get painted.

Al criticism, good or bad, is of course welcome =).

 

[BarbariAndy]

I'm liking what I'm seeing. The wolves look great and the red eye look on the ghouls is very cool.
I would suggest adding more white highlights to the Spirit Horde on the Mortis Engine to give it a more ethereal look. The rider and the chariot portion look good.

 

[Shadespyre]

Can only agree - looks good so far, will be interesting to see your final finishes on the Mortis Engine, I quite like the dark ethereal look so far as it happens.

 

[Mad 'At]

Sweet army, and an ambitious goal to take it up to 3500pts. I wish you luck in your endeavours.

You are really good at painting faces, the ghouls look very spooky. Nice detail with the red lower lip.

If I were to criticise anything it would be the metal, it could do with a little more rust I think. Typhus Corrosion is a great start, and using some orange colours drybrushed on that makes it pop.

 

[Vigor Jim]

Thank you for the kind words people!

I usualy spend alot more time on my minis, but for this army im using a more simple aproach with drybrushes and washes, going for a table top standard.

Tried lightening up the spirits a bit, that was a good idea.

Aldo putting some rust patches on the metal bits .

Taking your advice with me to the painting corner tomorrow!

Thanks again

/RIP

 

[Titcher]

Nice work, your ghouls are awesome and the bases are really well done.

 

[Vigor Jim]

Necro Done!

 

[Adam_Barrow]

Very nice! Could you show him from some other angles so we can see the ghosty bits?

 

[Reaper]

I agree with Adam_Barrow, it looks great! Are these some spare bits from new spirit hosts?

 

[Adam_Barrow]

They come from the Mortis Engine. @Reaper

 

[robtion]

Nice one. Really like your diseased looking necro. Looks like he has a touch of pink eye. Nasty

 

[Vigor Jim]

Thanks alot guys! Apreciate it .

Yes they are spares from the Mortis Engine.

Made 3 Banshees today, also from the Mortis Engine, love that kit

 

[Adam_Barrow]

Those are really nice. Your Ethereals are awesome.

 

[Vigor Jim]

Thank you @Adam_Barrow ! Its a very simple teqhnique imo, and probably not in anyway a new teqhnique to the most of you guys here at carpe noctem... but i did as follows: Black spray followed by a Heavy white overspray, this leaves the bottom half darker and the top half brighter, wash with nuln oil, leave to dry, wash with biel tan green, leave to dry then finish with a very light drybrush of ulthuan grey, mostly on the top half.

 

[Blutsauger]

They look really nice! The red eyes really pop.

 

[Vigor Jim]

 

[Vigor Jim]

Thank you blutsauger!

 

[Pirate Robot Ninja of Death]

Great stuff! Really liking your direwolves. What paints did you use for those?

 

[Atrophus]

Me likey the ethereal paint job, consider it stolen

 

[Vigor Jim]

Thanks @Atrophus , glad you like it! There is a "how to" on the ethereal look further up this page

 

[Vigor Jim]

@Pirate Robot Ninja of Death cheers!

I basecoated everything with rakarth flesh (you can slabber rakarth flesh all over it, no need to be careful here), paint the fleshy muscle bits with Khorne red, i also painted in between all the ripped skin areas with Khorne red, hair with Eshin Grey, wash skin with reikland flesh shade, wash hair with nuln oil, then wash it all with agrax earthshade, this makes it darker and dirtier but also ties it all togheter.

Highlight the hair with dawnstone, bruise the skin with multiple layers of bloodletter glaze (do this on stretched areas and ripped skin edges. Then randomly apply athonian green shade and carroburg crimson on a few skin patches for a varies look.

Highligt the bone bits with rakarth flesh again. Think i did the paws with Eshin grey aswell.

Dont be discouraged during this process, it really looks like shit until you hit it with the finnishing touches .

Sorry im tired, but hopefully you can make sense of what i just wrote here haha.

 

[Pirate Robot Ninja of Death]

@Pirate Robot Ninja of Death cheers!

I basecoated everything with rakarth flesh (you can slabber rakarth flesh all over it, no need to be careful here), paint the fleshy muscle bits with Khorne red, i also painted in between all the ripped skin areas with Khorne red, hair with Eshin Grey, wash skin with reikland flesh shade, wash hair with nuln oil, then wash it all with agrax earthshade, this makes it darker and dirtier but also ties it all togheter.

Highlight the hair with dawnstone, bruise the skin with multiple layers of bloodletter glaze (do this on stretched areas and ripped skin edges. Then randomly apply athonian green shade and carroburg crimson on a few skin patches for a varies look.

Highligt the bone bits with rakarth flesh again. Think i did the paws with Eshin grey aswell.

Dont be discouraged during this process, it really looks like shit until you hit it with the finnishing touches .

Sorry im tired, but hopefully you can make sense of what i just wrote here haha.

Haha. Don't worry, I am well-versed in how crappy wash techniques look during the intermediate stages (I'm holding off on updating my own plog for exactly this reason).

Thanks for the tips! I'm going to try an adaptation on your technique on my own wolves, so I'll be sure to give credit where credit is due.

 

[Vigor Jim]

Looking forward to see the results and wish you good luck sir

 

[Vigor Jim]

Finnished 3/6 Crypt Horrors!

Using mostly Washes and Drybrushing, they turned out alright.

 

[Angie]

Like the rest of your army, those are nice. I don't like the sculpt too much but the way you've painted them works really well. I love the way your green looks so sickly and rotten without being overly pale.