Norse Undead

[TGW]

Hey everyone,

I have been lurking a little around the site and I am fairly new to Vampire Counts as a whole. I started to look around and see what kind of theme I would like with my army and I settled upon a norse theme. My grave guard are a mixture of marauder and chaos knights bits (pictures to follow shortly) and my i wanted a werewolf feel to my ghouls and the vampires leading those units. I have a black coach on the drawing board as a long ship pulled by some wolves. Enough chit chat though, here are some pictures of my were-ghouls and vampire.

Here is a group shot of the were-ghouls so far

Little shots of the fur detail

Vampire leading the ghoul squad. Components are the genestealer legs, marauder torso and arms, and a beastman gor head

Here is a size comparison

Please let me know what y'all think of the models and any criticism is welcome.

TGW

 

[Generaltso]

cool idea. Reminds me of the Wendol("mist monster") from "eaters of the dead"/The 13th Warrior. Keep it going!

 

[Cuzzy]

This sounds like an awesome themed army. That black coach idea sounds really cool and very creative.

The pics of the ghouls look nice, but I think they need a bit of hair on their heads and some facial hair. That way they resemble the werewolfs a bit more.

Cheers

 

[Vladimir the bloody]

Nice, I like your idea for the vampire. And maybe you should make some fur detail on the ghouls head, just an idea.

 

[TGW]

Thanks guys for the feedback and I will add some facial hair to the ghouls this afternoon and slap some pictures up online by tonight or tomorrow in the morning. In the meantime I have more photos to tide y'all over.

Here is the some progress on my Vampire. I didn't want as much fur on him as the ghouls - want him to be more raw bestial looking than furry monster.

Here is the back view of the vampire

Here is the first glimpses at my graveguard unit which is a kitbash between marauder and chaos knight sprues. The photos distort the bottom portion of the model a bit and the legs look small compared to the torse but there are in proportion in real life.

Group shot

Big Mace Guy

Big Mace Guy #2

One more for good measure

The rest of today will be purely a greenstuff day and I will begin painting tomorrow most likely on the first 10 or the graveguard + wight king (BSB) + 10 ghouls + hopefully the finished vampire.

As always please let me know what you think of the models and anyway I can improve them. Thanks and enjoy.

TGW

 

[Santawraith]

What a wonderful army idea I am going to fallow this one closely.

Suggestion heimrich kemmler the lichmaster raised krell a wight lord of chaos. They might fit your army theme too.

 

[Trevy the Great]

What a cool premise for an army! I'll follow this blog closely - I'd really like to see where this goes!

One question, though - what base size are you using for the Marauder Grave Guard? The Marauder models come on 25mm bases however Grave Guard are supposed to be on 20mms.

 

[TGW]

Hey everyone,

Thanks for all the positive feedback. This army actually has to be ready by the end of June for a tournament so it's going to be a little bit of a rush.

@Santawraith - I do love the krell model so that may be a possibility but i have no necromancers in the army and only a one wight as the BSB
@Verakin - I am using the 20 mm bases that I pirated from my other unbuilt models. Little bit of a pain to rank up but the 20mm is essential especially when it comes down to combat

Alright on to the updates. As per the earlier post I agreed that the ghouls needed hair on their heads to make them more wolf like. Thus here are the results with a little bit of extra on the vampire

The group

Individual shots

Here is a close up on the back of the vampire. Still have to gs a better transition between the torso and waist but thatll come soon

Finally here is some shots of the Wight King BSB. Nothing special but menacing. Once completed he will have a shield as well.

Please tell me what you guys think and anything that can be improved upon. Thanks again for all the comments they really keep me motivated to finish this army.

TGW

 

[desfer]

hey TGW, i like what you ve done with your ghouls. I want to see more of your vampire, i am curious about it. May i suggest a head swap or mini-conversion for your wight king so he has a more skeletal look, maybe change one of his hands? Very interesting project, more please

 

[Santawraith]

Loving them that is what I think.

your ghouls look really sharp, I love the added fur it gives them a even more feral look. Seeing the unit as a whole actaully gives me shivers

 

[Vladimir the bloody]

LOL the facial hair locks good, though it reminds me of the Beatles... Still, very nice.

 

[TGW]

Hey everyone,

It's been a little bit since I last updated, but I have lots to show. I finished off all my greenstuff and am on to painting the army. Here are some shots.

A unit of wereghouls minus the vampire and unit filler.

Here is a close up of the ghast

Here is a very WIP of the painting on the ghouls.

Now that I'm settled in my new apartment the updates should be coming a little quicker. Let me know what y'all think.

TGW

 

[Count Homogenised]

This is looking great - loving the 'hairy' ghouls.

Keep them coming!

 

[TGW]

Thanks everyone for the continued support. So I now furiously painting my big blocks of foot sloggers. I have all the ghouls about 50% done and the grave guard should be done tonight. Anyway, enough talk and on to the pictures.

Here is a shot of a grave guard; still in progress but I wanted a ghost like feel for them. The texture on him is from the primer, it clumped a little on a couple of the models, but I don't have enough time now to go back and properly fix it.

Here is a shot of the finished fur on the ghouls.

Please let me know what you guys think. Should I place another ink wash over the final drybush on the grave guard or not? I kind of like the rougher highlights - little more ghostly.

C and C welcome

TGW

 

[Count Homogenised]

I quite like the ghouls fur as is - looks nice and shaggy, even slightly woolly.