Pigeoneater's Vampire Counts - Astra Militarium Kill Team

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Looks like Mannfred finally got his invulnerable save in the form of a storm shield. ;)

Force looks great together, I especially like the WK from the FW BSB myself, I rarely see him without a banner so he really stands out, like the Female Vampire Wood Elf convert as well.
 
@Mad 'At Ahh, that race. Well my tournament was before yours :D

@lord marcus My elves are always fabulous with flowing hair. It's why they take eagles with them, to generate the wind....

@Sanai Thank you very much :D They always get alot of attention and when I describe them to people they can never believe it works, yet they do. I must admit I love them.

@Farmer7574 That's fantastic! It's always great to hear that you inspired someone!

@robtion Thank you, fair bit of the credit goes to @Borgnine for suggesting the dark orange.

@jediguru Thank you :)

@Raven Torrid Thank you very much, I love your work!
1) I actually rushed the wolves, I want to get some more and do a better job on them at some point, but will probably never get round to it.
2) I was really happy with they turned out - they make a great centre piece unit for the army and look like a scary bus.
3) They also did great at the tournie (more on that below)! They are sloppily painted tbh but you can't tell unless you get really close.
4) They were great fun to paint as well. Now need to finish off the blood knights, except TK and Nagash are gonna get love for a while.

@Duke Danse Macabre You've gotta scavenge what you can right :P

Now on to an update. Had a really fun tournie, the Brawler Bash comp pack is great. In the end I managed to come third which I was really happy with. I was also one of only four out of 24 players nominated for best painted army so ultra chuffed :D

Best unit was the spirit host who charge 3 Ironguts, killed one breaking them and running them down. Next turn he charged two mournfang, did a wound breaking them and ran them down as well!!

I've picked up a Nagash model now as well, started painting it tonight, so still in early stadges but thought I would share a WiP of the robes and spirits;

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All comments gratefully recieved.
 
Everything is looking real good. I really like the blues on the ghouls. As for Nagash, I haven't started building mine yet. I noticed you did all the bottom pieces. Does he sit well in them or kinda snap into place? Will he sit there without glueing? Keep up the good work.
 
@lord marcus Mostly. I'm following Duncan's painting guide on youtube but changing the armour to dark orange to fit the rest of my army.

@Wolfrahm He sits in fine without any issue. If you want to you can easily keep him attached to the robes securely with no glue. Also ty :D

@Kingside_Bishop Ty, at some point I need to go back and finish the rest of the unit (only 19 more to go...)

Now for the update, I've done some more on Nagash but no pics yet. What I do have pics of is my Hierotitan/Necrosphinx conversion I did this weekend. Enjoy :D

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Comment freely and wildly!!
 
Quick update time again. Got a couple of WiPs for Nagash done, very quickly taken with my camera hence not great quality.

My question is with the orange armour (chest plate is basicly done) I'm not sure if the studio bone colour for armour trim would work or if it would be too light. Thoughts?

To let you decide here is the orange ranger himself!

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Let the comments flow like wine!!
 
So at work we are going to be doing a 40k Kill Team league so I thought I'd better get mine painted up. I'm gonna be taking a Vetern squad, Taurox and armoured Sentinel. I've just finished the Sentinel so here are some pics;

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C&C welcome.
 
Your Dread Sphynx is bonkers. Very cool.

Quoted for truth! Love it. And I don't remember much from color theory class, but I'd say if you're gonna go with orange armor for Nagash you should probably go with etherial blue for the armor trim. Will contrast nicely. Can't wait to see the results!
 
I realy like youre army's color theme and your skill is most impressive. Keep the armor like you started on Nagash but i would wash his skintone blueish with diluted darkblue wash. Just a thought. Plz keep it coming.
 
@Adam_Barrow Wow, considering your conversions that's high praise, ty :D

@benvoliothefirst I have trailed it with the bone armour plates and it works, with the green and orange I worry that ethereal blue will clash too much but thanks alot for the suggestion :)

@Rigor Mortis Ty, I'm working to try and improve my technique atm. That flesh is not done, after more work it looks different (used some purple wash around the stiches). Once done a couple of projects will be returning to him.

@Red vampire Ty for you kind words :)

Now to the update. As I alluded to earlier I'm having a wee break from my vamps, turns out that although I can paint 3k in 2 and a half months I get a wee bit of burn out from it :P

So, as everyone at work plays 40k and a kill team league will be starting soon I have decided to get mine finished. The sentinal can be seen above. Next up a Taurox;

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Next my veteran squad;

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And finally a group shot of the whole kill team;

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Cry havok and let loose the comments of criticism!!
 
Looks groovy man, the tactic looks weird on a base but that's just a personal preference I guess.

The cadians don't look very "cold" if you get my drift. If you lighten up the colour of their uniforms a bit with a lighter highlight and maybe add some cold weather wear and tear (frost patches on the armour plates etc) but that's just nitpicking. Great effect overall.
 

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