Sharkbelly's Projects

[Sharkbelly]

I forgot to add a picture of the liquor pony:

My plan is to eventually fill out the army with some ironbreakers and irondrakes to be the heavy marines of the force.

After that, I'd like to build a dwarf steamship using the old metal steam tank and one of these Games of War pirate ships.

 

[Menkeroth]

It really rocks! Wagon with ale?

 

[Sharkbelly]

And rum! Can't forget the rum!

My next entry is a great example of a small unit that is now growing into its own army. I picked up a box of the dark elf corsairs and Lokhir Fellheart to use as Manflayers in my Dogs of War pirates. (I probably would have picked up the Fleetmaster as well, except that he came out after I was doing painting these guys and had moved on...) Then I added the Kharybdiss when that came out, and a sorceress as well.

The total army now looks like this:

Lokhir Fellheart
Dark Elf Sorceress
10 Corsairs
Kharybdiss and handlers

That's 32 wounds so far. They are all painted, although I seem to have gotten rather erratic with my photography last spring so I don't have pictures. I thought some river trolls would fit in well. (Corsairs like to take slaves, but anyone not fit for that job can be eaten by the trolls.)

That leaves about five wounds or so left, so I plan to get some Harpies to add in too. I also like the idea of adding a chaos familiar for the sorceress, so I picked up this little guy.

 

[Menkeroth]

Corsairs and Lokhir are still great, I admire them as well. Nice job! Fleetmaster could be really a good reinforcement, and you need a warship then, yes?

 

[Sharkbelly]

I would, yes. I bought a toy to use as the basis for a conversion, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. I wish the Fleetmaster had come out at the same time as the other corsairs; I probably would have picked him up if nothing else than to use as the champion for the unit.

 

[Menkeroth]

But why not to buy him now?

 

[Sharkbelly]

I certainly could. I would much rather have painted him with the rest of the unit instead of on his own, though.

 

[Menkeroth]

It is logical, but sometimes this happens also but you might add another squad of corsairs and paint the fleetmaster to lead them, no?

 

[Sharkbelly]

Not a bad idea.

Next up are the undead pirates (about time, on this forum!). This force tops out at over 100 wounds, but can scale down as needed.

It is lead by the Sartosan Vampire Lord on his flying boat (coven throne).

Here is a close-up of him.

There are also lots of skeleton crewmen and a vampire boatswain.

There is a pack of ghouls, the remnant of a group of marooned mutineers who resorted to cannibalism.

And, when necessary, there are ghostly spirits to be summoned.

 

[Menkeroth]

They are amazing! Vampire Lord is really the best. Whose miniature is it?

 

[Sharkbelly]

Thanks! It's GW, one of three Sartosa-themed models that they randomly released around 7-8 years ago.

 

[Menkeroth]

They made pirate minis long long ago?

 

[Sharkbelly]

Around 7-8 years ago, they released exactly three metal undead pirates.

I have all three in my collection. Middle one is a vampire lord, the one on the left a wight king or vampire, and the third is a ghast.

 

[Menkeroth]

They are looking just amazing, I didn't know that! That would be also great for Dreadfleet if they had made such... Anyway, I think you should make the vampire ship / coven throne more elaborate and exquisite

 

[Sharkbelly]

Certainly could. I can never seem to leave a model alone, even when it is "done".

 

[Menkeroth]

That's certainly a good tactics and I think you can also make an interesting conversion instead of a mortis engine, smth like a ghost ship full of evil energy or like that!

 

[Sharkbelly]

And now for something completely different. I discovered a youtube channel by a guy who makes very cool scenery for his D&D games. It inspired me to try a project.

I came up with the idea for making a set of dungeon tiles for below my castle.

I wanted the entire thing to be a little less than 4'x4' (the footprint of the castle) and include things like food and water storage, guard rooms, dungeons, etc.

They are made from heavy cardboard. They were then primed, covered in a coat of "make it stone", and then covered in another coat of dark grey primer.

After that, I dry-brushed them with a lighter grey to bring out the texture.

Here is the final result, populated with some Descent figures.

Another quick project from the same youtube channel made up some beds for the troops barracks.

When I get back to the states, I'll bring these with and populate more of the dungeon. I have an old model of the rack and a bid on a 28mm iron maiden to put in the torture chamber...

 

[Menkeroth]

That's really cool! As I understand, you want something like Dungeon Keeper in this regard?

 

[Sharkbelly]

A little bit, yeah. Something I could use for D&D or for Age of Sigmar.

 

[Sharkbelly]

My next project is a mermaid. I am using one of the dark eldar prisoners. I have removed the manacles, cut off the legs, and roughed in a lower body.

 

[Sharkbelly]

Here is the finished model.

 

[Mad 'At]

@Sharkbelly: I've somehow overlook this for a long time, but I've gotten the impression that this is more or less a plog (painting blog). If so it should be in the Dead Shall Walk sub-forum. I can move it there but would like you to confirm that this is indeed a plog.

 

[Sharkbelly]

Yeah, I guess it is!

 

[Sharkbelly]

Thanks for moving it! To celebrate the new location, here are a few additions. I've been painting some Reaper miniatures lately, working on an undersea adventuring party.

Here are the mermaid, the wereshark, and the dark maiden (I plan to use her as a wood golem bodyguard or something.)

 

[Menkeroth]

Quite funny,especially the shark! the maiden could be another vampire in the retinue of the captain also.