Hi everyone,
Long time lurker here but always been into vampire counts since reading a battle report in white dwarf many many moons ago.
(I believe it was beast men vs undead in case anyone remembers it other than me
)
Anyway decided to take up the race I held so much interest in and one day returned home to find the wife standing next to a large box of vampire counts and a mega paint set.
So in the interest of not wanting to upset her I started to build......and use her wood elf army as parts (with the aid of the cat).
Anyway I decided to set some rules to help me complete my task.
No.1 - Don't over convert model.
Sounds silly but I am famous for building my own models or highly converting models to the point of not being able to fully paint them.
No.2 - theme army.
I love theme armies and when I finally get to battle with them I intend to use models which fully suit with the theme below.
Theme;
A master vampire hunting 3 wood elf brothers who each hold part of a terrible secret.
Everyday they are hunted and stalked until finally caught and tortured to death for their secret.
while they manage to hide and re-direct the vampire and his army or push him back they can never truly eliminate him.
Legend whispers that a noble wood elf was slain during a challenge with a blood knight vampire.
Legend also details that due to his fighting prowess the vampire allowed him to keep his life, not as elf but as undead.
when the noble elf finally made it back to his camp he was horrified to find he was attacked and shunned by family and battle brothers alike.
Chased and hunted by his three younger brothers until he was a considerable distance from his homeland he vowed to return and destroy the very things he once loved.
For years he looked on at his former homeland and despised it with every fibre of his being.
It was during a battle with an accomplished way watcher that he learned about a powerful weapon which once located could make him become invisible to all but the most powerful insight.
This very weapon could be the one artefact which could allow him to sneak into the heart of Athel Loren. Furthermore he realised that his younger brothers had been awarded the duty of protecting this relic by each knowing a part of the location.
By hunting each of his former brothers down he could piece together the relics location and walk into the resting places of the wood elves unhindered.
From there he could then summon an army of epic proportion positioned within the heart of Athel Loren and strike down those who attacked him.
He set about marching on small bretonian towns, murdering and raising each worthy opponent that stood before him.
Slowly his ranks swelled and alongside his trusty generals (one being the way watcher he first encountered), as his ranks fill he stalks his younger brothers in the night and upon finding one he tortures each in ways too horrifying to comprehend before finally turning them so they can help piece together the location of the sought after relic.
Finally his mission is in reach and with only one brother to hunt soon vengeance shall be his!
No.3 keep the paint scheme simple and coherent.
Anyway without further ado please behold my yet to be named vampire and his armada.
C&C Welcomed. (please forgive the pictures I'm still learning to take them)
Long time lurker here but always been into vampire counts since reading a battle report in white dwarf many many moons ago.
(I believe it was beast men vs undead in case anyone remembers it other than me
)Anyway decided to take up the race I held so much interest in and one day returned home to find the wife standing next to a large box of vampire counts and a mega paint set.
So in the interest of not wanting to upset her I started to build......and use her wood elf army as parts (with the aid of the cat).
Anyway I decided to set some rules to help me complete my task.
No.1 - Don't over convert model.
Sounds silly but I am famous for building my own models or highly converting models to the point of not being able to fully paint them.
No.2 - theme army.
I love theme armies and when I finally get to battle with them I intend to use models which fully suit with the theme below.
Theme;
A master vampire hunting 3 wood elf brothers who each hold part of a terrible secret.
Everyday they are hunted and stalked until finally caught and tortured to death for their secret.
while they manage to hide and re-direct the vampire and his army or push him back they can never truly eliminate him.
Legend whispers that a noble wood elf was slain during a challenge with a blood knight vampire.
Legend also details that due to his fighting prowess the vampire allowed him to keep his life, not as elf but as undead.
when the noble elf finally made it back to his camp he was horrified to find he was attacked and shunned by family and battle brothers alike.
Chased and hunted by his three younger brothers until he was a considerable distance from his homeland he vowed to return and destroy the very things he once loved.
For years he looked on at his former homeland and despised it with every fibre of his being.
It was during a battle with an accomplished way watcher that he learned about a powerful weapon which once located could make him become invisible to all but the most powerful insight.
This very weapon could be the one artefact which could allow him to sneak into the heart of Athel Loren. Furthermore he realised that his younger brothers had been awarded the duty of protecting this relic by each knowing a part of the location.
By hunting each of his former brothers down he could piece together the relics location and walk into the resting places of the wood elves unhindered.
From there he could then summon an army of epic proportion positioned within the heart of Athel Loren and strike down those who attacked him.
He set about marching on small bretonian towns, murdering and raising each worthy opponent that stood before him.
Slowly his ranks swelled and alongside his trusty generals (one being the way watcher he first encountered), as his ranks fill he stalks his younger brothers in the night and upon finding one he tortures each in ways too horrifying to comprehend before finally turning them so they can help piece together the location of the sought after relic.
Finally his mission is in reach and with only one brother to hunt soon vengeance shall be his!
No.3 keep the paint scheme simple and coherent.
Anyway without further ado please behold my yet to be named vampire and his armada.
C&C Welcomed. (please forgive the pictures I'm still learning to take them)
