The Rise of the Von Kerryathe Legion [Picture Heavy]

[The Dark Sheep]

Now I feel that I want to complete my own cart... your's is looking way better than the GW one.
I'm sure you'll add some weathering to the wood (those round'n smooth edges looks a bit out of place...).
What kind of Creature(s) is (or are) pulling the cart?

 

[SethDrallitoc]

Skeletal steed.

 

[SethDrallitoc]

Work in progress shots.

Spirit host expansion:

Final spirit host base:

Bat swarm 1:

Bat swarm 2 base:

Corpse cart wheels:

Black knight standard bearer:

 

[The Dark Sheep]

Ooh... nice...

 

[Boo]

oh wow, a mega update! You've got a lot going on there! Can't wait to see that last spirit host painted.

And the second batswarm base is very eye catching.

 

[Disciple of Nagash]

Great update (hint hint Boo!), I love the dynamic poses you five your units and the bases you do for them add a lot to them as well.

Can't wait to the the CC finished.........

 

[blood knight]

that is the biggest vc army iv ever seen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[dictator]

Yes, great addition with the CC! I love the Army and how it has come together. How much more will you be adding to the Legion?

 

[SethDrallitoc]

All but 2 models are now purchased and on their way.

I decided to grab everything I need now before the prices go up in November.

The army will stand:

Lords & Heroes:

Vampire Lord Ilsabet Von Kerryathe
Lady Mara Von Kerryathe

Sarris of the Blade (Handmaiden / bodygaurd of Lady Mara)
Kyle of the Shadow (Spy / assasin of Lord Ilsabet)

Wight king Krane Black Crow (Kerryathe battle standard bearer)

Farseer the Necromancer
Maric his acolyte

Core:

3 units of 49 skeletons with hand weapons and shields. (all with full command)
-Her Majesties axes
-Her Majesties morning stars
-Her Majesties swords

2 units of 35 skeletons with spears and shilds. (both with full command)
-Men at arms of the Black Grail.

2 units of 60 zombies. (both with full command)

2 corpse carts

2 units of 20 ghouls (one of which will include the ghast; Krothgore the one eyed.)

2 units of 4 bat swarms

1 unit of 10 dire wolves

Special:

4 units of Grave gaurd (all with full command)
-2 with hand weapons and shields
-2 with halberds and shields


1 unit of 15 Black knights (full command)

6 fell bats

1 spirit court : 6 bases of spirit hosts

Rare:

1 Banshee
9 Wraiths

St. Vidgeous' Black Lions. Knights of the black grail. (Counts as blood knights)
-Standard bearer
-3 knights
-and vidgeous himself.

1 Black coach

Just for fun:

1 zombie giant.

1 zombie dragon.

1 screaming skull catapult.

I have everything I need to finish this list save for one black knight (I seem to have misplaced one) and one more wraith.

 

[Crimson]

Wow, very nice!
Looking forward to seeing more pictures, particularly the Giant!

 

[Disciple of Nagash]

That would dwarf my army, we demand more pics!! I am looking forward to seeing your zombie giant though, I do have an idea to convert one, but I never seem to get round to it.

 

[SethDrallitoc]

Can't wait to see that last spirit host painted.

Nor should you have to.

 

[The Dark Sheep]

The eyes of the new spirit guy (on foot) looks very ghostly. Nice overall finish too.

 

[SethDrallitoc]

This is what I have been busy doing in preparation for the arrival and construction of my last units. So I cut this post out of a previous topic and edited it to fit here simply because I wanted this tutorial to be shown here in my own thread:

I place magnets on the bases of my miniatures to keep them where I want them. So I had to find a way to place some kind of ferrous metal in the base of the tray.

I take the new movement tray kits and use the base part to find the size I need for the required unit. Cut this shape out of a piece of thin card and the bottom of a biscuit tin (with tin snips). Glue the pieces of card and metal together and glue on the plastic side pieces. Then I cut slices of plastic from the excess bottom plate and glue them around the inside edges to get rid of that extra space (because I don't like or need it). Then paint and flock it to match the unit.

This also leaves you with lots of great sheets of plastic that are ideal for terrain.

Example: Skull, movement tray, and 4 spear heads.

This was actually an experiment to see how I could make a small water effect without paying through the nose. The stone and skull are not finished

 

[The Dark Sheep]

What an excelent way of getting rid of that damn extra space. Till now I have filled it with sand, but now... well thanks for a great (and easy) tip. And that water thing looks rather awsome.

 

[SethDrallitoc]

I recently purchased a bretonian men at arms kit and of course the giant kit.

I LOVE EXTRAS!!!!

Sure we have our gravestones and our arrows....

The Bretonian spru has a snail! A SNAIL!!!

There are so many awsome little extras on the two sprus that I decided to have some fun with my fell bat bases. I like to model things on the bases of flyers to give the impression that they are flying over things. So here is what I have so far.

Snail crawling up fallen tree branch. Snail from Bretonian sprue, tree branch cut from one of the optional giant clubs and rocks from the beach:

Chaos herdstone cut from giants hand:

Axe in tree stump from men at arms sprue:

Peasant from giant sprue diving for cover:

(Still working on the exact pose)

 

[Master Vampire]

I recently purchased a bretonian men at arms kit and of course the giant kit.

I LOVE EXTRAS!!!!

Sure we have our gravestones and our arrows....

The Bretonian spru has a snail! A SNAIL!!!

Something for the forum quotes !

Very nice poses in my opinion. I'd love to see them painted.

What tool do you use to make the GS'ed fur?

 

[SethDrallitoc]

Saving the best till last:

Searching my bits box I came across this rather fetching gallows which went perfectly with another giant accessory:

 

[SethDrallitoc]

I recently purchased a bretonian men at arms kit and of course the giant kit.

I LOVE EXTRAS!!!!

Sure we have our gravestones and our arrows....

The Bretonian spru has a snail! A SNAIL!!!

Something for the forum quotes !

Very nice poses in my opinion. I'd love to see them painted.

What tool do you use to make the GS'ed fur?

Wow! My first ever quote! Yay!

I use the standard gw sculpting tool. I am not really very good at sculpting. I just make it up as I go along.

 

[dictator]

Hey that's why you have to just keep on it. I get better every time I pick mine up. Who knows what you can do if you just keep working with Greenstuff!? I would love to see those painted. The fell bat bases look great. How will you paint your now infamous snail?

 

[Boo]

I love that your bases are small dioramas, especially like the one where the guy is diving for cover! :mrgreen:

And yea, snails are awesome! Would be fun if a snail would come in every regiment box.

 

[SethDrallitoc]

No worries dictator. I am not giving up on trying anytime soon. I find sculpting to be hit or miss. Luckily I have more hits than misses. But I really don't think I have enough patience for sculpting. I rush through things instead of taking it one step at a time.

I am totally gonna ardcoat the body of the snail and then paint a long trail after it.... It's gonna be awsome. lol

Imagin if such things did come on every spru.

you could collect hundreds...

How fearsom would a snail swarm be!

though I guess it's probably one of the easiest things to sculpt in greenstuff. You could easily make your own. I just never even considered snails as part of the warhammer world. It makes me wonder what else I have been misssing.

I know you all want to see things painted. But I'm thinking that now I have all the components ready to finish what I started all those years ago, I should get everything built, converted and based before I continue painting.

Really looking forward to painting ghouls.

Really not looking forward to painting anymore zombies.

 

[dictator]

Well let's see those WIPs! I'm wondering what wonderful things you found up there in cranium!

 

[SethDrallitoc]

WIP's:

Armouring my black knights:

Champion gets his nails done. (Nail varnish remover bath):

Fleeing peasant:

Bats:

Wight King:

 

[dictator]

Are you armoring your knights with the plastic or the metal ? What kind of arm will the wight king have? Will he be the bsb? I like the look still, look forward to seeing them painted.