WIP Real dead army

[fatgoose]

As everyone know a vampire army consists in vampires, necromancers, specifically vampire units, like ghosts, etc and tons on resurected units.

My plan regarding those resurected units is to use other armies units, kill them(bones, skulls, missing parts of the body) and use them as resurected units.

For example, my grave guard is made by chaos warriors because I only needed one arm and a skull to kill them.

I plan on doing a cavalry unit of wooden elves, as they live in the same land as vampires(as far as I remember) and I would really like to do another cavalry unit of dead lizardamen.

What do you guys think about this idea?

 

[Duke Danse Macabre]

Personally I know what you want to do but it will not be able to work unless your willing to put the time in on the Lizardmen removing sections of the models and green stuffing under the skin.
Wood Elves will be easier with a few part swaps but they are smaller and more slight than men thus skeleton parts are over sized on the, they may have to be considered as hex wraiths or what have you.

 

[najo]

Get your green stuff out! Done well, could be very awesome.

 

[fatgoose]

Of course that is the idea.

I have pictures of Velociraptor and Horses skeletons and will remove major parts of body and fill them with green stuff.

Like one of the ideas is a velociraptor with the rib cage open and all the stomach and inner organs in the ground.

 

[WillyRapier]

I had a similar idea, where i was going to "kill" a unit of Great Swords and remake them into my grave guard unit. I never got around to it, because i fell hard for a Strigoi-themed army - I run mostly Ghouls, Crypt horrors, a Varghulf and a Terrorgheist now...

The point of my post is i found a box of skeletons that were far more slender than the GW skeletons (either VC or TK skellies) but still fitted scale-wise with other models. The idea was basically to use parts of them, and some green-stuff, to replace parts from the Empire models. They were a good price too (much better than buying GW models just to chop 'em up)

When i get home and dig them out, i'll post details of the manufacturer etc. Might even be up for a trade if you're interested (and UK based? )

 

[Swissdictator]

Most of my VC have been undead empire, and it has been repainted/rebuilt a few times. It really does give an army character. I strongly encourage it.

I dabbled with undead Chaos, and I guess I didn't give it enough effort. Though it could look good if done right.

Undead Dark Elves look AMAZING, and with their new sculpts, it could look even better. I'd look at their elite for grave guard personally.