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So i started a mordheim warband after reading Bruticus amazing fluff for a campaign he is starting called throne of bones so here is the start of my warband

they are the dregs for a vampire warband






i also did some more work on my truescale marine, you can see his size i think he is starting to look right as his shoulders are the same height as the top of a normal marines head

fineshed my truescale marine almost





im gonna sculpt the deathguard symbol on this blank shoulder pad




also finished my clanrats just one more unit to go to run my 1500pts list in the escalation leauge

Nice work on the marine. Only thing I'm not sure about is the little buckler attached to the gun.

The skaven are looking good too

Really loving those dregs. The coffin on the back one is probably my favourite.

Your bow strings look really great, what is it that you use?

ckig wrote:Nice work on the marine. Only thing I'm not sure about is the little buckler attached to the gun.

The skaven are looking good too

thanks alot its my first go at truescaling so im really happy with how it turned out he is leaning back abit thou, im gonna do a little work on the buckler and add some boils and stuff to it i think hopefully tie it in a bit more then.

Medium of Death wrote:Really loving those dregs. The coffin on the back one is probably my favourite.

Your bow strings look really great, what is it that you use?

high praise indeed haha i think the coffin character is my fav to all i really like the hunchback im just not sure about the relicy thing on his back yet i might change it to look like he is carying a large bag or something i see him as the igor of the group

oh and im also gutted as i went to buy that ghoul king and they had sold out but i have an idea for a von carstein vampire instead so im not just ripping of bruticus's warband hahaah i might also use the lord of the rings wargs as dire wolves if i can get my hands on them

as for the bow strings its just regular old cotton i put a dab of superglue on the end of the bow rap it around once or twice then make sure the cotton is stuck so it goes straight down and then do the same thing on the bottom

You really have the tones for a skaven army just right, and your yellow is the perfect colour for skaven armour.

I am very impressed by your dregs, They look very interesting...

 Fifty wrote:
You really have the tones for a skaven army just right, and your yellow is the perfect colour for skaven armour.

I am very impressed by your dregs, They look very interesting...

thanks alot the yellow was quite easy to achive but i use the old GW foundation paints sucks that they are out of production as im running out

glad you like thedregs im hoping i will have a unique warband when im finished

 kencotter wrote:

thanks alot its my first go at truescaling so im really happy with how it turned out he is leaning back abit thou, im gonna do a little work on the buckler and add some boils and stuff to it i think hopefully tie it in a bit more then.

Looks really good for your first attempt! I don't really mind him leaning back. You can just say its a dynamic pose . Sounds good with the buckler. Maybe you can make it look like its melded on not just stuck there. I dunno I have no greenstuff skills

 ckig wrote:

Looks really good for your first attempt! I don't really mind him leaning back. You can just say its a dynamic pose . Sounds good with the buckler. Maybe you can make it look like its melded on not just stuck there. I dunno I have no greenstuff skills

yeah I'm thinking maybe a mass of flesh melding it into his arm

As a full morrslieb reached the highest point of its arc through the night sky casting an eerie green glow over the land, the skaven of clan Skabmore gathered. The foul priest of the plague monks came forward to meet with the skreet and the warlord. "Are you ready to begin the incantations" he asked between the thick gurgles of a puss filled voic, the engineer could smell the thin wisps of noxious green gas wisping from his slack jaw and nostrils.

While the warlord watched on with evident excitment of the power he had been promised, together Skreet and the priest drew upon the ground with blades made of pure warpstone, a summoning circle surrounded by arcane runes nether the warlord nor the priest understood. They stepped back and the enginer gestured for the warlord to enter the circle. " Step to the center my master, and the power you so dearly crave shall be yours."

Skreet signalled to the priest and they began, finally Skreet thought the clan shall be mine. He drew power from the winds of magic through the warpstone and copper condenser upon his back channelling and intensifying the energy as him and the priest began to chant. Arcs of bright green energy flowed out of his fingertips to the circle lighting the lines they had drawn with an unworldly glow, the foul green mist of the plague priest magic swirled around the edge of the circle building into a whirlwind. Suddenly lightning arced from the clouds of gathering magic into the warlords body causing him to cry out in agony. "Skreet," the warlord bellowed " what have you done?"

His body began to rise tell he was suspended like a puppet a few feet from the ground "Kreklaw stop them they have betrayed me" the warlord cried out. " I would never serve you, you ignorant fool. Skreet is my true master, clan Skabmore belongs to him now." Shouted Kreklaw with mirth in his voice finally their treachery was reviled and his stormvermin spread out slaying the few clawleaders loyal to the warlord and replacing them with agents loyal to the engineer.
Krittit's body began to spasm as more lighting arced into him, there was a loud and agonising crunch of bones as his limbs bent out of shape and elongated. "Now our deal is done Skreet the great unclean one comes," rasped the priest.

Skreet chuckled aloud and looked the priest in his cataract filled eyes. " Fool your god does not come, look and bow down at what my power has unleashed the avatar of the horned rat approaches kneel and swear loyalty or your fate shall be delivered." With that the warlord skreams turned into a bestial roar the stink of fear musk from the collected skaven suddenly filled the air. The warlords body grew tremendous in size, the skin on one side of his face stretching and breaking apart to reveal a gleaming white skull the eyes filled with the glow of eldritch warp magic's as great horns grew from his head. a massive gout of warpfire spewed from his talons solidifying into a massive glaive. The verming lord was born into this world. "Forward we march!" shouted Skreet "This world will be ours!"

so i haven't had massive amounts of hobby time lately and what little i have had has been spent finishing my skaven for the campaign i'm now nearly at 2000pts

big units of skaven mean big movement trays these will hold a unit of 50 in hoard formation


and hear is my army so far in all its glory








a few models need repairs nothing major its just normal gaming ear and tear nothing a dab of glue wont fix

i still have a unit of 30 slaves to add and 10 clanrats to add to an existing unit

He whispers to death, whispers promises. Promises of power over the living, a promise death can not refuse. Souls are bargained for, to their nonliving corpses returned. For power over death humanity is exchanged for unending life.



just a little necromancer i put together i have another in the works but i need more greenstuff first as i was editing these pics i noticed the huge mold line across the skull that is gone now.this is how i usually start a model build just a pile of bits i think will be useful.


i built up the robe inside the carn wraith to give more layers i also cut away the hood then added the fin and head which i painstakingly shaved baled with a craft knife.



the skull in his hand has symbols carved into it which you can just about see in this crappy pic


i then added the knife arm and then built up the base




let me know what you guys think

Looking great Ken
Keep up the greta work
Grtz
Mark

ayoku wrote:
Looking great Ken
Keep up the greta work
Grtz
Mark

thanks man your elf diorama is looking awesome too

Looks awesome! Just one thing- is that a mould line going across the skull?

master of asgard wrote:
Looks awesome! Just one thing- is that a mould line going across the skull?

it was but its gone now

so painted the necromancer up wanted a kind of Blanchian feel not sure i quite hit the mark but im still happy with him

Martilth was born under the strange light of Morrsleib, to a woman striken by the plauge. Her father unable to look at this wyrdling omen left her in the darkwoods. Found and raised by a mutant gang she was taught the ways of magik by a beastlin shaman. Ever questing for more power she was drawn to a strange power growing in the west there she found the Necromancer

my very WIP witch/necromancer made from a combination of grave guard, wood elf, necromancer and corpse cart bits she needs a lot of GS work but im all out atm.

so i really like the idea of spirit hosts but i don't like the models so i thought why not do something different and after seeing gardens of hecate

http://gardensofhecate.blogspot.co.uk/search?updated-max=2014-08-16T03:23:00-07:00&max-results=10

i had an idea to do some weird creatures for my spirithosts im gonna aim for between 3 or 4 models a base here are my first two









they both need some GS work but then they should be done

made this little road side shrine/crypt to day not sure if i will use it as scatter terrain or as a base for something monstrous




also made some bases for my spirit hosts

so been a bit quiet over the holidays but i did get a big supply drop



i now have lots of stuff to do like make terrain, objective markers and i recently reoganised my work space. i now have a larger modelling/ painting area and enough room to play necromunda or mordheim without to much hassle.




also my local GW store is holding a painting comp this month with the theme of a warband all it takes to enter is buy a box of miniatures from the store and since i just bought two i thought why not.
i figure i will expand on my necromancer by making a strogi vampire warband about the size of a mordheim gang and even do a nice little display base for them which is something i haven't done before.
so heres my start four dire wolves and the start of the display base

been working on my warband some more got everything placed out where its going, just need to build a few more ghouls, another dreg and my vampire. should have all the bits soon.



also i want a way to mark out my doom wolf so i as thinking about him being the only black wolf in the pack and using a skull on a rope. i have two options either hanging underneath or like the Japanese kitsune myth tying it to the top but im not sure anybody feel like helping

finished the greenstuff work on my witch finally

Looks prommising Ken
Keep those updates comming and keep up the great work!
Grtz
Mark

here is Igor for my warband

more painting this time my witch




i also did some work on a variant ghoul what do you guys think

Looking great Ken
Like the gory look on Igor witch and his scenic base look cool also
Leep it up!
Grtz
Mark

little update on my warband






and some work on the display base

They come, approaching through the mist, fleeting shadows and a stench of decaying flesh. When they attacked it was terrifying all claws and teeth, howling with hunger. They came in packs pulling men down, clawing and biting into their flesh devouring them and gnawing on their bones.



lots of work on my warband entry all the wolves are done and half the ghouls. here are some of them.




here is a look at them all on their display base

Smythe was a wretched creature of small stature, he could always be found lurking in the ghoul kings shadows, following after him like some daemon envisioned parody of a child. His one arm a stump with a cruel hook lashed to it, in the over he wields a wicked blade.

really like how this little guy turned out and is the last member of my warband.






i had a conversion planned for the ghoul king but i have run out of time and money to get him before the entry date so i did a little re positioning of an arm, leg and foot of the one from the zombie dragon kit to stand in for now

The Ghoul King rises

big entry today my warband is done

first up is my ghoul king and smythe, i wasn't really a fan of the ghoul king cause i was planning on a conversion and it felt like a little bit of a let down to use the one from the zombie dragon kiy. until i painted him now i really like him.





and here is everything together on its base




i have also been making some objective markers for an upcoming 40k campaign in which im running my orks

and the LIGHT UP yeah thats right





my fav is the hobo fire oil drum



now all i have to do is build another 3 objectives and 4 army map markers

my new ork looted wagon made from an old chimera i had stashed away