Hi Guys, I have just started playing fantasy again after a 4 year
40k only hiatus. I have received some really positive comments and scores on some of my miniatures but, now I have pretty much finished
CSM, Orks and Eldar, I have decided to paint an
FB army.
With all of my armies, I have rushed them. Be it to get painted for tournaments (
CSM), painted 1750 points in a weekend when wifey's away (orks) or just wanting to play with them quickly so rushing them (eldar) I have never actually spend time on an army and enjoyed painting as a process, not just for the end result. The plan is for this army is to be an army that is not rushed and one that I am proud of...
I realise
VCs are a little harsh in some builds but this project is much more about fluff/fun/models than competitiveness for me. I will pretty much add only stuff I like.
The inspiration for this army came from reading the rather sub-par vampire trilogy from the
BL. While the books were so-so, there were some cool parts.... This army takes inspiration from the part where Vlad is doing his mass-raise from Drakenhof Castle. Some of the stuff (blood knights etc) won't fit in fluff wise so I am not going to be too strict on this but I want to get the "Just-raised" look on most things.
I am creating the display board first before I even assemble any of the models so if anyone has any ideas, please let me know.
This blog will be updated slowly as I am in no rush to do this and will probably get side-tracked at times but it will be updated. I will also try and keep this more organised in the way posts go and such.
So, before my first actual post about the army... Here's a few facts about my prep/skills etc
1: I have never, ever made scenery before last week. A good friend (on the forums - Alex k) gave me a 1 hour crash course in scenery making
2: I have absolutely 0% spatial awareness whatsoever... I cannot imagine things in 3d and how they will look. I cannot draw for toffee but can, for some reason, paint minis pretty well
3: I am also slightly colourblind
4: I am absolutely rubbish at anything practical and have used a saw once in my life
5: Most importantly (hence the bold!) I have a deep phobia of polystyrene or anything like it... Considering my whole project is going to be made of this, it could be great fun. I literally could not open gifts at Xmas as a kid and had to leave the room if there was any in them.
So, on those positive notes, I begin with my project!
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Ok, so the idea for this is Vlad's mass raise from Drakenhof.
My ever-helpful and practical friend from these forums was nice enough to assmble my base for the display board (see pics) and give me a few sheets of the dreaded, evil and selfish polystyrene to work with.
I was also fortunate enough to have enough £ worth of still wrapped
40k stuff to purchase my entire
VC army (in the boxes in pics)
I recently got the the old plastic
GW Fortress so that will be the basis of the castle. Add to this the Fortified Manor kit, arcane ruins and Temple of skulls (may not use this) and I think I have enough stuff...
An so, on to the first pics...
Lots of shiney toys (yay!):
And the beautifully assembled base for my board (yay!)
Automatically Appended Next Post: Ok, so I am planning to create a 3-tier board to add height to the piece. I will add another piece of foam in between the two in the pic but the foam is in my car at the moment and I am lazy!
I plan to include:
Vlad on the castle middle raising
His
VC crew hanging around him looking ebil
Mannfred (acolytle) on a
LOTR fellbeast somewhere
Vargulf climbing upa wall somewhere
Bloodknights and black coach on the cobbled road
Zombies coming out of a swam
Skeletons in a gravyard
Wights and ghouls coming out from a 3 level crypt
Batsghosts hanging around
Anyways, a very, very rough first plan:
