Fluffy Vampire Bane!, Progress of Vampire based WoC list

[Ghost]

Hey guys

This basically begins a series I will conduct about my WoC army. I'll post photos of painting progress and battles as they come.


Essentially this is going to start from scratch!

Firstly I'll lay out a few things about the intentions of the army and etc.


+I've been an avid Warhammer WATCHER for around 8 years, never really painting as I found to suck terribly. I plan on painting to the best of my ability, however I would love to here constructive criticism and techniques or advice anyone as to offer - on my gaming as well

+This list has the purpose of often fighting Vampire Counts. Please keep this in mind as I'm not a hardcore gamer! Fluffy is fun!

+Please feel free to leave questions, advice, etc as I proceed. I'll try and stay as up to date as possible!

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

To begin this GRAND OPENING (lol) I shall post a proposed list for dealing with the dreaded undead of Sylvania. It is comprised with the mindset of fluffy-ness and ease of collection. Any advice would be great! Without further adue:


The Frozen Horde: Total cost:1997

Icehart Chillbreathe
Chaos Lord
Daemonic Mount
Chaos Runesword
Mark of Slaanesh
Bronze Armour of Zhrakk
Favour of the Gods
Collar of Khorne
Word of Agony
Shield ...410

Malofex the Patriach
Chaos Sorcerer
Mark of Tzeentch
Disc of Tzeentch
Dispel Scroll
Power Familiar
Hand Weapon
Chaos Armour
Bloodcurdling Roar
Level 2 Wizard ...230

Valdisson the Great
Chaos Sorcerer
Dispel Scroll x2
Level 1 Wizard
Chaos Armour
Hand Weapon ...135

Total Character Cost: 775

Core:
The 36 Crazyfists(Think about the number of attacks and the band )
12 Chaos Warriors
Additional Hand Weapons
MoK
Champ
Standard Bearer
War Banner ...277

Escapers of Fate
12 Chaos Warriors
Great Weapons
MoK
Champ
Standard Bearer ...258

Khorne's Hounds
5 Chaos Warhounds
Scaly Skin(i found i had enough points left over at the end so i was eh whatever) ...35

Decadence Seekers
16 Marauders of Chaos
Flails
Light Armour
Standard
Chieftain
MoS ...112

Total Core: 682


Special:

Twilight Dwellers
5 Chaos Knights
MoK
Standard Bearer ...250

The Guts of Khorne
6 Chaos Ogres
MoK
Additional Hand weapon
Standard Bearer ....290


Total Special Cost: 540



Total Army Cost: 1997



--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Anyway! So thats that!

As I've said about a hundred times, feedback please, I'll let you know as I get on and keep you posted!

-Ghost

[byronic]

Maybe due to the huge amount of khornyness you've got you could try and squeeze in a few more hounds? They'll help you control your frenzy a little I think *if you're after controllign it of course

Looking forwards to seeing your first models

As for the painting the best general advice I've been given comes down to a few points

Try and be clean and neat, nothing fancy is needed to have a good looking crisp army, taking a little more time in the first stages will save you loads of time in the future.

Every model is an opportunity to improve! If you're not a massive fan of a model treat it as something to learn on.

There's a couple of massively labour saving ways to do things - the new washes are one, especially on metal!


Good basing makes an army look better more than any other 'minimum input' work I think, and can tie an entire army together nicely, also it's a nice break from fiddly stuff!

I've probably forgotten some of the gems I've picked up from criticisms I've had in the past

[Eta]

Hey!

I'd add shields to your warriors, a 2+ save in combat can be handy when fighting black knights, wraiths and vargulfs or other vampires for that matter. I play against VC a lot and I do not want to miss the shields when I get charged...

And now you really should start posting pictures !

Greetings
Eta

[Ghost]

TO Byronic:
I cant say that Khorne is my favourite god/colour scheme, but the main reason is for gameplay, as i've found that additional hw wielding MoK warriors has a tendency to make up HUGE CRs against undead and their immunity to fear really helps.

Im thinking about extra hounds, however im not too sure as to whether i will be outmaneavoured by undead so random charges shouldnt be a huge problem. However.. the hounds do look rather cool...

I shall definitely note the "try and improve on each model as you go' approach!

To Eta: can you add shields AND have additional handweapons? or just modify a unit to have a little more lasting capability?


In General:

I have just finished painting up my General on daemonic mount. first figure i've attempted to paint ever haha so please, comments/criticism etc. I shall post the pictures as soon as my camera decides to register on the computer! =D

[Ghost]

Alright

So heres the pictures of the General on Daemonic mount. I love the slaanesh mount, i think its great!

Sorry for the quality of the pictures, my camera is pretty okay, im just trash at photography:P

So yeah, comments and criticisms welcome!












Please keep in mind this is my first serious attempt! haha, i know i suck but i hope, with practice and encouragement i can get some decent standard of painting and modelling down packed =D

On a gaming note, as my army list states, my generals main purpose is to charge in like a psycho and bitch slap the vampire general and any others that get in the way!

But cha!

Im out - Ghost

[Ghost]

Alright

heres tha deal, basically cause of tha whole economic recession i only been gettin about $30 a week from work so it may be a few weeks before I get anything posted up.

Please continue to leave suggestions or anything else that you recommend/tips etc.

first purchase is hopin to be the batallion! Ill keep you up to date!

Ghost

[InsideReticle]

It'd be easier to comment if you had any higher resolution pictures. It looks pretty good from what you've shown.

[Ghost]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XBcEKMjvmI



Yeah video i quickly made up tonight so InsideReticle lemme know if you can see anyfing!

Ghost

[Eta]

Nice vid, but still a bit blurry Nevertheless, the base, painting and all look well made.

Greetings
Eta

[Ghost]

Kay new vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKddfBaPdmo

Comments and criticism as always ;D

[Dez]

Looking good so far. I really like the ruins. You could use bits of sprue cut up with an exacto knife to create some rubble, that would add a bit of detail. I think painting it's going to be easy for you. Make sure you cover the ruins first with a 3 parts White Glue 1 Part Water to seal it first. Then, you can prime it black, and then just drybrush grey. Add some flock and it's good to go!

Something you can try on the catwalk (I heard you call it that, turned on the sound halfway through) is put some vertical grooves into the sides, to texture the surface. It's a nice start so far, but it still retains the shape of the floral arrangement foam.

[Ghost]

ive put some grooves and stuff in the sides. kind of experimenting tbh but as ive stated before, my camera isnt the greatest quality! lol

ill try and post some stills if i can. Thanks fer the advice about the styrofoam. i didnt know that haha yay! more ruins here we come

I should be getting my 5X4 MDF board in the next few days. Im thinking of going for a snow theme as I dont want to go for a conventional board.

ALSO GOOD NEWS! As soon as my pay processes in the next few days through paypal, I will purchase my first Chaos Warriors box mid spraypaint so I'll get it the next day. Ill keep you posted!

In addition i should prolly change the title of this topic as my gaming buddy has opted to go for an Ogre Kingdoms army. Ive drawn up a list which ill post in a few mins.

Stay tuned peeps!

-Ghost

[Ghost]

Okay so heres the SLIGHTLY modified list for biffin some fatties!

Mostly its gear cos I'm happy with the unit choices I have. Comments and criticisms are strongly encouraged!

Without further adue

Icehart Chillbreathe's Host!
Icehart Chillbreathe
Chaos Lord
Runesword
Favour of the gods
Collar of khorne
MoS
Word of Agony
Daemonic mount
shield
395
Malofex the Patriach
Chaos Sorcerer
MoT
Disc
lv 2
Power Familiar
Spell Familiar
200

Valdisson the Great
Chaos Sorcerer
Dispel Scroll x2
lv 1
135

----
Core:
12 Chaos Warriors
Additional Hand Weapons
FUll co
war banner
MoK
277

12 Chaos Warriors
Great Weapons
Full co
MoK
264

20 Marauders of Chaos
Light Armour
Standard
Champion
MoS
146

5 Warhounds
30

5 Warhounds 30

-----
Speical

5 Chaos Knights
MoK
Standard
250

5 Chaos Ogres
MoK
Additional Hand weapon
Standard
250


Total: 1977

I wasnt too sure how to fill out the last few points. im happy with the units so upgrades are the go.

As always comments and criticisms!

-Ghost

[Dez]

Another good item to consider getting for foam is a hotcutter. Just be careful that what you are cutting doesn't release toxic fumes!

[Ghost]

haha. yeah my mate had a bit of a run in with one of those. his little brother took it to some chalk and actually knocked himself out with it hahahaha


IMO i run better with Oasis green bricks than styrofoam. i find the foam is just too soft and too perculiar a consistency. Green stuff, whilst easy to mold is much more my forte.

ANywho! C&C on armylist thanks loves!