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Da Tribe needs 'elp!

Soulsmith

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Hey there. So on the painting front, I have nearly completely finished the banner bearer's body, and will get on with his weapon and pole so I can get him assembled. Then I'll worry about the banner. But for now I have had lots and lots of fluff for the tribe and where they live and hierarchy whirling around my head with one major flaw; I have no idea what to name the tribe. I therefore also have no idea what there clan symbol would be, and that's holding up painting the banner.

So any suggestions are more than welcome, on both accounts! I'm using a predominantly dark scheme, with spot colours in reds and the odd purple. Narratively, they live in a ruined city built by noone really know, that sits between two rivers. These fall from a tabletop mountain that stretches wide in each direction. One is a bright, crisp, blue. the other stinking orangey brown. At the base of the clean water lies a colossal skeleton of a great beast, lying on it's back, having fallen during some titanic struggle from above. It's lower half sits on a small shelf 20 metres or so up from the cliff floor, and the water finishes it's cascade in a series of smaller waterfalls over the bones of the great creature. In, around, and on the ribs, spine, and skull, greenskins have expanded the ruined city to incorporate it, and the upside-down skull is now home to the shaman of the resident ironjaw orcs.

That's just a small idea of it. I have a lot I'd like to share and expand the background with each unit I create. But I would like to give them a unifying tribal group. The plan is to incorporate three main forces - Ironjawz, savage orcs, and grots (predominantly Night goblins, used as the cave dwellers, builders, city scum, and general desert grots) with a nice contingent of beasties, mainly river trolls, spiders, and a mawkrusha.

 

I will now hurry up and keep painting so I can give you guys some more cool photos. Sneak peek: up next after the forgeworld banner bearer will be the ironjawz weirdnob!

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Soulsmith
On 6/9/2016 at 4:17 PM, Dez said:

Dem Grayskull Boyz!

I may go for Deff Clawz. Thought Deff Skullz but thats a 40k clan i remember... I like the idea of using the bones of the beast as the clans name though, so maybe Bloody Skull Gitz? I guess I can always name the smaller factions other names. Deft Claws fits with my love of the brute claw. 

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Dez

I was thinking of Castle Grayskull from He-Man :)

mine will also use lots of bones. I figure my clan Megaboss came up in the Ogre Fighting pits, and learned to devour his foes from them and the Boyz follow :)

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1 hour ago, Dez said:

I was thinking of Castle Grayskull from He-Man :)

mine will also use lots of bones. I figure my clan Megaboss came up in the Ogre Fighting pits, and learned to devour his foes from them and the Boyz follow :)

Now that is a very cool idea. I look forward to moving on with fluff anyway and getting something to show here, even if I am slower in painting than most.

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Sounds like a great concept for the city. I'm still trying to decide on the background to my mob

As for names... you could go for a variation on Greyskull that might be more appropriate. Da GreatSkull tribe?

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