Melcavuk Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 My girlfriend and I intend to enter the Warhammer World doubles AoS tournament in march, we each settled on Sylvaneth for our armies however my need to be unique has led me to decide to heavily convert mine. Owing to the overwhelmingly "don't do it" response to my previous conversion ideal to count as Sylvaneth I've taken to the more cautious route of using the Treelord himself as the basis for my theme and gone from there. Presenting a Treelord Ancient from the realm of Death, in the beginning there was accord between the gods in Sigmar realm and that accord was thus "All that is living must one day die, and yet without life there can be no Death" and by this accord Alarielle and Nagash were thus bound. All things, even her Sylvaneth must abide by the cycle of Life and Death, to this date there are still some of her fallen Ancients in the service to the god of Death. Aiming for spooky forest vibes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio Rodrigues Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 That's an amazing conversion!!!!!!!!!! You captured the spooky forest vibe perfectly!!!!!!! Pure genius! Cheers AJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melcavuk Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 Cheers, working on the backstory for the army now! It is the arrogance of the inhabitants of Ghyran that leads to the assumption that life cannot prosper in the realms of Shyish, that the no living creature could find home and peace in a realm outside of their own limited perceptions. To such small minded beings the realm of death would be but a barren landscape, devoid of flora or fauna where everything simple wastes away. This however is provenly untrue, the rich and diverse landscape of Shyish boasts many civilizations who pay homage to the Lord of All, Nagash. Indeed in his domains forests can be found bursting into splendour amongst the jagged rock faces and rivers alike, one such forest lingers deep on the eastern fringes of his domain amongst the broken shards of the realms mountainous border. Those who know of this forest call it by many names, The Grove Sanguine, the Weeping Oaks and other such colourful descriptions of that which they cannot truly understand. The trees within stand tall and defiant, their blackened bark splitting into fissures in places, glowing as though the embers of a dying fire, should one carve into such a tree its sap flows warm and rich in the deep hues of blood. Their jagged leaves form a canopy to drown out any light reaching the ground below, razor sharp with wickedly protruding tips they glint as though metallic in the moonlight of the realm, rippling visages of trapped souls racing across their form. For that is the true horror of the Weeping Oaks, those that enter the forest may not leave it, neither in life nor death will the forest release its treasures. In times of true need the local villages come to the northmost edge of the forest, dragging with them sacrafices both animal and man alike. When the moon reaches its summit they sink ritual blades deep into the hearts of their sacrafices, letting the crimson blood flow downhill into the forest below. Should their sacrafice be considered worthy the forest will heed their request, marching forth in defense of the domains of Nagash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AthlorianStoners Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 That’s awesome man, really resllt nice work. I love the lore as well. What else are you gonna work on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melcavuk Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 Bit of work on colour scheme for the Shyish Treelord, bloodied muscly sinew for the inner tree and blackened wood for the outside. Obviously only just done some work on the right arm so far but how's it looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melcavuk Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 More work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melcavuk Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 Old Rhyme of Shyish – The Forests Call – Rumoured to be a summoning rite used in times of war when a village is in desperate need of aid from the forests. Head of Ram, from forest deep. Heart of Soldier, who stormed the keep. Eyes of Sage that wisdom saw, Tongue of poet who speaks no more. And bring the pure, the young of years To birth the monster darkness fears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melcavuk Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 First of the Kurnoth Hunters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AthlorianStoners Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Really really liking these, the little skull added to the bow carrying bug is an awesome touch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzaangor Management Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 Looking really good, love the sparing use of red and even more sparing green. Excited to see them finished! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melcavuk Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 Second realm of death Kurnoth Hunter assembled. Lesson learned that changing every branch takes a hell of alot of time but once one has been done cant accept anything less Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melcavuk Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 Latest progress on the Trees of Death, bit more paint done on the left arm and spirits for my treelord and assembled the third of my Kurnoth hunters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melcavuk Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 Basing work started to give context to the environment from which the Trees of Death march forth, everything in the realm of death is tied to the very cycle of life unto death. Those who perish in the realm are left at the forests edge so that the plants may feast upon that which they no longer require, rivers of blood permeate the dirt of the forest, crimson weeds springing up around them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigbones Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Looking great! Keep this up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kisufisu Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Damn, can't wait to see the army all together. Those are some very dope death-trees, simply awesome. Keep up the good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melcavuk Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 Cheers guys, nearly finished work on the Treelord now. Just the Staff to finish off and when my new lightbox arrives I can get proper photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davariel Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 It's hard to express how mindblowingly awesome this thread is without triggering the forum's profanity filter Seriously though ,this is a fantastic, incredibly original army, and I can't wait to see how it develops. Great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melcavuk Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 After about a week and a bits work the Treelord Ancient is pretty much complete (or atleast TT standard) meaning I can move onto my Kurnoth hunters next. When the whole army is painted I may revisit the skulls to up the contrast more, and when my lightbox arrives I'll be able to get better photos but here he is: The fluff for the staff is that trees in Shyish are unable to raise new forests of their own magics, the realm of death does not buckle to the will of new life so easy. Instead their staves are carved from the still living remains of a Sylvaneth of Ghyran, its pulsing heart fuelling the staff and allowing the Shyish Lord to raise forests from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melcavuk Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 Continueing the creepy dead theme for my Sylvaneth doubles army I've started on my first battleline units (Tree Revenants). Originally I intended to use the Human or Avian skulls for these but the Beastmen ones just fitted the dead creatures of the forest aspect better to my eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundercake Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 where did the skulls for the hunters come from? the skull pack? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melcavuk Posted January 3, 2018 Author Share Posted January 3, 2018 5 minutes ago, Thundercake said: where did the skulls for the hunters come from? the skull pack? Yup barring the lord all the skulls are from the £15 pack. Unfortunately I’ve exhausted the cool ones from mine so now need to buy a Swcond one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Melcavuk Posted January 4, 2018 Author Share Posted January 4, 2018 Finished one more Kurnoth hunter so here's the "Family Tree" so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kisufisu Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 That color scheme works really well, the hunters look amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundercake Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Looking good! This is a great thing to have coming out right now with the release of the new Malign Portents website and the map of part of the Realm of Death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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