brettfp Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 This is all great! This is gonna help inspire me with the Chaos Pirates I just started!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obscureblade Posted July 20, 2018 Author Share Posted July 20, 2018 Thank you for your comments! I feel so sorry I couldn't answer before. @excalibur the whole idea of this army comes from the original zombie pirates of the Vampire Coast army on the WD during Lustria's campaign. I was really amazed with the theme and the awesome conversions, and when in AoS I saw the rules for the Wraith Fleet i fell in love again. With the release of the idoneth shipwreck I knew that the moment has come ?? @Izotzuhure I'd love to see your pirate army when it's finished!!! @Kisufisu I had the same idea too! I had in mind a Blight Cyst of the Drowned Men, armed with pistols instead of death heads! The algae/seaweed/thingie is indead colored caribou moss. I bought mine through greenstuffworld. @Thundercake sadly I can't recall the model. It's a cheap toy ship from a dollar store. If you're planning to do something similar you should check the Revell's pirate ghost ship (code 05433) and the Penn Plax action-air shirpwreck ornament. I'm afraid to inform you people that the Fleet of Bones has shipwrecked. I'm in the UK right now and all my models are at home in Spain. But I'm willing to continue with this project, as I still need to summon lots of zombie and skeletons pirates, and found a way to fit some units with the theme (I have some ideas for the vargheists, but it's still in the air...) Keep sailing and see you soon! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orsino Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 It's nice to see I'm not the only one who likes to use cheap toys in their AoS conversions, I congratulate you, your work is inventive and well-executed and I look forward to seeing more when you return home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obscureblade Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 (edited) Sails ho! Hi everyone! I'm back in sunny Spain (way TOO sunny, I have to say, after almost three years in the UK now I look like a Blisterskin Ghoul) and after the release of the new Soulblight Gravelords I decided it was the best moment to resume this project. I decided to start creating a background for the army and its troops, and taking better pictures of the units that I already have, I hope you don't mind seeing them again. (art commissioned to @Lanadaminiatures on instagram) After Teclis dispelled the effects of the Necroquake, the attacks of spectral Nighthaunts became rarer and more scarce, for the relief of the Realms. Now lacking a swift attacking force, the presence of the undead through the Mortal Realms started to decrease. But when destiny closes a door...sometimes it opens a chest. Ripples of amathyst magic roamed Shyish after Nagash's demise, reaching even the higesth peaks and the abyssal depths of the realm's seas and oceans. And it there, in a shipwreck graveyard forgotten after many centuries, the dimished Undying King presence couldn't keep strong enough to hold the locks of the Dead Man's Chest. The skies all over Shyish went black, clogged with massive storm clouds, and its waters started stirring, faster and faster, creating a maelstrom so massive and great that could almost compete with the Nadir at the center of the realm. Somber masts started rising up the colossal maelstrom, its black, ragged sails swollen by the howling gales of the storm. Afterwards came creaking, drenchen hulks of long forgotten vessels, their cannons reaching outside rotten gunports, water still dripping from their roaring muzzles. Diving from the highest spars and rigs, great vampire bats opened their black wings, screeching with excitement as they crossed the skies once again. The unquiet crews raised their swords and guns, screaming silent shanties to the dark skies. And flying high above, atop of the skeletal frame of his dread abyssal came the Dark Admiral himself. Who knows why did Nagash locked away the fleets of the Mortal Seas, maybe He decided to punish the self-proclaimed Mortarch of the Depths for his arrogance. Centuries has passed, but now, the seas would become the Admiral's hunting grounds once again. Orval Vesh had returned. Spoiler Under Vesh's grip, a great number of captains, bosuns, boatswains and such make sure that the Admiral's orders reach the mindless crew. Spoiler Zombie Deckhands make the most of these undead crews, their fingers still twitching with eagerness while they try to fire their soaked blackpowder guns. Spoiler (I really REALLY need to learn how to take proper pics, sorry) Cutthroat Skeletons are always ready to board any enemy ship that comes too close. Spoiler Not all those who die in the sea are pirates or sailors. The spirits of Drowned Men often follow the trails of the fleet's ships, willing to bring more souls to an underwater grave. Spoiler Back in the day, Deck Droppers were my favourite concept and conversion when I saw the original Vampire Coast army on the WD. .As my army is heavily based on that list, I needed to make my own rendition, after so many years waiting for new Fell Bats to be released. Spoiler Inspired by the great work of @Melcavuk with his Abyssal Fleet battletome, I started to make my own version, taking many of the amazing rules he created and adding already existing warscrolls to the mixture. Not only from the Gravelords range, for example these Carrionades use skaven Poisoned Wind Mortars rules with its keywords tweaked. Thank you for reading! Stay tuned for more to come soon (hopefully!) Edited June 16, 2021 by Obscureblade spotted some misspelled words and missing pictures 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SentinelGuy Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 They're really inspired conversions. Love those deck droppers and cannons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingwalnut Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 Yaar! lol So wonderful to see such an inspired army with such wonderful conversions rise up from the depths! Can't wait to see more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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