VerusNine Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Hi, After many moons of lurking around the edges of TGA I have decided to jump onto the AoS 2.0 bandwagon, having been out of Fantasy since 6th edition. My plan is to build a Sylvaneth army based in Shyish that has fallen foul of one of the many curses that stalk the realm of death. At the outset of the Age of Chaos, shortly after Nagash's great betrayal, the shrouded groves of the Amythyst-kin were assailed by a vast host of the dead. Despite being greatly outnumbered, the valiant Sylvaneth defenders were able to use their affinity for the forest to break up and destroy the necromantic tide. Only a single one of the invaders, a vile and vindictive Soulblight Vampire, managed to penetrate to the inner sanctum of the forest and find its secret heart; a soulpod in the form of a fathomless pool, Alarielle's gift and the womb of the woods. As the creature reached it's clawed hand out over the crystal waters, the most ancient warden of the wood, a Treelord whose roots stretched back to a time when the world was young, speared the monstrosity through the back. With it's last ounce of strength, the Vampire leaned forwards, allowing a single drop of it's blood to fall into pristine pool, forever tainting the offspring of life with it's own unspeakable hunger. So, basically, I'm taking some opposites (life and death) and jamming them together to see what comes out. Obviously there are a lot of really great 'scary Sylvaneth' armies out there, it's a theme that I really like and plays very well into the new rules for realm affiliation. Stylistically, many of these armies take on a very gritty, blanchitsu, Witcher 3 type feel which I love. This is very much in keeping with my own style, which I have used extensively for painting 40k armies, so would perhaps be the natural way to go. But, as they say, when others zig, it's sometimes good to zag, so I'm planning to use this project as an opportunity to try out something a bit different for me, in terms of both feel and technique. Maybe a bit more fantastical and overall a little bit closer to the vibrant style of a lot of the AoS art. Anyway, I thought i'd pop my progress up on here, hoping it will act as a motivation to keep a decent pace up. My eventual goal (despite being primarily into modelling and painting) will be to find some games in my local area (North London) and eventually attend an event of some kind; throwing down in the way only a blood sucking tree-spirit knows how. So I guess that means 2000 points-ish, but list honing will certainly not be any sort of priority. But enough of this nonsense; without further ado, here are some pictures of my first test models - a hungry looking Tree-Revenant and a Kurnoth Hunter with a very big axe to grind. Maybe its more of a glaive, but where's the fun in letting reality interfere with word-play? Ta / VN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kisufisu Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Ok, wow. That revenant is perfect, the color scheme is just brilliant. I need moar, now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AthlorianStoners Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhivan Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 I really love the conversions man and the blue on the skeleton/wraith is amazing! How did you do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnaveOfScribes Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 I'm a big fan of alternate Sylvaneth colour schemes and this one looks ace - also the idea of an isolated grove tainted by death is something close to my own heart. Looking forward to seeing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orsino Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Beautifully done, clean conversions and a very effective colour scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfhead Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 The revenant is just perfect! Such a great conversion and the colors are awesome. Looking forward to seeing more of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makeshifts Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 So well executed, looking forward to more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brettfp Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 These are excellent!! Love the backstory and the whole idea in general! More more more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManyBothans Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 This looks like the beginnings of Awesomesauce!! Cheers MB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnied3 Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Bloody excellent stuff! Please sir can we have some more? I am truly impressed with ideas people have on this site and how a little lore can go a long way. Once again i would love to see more of your work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frodeck Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulkes Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 Very nicely done! I'm looking forward to future updates to this project! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saikological Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 Awesome stuff. will be following this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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