Old Woden Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Starting a thread to keep progress with my AoS/Hinterlands warband anecdote hopefully keep neck motivated to finish. The fluff i had in mind is as follows; The leader is a venerable glade lord and skilled hunter who travelled with a great army to the realm of shadow. His army got destroyed wiped in a mighty battle and he himself dies only to awake in a great forest. Driven mad by isolation he comes to the self realisation he has been reforged by Sigmar in order to defend this beautiful but seemingly rarely inhabited forest of the touch of chaos. He binds the creatures of the forest, wolf and hawk alike, to his will hunting down groups of chaos warriors and mercenaries and putting them to the sword. Except the creatures of the forest are not bound to him through the spirit of the forest but through his shared bloodlust for he is not reforged by Sigmar but touched by the same Soul Blight as the vampire that he thought had slew him. He wanders not in a grand forest hunting chaos, that is all in his troubled mind, in reality he haunts the ruins of an old cathedral in a barren wasteland where he fell, preying on travellers and pilgrims and feasting on their mortal souls aided in the slaughter by great carrion beasts. so in attempt to follow that kind of vibe I'm aiming to crest something's more like a macabre wood elf warband than one with a classic undead feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Woden Posted March 12, 2017 Author Share Posted March 12, 2017 Below is a WIP progress photo Of my Glade Lord turned Vampire conversion and a photo of his WIP base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitaRasmus Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 That... ... That is just about the coolest backstory I've seen for a vampire. Very very cool, and an awesome conversion as well. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uruk_Guy Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 It is a super cool backstory, with an amazing model and scenic base to go with it! Sounds like a flesh eater court, though perhaps his aelfish nature keeps him from being twisted and grotesque like a normal one. Will he have some corrupted sylvaneth or maddened wanderers as followed, or will it just be him and creatures of the night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Woden Posted March 13, 2017 Author Share Posted March 13, 2017 14 hours ago, Uruk_Guy said: It is a super cool backstory, with an amazing model and scenic base to go with it! Sounds like a flesh eater court, though perhaps his aelfish nature keeps him from being twisted and grotesque like a normal one. Will he have some corrupted sylvaneth or maddened wanderers as followed, or will it just be him and creatures of the night? Yeah I wanted his isolation to be key so I'm going to do some dire wolves and fell bats ect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhorphorus Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 What did you use to make this ? It's amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKragh Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Your lord looks fantastic and the background story is really thematic. I think you are going to end up with an amazing looking army, and it should be fun to play as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Woden Posted March 14, 2017 Author Share Posted March 14, 2017 11 hours ago, Zhorphorus said: What did you use to make this ? It's amazing Hi, the main model is the Eldar Visarch but there's tree revenant parts and dark Eldar scourge wings on there too. The base is made from osgiliath ruins and the candles fro my spears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slave2Chaos Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 A masterful and original conversion that I eagerly await accompanying paint. It has a very ominous mood that I could see some great character deriving from. OSL from the candles, dark catacomb/pillars. Those tree revenant heads really work amazingly as vampires, better then the GW defaults. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Woden Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 Work in progress Dire Wolves, trying to give them a more natural look to fit in with fluff, still got some work to do and started on a Varghulf conversion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uruk_Guy Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Wow those antler wolves are great! Awesome bases too. Whatcha cooking up for the varghulf? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Woden Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 7 hours ago, Uruk_Guy said: Wow those antler wolves are great! Awesome bases too. Whatcha cooking up for the varghulf? Thanks mate. Not sure on the Varghulf yet got a couple of part built bits but I'm actually tempted to work with a 40k model cos so far everything I've done for this warband uses one as a base Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Woden Posted April 13, 2017 Author Share Posted April 13, 2017 WIP Varghulf conversion. I tampered with using feathered wings to help with the fluff of it being some kind of wild beast but in the end I felt like membrane wings were a better fit and gives me a chance to mirror the skin tones on its chest. Used a 40k model again which is becoming an unintentional theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kramer Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 7 hours ago, Old Woden said: WIP Varghulf conversion. I tampered with using feathered wings to help with the fluff of it being some kind of wild beast but in the end I felt like membrane wings were a better fit and gives me a chance to mirror the skin tones on its chest. Used a 40k model again which is becoming an unintentional theme. That looks amazing. Quick suggestion: in the last picture it looks like you can cut of the rocks under his hand and feet. Then by moving him forward a little bit you could position the back leg onruins while the left hand grips around the edge. Might give your model a bit more interaction with the base. But again, it looks inspired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killax Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Fantastic work so far, keep it up Looking forward to seeing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Misfire Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 The varghulf's looking amazing, though the head still looks glaringly like a Clawed Fiend's. Are you planning on swapping it out/sculping anything onto it or just disguising it with a suitably moody paintjob? Antlers to match the dire wolves would look really cool, a friend of mine has a unit of Slaaneshi trolls (no, really) converted out of clawed fiends and they look really great with horns. Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Woden Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share Posted April 14, 2017 2 hours ago, Double Misfire said: The varghulf's looking amazing, though the head still looks glaringly like a Clawed Fiend's. Are you planning on swapping it out/sculping anything onto it or just disguising it with a suitably moody paintjob? Antlers to match the dire wolves would look really cool, a friend of mine has a unit of Slaaneshi trolls (no, really) converted out of clawed fiends and they look really great with horns. Reveal hidden contents I weighed it up but I was worried it would be too much. Do you have a photo of your friends conversions by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Misfire Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Behind the spoiler if you want them. The heads are made from Valkia the Bloody's shield of all things, I can get more photos if you need them, they've been rebased for AoS since the one I posted was taken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Woden Posted April 27, 2017 Author Share Posted April 27, 2017 WIP Fell Bats/Bat Swarm. Trying to keep with his fluff by making a creatures of the forest/more natural than undead feel but obviously tried to link them in by using more Ruins on the the base. This is pretty much all I'm going to do modelling wise so far, next I'm going to start painting what I've got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulsmith Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Amazing work, what are you building the ruins from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killax Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Great job again! I really like how characterful this force becomes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Woden Posted April 28, 2017 Author Share Posted April 28, 2017 17 hours ago, Soulsmith said: Amazing work, what are you building the ruins from? They're reconstituted sections of the Ruins Of Osgiliath kit. GW did have (not a sure if they still do) have a bundle of 3 sets with a discount on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liath Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 I'm in awe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Woden Posted May 4, 2017 Author Share Posted May 4, 2017 Made a start painting the Vampire Glade Lord's base Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclairs Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 The base looks amazing! It really captures the image I got when reading Dracula, especially parts in England! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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