kenshin620 Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 With 2.0 near to us allowing armies to be themed by the 8 realms, what do you think are the best ways to do this for Death given their usually mono theme army being....Death. Feel free to provide your own input, if not your own examples! Heres what I've been thinking, also a lot of inspiration from MTG as they have plenty of examples of having undead being mixed with other colors. Death: The bog standard, maybe more emphasis on the magic of death than pure necromancy? I'm actually struggling a bit to imagine a death army thats themed from the realm of death but different than a normal death army. Life: Seemingly the opposite of death but could also mean more about nature (the balance of life and death). More usage of foliage and floral items, like mixing dryad and other tree people parts to have like a viney look. Maybe even have necromancers and other wizards look like deathly gardeners with their weapons? MTG examples Spoiler Light: Also seemingly undeath like, until you remember Tomb Kings and other undead themed things that use lights of destruction. Perhaps the best realm to represent modern TK, massive emphasis on the Sun. For non Egyptian themed, more emphasis on the ethereal? MTG tends to have a lot of ghosts being white, such as more benevolent spirits that aid their living allies. Or in the case of Ravnica where white and black ghost faction are the bankers and dealers of the city. Or a more classic fantasy trope of undead paladins could also be used. Spoiler MTG examples Spoiler Fire: Well kind of obvious. Everything is ON FIRE. Spoiler Shadows: Sort of also obvious? Lots of smoke and clouds. Probably fit very well with Night Haunt, or any "spooky" theme that relies on the element of surprise and illusions like mist monsters. Things that go Bump In the Night. Perhaps even more about Horror than pure undead? Like Lovecraft or Bloodborne? Assassins, gunslingers, bandits, etc could also be a part of this. Spoiler Heavens: A bit of an odd one, mostly involve seers and clairvoyance? Those who thirst for knowledge about the future (but dont want to sell their soul to Tzeentch) may have been lured by Nagash to trade their life for the pursuit of knowledge? This too I guess could fall under Cosmic Horror type of undead like some of the eldrict hhorrors seen in Bloodborne or Darkest Dungeon. Might start to step into chaos god territory but done well I think it could be cool looking. Maybe even have a custom "count as nagash" type of giant character that has his own orbiting mini planets and stars? Spoiler Beast: Animals, animals everywhere! Animal Skulls, animal parts, whole animals! Maybe more things like undead druids or beast masters? More beastly varghulfs/werewolves, etc. Spoiler Metal: Honestly kind of drawing a blank on this one? Should it involve technology? Or more about smiting and craftsmanship like undead blacksmiths and alchemists? Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiveFleetCerberus Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 For metal, there was talk in an old Tomb Kings army book of an army that walked through molten gold and had gilded bones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenshin620 Posted June 7, 2018 Author Share Posted June 7, 2018 2 hours ago, HiveFleetCerberus said: For metal, there was talk in an old Tomb Kings army book of an army that walked through molten gold and had gilded bones Oh yea, I didn't think about Metal in terms of wealth. Like there could be people so utterly obsessed with gold that they turn their own bones into a glittering body! Going out with swag! Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sception Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 For metal, you could also go with hollow suits of armor animated by haunting spirits. Run it as a grand host, with grave guard as your battle line, plus black knights & wight kings. Model-wise, maybe just use the regular wight models, but paint the skeleton bits ghostly? Or you could go with old empire greatswords & knights, and just hollow the faces out of their helmets? For beasts... how many 'beastly' type models do we actually have? dire wolf battleline works, plus the big undead monsters - both dragon and terrorgheist. A bit lacking in in-between options, though. Bats, maybe. Vargheists are reasonably beastly, I guess. Lends itself to legion of the night. Maybe with some allied flesh eaters? If allied heroes can use command abilities, then a 'Ghoul King on Terrorgheist' might be a good option, as it adds to the overall theme AND brings in an extra outflanking unit of 3 horrors or flayers to add to the outflanking units you start with. Dragon lord, allied terrorgheist king, 2 unridden gheists, 3x15 dire wolves? I don't know. Plus mannfred himself was operating out of the realm of beasts for a while. Or you could do a legion of blood army for the realm of beasts, themed as a royal beast hunt, rather than as undead beasts themselves. Vampire lords, blood knights, dire wolf cavalry as hunting hounds, maybe bring in some of those new horse headed ghostly huntsmen. I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TubmasterGeneral Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 oh man... Beastly Royal Vampire Hunt is a theme I could really sink my teeth into. This is the sort of stuff that fires me up. I was also thinking that the realm of shadow would be all ghostly. definitely ripe for a nighthaunt army, but i'd also think that painting the skellies like ghosts would be cool too. sort of a Lord of the rings ghost army sort of thing. it'd also make painting the army a breeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenshin620 Posted June 8, 2018 Author Share Posted June 8, 2018 2 hours ago, TubmasterGeneral said: oh man... Beastly Royal Vampire Hunt is a theme I could really sink my teeth into. This is the sort of stuff that fires me up. I was also thinking that the realm of shadow would be all ghostly. definitely ripe for a nighthaunt army, but i'd also think that painting the skellies like ghosts would be cool too. sort of a Lord of the rings ghost army sort of thing. it'd also make painting the army a breeze. Vampire or Wight nobles eternally (un)living in the Beast realm to hunt the biggest game sounds pretty dope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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