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Post by kirsten on Mar 5, 2012 7:55:55 GMT -5
I am currently working on a Mousillon themed Vampire Counts army, an undead mockery of Bretonnian chivalry. I have attempted this army once before, and didn't get very far, but with the latest kits the job has become far easier. Mousillon is a Bretonnian city ruled by undead, a damned city of lost souls, criminals, and vagrants. Despite being undead, they cling to their Bretonnian trappings and customs, maintaining their knights and peasant levies. My army will be led by a vampire magic user, eschewing combat upgrades, she is a once fair Bretonnian sorceress corrupted, who then proceeds to taint her followers, raising an army of wight horsemen, irreversibly tainting the local grail shrine with her blood, it now feeds on the essence of those that come to worship, draining their very lives and binding them to it. These damned souls now carry it aloft, lifting the very rock of the shrine into the air, caged in the wailing bones of a cygor that came to destroy it. Undead the leaders may be, but the degenerate Bretonnian peasants are still loyal to their rulers, and the army core is made up of ghouls to represent the still living peasantry. The corpse cart is a mockery of the Bretonnian grail reliquae, a once-proud knight borne by tireless zombie pilgrims, dark magic invigorating those around. It is all still work in progress, but I have two weeks off work this month, and plan to get the army completed during that time. Still to come are a second unit of ghouls, some dire wolves, some skeletons to raise, and some undead pegasus knights. All the black knights will have various heraldry in the black and yellow of mousillon. Vargheists, the new flying monstrous infantry, are the ideal unit to represent undead pegasus knights rules wise. I have a terrorgheist built too, and the wraiths I posted in a different thread.
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Post by Hookah, S.C. on Mar 5, 2012 9:08:18 GMT -5
They look really nice, good luck painting them. I can't wait to see the results. VC have always been one of my favorite WHFB armies, their new models look fantastic too.
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Post by kirsten on Mar 5, 2012 11:50:45 GMT -5
thanks, I am really enjoying working with them, I much prefer painting fantasy to 40k, more textures, more layers, just more interesting.
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Post by Gerner on Mar 5, 2012 12:00:46 GMT -5
Really good ideas. I like it. If you are interested there is a 2nd warhammer roleplay book describing Mousillon.
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Post by kirsten on Mar 5, 2012 12:04:30 GMT -5
oh really? I shall have to look it up
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Post by Gerner on Mar 5, 2012 15:10:15 GMT -5
It is called Barony of the Damned. Hope it helps, and maybe give some inspiration.
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Post by syphon on Mar 5, 2012 15:42:15 GMT -5
Very nice work, Kirsten. Keep it up! (And keep it consequent, or we shall languish without this awesome project)
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Post by Trooper One-Nine-Seven-Four on Mar 5, 2012 16:19:09 GMT -5
It looks like you've got things off to a good start with this project...
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Post by kirsten on Mar 5, 2012 18:00:13 GMT -5
thanks very much, nothing is finished yet, all work in progress, not finished painting anything yet. As I said, I have next week off work and plan to get it done. I have all the models now pretty much, so that is the intention for my holiday
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Post by KRIEGEIRK on Mar 5, 2012 22:03:29 GMT -5
These figures are awesome! Never really took the time to look at WHF stuff. Been a 40k enthusiast since I was like 12.
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Post by kirsten on Mar 6, 2012 7:23:38 GMT -5
the fantasy range these days is absolutely amazing, every single new release is a thing of beauty.
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Post by Machine Gun Kelly on Mar 6, 2012 7:59:51 GMT -5
Damn those are nice. Very well done Kirsten.
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Post by kirsten on Mar 6, 2012 8:30:53 GMT -5
thanks very much, I am really enjoying painting the undead, got nowhere with my 40k armies lately, but I keep picking up the brush on these guys, very satisfying.
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Post by KRIEGEIRK on Mar 6, 2012 9:01:07 GMT -5
the fantasy range these days is absolutely amazing, every single new release is a thing of beauty. I would definitely have to agree with you on that!
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Post by Trooper One-Nine-Seven-Four on Mar 8, 2012 19:27:04 GMT -5
thanks very much, I am really enjoying painting the undead, got nowhere with my 40k armies lately, but I keep picking up the brush on these guys, very satisfying. *Cough*PaintyourNecrons!*Cough* But yeah, the WFB kits that have been released lately really are things of beauty, and definitely seem to be pushing the limits of injection molding technology. It's just too bad that I have absolutely no interest in the system--which is probably a good thing because I really don't have room for more armies, or time to paint them...
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Post by kirsten on Mar 9, 2012 20:41:04 GMT -5
one more day of work, then one week of holiday, hells yeah. Hopefully I can get the undead finished, along with the grey knights, then crack on with ogres and necrons.
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