Friday, November 15, 2019

Squaddie September: Flesheater Courts Warcry Warband

 Basically just a pic dump. I've been really unproductive for the past month or so, in large part due to a pretty nasty bursitis flare-up in my hip that makes shifting from a sitting to standing position really painful, and has been interfering with pretty much every aspect of my life. Anyhow, here's some Ghouls, and also some larger ones. I can never remember what the hell the bigger ones are called, I just sort of think of them as bigger Ghouls. I actually built them more like the Vampire Counts version because the heads look cooler, and those ones aren't used in WarCry, so there's no possibility of confusion. I kind of wish there were smaller winged Ghouls as well, I think that would be a cool niche.

Like most of the Warbands adapted from pre-existing forces, they're stupidly overpowered compared to the Warbands created purely for the game. Theoretically, it's balanced out by the points costs, but the ability to concentrate so much hitting power and durability into the space of one Model (and as a result into one Activation) is a really big deal, and the Fly runemark seems to be badly under-priced by the devs.

They were painted purely with Army Painter glazes over a light tan spray (one of the Krylon Camo line), except for the wings, which I used to experiment with Volupus Pink, from the Contrast paints. Unfortunately, it doesn't end up looking like I wanted for my Thorns of the Briar Queen, so I need to go back to the drawing board there to figure out how I want to do them.

I also have some Terrain pics to post up, and I'm halfway done with my Untamed Beasts (using a similar approach as with the Ghouls) and my Splintered Fang (need to find more cool venomous snake patterns that are within my ability to paint. Hopefully something out of that will be up before too much longer, but however long it may be, y'all have a good one, y'hear!

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  1. All they need now are a few stakes thru their respective hearts...

    Sorry to hear about the hips. My Beloved Wolfy had a multitude of issues with hers until she got bionic ones. Hopefully that'll be an option for you too.

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    1. Ha! Thanks!

      Bursitis mostly just needs rest, but of course, as soon as it arises, stuff keeps coming up that interferes with me resting.

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  2. The big ones are called Vargheists when they've got the wings.

    Nice job. I really like the wing color too. Gives some great contrast to everything else.

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    1. Thanks! Yeah, doing them just with the inks does tend to be kind of low contrast. I should maybe find some spots to add a bit of "real" colour on the others as well.

      Vargheists are what I built them as, I think, but the actual Unit is like Crypt Flayers or something. Everything in that Warband is Crypt [something].

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  3. The bigger ones are called Shrike Conversion Kits. I didn't know the Flesheater courts were in Warcry. Do they have all the Fantasy armies in the rules? Might have been tempted if I hadn't already got Shadespire. Keep resting and I hope it eases up soon.

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    1. That's actually why I originally bought them, but I never got around to it, and then this came up. Not all the Fantast Factions have Rules, I think there are like 8 or 9 that do. Nighthaunt and Deathrattle, Vanguard Stormcast, Idoneth Deepkin, Daughters of Khaine, Ironjaw and Bonesplitter Orruks, and Gloomspite Gitz. I think that's all of them.

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  4. That's a sweet looking warband, great work and get well soon!

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