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| Mikeos | 23rd June 2012 - 03:10 AM Post #1 |
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I have been thinking about modeling an army based around the theme of Khuresh and the "South-East Asian" section of the Warhammer world. I thought I would post my ideas up here and see what you guys thought. I realize there is almost no information about this part of the Warhammer world except that it represents Thailand and the rest of South-East Asia, but I think it has some potential. I have read online (from sources that I believe are far from canon) that it is a hub of chaos, possibly the result of a warp-comet. I thought that this alone would be enough to draw the interest of some industrious Skaven warlords. From a modeling standpoint, I think it would be fun to make a jungle army, but since I am fairly new and know very little of the fluff, I would like to see some thoughts on the viability of a Skaven "warpstone expedition" into Khuresh. |
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| Git-Git | 23rd June 2012 - 08:13 AM Post #2 |
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Viability is no problem. I have made my own Samurai-Skaven. You can make the fluff your army is based on any way you like. As for the very non-canon source of information: This can very easily be a rumour your clan is sure is true, and has set out to find this comet. No need to have canon facts when you are just chasing a rumour. ![]() From a modelling standpoint I can't really help you. For my own army I got started thinking when I found some samurai rat heads I thought would fit wonderfully on Stormvermin. And they did. From there I have gotten several other ideas, like Ashigaru clanrat spearmen and more. I suggest you google around, look at pictures and information about the culture you want to base your army on, find some conversion bits and start practising your greenstuff skills. |
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| Kimzi | 23rd June 2012 - 08:25 AM Post #3 |
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Sounds like a very original and cool idea. If you can't find any fluff just make up your own, no one will mind if your army ends up being totally cool and new.
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| Renegade | 23rd June 2012 - 08:44 AM Post #4 |
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Skaven are as crazed for Warpstone as a crackhead is for crack. So this idea is totatly viable. Just an example of Fluffiness is "Warlock Engineer Nibblets of clan Skyre was requesting additional warptsone for his WLC, but was refused by the council. Seeking a place that has a large abundance of Warpstone that he could easily aquire without the need of sharing. He sent out scouts to find such a place. After several months of no words from his scouts a scout returns in a crazed demenour. Speaking of tails of Khuresh and how a Warpstone comment is believed to have struck there. This Rumour was enough for Nibblets lose his senses and instantly started preparing a warparty in search of this commet." Idk something like that... If you need help writing fluff I am willing althought as you are, I am also knew to WFB and not an expert on the Fluff. If you want you might want to try the RPG forums as those guys are really Fluffy lol. No but seriously this is a good Idea and just saying fluff makes me laugh. I present you with a from clan moulder to help your men through there perilious journey
Edited by Renegade, 23rd June 2012 - 08:46 AM.
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| Mikeos | 23rd June 2012 - 02:46 PM Post #5 |
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Thanks for the advice everyone. I think I can find some pieces for Siamese or Khmer historical miniatures to replace weapons and armor, that should add the oriental feeling to the army. Also, I looked at your samurai army Git-git and it was really great! That's definitely some inspiration for me in terms of the possibilities for conversions.
Haha, thanks a lot! If I need any ideas for fluff I will be sure to ask you, but I think I have quite a solid plan for it. I'm thinking something along the lines of an expedition into the jungles using enslaved locals (beastmen, humans, greenskins or whatever else lives in Khuresh) to dig up anything that even looks like warpstone. I have been thinking about this plan for a while now, but I thought I would ask for a second opinion on it. |
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| Renegade | 24th June 2012 - 03:38 AM Post #6 |
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Alright, if you make a Rogre you should put him in a thobe with a gutra (Those rob like things Arabs wear with the cloth) Just google Saudi Prince and you will know what I mean. Although I guess that is more Middleastern than oriental. |
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| scrivener | 25th June 2012 - 01:43 AM Post #7 |
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Khuresh, interesting! I don't think I've ever seen any army themed on that region before. The style is very much an open book, the only thing that's a must-have is jungle basing. The one tricky thing would be ready-made materials to use, since it's not a common theme in historical miniatures either. You might be able to get away with some tombkings stuff for basics like spearheads and accessories. I'd recommend most of the conversion be for the big stuff (there's just so much you can do with clanrats besides weapon and shield swaps), say furnaces/screaming bells or catapults etc would be best to fully customise, AND their size would allow more flexibility to incorporate things outside the GW range. You could go as far as putting a Screaming Bell on an elephant with a howdah, for instance. ![]() One thing that IS in the GW range, is that the nightrunner sprue does come with a Keris. Then there are also the MicroArt Studio nezumi heads (might be the same ones Git-Git used), these are japanese granted but can be modified slightly for a more south-eastern feel. For helmets in general you could look into getting some tall spikes or cones to fix onto helmets, paint it in gold to emulate the khmer/thai headdress. The best way to deal with models that don't give much option for conversion is simply painting scheme: south-east asia has a certain bright flavour to their fabric colours with lots of gold embroidery. Gold is definitely the metal of choice for a lot of things here. You could also do stuff like painting monks in saffron robes.
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| Renegade | 25th June 2012 - 03:24 AM Post #8 |
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Are you talking about the spice? If so that would not be very cost effective as saffron is expensive as hell. The flower on the other hand is a slightly lighter tint of purple than lavendar, and is probably what you meant. |
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| scrivener | 25th June 2012 - 03:50 AM Post #9 |
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It's still not as expensive as this ink wash I got that's extracted from Giant Squids, which is very good but still not quite the same as Devlan Mud. I meant the spice's rusty orange colour, actually, the buddhist monk robe colour.
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| Mikeos | 25th June 2012 - 05:11 PM Post #10 |
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I was actually thinking of finding an elephant to put a screaming bell on. You're right that this isn't a common theme in historical miniatures, but I think since there was a lot of Arabic influence in Indonesia/Southeast Asia, I could get away with using a lot of pieces from Muslim historical miniatures (thobe and ghutra rat ogre ). This would be useful for weapons and shields which were similar because of Arab merchants who traveled to Southeast Asia. I like the idea of gold cones for helmets and crowns. I'm thinking of giving my lord some kind of traditional-looking ceremonial crown.
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| Nurglitch IX | 25th June 2012 - 10:28 PM Post #11 |
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| Mikeos | 26th June 2012 - 01:40 AM Post #12 |
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Looking at the LOTR line, maybe the swords from the Easterling Kataphrakts could work. They seem to be sufficiently eastern-looking, and like I said, the middle eastern influenced Siamese and Indonesians had swords that looked like this. Easterling Kataphracts Edited by Mikeos, 26th June 2012 - 01:40 AM.
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| Kimzi | 26th June 2012 - 06:36 AM Post #13 |
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Oh wow that elephant model is epic! And the little guys on it seem to be separate so you can replace them with anything you like. |
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| Mikeos | 26th June 2012 - 02:30 PM Post #14 |
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Yeah, if I can save up some cash I could order that thing. It would be perfect. I'm not sure how well it would fit on the proper base for a screaming bell, but I'm sure I could mess around with it. Theme-wise it's definitely perfect. |
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| snowblizz | 27th June 2012 - 09:55 AM Post #15 |
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Everything on there is separate...(multipart plastic kit FTW!) As I'm sure you noticed the Haradrim models have based bases on them, for fielding them without the Oliphaunt (prefer that over Mumak). For those smaller games where you can't fit one in. |
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