I thought I'd register on here to share some pictures of my Kickstarter models as I got them built and painted. A bit of a confession first, although I backed the Kickstarter I wasn't planning on playing the Darklands game at any point. I don't get a lot of gaming time at the moment, and I'm loving the current rules for Warhammer Fantasy so this is my gaming system of choice. However, the models being produced for this range sucked me in - who wouldn't be!
My plan was simply to use whatever I got from this as figures in my various Warhammer armies.I ummed and ahhed for a while during the Kickstarter, trying to decide which faction to get, but in the end it was the Khthones that appealed the most. Even though I said I would want to use them in Warhammer I had no definitive plan for them when backing, I was just looking forward to getting some brilliant figures and I would work out what I could do with them later!
The full list of what I went for is as follows:
Khthones Starter Set (Ophios, Svril, Ssibyros, & 5 Gorgonars)
Urbad & Beowa - obviously!
Petroyos
Hirakoth
Cearl
Aradae Mawr
and last but by no means least, Angrislaug the Dragon
Many months later (almost after I had forgotten what I picked!) it all showed up in the post - I have to say that the wait was worth it! These figures were stunning.
(I'd like to apologise about any bad photography here - I only really have my phone's camera and it's not that great!)
The first one I assembled was the one for which I had a plan when I bought it - Cearl. He was going to be the second Varghulf in my Vampire Counts army, fitting the theme as I'm also using the Mantic Werewolves as Crypt Horrors. Cearl wwent together very smoothly, and looks suitably impressive on his 50mm base. Hopefully he will see some paint over the Christmas period too.
Next up was the figure that convinced me to get the Khthones in the first place: The Gorgonar Champion. After having thought about it for a while, it occurred to me that as these guys needed to go on big bases, they could work as the new Nurgle Plague Drones from the Deamons of Chaos book. I have a Tzeentchian themed Deamon army already, and I really dislike a lot of the Nurgle figures that GW produce. Using these would let me get around that, and painting them with a mixture of yellows and greens would still give them a Nurlge feel. One 50x75mm base later, and he was done!
I had intended to get all of these assembled next, but then a few days later another package arrived that changed all of my plans...
