Aki - Do you fear Death? (June, July)

G'day my name is Aki. Normally I play with either my Cygnar, Trollbloods or Farrow against my friends, but for the TOG I'm, trying out a new faction: Cryx. Before settling with Cryx I was torn between several tiers from a few factions. In the end, the undead pirates drew me closer to the darkness with the prospect of bodies to raise and skeletal armies to build. (That and I wanted an excuse to build a ship as a display board!)

 I've taken inspiration from the Pirates of the Caribbean films for the conversion work and painting. To accomplish specific models have been appropriately converted and/or painted. For the basic revenants I want a bluish-green tinge to represent Captain Barbossa's skeleton crew, and for Rengrave's Ghost Raiders a more  brownish-green to represent Davy Jone and his crew.

However, because I've been slack I'll be covering both previous months before making purchases for August. All the pictures are WIP.

JUNE Purchases: Satyxis Raider Captain, Epic Skarre and Blackbane's Ghost Raiders.
JULY Purchases: Revenant Cannon Crew, Captain Rengrave and the Ripjaw plastic boxed set.

First up is Captain Blackbane. To represent a-less-sea-creature Davy Jones I removed his previous hat and sculpted a new one. Since Davy Jones and his crew can move inbetween ships like ghosts, I converted the unit to look as though they're coming out of barrels, crates and decks of the ship. Unfortunately, due to other commitments, progress has been rather slow. :(

Next up is Blackbane's crew. Although incomplete, I'm having a lot of fun with these guys.

These are the only two models that are fully completed.

With Rengrave I wanted to give him a monkey instead of parrot, so a friend gave me the WHFB Empire Power Monkey from the Handgunners boxed set. I disliked Rengrave's previous hat and made a new one. The wire sticking out is the armature for a feather I'll be sculpting. The reason why Pic 1 has the monkey and Pics 2 and 3 don't is because I needed to repose Rengrave's sword arm in order to attatch the primate to the base.

Satyxis Raider Captain. She was the first model I converted and started to paint for this project. Can you guess where the conversion work is?

And finally the Ripjaws. I was stressing over what colours to paint them and in the end I decided to go with a metallic look. The claws and jaws I'll paint in GW Rotting Flesh paint before washing both models with Thraka Green and Gryphonne Sepia. To get an idea of the effect, see the two completed Ghost Raiders with fiery heads for the skin and metal effects.

I am using the E Skarre model to represent P Skarre and I'll convert her appropriately. However, she may be the last model be finished since I plan to rebuild her base as the base for the ship bowsprit. (And I can't convert her until the ship is built!)

Also, the Revenant Cannon Crew has yet to be assembled. (Like I said, slack.)

That's my two month-in-one post. I've only played one game so far and the undead pirates got their ghostly arses busted. The dead shall have their revenge! Mwaaahahahaaarrr!