I kind of fell bass-ackwards into this army. I bought Warhammer Quest: Cursed City - which basically included a starter army for the Soulblight Gravelords right there?! buying more miniatures for the Night Wars expansion for Cursed City will just bring that up more...
And then there was Age of Sigmar, 4th Edition, with its Spearhead game... Of course I needed to get a Spearhead army for that?!
Painted (so far...)
The force so far...
(minus a few of the latest vampires.
Heroes
Cado Ezechiar, the Hollow King - picked up and painted because I really enjoyed listening to the audiobooks! Will I ever use him as a leader for a Soulblight army? There was a time in his histroy that he did lead armies against the forces of Chaos!
Once I have ALL the stuff done for Cursed City, I'll have far more Heroes than I could ever use in one army...
Radukar the Wolf - came with Warhammer Quest: Cursed City.
Lady Annika, the Thirsting Blade
Picked up to use in Warhammer Quest: Cursed City - Night Wars!
Kritza the Rat Prince
Picked up to use in Warhammer Quest: Cursed City - Night Wars!
Carmilla Du Sang, Vampire Lord
Came with the Soulblight Gravelords Speahead army, but picked up to use as Carmilla Du Sang in Warhammer Quest: Cursed City - Night Wars!
Watch Captain Halgrim - came with Warhammer Quest: Cursed City.
Gorslav the Gravekeeper - came with Warhammer Quest: Cursed City.
Wight King - older metal model!
Vlad and Isabella Von Carstien - Classic Metal Warhammer Fantasy models!
(Or they could be used as two generic Vampire Lords - though the miniatures are named characters, there are no actual rules of Vlad and Isabella in Age of Sigmar!)
Units
Deathrattle Skeletons - these are the ones that came with Warhammer Quest: Cursed City.
Deadwalker Zombies - from Warhammer Quest: Cursed City
(Technically, I need TEN MORE as they are fielded in units of twenty... unfortunately they are only SOLD in units of twenty... Luckily I was able to split a box with my friend Orion who ALSO has Cursed City and is also using the miniatures as part of her Soulblight Gravelords army! One day I shall finish painting them!)
Kosargi Nightguard - these also came with Warhammer Quest: Cursed City.
Undead Ogors, raised from the loyal bodyguards that had served Radukar in life.
Vyrkos Blood-Born - these also came with Warhammer Quest: Cursed City.
The Vyrkos were once the mortal nobles of Mournhold before Radukar's seizing control of the city and renamed it Ulfenkarn. They are now feral creatures that stalk the streets of the city at night.
Vargscyr - these also came with Warhammer Quest: Cursed City.
Legends
Units that they still have warscrolls for, but aren't allowed in competitive Matched Play... Mostly these are Warhammer Underworlds warbands.
The Sepulchral Guard
The Sons of Velmorn
Zondara’s Gravebreakers
Endless Spells
These are a few of the Endless Spells from the Malign Sorcery box set that I've painted up to use with the Soulblight Gravelords (since they don't have their own faction spells!)
Suffocating Gravetide
The backside of the Suffocating Gravetide. All of those flagstones were added by me... not part of the original model! I wanted it to match the flagstone bases I've used for all the other models! (Also wanted it to look like it was wrecking the streets of Ulfenkarn - as it's also used in Warhammer Quest: Cursed City!)
Still To Do
What I currently OWN and still have to do, is:
- Sekhar, Fang of Nulahmia
- Torgillius the Chamberlain
- Vampire Lords (2) (another set of Vlad and Isabella Von Carstein)
- Wight King on Skeletal Steed
- Dire Wolves (10)
- Fell Bats (3)
- Vargheists (3)
- Blood Knights (5)
- Deathrattle Skeletons (20)
- The Crimson Court (4)
- The Exiled Dead (7)
I also have a few more Endless Spells that I could use with this army I could paint up!
THE PLAN
I guess the first part of THE PLAN was to finish up all the stuff for Warhammer Quest: Cursed City (most of which is useable in Age of Sigmar!). I am very nearly finished that, having only Torgilius the Chamberlain to finish up! (if we're counting the Night Wars stuff as well... I do have the three Fell Bats to finish for that and will need to pick up Radukar the Beast!)
The NEXT order of business would be to assemble and paint the miniatures needed for a Spearhead Army. I have finished the Vampire Lord, but still need to finish the Deathrattle Skeletons, Bloodknights, and Vargheists...
Those two, Spearhead army plus ALL THE STUFF from Cursed City would make a considerable force... I'd definitely be able to play a Path to Glory campaign with those.
After that, just painting up things for fun - as extra options for the army...
When I've got ALL THE STUFF painted (and picked up the last few Vampires I need for Night Wars) the force will look like...
Heroes
- Cado Ezechiar, the Hollow King (1) 150 - Any Soulblight Gravelords
- Gorslav the Gravekeeper (1) 120 - Any Deadwalkers - This Hero can join an eligible regiment as a Vyrkos Retainer
- Kritza, the Rat Prince (1) 70 - Any Soulblight Gravelords - This Hero can join an eligible regiment as a Vyrkos Retainer
- Lady Annika, the Thirsting Blade (1) 130 - Any Soulblight Gravelords - This Hero can join an eligible regiment as a Vyrkos Retainer
- Necromancer (1) 140 - Any Soulblight Gravelords
- Radukar the Wolf (1) 150 - 0-1 Vyrkos Retainer, Any Soulblight Gravelords
- Radukar the Beast (1) 300 - 0-1 Vyrkos Retainer, Any Soulblight Gravelords
- Sekhar, Fang of Nulahmia (1) 210 - Any Soulblight Gravelords
- Torgillius the Chamberlain (1) 180 - Any Soulblight Gravelords - This Hero can join an eligible regiment as a Vyrkos Retainer
- Carmilla Du Sang, Vampire Lord (1) 160 - Any Soulblight Gravelords
- Vlad von Carstien, Vampire Lord (1) 160 - Any Soulblight Gravelords
- Isabella von Carstien, Vampire Lord (1) 160 - Any Soulblight Gravelords
- Watch Captain Halgrim (1) 110 - Any Deathrattle
- Wight King (1) 100 - Any Deathrattle
- Wight King on Skeletal Steed 1 140 Any Deathrattle
Total: 1980!?
Units
- Blood Knights (5) 230 - Cavalry
- Deathrattle Skeletons (10) 100 - Deathrattle, Infantry
- Deathrattle Skeletons (10) 100 - Deathrattle, Infantry
- Deathrattle Skeletons (10) 100 - Deathrattle, Infantry
- Deadwalker Zombies (20) 150 - Deadwalkers, Infantry
- Dire Wolves (10) 140 - Deadwalkers, Beast
- Fell Bats (3) 100 - Deadwalkers, Beast
- Kosargi Nightguard (2) 120 - Deadwalkers, Infantry
- Vargheists (3) 130 - Infantry
- Vargskyr (1) 160 - Beast
- Vyrkos Blood-born (3) 150 - Infantry
Total: 1480
LEGENDS
- The Crimson Court (4) 210 - Unique, Infantry
- The Exiled Dead (7) 140 - Unique, Deadwalkers, Infantry
- The Sepulchral Guard (7) 110 - Unique, Deathrattle, Infantry
- The Sons of Velmorn (5) 130 _ Unique, Deathrattle, Infantry
- Zondara’s Gravebreakers - (5) 120 - Unique, Deadwalkers, Infantry
Total: 710
ARMY TOTAL: 4170!?
WTF!? that is a LOT of undead!? There's enough to field TWO 2000-point armies AGAINST each other!?
I haven't really done a lot of thinking about how to field them all. So far, I've mostly just put together a few options for 1000-point forces for Paths to Glory...
Honestly, it's all a little "top-heavy" with half the points being Heroes! I'm not sure I could leagaly field ALL of them in one army!
FORCE OPTIONS
1000 point Path to Glory Option
Regiment
- Hero - Vampire Lord (1) 160 - Any Soulblight Gravelords
- Unit - Deathrattle Skeletons (20) 200 - Deathrattle, Infantry
- Unti - Blood Knights (5) 230 - Cavalry
- Unit - Vargheists (3) 160 - Infantry
- Unit - Vargskyr (1) 180 - Beast
Total: 930
Haven't really thought about other options... mostly I don't care about Matched Play, so.... This is probably where I'm starting with a Paths to Glory campaign.
Unless I wanted multiple Vampire Lords... (which would have to go into separate regiments.
ALL THE STUFF I HAVE PAINTED NOW!
Regiment
- Hero - Cado Ezechiar, the Hollow King (1) 180 - Any Soulblight Gravelords
- Unit - The Sepulchral Guard (7) 110 - Unique, Deathrattle, Infantry
- Unit - Zondara’s Gravebreakers - )5) 120 - Unique, Deadwalkers, Infantry
Total: 410
Regiment
- Hero - Radukar the Wolf (1) 170 - 0-1 Vyrkos Retainer, Any Soulblight Gravelords
- Vyrkos Retainer - Watch Captain Halgrim (1) 110 - Any Deathrattle
- Unit - Kosargi Nightguard (2) 120 - Deadwalkers, Infantry
- Unit - Deathrattle Skeletons (10) 100 - Deathrattle, Infantry
Total: 500
Regiment
- Hero - Wight King (1) 140 - Any Deathrattle
- Unit - The Sons of Velmorn (5) 130 - Unique, Deathrattle, Infantry
Total: 270
Regiment
- Hero - Kritza, the Rat Prince (1) 100 - Any Soulblight Gravelords
- Unit - Vargskyr (1) 180 - Beast
Total: 280
Regiment
- Hero - Lady Annika, the Thirsting Blade (1) 130 - Any Soulblight Gravelords
- Unit - Vyrkos Blood-born (3) 150 - Infantry
Total: 280
Army Total: 1740
Like I said, it's a little top-heavy... This doesn't even include ALL the Heroes I've finished so far! I need some UNITS!!
Stuff to Get
There are a few things I would like to GET for the Soulblight collection...
Radukar the Beast - is required (suggested) for the Warhammer Quest: Cursed City - Night Wars expansion. I probably won't pick him and start painting them until we actually get close to finishing the quest in the Warhammer Quest: Cursed City vore box!
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