On the Warcry Path!
Warcry Flesh-Eater Court Warband - Part 1
Having already painted 3 more or less traditional warbands (the Iron Golems, Untamed Beasts and Corvus Cabal), I wanted to start my 2021 effort with something different. The raw savagery and bestial aspect, not to mention the quite original lore behind the Flesh-Eaters Court appealed to me as a welcome change, and also a way to step into the Death Factions of Warcry. As I also wanted to acquire a monster, the ‘Start Collecting’ box offered a decent value, providing the majority of the warband and the monster for a very reduced price. Indeed, between the Crypt Horrors, Ghouls and the Terrorgheist, it would have been easy to pay at least $50 extra, should have I decided to buy them separately. Of course, one may argue I ahve too many ghouls but I will certainly be happy to add the extra ones to my Frostgrave monsters. Always plan for multi game use…
The Abhorrant Archregent
As the leader of my newly minted warband, I picked the Abhorrant Archregent, not necessarily for its characteristic, being a total Warcry newby and not much of a competitive gamer (narrative gaming is where it’s at for me), but for the amazing sculpts GW produced.
A a warning to newcomers to our hobby, I will say that the miniature, despite its amazing level of details and assembly quality, is not for beginners. The parts assembly is quite complex, although they are very well fitted (well except for the head but I will soon get to that). Pay very close attention to the provided diagrams and as usual always dry-fit twice, glue once.
I highly suggest you do not attach the miniature to the provided column as it will make it much simpler to prime and paint.Now for the bad part, or at least the ‘not so good’ part. The head of the miniature is divided in two halves, which of course causes an unsightly assembly line in the middle of the forehead. I will thus repat that this miniature is not for newcomers as a resolution to this issue involves the trusty green stuff and a fine sculpting tool. Green stuff should be applied to the forehead and to the chin and smoothed delicately so as not to obscure the exquisite facial details.
After Green Stuff application, the face is now very presentable, well, for a bloodthirsty ghoul that is...Flesh-Eater Court - Ghouls
The ‘start to collect’ box comes with plethora of ghouls, which would be a waste if I were not to plan on using many of them for another game – Frostgrave. I will document my adaptation of these miniatures to my Frostgrave table in another post, but consider this tutorial as valid for either game, save for the bases which I will detail in a future Frostgrave post.
First of, the ghouls are not exactly beginner’s models ( a trend for the Flesh-Eater Court if you have already red my Arch Regent entry above). The models come together easily enough and each one of them has 5 parts (bottom – top – head – both arms) and i may suggest one uses fast drying glue to assemble them so as to avoid mishapping the limbs as they shift in the drying process. Also, and I am ware this is more of an advanced concern, the multipart build creates assembly lines which I was compelled to mask with plastic putty.
The kit allows you to build ghouls but also a ghast (or ghast courtier). BTW, the only difference between a ghast courtier and a ghast seems to be the base size, so i suggest not giving GW any more money and agreeing with your fellow players to have both occupy the same base space and play either in a warband, as long as it is clear before the game begins.
Quite a bit of plastic putty work is necessary to hide the arms and waist lines. I use Vallejo Plastic Putty which I apply with a fine sculpting tool and wet down to smooth it.
Finally, I wanted an earthy aspect to the bases, such as freshly reopened grave, and uses Vallejo earth texture to cover the bases, including that of the Arch Regent (shown on the right).
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