sea.man`s WFB von Carstein's Vampire Counts

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well, I had 9 spare metal marauders and made 3 spirit hosts some time ago, you might remember them.
it seems that plastic gw minis are the best choice - you will make quite cheap and consistent unit out of 1 plastic box, no matter if you choose flagellants or other models. I'd personally go with Empire or Bretonnia army for this purpose, I can hardly imagine dwarven/elven ghosts, not to mention skaven or chaos warriors :) my marauders all had similar weapons, but a mix of different weaponry would be more interesting - crossbows, swords, spears... also, a mounted model places among foot models would make for a nice centerpiece of such a unit.
Of course you might use a combination of minis from 2 armies and say that these are ghosts summoned at some old battlefield :)

I can't remember any company making a wide selection of ghosts, apart from Reaper. But, buying many metal models will make your unit much less affordable :)
you could perhaps avoid these costs by choosing something like this, as each would make for a complete base

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I used the Lotro Army of dead to make my ghosts for my VC army:

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Thank you for ideas!
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I think LotR minis are a bit smaller, is there a size difference or is it unnoticeable?
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czlowiek.morze wrote:Thank you for ideas!
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I think LotR minis are a bit smaller, is there a size difference or is it unnoticeable?
They're a little smaller yeah, but honestly, next to my skellies I can't really notice it. Can make a picture next to a skelly if you want to check it
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no thanks, your word is enough :)
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I got back to the tale. On the workbench are ghouls, old von Carsteins, ghoul lord and a necromancer that will be a filler for the ghouls.
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oh, I forgot about this one :)
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big number of boxes in the basement doesn't allow me to ;)
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well, then good luck again :)
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another update! everzthing was cleaned, glued, primed and is waiting to be painted:
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