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Shroud of Despair ?

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:16 pm
by Lord Drakon
Hi, I am building a Sorceress on Dark Steed, but she will function as Shroud Bomb placer. What would be ways to 'model' the 'shroud of despair' on her, or should I just go with staff

Re: Shroud of Despair ?

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:43 pm
by toots
i never took it to mean literally a shroud as in an item of clothing, more like a shroud of fog or mist. as in 'shrouded in fog'.

how about a big ball of black cotton wool you can place over the caster?!

Re: Shroud of Despair ?

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 12:56 pm
by Lord Drakon
toots wrote:i never took it to mean literally a shroud as in an item of clothing, more like a shroud of fog or mist. as in 'shrouded in fog'.

how about a big ball of black cotton wool you can place over the caster?!


Great idea !

Re: Shroud of Despair ?

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 1:27 pm
by Lord Drakon
This is the kitbash so far

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Re: Shroud of Despair ?

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 1:45 pm
by T.D.
Lord Drakon wrote:I guess this is too much ? :P


Affirmative ;)

Re: Shroud of Despair ?

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 1:45 pm
by Lord Drakon
Something like this ?

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Re: Shroud of Despair ?

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 1:46 pm
by Phierlihy
I like what you're attempting but that's definitely way too much fuzz. Unless you have outstanding painting skills, that will turn into a big mess. It could be a good effect though so I wouldn't say get rid of it entirely.

The crown in her hair looks wrong and throws off the whole model for me. But maybe it's just the angle of the picture? I'd tone it down and weave it through the hair?

What is the plate balancing on the horses head representing?

The second picture looks scary! Love it!!

Re: Shroud of Despair ?

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 1:59 pm
by Lord Drakon
Maybe spirits to make it more a magical cloud ?

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Re: Shroud of Despair ?

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 2:24 pm
by Amboadine
Spirits are quite a nice addition. I agree with Phierlihy on the crown though, doesn't quite work at the moment.

Re: Shroud of Despair ?

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 2:26 pm
by Rowena
The cloud looks awesome, especially its uneven colour. I think I like it better without the spirits though, they look too alive to fit with the spell in my view. And I can't wait to see it painted. :)

Re: Shroud of Despair ?

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 2:31 pm
by Lord Drakon
Without crown and steed 'armour'

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Only that did I put more spray on it, sorry Rowena haha ! It looks indeed better with the white, I will try to fix it

Re: Shroud of Despair ?

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 2:45 pm
by Amboadine
Definitely more balanced now. Less is more sometimes :)

White / Grey on the shroud is a must I think to break it up.

Re: Shroud of Despair ?

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 2:56 pm
by Lord Drakon
Shroud of Despair
"At the caster's command, light is driven from the battlefield and numbing darkness rushes to fill the void"


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Human affected by the Shroud
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Re: Shroud of Despair ?

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 2:57 pm
by T.D.
Looks better.

I think more Nagash-y spirits might be worth trying (if you have any handy)

Re: Shroud of Despair ?

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 2:59 pm
by Lord Drakon
T.D. wrote:Looks better.

I think more Nagash-y spirits might be worth trying (if you have any handy)


Nope unfortunately not, maybe some skulls to add the 'despair' to the shroud.

Re: Shroud of Despair ?

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 3:32 pm
by Lord Drakon
Last one for today. As there are a lot of phases, moves and activities after a Shroud got casted (magic, shooting, combat, movement, magic, shooting, combat, movement) it will be difficult to keep track on affected units.

Shroud Tokens (a unit affected by shroud gets a token until the shroud is over)

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Re: Shroud of Despair ?

Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 6:01 pm
by Rowena
The tokens are a great idea, I must remember that! :)

Re: Shroud of Despair ?

Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 11:08 am
by Amboadine
Interesting idea with the tokens.

Re: Shroud of Despair ?

Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2015 3:31 pm
by Coop
This is all very cool! The shroud effect looks awesome. What kit is the rider from?

Re: Shroud of Despair ?

Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 8:27 am
by Rowena
Coop wrote:This is all very cool! The shroud effect looks awesome. What kit is the rider from?

She looks like a sister of thorn on glade rider horse and legs, but maybe Lord Drakon will correct me.

Re: Shroud of Despair ?

Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2015 10:53 am
by Lord Drakon
Rowena wrote:
Coop wrote:This is all very cool! The shroud effect looks awesome. What kit is the rider from?

She looks like a sister of thorn on glade rider horse and legs, but maybe Lord Drakon will correct me.


She is indeed made out of the sister of thorn and glade rider kits, spirits are also from glade rider box.

Re: Shroud of Despair ?

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 2:30 pm
by With hatred ...
Great effect, like it a lot.

Re: Shroud of Despair ?

Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 4:11 am
by Jvh792
I love the balls. Way to go all out on this, but what if you don't roll shroud?

Re: Shroud of Despair ?

Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 8:21 am
by Lord_azoth
nice conversion, the token idea is awesome too