Army of Ariandel
Firstly, I must give a big shout-out to the Ne Cede Malis website. After seeing the work whilst looking through Pinterest, and then following the links to the website, I was immediately inspired to create my own unique army to be used in games like Kings of War, Dragon Rampant, Pillage and Frostgrave. I’ve always loved the Dark Souls series of games, with Dark Souls 3 being my favourite. One of my most memorable parts of that game was the Ashes of Ariandel DLC. The lore and aesthetics, especially the frozen Winter landscape and Followers of Farron, really appealed to me. So, I had my inspiration. Now was time to select the miniatures. Having read the lore surrounding the Followers of Farron, and their tall pointed helmets, plus reading about the conversions of Ne Cede Malis and their projects, I decided on the Victrix Norman infantry. I already had a few spruces of these, so all I needed to do was assemble them, then think about how to make them look more like the Dark Souls chara...