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Q: What is the basic idea/motivation for
your Vampire Counts army? Are they native to the Vampire Coast
in Lustria as part of the force summoned by Luther Harkon,
or are they the undead minions of someone entirely different?
I saw some converted Strigoi models. Are they really of the
Strigoi bloodline? Give me a little historical background.
David: The Cannibals of the Vampire Coast
are a collection of the native tribesmen of Lustria. These
guys were hunting heads long before Luther Harkon found himself
marooned on the coast. In fact, I think Luther might not have
done so well if there weren't Vampires already there whom
he could work with. Some Old Worlders might call them savage
primitives, but in reality they are tough guys who don’t
like people trespassing on their lands. The cannibals are
extremely xenophobic and hate outsiders, so I thought no other
bloodline would do them more justice than the Strigoi, so
yes I used that bloodline in my list.
The main motivating factor in making the army was to make
a very unique army but one that everyone could understand.
I was tired of seeing the gothic “boo” vampire
armies everywhere, so I looked for something that could still
be vampire-ish but different. Then it popped into my head:
big vampire bats! Head hunters and cannibals actually lived
in the Amazon, so I had my story.
Q: How long did it take you to convert and
paint your army?
David: I built a Von Carstein Vampire Counts
army a while before this army, so I was used to working with
Skeletons, and it did not take me all that long to put everything
together. I tried to put a conversion on every model, and
it took me a few hours a day - about three weeks to get that
done.
Q: What did your opponents (at the GT) think
of your army?
David: Everyone I played liked the theme
and story. I think it was refreshing for players to face something
other than the same old gothic vampires. As far as my list
goes, it might have been a bit magic heavy, something I have
since toned down.
The Cannibals of the Vampire Coast
Q: Is this army one you built just for the
Baltimore GT or have you been fielding it for a while?
David: After winning overall at the Dallas
2002 GT with my Bretonnians, I wanted something totally different
so I built this army especially for the Baltimore GT. In fact,
I spent so much time in making the army that I only got one
practice game in before the tournament.
Q: How did you finish in the GT? What armies
were particularly hard to beat, and which ones where no challenge?
Was 2003 Baltimore GT your first? If not, how many have you
been to?
David: I had only one practice game with
the army list I played and that was the night before. It was
frustrating but a lot of fun to work out how to play an army
during the actual tournament. I had problems with a Khorne
army as well as a Tzeentch army. A Tomb Kings army also gave
me a hard time. The Chaos army was my first game, and I learned
a lot from the game. It was fun. The Tomb King army "out-magicked"
my highly magical army, and the game was close until a disastrous
end. I also played against Orc & Goblin army, another
Khorne army, a Dwarf army, and a Skaven army. The combination
of fear, magic, and a tough Vampire allowed me to be in control
of those games. I ended up going 4:2 and did rather well in
every category except sportsmanship. I was rather disappointed
with the sports score, but after asking my opponents, I found
out that it was my list was that was unsporting and not me.
I can accept that.
Baltimore was my fourth GT. I started attending GTs at Dallas
2001 and then came back to win Overall at the Dallas 2002.
Q: Do you always field Vampire Count armies?
What other armies/games do you play?
David: No, in addition to Vampire Counts
I also play Bretonnians and Empire, and I am working on a
Chaos Dwarf army. I have a 40K army and will play it once
in a while, but I am a fantasy guy.
Click on the links above to see David's
heavily converted army.
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