[WM] a bit of High Elves

[Edmund2011]

Geat job!!

[Dave]

Thanks guys, I hope to finish up the basing next week as well as the Eagle mount proxy and my Eagles by the end of the month. I'm planning on doing a photo shoot for them as well, on an actual battlefield and then putting the army to bed for awhile.

@jchaos - Yep, I use the HE tourney list from Trial Armies. That's 2k, on the nose, of troops.

[Stormwind]

Have you posted your army list somewhere?  I would appreciate advice on building a 1500 to 2000 point H. Elf list!

[Dave]

http://wm-selector.appspot.com/army_selector.html?list=highelftournament&label=&print=sl,sru,sp,miu&0=8&1=4&2=2&3=2&4=2&7=2&8=1&9=2&10=2

[Dave]

And we're done.... at least with the first 2k.

I finished putting the last few tufts on the bases this Monday. I took some army shots last night and put up a gallery on my blog for those who're inclined to travel across the internets:

[BlackEd]

Awesome!  They look great!

[jchaos79]

wow really nice, really nice...

[Slann.Warmaster]

Elves kicks ass!

The most beautiful Warmaster army  I have ever seen.

Lizardmen salute you!

[Stormwind]

This is stunning!

I am in awe over it, but also feel despair that mine won't have a fraction of this brilliance!

What size pin vice did you use for the silk needles btw?  Maybe in the future I will have to do that myself.

[Dave]

Thanks guys.

The drill size will depend on the pin you're using, I think mine was around .7 or .8mm.

[Guthwine]

Congratulations to your finished army! As said before, they look awesome.

Thats basically the same list I am working on, I just swapped 2 units of spearmen for a dragon mount. Which reminds me... must paint faster...

Do you plan to expand this force or is another project coming up?

[Dave]

I do have further plans for the army, just no idea when I'll start in on them (beyond the Eagles I'm currently working on). I'd like to bring it up to 3k by doing half again of what I have here, just as "rares". I'm thinking Swordmaster and White Lion conversions at this point for the Spearmen, Seaguard for the Archers, and converted Dragon Princes and Chariots of Chrace too. Any suggestions for "rare" Reavers and Bolt Throwers?

I also have a true dragon in the works, that's going to take a bit of putty though. And figuring out how to get the paint scheme I want on it up to "centerpiece" quality.

I might try my hand at another WM army before all that though. Any suggestions? I'm leaning towards Dwarves at this point (purely on unit count) but could do Dogs of War, Orcs, Lizardmen or a mystery army that has around the same unit count as DoW/Orcs.

[Stormwind]

OK I am seriously intrigued as to how you plan conversions of White Lions and Sea Guard!  Please tell us more!

Viz. Reavers.  Just re read the fluff in the High Elves Fantasy rulebook.  Unfortunately Reaver Knights are /already/ elite units in the fluff - they are young Ellyrian nobles who tirelessly live off the land for months or years at time, watching the coasts of Ulthuan.

Perhaps you could say your other Reavers are merely horse archers from elsewhere in Ulthuan - and that your "rare" ones are the "true" Ellyrian Reavers?

[Dave]

I'm planning on converting Swordmasters into White Lions, it'll involve some putty work for the leg grieves and lion cloaks, along with a weapon swap. Seaguard will probably be easier, with a bow being put on the back of a Spearman.

[Geep]

Very impressive army.

The idea of using swordmasters to convert into white lions is interesting- I don't think I'd have the nerve to convert a unit like them.