[WM] a bit of High Elves

[Lex]

Dave

did you replace ALL the spears ?  and if so; what procedure ??

[Dave]

Haha, yep. Somewhere around 250 of them I think. I lost count.

The spears were cut off just above the glove (if anyone's interested in 200+ HE spear tips let me know...) and used a ~0.75mm drill bit to drill into the hand a little ways. I then snipped the tips off of a bunch of silk pins that were around the same diameter and glued them in the hand holes using superglue.

It took a couple of hours all told but now I don't have to worry about any bending/breaking spears. Multiple puncture wounds are another story however...

[jchaos79]

very impressive... I mean your patient! also the figures, they look great now!

[Dave]

Work continues on the Pokey Brigade, but better yet, I finally got around to finishing the bases on my Archers.



I used the Silfor 2-4mm grass tufts on these (late summer/early fall). The bases I did with Charadon Granite, Graveyard Earth and Dheneb Stone over some medium grit sand that Matt gave me (there's your plug... ya jerk).



As to the pokey brigade, I finished their white this week and started on the red.



Here's the command strip. The red really starts to liven up the model when all you've done so far is white and silver.

[David Wasilewski]

The silflor grass tufts rock - I use them on my adler napoleonic bases but (puzzlingly?) never considered using them on warmaster figures. Seeing how good yours look, I think I'll give them a try!

Dave

[Avatar of the Eldar]

This is going to be a magnificent army when it's all done!

Colors similar to my WFB HE.  If I take the plunge with WM, I'll spray silver, wash with blue ink. White or astronomicon for the robes, washed with thinned Sepia, then bleach bone, then white.  Shields, maybe ultramarines blue. 

Looking forward to custom shield decals. 

[Dave]

Thanks. Done's still looking mighty far away though...

Still working on the red for these guys. It's going to be "that color" for the spearmen. The shields are the most time consumrng, mainly because of all the little nooks and crannies where you have to get the shadow.



I was going to paint the backs of the shields that were visible through the spearmen but after one strip I was getting annoying at how many times I was hitting their elbows that I've already done white. So that put an end to that...



I'm going to see about a design for the decals this weekend. Next Monday is a holiday so hopefully I'll be able to get a bit more done next week.

[graymatterblues]

Looking good Dave! I like them better in these pictures then when your elves were stabbing my greenskins in the eye.

[Dave]

With the holiday on Monday and the bottom of my driveway being flooded on Thursday I got quite a bit of work done of these guys this week. The red is finished and I've started on the spear hafts as well, putting down their base coat.



I'm hoping to be able to finish the spears next week and start the leather as well. Then there's touch-up, decals, protecting and basing. They definitely took a lot longer than I thought though, I think next month it'll be chariots and bolt throwers. Something a bit easier.



The red was a Machrite Red base coat followed by a Russet Red and two light coats of Blood Red, each covering a smaller area than the last. I also edged the tops of the shields with Burning Orange I believe.

[calmacil]

They look brilliant. Very crisp and clean, well done. 

How many points are you planning for this huge high elf army?

[Dave]

Thanks. I have 2k I'm planning on doing, plus a dragon and maybe some BoFA eagles if I can get hold of a unit. I have enough to do another 1k but I don't think I'll be getting to that anytime soon, if ever (we rarely play past 2k).

[Dave]

So I think I found a good source for my banners and shield designs:

http://vnmedia.ign.com/screenshots/warhammer/55399397.jpg
http://vnmedia.ign.com/screenshots/warhammer/91470181.jpg
http://vnmedia.ign.com/screenshots/warhammer/67240057.jpg
http://vnmedia.ign.com/screenshots/warhammer/74940003.jpg
http://vnmedia.ign.com/screenshots/warhammer/68307568.jpg
http://vnmedia.ign.com/screenshots/warhammer/41011075.jpg
http://vnmedia.ign.com/screenshots/warhammer/26279772.jpg

They're Warhammer Online concept art for High Elf staves. I'm going to work a couple up and see how they look at 5mm or so for the shields. Obviously you won't be able to see a whole bunch of detail at that level but hopefully the basic designs will be unique enough so I can keep my units together.

[Dave]

What do you guys think?

[jchaos79]

Pretty cool man! I specially like the second and the fourth

[Geep]

I like the second the most, but maybe go with a cream colour? Grey makes it look too much like the rest of the metal.