[WM] Dark Elf army

[calmacil]

Me and a few mates are going to start a campaign for warmaster, so i thought i'd paint up a dark elf army especially for the campaign. This will be my third warmaster army.  

I don't want to spend too long on this army, nothing too fancy, a tabletop battle standard is fine with me. Hoping this painting blog will increase my speed a bit.

I'm planning on a limited palet of black, gold, silver and purple.


Here's what i'm planning on painting.

That's 19 units and a pack of characters.


I've just cleaned up the female sorceress.
I'm going to do a round sacrifical stone with runes on it. I found an old watch that had fallen to bits, took the back off it and used the battery for the round stone.
Those engraved letters on the battery look really thin. I'll just wack a load of black paint on it and hope it doesn't show through. Made in the USA wouldn't be a great look for a dark elf army.




I've made a start on a hero in a chariot. This is the Cold One.
For the bases i want them dark. Just sand, black, drybrush codex grey and some some dark green flock.
Going to do the whole army this way.


Cleaning up figures at the moment

[jchaos79]

wow, seems a very nice project. Looking forward to see your advances in painting and reading the fluffy campaign story and scenarios!

For the altar, it is not more secure to put some green stuff to avoid the the "made in US"?

what colour scheme has you thought for the army? the traditional purple and gold?

[calmacil]

Hi JC  Thanks, yeah i'm looking forward to see how it all looks finished.

The words on the watch battery are very fine, i think a coating of paint will be okay.

Colour scheme.... yes going for the classic purple, gold and black.



Added a harpy to sorceress stand, ready to undercoat tomorrow



Got a unit of harpies cleaned, sand on bases, also ready to undercoat



A battery of bolt throwers

[MiniPatton]

Looks good so far - just got my first DE blister to paint up.  Hope to add to it as I go and will look here for tips/inspiration.

[Geep]

Do watch batteries leak acid like regular batteries? That could be an unfortunate problem.

[jchaos79]

An oozie live altar!!

[calmacil]

Do watch batteries leak acid like regular batteries? That could be an unfortunate problem.

That watch hasn't been used for about 15 years, so i'm hoping it'll be okay 

I've added some milliput around the edge of the battery


Here's some progress.
Dark Elf hero in chariot;

[azrael71]

Very nice work

[calmacil]

Thanks azrael  



Finished a unit of harpies today




Those little groves on the watch battery did show through. I put a thick layer of paint on, still showed up. So i added a layer of milliput, scraped it smooth. It'll do.



Here's my plan with one of my sorceress bases, i'm thinking a summoning circle >>>

[azrael71]

Any thoughts on your Cauldron of Blood?

[calmacil]

Any thoughts on your Cauldron of Blood?

I wasn't planning on taking a cauldron of blood, i've not got any witch elves in my 2k list either.

[docdom]

Amazing work for something you

don't want to spend too long on this army, nothing too fancy, a tabletop battle standard is fine

 

Keep up the great work!

[calmacil]

Thanks double click here  


Something i'm not happy about with figures is forever having to take them out of carrying cases, and putting them on shelves. For this army i've come up with a solution.

I've got myself some magnetic tape that's 2cm wide (the same width as a warmaster base)  It sticks to the back perfectly
This is the tape;



The thickness is 1.5mm, the same thickness as a warmaster base. So it's thin. Here's the harpies with the tape on;



To test if they worked i tried the harpies on a radiator;

they work fine


This is a box file i'm going to use to transport my entire army, i've worked out i can fit 81 stands (27 units) plus command in this box (that's enough for a big 3,000 point army)
 It has a sheet of steel paper lined along the bottom, i've put the box on it's side to show it works.

[jchaos79]

great solution! also good job with the harpies!

[calmacil]

Not painted anything for the last few days, but got my brushes out again today.



Managed to paint up a unit of bolt throwers, and 2 units of trolls (just finishing a few things for my orc army)