[WM] Dark Elf army

[Lex]

To be honest, I play most games without MI (as I tend to forget them anyway) and you just need to go_with_the_flow, besides it is (to much) fun to not take another hero or sorceror, just to have one expendable around.....

[calmacil]

To be honest, I play most games without MI (as I tend to forget them anyway) and you just need to go_with_the_flow, besides it is (to much) fun to not take another hero or sorceror, just to have one expendable around.....

Yes, i'm the same with my Orcs. I usually take a 10 or 20 point magic item after i've got no room for any more units. I've never had a game using one of the expensive 50 point banners yet (neither has any of my opponents)
I like the expendable idea

[Guthwine]

I would say dark elves are the exception when it comes to MI because the sceptre is almost a must have for dark elves (the de general in our group never leaves home without it. )

Not only can you ignore the dark elves special blunder rule once but you can also issue further orders with that character.

And to the expensive MI (30+) they just dont do that much to be worth their points. The Banner mostly (if not all?) loose effect once the first stand is destroyed so theyll never bring back the points youve spent on them.

[azrael71]

I play DE quite a bit and to be honest the whole blunder thing rarely turns up.
Yes when it does it can hamper your efforts, but other armies manage with a starting command lower than the one you end up with :0
Even with a couple of blunders, it has never been a game decider.

I am of the school of thought that only uses magic items to use up spare points, but I know there are others on here who swear by the magic items

[mspaetauf]

I play Dwarfs, and I hardly leave home without this orb-thing (the one where you can reroll a command test).

Although the original was much more useful (), it's still pretty good I think. I've had games where I managed to make 3 orders during 7 full turns, and other times when I was literally one command away from winning (which of course failed...).

So, Dispel Scroll and Orb are my to mains (sometimes I ditch the scroll).

As I am currently painting my Hammerers I will probably play with the Banner of Shielding in the future, but that's rather a stylisch/background decision - I just want the unit to stand out a bit/be different, so they'll get the banner. And 4 hitpoints with a 3+ save can be very annoying to the opponent (imagine them in defended pos.).

cheers,
 M

[jchaos79]

I dont usually use magic objects but when I need to fill some spare points.

Banners are quite powerfull in games less than 2000 points (in my experience)

[calmacil]

  Well it seems people have different ideas about the sceptre. The answer is, i'll try both with and without the sceptre. Thanks for all the ideas though, it really helps me.


Didn't paint at all at the weekend, tonight i've finished off my first DE spearmen unit.
I had lots of trouble with drybrushing the base, my brush wouldn't fit in most areas. Next time i do it i'll seperate the spearmen into 3's and put sand on the base before i paint them, then drybrush.



I'm following a similar idea with the crossbowmen unit.



I have a question about the Cold One Knights.
When it says "+1 attack in the first round of each combat" do i get that bonus if i do an advance into a new unit?

[Lex]

Not on accidental contact, but they will get it on advance, as that counts as a different combat.

[Haranin]

I dont usually use magic objects but when I need to fill some spare points.

Banners are quite powerfull in games less than 2000 points (in my experience)

Agreed.

and the painting on these elves is amazing.

[docdom]

and the painting on these elves is amazing.

Agreed. Amazing elves!

[calmacil]

Thanks all very kind 

Any thoughts on your Cauldron of Blood?

I'm slowly changing my mind on the Cauldron, i may end up getting one. But i can't see it on the GW page, is it OOP now? 

[calmacil]

Painted again tonight, and finished a unit of dark elf crossbows





Trying out different colours for my other crossbow unit. Think i'll try and paint these elves tomorrow or friday. Probably a bit too much gold though, i'll get rid of the gold on his crossbow




Here's the army so far




Ordered some Pendraken dark elf figures yesterday, also a few slaves with the amazon queen. Hopefully they'll arrive soon.

[graymatterblues]

Wow. These are simply gorgeous. How long has it taken you to get this far. I am curious mostly because I am a slow painter... It has taken me nearly a month to finish four units of goblins. I use to many colors and don't use the dip method though.

[calmacil]

Wow. These are simply gorgeous. How long has it taken you to get this far. I am curious mostly because I am a slow painter... It has taken me nearly a month to finish four units of goblins. I use to many colors and don't use the dip method though.

Thank you. Well i'm not keeping score, but I think it's taken me 10-11 days so far. That includes cleaning the figures. I don't paint every day. However, notice that i've chosen the easy units to paint first (bolt throwers, harpies) Units with a high model count such as spearmen took me longer.

It's the first time i've painted warmaster figures, i'm finding it refreshing how quickly the army comes together. I really feel as though i'm getting somewhere, it's encouraging.

I'm not dipping, i'm adding a wash (but basically the same thing) All i do is use base colours, no highlighting or shading and then wash with badab black (a GW wash) It works well with an evil army, makes them dark and sinister looking. Not sure it would look right with an army like high elves. But should be fine with your Orc army.

I highly recommend using a wash, it's my secret weapon  

[azrael71]

Washes work well on High Elves you just have to be a bit more selective in your colour choice