Three Projects In Progress

 Captain Fabián of the Winter Thorns

Captain Fabián stands apart from the rest of the wild elves. As an exile from the High King's court, He retains the dress code for the high court.  Despite haughty attitude to his country cousins, his superior skill with his broadsword is highly valued.  He is a level 5 champion for the wood elves. 

One of Mark Copplestone's excellent revenant elves from Warmonger miniatures and first of the wood elves I have painted in a while. 

Man of the North?

He is a test paint for a unit of these figures I have offered to paint for a friend. Painted with zenithal highlighting and mainly contrast paints. I am quite pleased how he turned out and he was a speedy paint. 

Slann Mage

I have decided to paint this model in subassemblies. With the underside of the palanquin and the base first. I will then put these two parts together and fit the rest of the palanquin. The base will not be completely finished but I want to get the majority of the painting done before I fit the flying stand. 

I know I will not see much of this detail on the underside of the palanquin after it is fitted together but it has been a good practice for the rest of the palanquin. Even though I dry brushed it with a variety of different off-whites it did look quite flat. The ink washes have really lifted the colours. I also decided to paint the detail on the palanquin as I think we usually think of this stone detail as unpainted but many historical monuments were often brightly coloured but is just that  the colours have worn off over time. 

Rob

Wood Elf Standard Bearer (20pts)

 First of the Warmonger Elves

This why I can't do the Old World Army Challenge (OWAC) as I only managed to paint five elves last month will probably be the same this month. But I really enjoyed painting the Standard bearer for the unit of Elf spears.  These Warmonger elves have a wild aesthetic which suits the wild elf theme for my wood elf army.  

Also finally finished off some of the skulls to add to the bases. 

Rob 

Last Mini of The Month

Grenadier Elf  with Big Horn!

The Fae Queen's Kin take on the might of the undead.
(A Mixture of Grenadier, Prodos and Warmonger Elves
vs. Classic Citadel and Fornlorn Hope undead) 

Yes, juvenile I know.  Finished off the the painting of one of the two repaired Grenadier Elves. This is an original 1990's figure which has sat broken in the bits box for the better part of two decades. I just need to actually play some games with all of these painted figures. Once again showing with a bit of patience (& Green Stuff) it is possible to make repairs and improvements. 

A better look at the tartan pattern. 

First attempt at tartan. I probably need to have a look at a painting tutorial to get the order right. definitely a painting skill mini-challenge. 

Beauty & The Beast

My two favourite figures that I painted this month was the Blood Rage troll and a Warmonger Elf.  Both great sculpts. I had a chance to try painting skin tones over a larger area on the troll and it was a good opportunity to try painting skin in a mixture of colours. The elf was a bit the other way and try and get some smaller details right like the two tone flowers and blending the skin on a smaller figure. 

Good vs. Evil

Picked out my next two figures for the duel mini-challenge. Both Classic Citadel AD&D high level figures from the 80s. In the left corner - The Very Definition of Lawful Good. The Paladin, and in the right corner - bring the chaotic to evil. The Chaotic Evil fighter. 

One Month Tally

All the figures painted in May. After last month's army building with work on the Dryads, Wilde Hunt and Fungoid Shrooms. This month has been much more about  characters and starting a small core unit of elves. Included in this is the second of the scratch built/sculpted forest spirits. 

WIP

A few bits and pieces on the work bench at month end. I have a couple of goodies on order, but I want to finish most of these before starting anything new.  The Warmonger Elf (Far Right) will be the Fae Queen but still needs dome serious back up. 

Rob 

Time for Another Elf

 Holly - Captain of the Winter Guard

The next one my Warmonger Elves to be finished. Unlike the other ones, she is fully armed and armoured. Ready for battle! Would make an interesting Elf Paladin. She was  fairly straight forward to paint with head to toe in armour. 

Holly taking a Wight & his bodyguard at dusk.

I have decided that the Fae Queen needs four Captains for her forces. One for each of the seasons. So first off, the Winter Captain. Clad in her Mistletoe armour and armed with a magick sword 'Winter's Kiss'. 

Rob 

Elven War Scout

Time for Some Elves 

Got some of Warmonger elves for a recent birthday. So I have been taking a bit of time to paint them. I quite pleased with how she turned out. I have been trying to take a bit more time to try and improve my skills. 

The figures are very nicely sculpted by a chap called Shane Hoyle  and remind very much of Mark Copplestone's style. But they do come on the smallest bases imaginable and so seem need the 2-part epoxy glue in order to stick to the bases. Normally I can get away with a hot-melt glue. 

Looking to forward to painting the rest of them. I also got one of the elves from Warmonger's Revenant Elves for the Fae Queen.  This one is sculpted by the excellent Mr Copplestone. 

Rob