Warband High Elves - from start to (hopefully) finish

[AndyT]

Picked these up at the Colours show. Just made a start with priming so far:

Knights:


Archers:


Magicians:


Swordsmen (I separated the foot soldiers into separate spear and sword armed units):


The whole (slightly out of focus!) lot:



Not pictured are the General's unit, spearmen, chariots and unicorns.

More pics to follow as I make progress.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Looking  good Andy!

[Techno]

Wot Will sed ! 
Cheers - Phil

[Leon]

Very nice, looks like there'll be some interesting command / shaman units there as well.  I'll be keeping an eye out for those.

[jambo1]

Great looking figures, will be following this with interest!

[Steve J]

Looking forward to seeing how these progress.

[AndyT]

The asteroids in the background are not part of my elf project

[petercooman]

The asteroids in the background are not part of my elf project

Could be used as some nice magical terrain!

[AndyT]

That picture has a Melnibonean feel to it. I'll have to think about an Elric army for Warband sometime

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

I went with the Dark Elves with a Melnibonean theme, their general makes a rather good version of a certain Emperor of the Ruby Throne...
http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,9491.0.html

[AndyT]

Very nice indeed.

I realise now I should have put this topic in the Painting Diaries section. Oops.

[Techno]

Leon will move it, if you ask him.
Don't ask me to......It'll get lost. 
Cheers - Phil

[Leon]

Done!

[AndyT]

Thank you.

No progress made this weekend - too much "real life" going on

[AndyT]

Progress made, but very slow.

Everything is cleaned up, assembled where necessary and primed. Put a couple of extra units together from left-over figures i.e. an second scout unit and some swordsmen plus a chariot (hero). I've chosen to separate the infantry into separate spear and sword armed units.

Wonder if I'll have these ready for the next Pendraken painting competition?

Cheers, Andy

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

I'm heading down the same route with Spears and swords.
Look forwards to seeing yours.

[fred.]

More photos!

Are you going for 100x50mm bases or a bit smaller?

Splitting the swords and spears is probably a good idea - then if you want to upgrade one unit with shield wall or something you can more easily identify on the table.

[AndyT]

Yes I'm using 100x50 bases but not using a large number of Elf infantry on each base to give a "thin blue line" look. At the moment I'm thinking of a blue/white or blue/yellow paint scheme for the uniforms.

I need to find myself some suitable flag designs too.

So much painting to be done and so little free time !

[fred.]

Personally I like Blue and White for Elves.

The thin blue line look should be cool - make the elves look like the few elite warriors, rather than a horde of goblins or undead.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Agreed.
Mine are white drybrush over blue ink wash, them blue shields and trim.