Lead Adventure Forum
Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: guitarheroandy on 23 December 2016, 01:52:53 PM
-
Afternoon all. Here are the latest figures in my slowly emerging Wood Elf army. These are old 1980s Citadel Melnibonean spearmen, led by a 1980s Elf hero (the chap with the left-handed spear). the fellow on the round base is the old 1980s Citadel Melnibonean 'Dyvim Tvar' (if that's how you spell it) after a hefty conversion - repositioned left arm, added shield, head replaced from a spare 1980s Elf cavalryman and a cloak added, with greenstuff fur to conceal where the cloak joins the body.
In Dragon Rampant, I can field these as either 1 single model unit of elite foot plus 1 full unit of elite foot or I can field the Dyvim Tvar conversion with the 5 Melniboneans to just create one elite foot unit. In WFB (version 4 and 5) the Dyvim Tvar fellow will be a champion leading a unit of armoured spearmen, of which these Melniboneans will be part.
Next up, after Christmas, more spearmen, the Tielindrion Attack Chariot, some archers and a Treeman (not necessarily in that order!)
Here's some pics for you...
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad276/guitarheroandy/IMG_0031_zpsyuxit4wi.jpg) (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/guitarheroandy/media/IMG_0031_zpsyuxit4wi.jpg.html)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad276/guitarheroandy/IMG_0034_zps5bovprxi.jpg) (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/guitarheroandy/media/IMG_0034_zps5bovprxi.jpg.html)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad276/guitarheroandy/IMG_0036_zpsys65wv73.jpg) (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/guitarheroandy/media/IMG_0036_zpsys65wv73.jpg.html)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad276/guitarheroandy/IMG_0038_zps57pmhuli.jpg) (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/guitarheroandy/media/IMG_0038_zps57pmhuli.jpg.html)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad276/guitarheroandy/IMG_0039_zpsqd5nvjtn.jpg) (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/guitarheroandy/media/IMG_0039_zpsqd5nvjtn.jpg.html)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad276/guitarheroandy/IMG_0043_zpsjdmdlwcw.jpg) (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/guitarheroandy/media/IMG_0043_zpsjdmdlwcw.jpg.html)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad276/guitarheroandy/IMG_0044_zpsggo0mr2a.jpg) (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/guitarheroandy/media/IMG_0044_zpsggo0mr2a.jpg.html)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad276/guitarheroandy/IMG_0045_zpscbu8z3vo.jpg) (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/guitarheroandy/media/IMG_0045_zpscbu8z3vo.jpg.html)
-
Really great work!
-
Stunning work, especially those shields and that banner :)
-
Stunning work, especially those shields and that banner :)
Right!
Those are lovely pieces of art!
Cheers
GS
-
Cracking paint job, really stunning work!! :)
-
Love it
Looking forward to seeing the rest
-
Yep, that wood grain work on the shields really stand out! :-*
Everything else is fine, too, but the shields just popped at first glance!
-
like those shields lots :-*
-
Beautiful work.
-
Thanks for all the kind comments. I was lucky enough to source a load of the original early 1990s Wood Elf waterside transfers off EBAY. I've always struggled with kite-type shields - that big expanse of flat board - getting some texture and life into it...so anyway, I had this idea of woodgrain. I know that shields tended to have leather covering so wouldn't be wood grained, but I thought it looked cool. Most of you seem to agree, so I'm gonna stick with it! I have sourced a variety of little bucklers for the archers (Dark Ages Pict/early Saxon ones) which I think will give them a unique look. I also have a bunch of unarmoured sword/spearmen who will get round or Norman-style teardrop shields which will be painted in a similar way. No more painting now til after Christmas, though!!! Am under orders!! ;)
-
Lovely work and good conversion of Dyvim Tvaar.
-
The painting is superb. I really fancy those textures you have managed to put into the spears and shields.
-
I know that shields tended to have leather covering so wouldn't be wood grained, but I thought it looked cool. Most of you seem to agree, so I'm gonna stick with it!
Who's to say what the alien minds of Elves would find fashionable, anyways? ;)
-
I dig it! I love that you changed things up and used some Melnibonean's. I've got some but they won't see paint for some time I'm afraid.
Keep up the great work.
-
Just echoing earlier responses.
Especially that banner. wow
-
Happy New Year!! Here's the next bunch of Elves... Really pleased with these. The shields (from my bits box - I think they are Foundry ones from a Dark Ages Norman range if memory serves) are too small for the waterside 'tree' transfers so I opted to go for some Elven script. These will be 'heavy foot' along with some I've already painted ages ago (see last couple of pics along with the elites and hero from the original post). I also enjoyed painting the hero with the hawk, despite the silly moon thing on his helmet!!
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad276/guitarheroandy/IMG_0005_zpsyurdkvff.jpg) (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/guitarheroandy/media/IMG_0005_zpsyurdkvff.jpg.html)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad276/guitarheroandy/IMG_0007_zpse9yg2xnu.jpg) (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/guitarheroandy/media/IMG_0007_zpse9yg2xnu.jpg.html)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad276/guitarheroandy/IMG_0003_zpsterqxcy8.jpg) (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/guitarheroandy/media/IMG_0003_zpsterqxcy8.jpg.html)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad276/guitarheroandy/IMG_0010_zpsk08l8d5g.jpg) (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/guitarheroandy/media/IMG_0010_zpsk08l8d5g.jpg.html)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad276/guitarheroandy/IMG_0008_zpsegj3fjab.jpg) (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/guitarheroandy/media/IMG_0008_zpsegj3fjab.jpg.html)
-
Stunning Andy, really stunning. :-*
-
Nice! Reminds me of Mike McVey's wood elves from back in the late 80s / early 90s.
-
Nice! Reminds me of Mike McVey's wood elves from back in the late 80s / early 90s.
Thank you so much!! That Mike McVey army is the inspiration for this force I'm doing!! You've made my day with that one! :D :D
-
FANTASTIC! Your Pointy Eared Woodland Fellows look even more WONDERFUL than memory would have them. It is rare to have reality appear better than nostalgia. Your creations are BEAUTIFULLY painted & based. I love what you have done with their shields. VERY WELL DONE!
-
Gorgeous work on these :-*
-
Brilliant!
-
Very nice pj and great work on that banner! The overall effect is great! :-*
-
Thank you so much!! That Mike McVey army is the inspiration for this force I'm doing!! You've made my day with that one! :D :D
My pleasure! Thank you for sharing these - no school like old school!!
-
Fantastic, I simply love those old wood elf sculpts.
In fact the hero with the hawk is one of my all time favourites.
I remember in the old citadel catalogues, he was part of the 'wood elf command' range... There were four leader / heros, including one with a sword and no helmet, who looked like the same sculpt with different hands and head. I have never seen that one painted, only in a black and white catalogue photo. Don't suppose you have him on the workbench as well?
I painted a few from this range too, see here
http://i.imgur.com/nLunYXv.jpg (link to the image because I don't want to steal your thread!)
-
I remember in the old citadel catalogues, he was part of the 'wood elf command' range... There were four leader / heros, including one with a sword and no helmet, who looked like the same sculpt with different hands and head. I have never seen that one painted, only in a black and white catalogue photo. Don't suppose you have him on the workbench as well?
Ref that model you mention - I actually bought one on EBAY earlier today! First time I'd seen one. He wasn't cheap, though!!!
I like the colour scheme on your models. Different and works very well.
-
Oh I hate you- uncanny and outstanding work!!!!
-
I love these elves! And I am usually not into pointy ears! Wait, goblins have pointy ears too...
-
These elves are great! Love the shields
-
Cheers guys!! 12 archers and a 1990s treeman about to receive the highlighting treatment... :D
-
Lovely figs, ace painting, and an excellent choice for wood elves.
Thanks for sharing!
-
"Beware the wrath of the trees!!!"
...And the painting continues apace!! Here's the Treeman, a classic early 90s GW model. It's been painted with my usual 'dip and highlight' technique, although I have used an extra 3rd highlight on the dark brown and grey sections. In Dragon Rampant, it'll be a Greater Warbeast!
Next up in a few weeks, a unit of archers!
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad276/guitarheroandy/IMG_0016_zpsjswstgvz.jpg) (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/guitarheroandy/media/IMG_0016_zpsjswstgvz.jpg.html)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad276/guitarheroandy/IMG_0017_zpsxtynfrvz.jpg) (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/guitarheroandy/media/IMG_0017_zpsxtynfrvz.jpg.html)
-
Ah the old "Saturday Night Fever" treeman - a classic! Lovely paintjob on him.
-
Classic minis and very good paintjob ! :-*
Just the things I like...
-
Late to the party here, but have spotted this since I started playing DR. These are smashing, Andy. Particularly like the command figure with hawk. Do you think these are taking less time than your classic Arthurians?
-
Late to the party here, but have spotted this since I started playing DR. These are smashing, Andy. Particularly like the command figure with hawk. Do you think these are taking less time than your classic Arthurians?
Thanks very much, James. They are fun to paint! As for speed of painting, they vary. The armoured spearmen were pretty quick, but I'm in the middle of Scarloc's archers now and they are taking ages - lots more detail on them. The dip and highlight technique is good and pretty speedy, but these guys are getting 2 highlights, so that slows it down. Possibly a bit quicker than the Arthurians due to less fiddly shield designs and fewer models with fancy tunic decorations. Also, block base coating on white undercoat is easier and quicker than on black, especially with my dodgy eyesight.
-
Lovely army! Keep it up!
-
Evening all! I've been doing some more painting! Yes, I'm really on a roll here! Here are the first 12 of Scarloc's Wood Elf Archers. Lovely, lovely models - the best Elf archer models ever...possibly the best Elf models ever (well, I think so anyway!!)
Painted as the rest of the army. I decided I wanted to give them an irregular look, so chose non-uniformed (varied poses) and I gave them a bunch of shields from my Dark Ages bits box - Pictish and Early Saxon bucklers, done in the terracotta and ochre scheme that the rest of the army has.
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad276/guitarheroandy/IMG_0048_zpseeqbjhad.jpg) (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/guitarheroandy/media/IMG_0048_zpseeqbjhad.jpg.html)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad276/guitarheroandy/IMG_0046_zpsbrx5cw2z.jpg) (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/guitarheroandy/media/IMG_0046_zpsbrx5cw2z.jpg.html)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad276/guitarheroandy/IMG_0044_zpspjrgzhxi.jpg) (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/guitarheroandy/media/IMG_0044_zpspjrgzhxi.jpg.html)
Finally, here's a picture of the 36pt Dragon Rampant war band I'm using at the local club on Monday evening:
Prince and bodyguard (Elite Foot Reduced model unit - Venomous - 9pts)
Guard Infantry (Elite Foot - 6pts)
Spear Guardians (Heavy Foot - 4pts)
Archer Guardians (Light Missiles - Sharpshooter; Invisibility - 9pts)
Guardian of the Glade - Treeman (Greater Warbeast - Cunning 8pts)
(http://i943.photobucket.com/albums/ad276/guitarheroandy/IMG_0050_zpsptiwupw5.jpg) (http://s943.photobucket.com/user/guitarheroandy/media/IMG_0050_zpsptiwupw5.jpg.html)
Next up, probably some more knights, although the Chariot is looking very tempting...
-
Just lovely!
Wood Elves, especially these vintages, were the first 'army' I ever collected.
Just fantastic models, and like the poster above, it also reminds me of those McVey Wood Elves (which is the biggest reason I got into them too)
I sold that army off (and all those lovely Treemen!) years ago, but I think I still have an unfinished Wood Elf Chariot, and a unit of the classic Wardancers stored away somewhere.
I gotta dig them out now....Thanks for the inspiration!!
-
Spot on Andy. Lovely work. :D
Many a weekend from my youth would my 42 wood elves take on the immeasurable plastic skeleton horde of my friend across the field of battle. Great memories. :)
-
Hi,
Really a great looking warband.
Well done.
Which knight and chariot you'll paint? Do you win your game?
+
-
Great to see a group shot, the army is coming along nicely! I agree with you on Scarloc's archers, some of the best GW wood elves ever produced.
-
Woad elves at their best. Awesome little force, it's a pleasure to look at them. :--)
-
You should totally use these for Oathmark. Which red and yellow did you use for the shields?
-
Some great old school figures and a lovely paint job too. Nice work!
-
Melniboneans?
Maybe I should try and get some.