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Title: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on September 22, 2019, 08:13:20 PM: (https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/wowpedia/6/67/Silvermoon_City_TCG.jpg?version=98f6056f999c17681d0bf30427fee58a])

(https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/wowpedia/4/44/Silvermoon_Sentinels_TCG.jpg?version=7b9cf6e6d9cb6f78721ddc3a0b26721c])

(https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/wowpedia/c/c2/Blood_Knight_by_Matthew_McKeown.jpg?version=8017e573dbfcd20b821dd1212ab208ae])

Players of the World of Warcraft are familiar with the concept of Blood Elves - those very high-elfish pointy-ears with a twist. In this thread, I'm making some of my leftover high elves into blood elves, mainly by color choices and general themes, but also maybe some kitbash and minor remodeling (greenstuff).

All in all, blood elves should look rather noble and high elfy, but their colors favor red, gold and black, and heraldry heavily involves fire and phoenixes. Some of their warlocks also favor a demonic form of fire magic that produces green flames, which I'm also going to implement somehow.

#1 Blood Knights on Foot
(Models: Island of Blood High Elf Swordmasters)

(https://i.imgur.com/jgBDcDk.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/A4dpGuw.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/MYzga96.jpg)

As the first unit, we see a group of Blood Knights, who are evil paladins of the blood elves. Their colors are black, gray and dark red. Very simple stuff. I'm looking forward of doing a mounted unit of these later.

(https://i.imgur.com/JfBMq2o.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/g3zBR0N.jpg)

The army will get a simplistic cobblestone bases with some sand. They're magnetized and over similar trays.
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on September 23, 2019, 09:51:05 AM: #2 Silvermoon Mounted GUard
(Models: Island of Blood Ellyrean Reavers)

(https://i.imgur.com/LINq7Ka.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/LMWngEt.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Oa8J0O4.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/f1eAuoB.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/tpVltgB.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/ovi2lkv.jpg)

These riders got the Silvermoon Guard colors, which will be the main theme of the army.
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: powerfrog99 on September 23, 2019, 04:06:33 PM: :o :o
I really like the riders and their color scheme !!

thanks for sharing
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: Elbows on September 23, 2019, 07:23:58 PM: Nice. I've always liked the idea of evil Elves, namely ones that maybe aren't evil on initial appearance. Nice work and nice paint.
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Post by: Elk101 on September 23, 2019, 08:04:27 PM: Very striking figures, nice work.
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Post by: Grumpy Gnome on September 23, 2019, 09:26:17 PM: Great concept and execution!
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on September 24, 2019, 01:26:17 PM: powerfrog99, Elbows, Elk101, Rick W.: Thanks, guys! I really appreciate it.

#3 Warlock (https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/wowwiki/images/6/6d/Elfwarlock.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20080702221151) & Greater Felflame (https://wowwiki.fandom.com/wiki/Fel_magic)
(Models: High Elf Mage and Reaper Fire Elemental)

(https://i.imgur.com/Wp1GtFK.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/tplwONn.jpg)

Little bit of experimenting with the green fire. This aims to be an eye-catcher in the middle of the red-black-golden troops. What is it in the game terms? Who knows. Maybe a phoenix. :D

The large base is over a magnetized surface, so the warlock can hop along or go on his own. The base still needs a bit of work in terms of glow radiating from the elemental.
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on September 25, 2019, 04:01:01 PM: #4 Spellbreakers 2/20
(Models: High Elf Maiden Guard)

(https://i.imgur.com/nCbivKB.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/nEzwtc2.jpg)

These female spellbreakers got their color scheme from Silvermoon Guards. Gamewise they can be fielded as maiden guard, sea guard or simply spears. Hoping to do a full unit of 20, despite greatly disliking painting monopose. Probably painting them in smaller quantities between other projects.
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on September 28, 2019, 10:53:23 AM: ...
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: CaptainHaddonCollider on September 28, 2019, 11:32:06 AM: Looks really good, following this with interest!
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: Olsson on September 28, 2019, 11:46:20 AM: A really striking force! The Warcraft Blood Elves have an excellent color palette and you paint jobs are quite nice!
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on September 30, 2019, 07:22:20 AM: Thanks for the good word! Here is some more progress.

#5 Farstriders (https://wow.gamepedia.com/Farstriders)
(Models: High Elf Sisters of Avelorn)

(https://i.imgur.com/IjJIcph.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/cAnbUpi.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/kxxk7Q2.jpg)

I mainly used the Sisters of Avelorn kit for adding female torsos and heads for my White Lion project, so there were plenty of extras with these fancy cloaks to make this unit. They are Farstriders, rangers of the Blood Elves, probably boosted by a fire mage, with those flaming bows... Farstriders favor plenty of different color schemes, but red is definitely one of them.

(https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/wowpedia/1/13/Tyrande_HotS_Blood_Elf.jpg?version=0a5e2cf71a8678b3b648a14953be56fd)

(https://gamepedia.cursecdn.com/wowpedia/3/30/Hanzo_HotS_Farstrider.jpg?version=68c6ecaca2ce9ad7d1bffea88d5bb277)

Will probably make two skirmishing units out of these. Some minor kitbash. Another batch of five at some point.
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: Braz on September 30, 2019, 08:23:43 AM: Those are really nice. Love the mage and green flame elemental. :-*
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Post by: D. Brownie on September 30, 2019, 09:24:16 AM: Good job!
I don't know if you are interested, but I found this on kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/davaleminiatures/high-elven-army-28-30mm-davaleminiatures?ref=discovery&term=Bloody%20elven
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on October 01, 2019, 09:54:15 AM: Braz: Thanks! I'm hoping the colors will really pop from among the other units.

Dr. Brownie: Thanks for the link! Although I'm personally more looking to slap some paint on existing models rather than collect more. Hopefully. :D
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: beefcake on October 01, 2019, 11:24:31 AM: Very nice, love the green flames
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on October 04, 2019, 10:12:36 AM: Thanks!

#6 Spellbreakers 5/20
(Models: High Elf Maiden Guard)

(https://i.imgur.com/y2KRcmJ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/9yHv20y.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/eYl1idf.jpg)

Some more guardswomen/spellbreakers for the unit!

Among the good things of these old models is that they rank up really nice, when compared to the new ones with all of those dynamic poses.
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on October 05, 2019, 09:44:35 AM: #7 Overall Progress

Here are the ready and WIP units together.

(https://i.imgur.com/12cLun1.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/KLkFfon.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/u0r1RQH.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/HpRzqdP.jpg)
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on October 12, 2019, 10:00:33 AM: #8 More Farstriders

5 more Farstriders completed, now making 10 in total, which is enough for 2 skirmishing units of 5, or one unit of 10 (if used as normal archers). A bit more alternative heads used for these for diversity.

(https://i.imgur.com/khKZekl.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/InmCuZd.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/1U88uol.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/kNz9JjD.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/7cHv5XA.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/3769f14.jpg)
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on October 15, 2019, 09:24:38 AM: Some lanterns and Fel-crystals to be added on too empty bases.

(https://i.imgur.com/wNXVmKw.jpg)
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: Gallahad on October 16, 2019, 05:59:04 PM: Man, great work. Thanks for sharing. I love the skin tones and how well they go with the red. Nice painting work and impressive volume.
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on October 17, 2019, 09:33:39 AM: Thanks, Gallahad. I tried to gave them a really pallid complexion. At times they look a bit undead-ish, but it also contrasts nicely with the red, like you say.

#9 Two heroes and more Spellbreakers
(Models: Alarielle, Alarielle's Handmaiden, Maidenguard)

(https://i.imgur.com/CsWKFet.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/8xM1fYN.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/wCR9M2O.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/FIGhS7I.jpg)

More Spellbreakers for the unit, which I'm going to limit to 15. Two heroes to accompany the spears. Will compete the unit wth 3-5 more pieces, including at least a banner, maybe a musician too. Then again, I'd hate to lose all the shields from the front row. Might just stick the banner to the ground next to one of the models.
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on October 17, 2019, 08:06:19 PM: Little bit pondering if I should go back and re-paint the Farstrider bows with green Felflame as well...
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on February 12, 2020, 05:13:43 PM: #10 Blood Knight Charger
(Models: High Elf Hero, mount)

(https://i.imgur.com/SATf52p.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/xXMOdLU.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/KQE3UOr.jpg)

Now in the work bench... 4 remaining maiden guards and a bunch of Silverhelms, waiting to be turned into mounted Blood Knights. And of course more bases!

(https://i.imgur.com/Ds5xnnQ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Rb2MfTX.jpg)
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: Elk101 on February 12, 2020, 07:51:02 PM: That horse is expecially good.
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Post by: Grumpy Gnome on February 12, 2020, 08:27:59 PM: Aye, that horse is stunning. So much excellent work in this thread.
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Post by: scatterbrains on February 13, 2020, 01:55:57 AM: Man these high elves look better with an evil paint job!
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Post by: gibby64 on February 13, 2020, 03:30:26 PM: excellent work thus far.
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Post by: Melnibonean on February 13, 2020, 09:12:21 PM: This is a great looking project. I like your consistent basing.
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on February 14, 2020, 10:22:59 AM: Thanks for the comments! Really appreciate it. And yeah, seems like the ol' high elves taken on the "evil" paint surprisingly well. Here is the finished piece.

#11 Blood Knight Lord
(Models: High Elf Hero)

(https://i.imgur.com/wEH2Af3.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/pKEPBbI.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/eajuwle.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/KqGZysL.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/QvKZCeX.jpg)

Now working on the last maiden guards and moving on to the silverhelms. I luckily had a bunch of hero shields in my bits box, so I could designate a phoenix shield for each mounted Blood Knight for some extra flavor.

(https://i.imgur.com/wy5PTUU.jpg)
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: commissarmoody on February 14, 2020, 11:47:20 AM: Have you seen the new "light Elfs" for AOS?
I think they would work out pretty well for this project.
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on February 14, 2020, 08:31:47 PM: Quote from: commissarmoody on February 14, 2020, 11:47:20 AM
Have you seen the new "light Elfs" for AOS?
I think they would work out pretty well for this project.

Thanks for the tip! But I'm 99,9% sure this project will end with the models I already have. Its biggest inspiration was to give a nice unified theme for my leftover high elf models.

Planned Unit Progression:

[ x ] Blood Knights (on Foot)
[ x ] Silvermoon Guard (mounted)
[ x ] Spellbreakers
[ x ] Farstriders
[ x ] Warlock & Felflame Elemental
[ x ] Sorceress (on Foot)
[ x ] Hero (on foot)
[ x ] Blood Knight Lord (mounted)
[ ] Blood Knights (mounted)
[ ] BSB
[ ] Wizard (mounted)
[ ] Demon Hunter (Hero on Foot)

...although... if someone has a good suggestion for an Arcane Guardian (https://wow.gamepedia.com/Arcane_Guardian), I might want to include one in the set!
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: Sir_Theo on February 14, 2020, 09:12:11 PM: Quote from: scatterbrains on February 13, 2020, 01:55:57 AM
Man these high elves look better with an evil paint job!

I agree. I've always liked the High Elf range from GW and the normal paint job is great, but something about this dark and red scheme absolutely works wonderfully.
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on February 15, 2020, 04:20:49 PM: Group shot of the recently finished models. 4 spellbreakers to complete the unit and the mounted hero. In addition, I slapped paint on an old Teclis to add one extra mage option to the army. I didn't strip the prior paint, so the result was a little bit messy. No close-ups. :D

(https://i.imgur.com/FjMu4cx.jpg)
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: pelonas on February 15, 2020, 07:27:52 PM: Nice stuff :) You might like the Wold Guardian from Privateer Press' Circle Orboros faction for your arcane guardian, potentially.
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on February 17, 2020, 09:10:37 AM: Quote from: pelonas on February 15, 2020, 07:27:52 PM
Nice stuff :) You might like the Wold Guardian from Privateer Press' Circle Orboros faction for your arcane guardian, potentially.

Thanks for the suggestion! It's otherwise pretty good, but I diss the hands/arms.
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: AKULA on February 17, 2020, 11:16:05 AM: A great looking force - love the choice of colours

:)
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on February 18, 2020, 09:14:14 PM: Thanks!

#12a Mounted Blood Knights
(Models: High Elf Silverhelms)

(https://i.imgur.com/JZp1zpi.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Nv4YMsJ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/7XBbqZk.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/zhTFtUM.jpg)

2/8 of the unit-in-progress.

These are a tad more brightly colored than the original Blood Knights (on foot). I hope the difference is not too striking. Doing some comparison shots after the front line is complete.
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on February 20, 2020, 08:04:48 AM: #12b Mounted Blood Knights
(Models: High Elf Silverhelms)

(https://i.imgur.com/xxa1qyv.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/PPuePf2.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/mIJkdXE.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/TNInEUT.jpg)

4/8 of the unit-in-progress.
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: Chimpfoot on February 20, 2020, 08:14:30 AM: Lovely work :-*
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on February 21, 2020, 11:45:37 AM: Here's comparison to the older Blood Knights. A bit more vibrant in color. But they still fit in... I think?

(https://i.imgur.com/maUOIkx.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/ivGA8mC.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/D4ocP3X.jpg)
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Post by: Ockman on February 21, 2020, 01:03:02 PM: Looking good, friend! That's an awesome theme, beautifully executed!
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on February 22, 2020, 11:05:33 PM: Thanks, Ockman! While finishing the last pieces, here is one more comparison shot between different-colored riders.

(https://i.imgur.com/rR6uPKE.jpg)
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on February 28, 2020, 09:17:36 AM: #12C Mounted Blood Knights
(Models: High Elf Silverhelms)

(https://i.imgur.com/S43WfQ8.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/sSRLAeX.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/tQ3gSQN.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/VLrUJOR.jpg)

8/8. Finally full unit. But yeah, the front rank pretty much captures the visual.
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on March 03, 2020, 10:13:51 AM: #13 Felfire Edition

Regular flames didn't really pop from all that red and gold. I experimented a bit with Felfire and unleashed it upon these poor archers.

(https://i.imgur.com/I9WkhLs.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/RWCQQQz.jpg)

Note to self: Need to give those bows another highlight.
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: scatterbrains on March 03, 2020, 10:44:07 AM: Certainly pops now! Looks great :o
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Post by: Ockman on March 03, 2020, 04:03:15 PM: Keep up the good work, those are excellent! :-* :-* :-*
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on March 05, 2020, 11:14:00 AM: Quote from: scatterbrains on March 03, 2020, 10:44:07 AM
Certainly pops now! Looks great :o

Quote from: Ockman on March 03, 2020, 04:03:15 PM
Keep up the good work, those are excellent! :-* :-* :-*

Big thanks! I've got a BSB and a riding mage lined up next.
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: Gallahad on March 05, 2020, 11:00:50 PM: This thread is always a treat. I really love your color scheme. Thanks as always for sharing. Those greatswords look so menacing!
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on March 08, 2020, 03:44:20 PM: Thanks, Gallahad! Here are the ready-ish units so far.

(https://i.imgur.com/8e14kJQ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/zwpVjOR.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/6qrWDty.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/RG3ME3l.jpg)
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on May 13, 2020, 01:07:21 AM: #14 BSB
(Model: Full conversion/kitbash)

(https://i.imgur.com/zyrbe4Q.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/IeMgRNB.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/wVpagAs.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/iCD52GW.jpg)

The army's BSB. I went for a full kitbash with a lot of stuff, trying to give the model a bit of go-between feel among the ready units. I also experimented with the eye-glow -effect with this one, basicly just splashing a bit green glaze over the sockets. :D
Title: Re: High Elves to Blood Elves
Post by: November on May 13, 2020, 10:45:19 AM: (https://i.imgur.com/LeITuE9.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/EGtEWzF.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/Vrshc84.jpg)

Need to give this guy an antishine varnish, though.