(AP 2023) GW Old school - Some High Elves - Pg 37

[joekano]

Great to see the classics!

[OSHIROmodels]

Thanks chaps 

Kind of forgot I even posed that question, but yeah; now that you explan it, I can actually see it

And heck yeah, another RT Dread!  Is the reddish brown a camouflage pattern, or is it more weathering?

Love the old-school grey scheme on all the units.

I now regret ever trading away that old egg-sentinel I had lying around for ages; yours looks ace next to the other units.

The Rhino is also really cool; straight from the painting suggestions leaflet that came in that old Rhine boxed set. I did my first one in the Tundra scheme on that very same sheet. That illustration was later also put in the Compendium I believe.

Proper RT stuff. And with Grimdark Future and Xenos Rampant, these forces can now actually be played again too!

The red on the dread is rust and dust weathering. Bit of a mix of both given the locale. I might try an RT style camo paint job for the next rhino but I kind of like the grey 

[Major_Gilbear]

Ooooh, that's perfection! 

For me, this will always be the army that got away, so I always delight in seeing people getting theirs painted. Are you going to do a small unit for each of other unit types available to them - assault, support, beastmen, ogryn, rough riders, etc? Also, any plans to do any in the tiger stripe scheme or the Necromundan 8th (could be good for marking a unit as veterans too)?

On the dread I added a new plastic las-cannon baffle to the front of the original metal one just to make it look a bit more convincing.

It works well, without looking obvious. Same with the shoota on the Rhino. Nicely done! 

[OSHIROmodels]

Cheers 

For me, this will always be the army that got away, so I always delight in seeing people getting theirs painted. Are you going to do a small unit for each of other unit types available to them - assault, support, beastmen, ogryn, rough riders, etc? Also, any plans to do any in the tiger stripe scheme or the Necromundan 8th (could be good for marking a unit as veterans too)?
It works well, without looking obvious. Same with the shoota on the Rhino. Nicely done! 

At the moment I've got enough guard figures to do (I think) another six or so squads plus command squads but some of them have a quite a bit of paint on them so will need a soak before I can do anything. I've got an ogryn squad and I think enough Vincent bikes to do a squad. Plenty of tech (dreads, sentinals etc).

I'd like to do the tiger stripes but we'll see how it goes.

I really need to get them all out but it would take far too much time 

[majorsmith]

Love that rhino

[Grumpy Gnome]

Tiger stripes would take them to the next level, for sure. 🏅

[Mason]

Proper Guard!
Woo-hoo!
 

Six more squads???
 

You are obviously much more patient than me, mate.
Having painted one IG army in third edition I could not face doing another for RT, just too many troops.
Good luck!
 

[OSHIROmodels]

Cheers 

Six more squads???
 

You are obviously much more patient than me, mate.
Having painted one IG army in third edition I could not face doing another for RT, just too many troops.
Good luck!
 

Most of them need a lot of clean up though so it's doubtful they'll get done any time soon 

[Major_Gilbear]

At the moment I've got enough guard figures to do (I think) another six or so squads plus command squads but some of them have a quite a bit of paint on them so will need a soak before I can do anything. I've got an ogryn squad and I think enough Vincent bikes to do a squad. Plenty of tech (dreads, sentinals etc).

I'd like to do the tiger stripes but we'll see how it goes.

Delighted to hear! 

On the subject of veterans, you might consider doing some with bare arms and non-regulation haircuts, like these:



It might also save you a few of the original plastic arms too, as I know those are hard to come across these days!

I really need to get them all out but it would take far too much time 

But, but... Think of your fans!     

[JollyBob]

Inspiring stuff as always, James.   

I have a load of RT Guard to do for my Rogue Trader escort troops and I'm planning on going the same Compendium compliant paint scheme, so it's nice to have that visual confirmation that it still looks bloody ace.

[Major_Gilbear]

[...] it's nice to have that visual confirmation that it still looks bloody ace.

The classics never go out of style! 

[OSHIROmodels]

Apologies for the belated reply 

On the subject of veterans, you might consider doing some with bare arms and non-regulation haircuts, like these:

That's not a bad shout, I'll have a look and see if there are any scaled arms that would fit as the Catachan arms are far too big.

I have a load of RT Guard to do for my Rogue Trader escort troops and I'm planning on going the same Compendium compliant paint scheme, so it's nice to have that visual confirmation that it still looks bloody ace.

Looking forward to seeing them 

I've painted a few high elves over the past couple of months as I'm fed up of my skellies getting whupped in FFoL 



I'd like to do more for a DR force but the amount of conversion work needed to stop them looking all alike is putting me off a bit 

[Silent Invader]

So pretty 

[voltan]

They look great, is it a mix of the plastics and metals?

I've painted a few high elves over the past couple of months as I'm fed up of my skellies getting whupped in FFoL

So is the plan for the elves to get whupped now?

[Pattus Magnus]

Beautiful work on those elves! I like the classic high elf figures and your look great.