Round 1 - Death Riders vs. Dark Elf Mordheim Warband

[Prof.Witchheimer]

[Pil]

Great looking Dark Elves gnomehome, I really like the colours you picked

[Laughing Ferret]

I had some of these dark elves, wonder what happened to them.
I'm liking that reptile horse, very fun odd creature

[Andy0476]

Dang! Those Death Riders are great models 
Love the painting on both entries!

[Hawkeye]

Lovely stuff in both of these - strangely, I had gathered a handful of old Marauder Dark Elves to be used for the same purpose(although in the end, I couldn't commit to the LPL - they'll still become a Mordheim warband, though, like this one!).

[magokiron]

A very close match.

Are the DE shield engraved or the image is freehand painting?

Best wishes to both entries.

Now my vote... mmm...

[gnomehome]

Are the DE shield engraved or the image is freehand painting?

The shield is engraved - I'm not really adept at freehand. The shield is a Marauder Miniatures shield (also 1991 or earlier...), and there were several designs. You can view some of them here: http://www.solegends.com/marauder/mm70de.htm

Great looking Dark Elves gnomehome, I really like the colours you picked

The dark reddish brown is Vallejo Hull Red - Shadow Flesh - Red Leather
The purple is a Foundry Triad
Flesh is Vallejo/Coat D'arms
The blue is Hawk Turqoise (Coat D'Arms)

Lovely stuff in both of these - strangely, I had gathered a handful of old Marauder Dark Elves to be used for the same purpose(although in the end, I couldn't commit to the LPL - they'll still become a Mordheim warband, though, like this one!).

Most of these are actually the very first models I bought myself (over 20 years ago). I was donated some plastic Dark Elves (from the 3rd edition plastic box with 10 identical miniatures from5 or 6 races) together with a metal champion (from a Citadel box with one figure per 'evil' race), and that started it all.  The first box I bought myself was The Mangils Man Hides (a hard transparant plastic 'blister box) -  Mangil himself is featured here (the one with the shield) I also bought a coupke of blisters at the same time (containing the second figure on the right from the inserts in the picture).

Over the years I painted them twice and stripped them twice. They were sitting in a drawer with just a coat of primer (together with lots of contemporary figures awaiting the resurrection of my DE WFB army). Since Mordheim is about the only miniatures game I get to play, I decided to select a warband out of my stockpile and paint them up.

I'm rather happy with the way they turned out. Painted to a decent gaming standard (for me) within a reasonable amount of time.

[Raz]

Two nice entries, guys!

Pil, that reptilian steed is a neat model! As is the rest, although I can't really see the fifth all that well. But I'll get a look at it in real life

The bright colours on the Dark Elves are very nice. It makes them look really decadent, like they should. Good choice!

[Hawkeye]

Thanks for the info on the models, gnomehome - I had a few from when our gaming group started to collect miniatures as teenagers in the eighties (and by a few, I mean two or three - that's all). I saw a few on eBay and thought - they'll go nicely with those other ones I have to make a Mordheim warband. Like you, it's one of the few miniature games I get to play with any regularity, but that's fine with me, because I think it's a great game!