Mind of McClure

Rodge Podge 2011

2011-07-31T21:14:00.000-07:00

Success! I had an amazingly awesome time at Joe Roger's warhammer event, the Rodge Podge. I was successful in getting my Blue Balls of Fury army painted in six days. It was so much in theme with the event, that I will abstain from posting it here. In fact, I was very happy to give a couple of the overly-themed conversions to Hastings and Golke when they called dibs on them. Most importantly, I was successful in winning the Ryan Golke Certificate of Achievement that went out to the loser that put together an army entirely of his own models, and even worse, painted it in a matching theme. Oddly, there were no other contenders for this award. So I won it "my favorite way, by default."

Game 1, I faced Klemic's world record template artillery army. Hellcannon, dwarf cannon, lighting cannon, trebuchet, pigeon bombs, rocket battery, doom rocket, brass orb, and three mortars. He decimated everything before it touched him except for my bruiser general and giant. Thankfully, they rampaged through his artillery backfield to get over 1400 victory points. I have played Klemic at at least 4 tournies now, and we always have a great time.

Game 2, I faced Bruin's army of combat plus a lone troll. We had reviewed the published tourney lists on our ride up, and we had identified Bruin's list as a strong contender with his beast banner, khorne marauder horde with great weapons, and phoenix guard. My ironguts took 9 wounds from his marauder charge, but dealt 24 back even before stomps. Somehow, he still beat me...or maybe I should have checked his math. I guess did blow up my tzeentch herald on turn 1 with a miscast. Bruin's was a superstar opponent.

Game 3, I played Horstmann's army of dwarfs, bloodletters, dryads, and skinks. We were not in the running for overall, so we got to know eachother by chatting for a half hour and then we got some turns in. One of my mangler squigs finally hit something - his skaven warlock. He hilariously charged his brettonian paladin into my squig herd in the tower, killed one, and then got ripped to shreds. On the other hand, his skinks caused 4 wounds with a stand and shoot reaction to my giant's charge. Then they killed him before he even got to attack. He fell on the skinks killing 8 of the 10. His dwarf horde with hand weapon shield surprisingly held up my irongut horde for a few rounds, but I pulled ou the win. Playing Horstmann was a great way to wrap up a great event.

This was yet another of my favorite warhammer events put on by the Pointhammered pack. Awesome players, awesome facility, awesome beer, awesome partying with friends = awesome time! Roadtripping, playing games, and hanging out with friends made the event. A huge thanks to the Rodge and his support minions for putting it on and reinforcing why warhammer is my singular hobby for life.

Rodge Podge 2011

2011-07-26T23:00:00.000-07:00

Got most of the conversion work done on the army tonight. My final conversion was inspired this morning while listening to the latest PointHammered podcast! Definately not for public viewing.

I also got a start on basecoating. I planned ahead and took Thursday and Friday off work to make sure I have enough time to finish the army. I believe it will get done pretty nicely. Plus, I've got friends (Domus!) betting against me. So, that will just make it that much more satisfying.

Rodge Podge 2011

2011-07-25T20:10:00.000-07:00

Lord knows I should be painting, but I want to share my progress.

Over the weekend, I finished pinning and assembling the ogre BSB and basing the ogres. I thought I'd share a bit on the technique I use to get pin holes to line up. I'm starting from the point that you've already done any necessary carving for the parts to fit up in the desired orientation.

First, I determine the placement of the pin that will provide the most depth for the holes and avoid drilling through thin wall sections. Basically, I want to drill in the most "beefy" section of the joint I can locate. I choose one of the parts, and I twist the point of the exacto knife where I intend to drill to give a starting location that will help the drill get a bite in the figure and avoid the drill bit "walking" off location. I then drill the first hole.

Then, I use a bit of poster tack. I push it pretty flat on to the surface of the part that hasn't been drilled.

I place the parts together enough that the drilled hole will leave an impression in the poster tack, but lightly enough that the poster tack won't stick to the piece that has already been drilled. The impression in the tack will leave a raised area where the hole was, and that is the location to drill the second piece. I use the exacto knife again to twist a starting location.

Then I remove the poster tack, and drill the second hole at the appropriate angle. I find the angle doesn't matter as much if I use the smaller, thinner paper clips for my pins. I roll green stuff skinnier than the hole I drilled, and I cut off a length about the depth of the hole. I use the exacto knife to place the green stuff in the hole. I then do this to the other hole. Then I add super glue to the green stuff-filled holes, add the pin, and shove the pieces together in the correct orientation. The green stuff fills the hole around the pin which makes it a solid joint. The super glue plus the green stuff makes for a really strong bond, and it dries quickly. So make sure to get the pieces together before it sets, which may be less than 30 seconds.

So, I've finished assembling the army except for a couple finishing touches on the Tzeentch herald on disc. It was a great feeling to get everything primed tonight. Now, I have a few days to paint the entire army before we depart on Friday for the tourney.

Gotta admit, I'm pleased with the giant conversion as well. Definately in theme with army and the event. Warning: Giant nuts ahead. And yes, that is a squig.

And lastly tonight, I got the bases basecoated.

Rodge Podge 2011

2011-07-21T21:13:00.000-07:00

Progress...

I finished stripping figs using Simple Green. That is one aspect I really like about metal figs is the ease of re-use.

I got the squigs, herders, and hoppers glued to their bases. Both the herders and the squigs were going to have a lot of issues with ranking up. So I based a lot of them at angles instead of straight forward. Also, tilted the long herder pitch forks upward so they could rank up as well.

I also got a good amount of them based with pumice and cork. I was concerned I wouldn't be able to afford the extra time to use pumice instead of gluing sand. However, by using pumice, I was able to skip the step of filling in or taping over the gaps in the base slots. The pumice doesn't sink in to the gaps like sand does. So, I don't think using pumice added much time at all.

I also found the fig I am using for the tzeentch herald, but more on that later.

Rodge Podge 2011

2011-07-17T13:38:00.000-07:00

I got the 24 squig hoppers deflashed, filed, and pinned when needed. Some were used and are soaking in simple green to remove the paint. I've super glued the rest to bases.

Some of the squig hopper figs have one foot raised. This creates a dilemma. I don't want the support pin to be visible on the final fig. However, if I cut it off, the remaining metal fig joint to the tab is very fragile. So, on the ones that only had 5mm of support pin, I plan to leave it and hide it with basing. I only trimmed the right foot of the ones shown on the left here. The OOP figs, like on the right, have a more substantial joint to the tab making this a non-issue.

Rodge Podge 2011

2011-07-16T22:42:00.000-07:00

I got the 45 minis for the two squig herd units deflashed, trimmed, and filed. I wish the night goblin squig herders had more than 4 poses. Lots of opportunity for conversion work there, I guess, but not at a time like this!

I'm planning on fielding the unit of 15 squigs and 6 herders 7 wide in 3 ranks. I guess the unit of 15 squigs and 9 herders could be 6 wide or 8 wide depending on the frontage of enemy units and amount of shooting they have.

Rodge Podge 2011

2011-07-16T18:12:00.000-07:00

Alrighty then! I'm attending an extrememly unique warhammer event with a few bro's of mine called The Rodge Podge. It is a single-day, 3-game, warhammer event in Steven's Point, Wisconsin, put on by the Pointhammer podcast host, Joe Rogers. Joe is a veteran tournament organizer of great acclaim with a major strength in creating top notch tournament game scenarios.

The Rodge Podge is a particularly unique event because players are allowed to build armies using army selections from every army book in one force! That's right. It is going to be absolutely insane. Also, the only points scored are victory points. There is zero focus on painting, composition, or sportsmanship. There is a "Ryan Golke Certificate of Achievement" for painting your hodge-podge army specifically for this tournament. The next two weeks, I will be blogging my progress as I shoot for this particular award.

Army lists were due last night at Midnight. I turned mine in with 6 minutes to spare. It was very challenging to wrap your mind around the idea that you could select heroes and units from any army. We had aspirations of conducting a thorough evaluation of every unit's capabilities and value to optimize our lists. That didn't happen. We thought it might be fun to forget about winning and just focus on knocking other people out of the tournament with large/unbreakable/stubborn/unkillable units. In the end, and on the day that lists were due, we identified themes that were exciting enough to motiviate us to build and paint entire armies in less than two weeks. Brilliant! Here's mine:

BLUE BALLS OF FURY

2000 Pts - Rodge Podge 2011

HERO
Bruiser General, 169 pts (Heavy Armour; Crown of Command)
Bruiser BSB, 170 pts (Standard of Discipline)
Herald of Tzeentch, 160 pts (Disc of Tzeentch; Master of Sorcery)

CORE
11 Ironguts, 598 pts (Full Command; Rune Maw)

SPECIAL
15 Night Goblin Squig Herd, 138 pts (6 Night Goblins)
15 Night Goblin Squig Herd, 147 pts (9 Night Goblins)
8 Night Goblin Squig Hoppers, 96 pts
8 Night Goblin Squig Hoppers, 96 pts
8 Night Goblin Squig Hoppers, 96 pts

RARE
Mangler Squig, 65 pts
Mangler Squig, 65 pts
Giant, 200 pts

Composition Report:
Points of Lords: 0 (0 - 500)
Points of Heroes: 499 (0 - 500)
Points of Core: 598 (500 - Unlimited)
Points of Special: 573 (0 - 1000)
Points of Rare: 330 (0 - 500)
Total Roster Cost: 2000

So this will be my tale of building and painting an 86 model army in less than two weeks. I will be painting the latest standard models for the squigs, squig hoppers, and night goblin herders. The squigs basically represent the blue balls of fury of the army theme. I will post about the mangler squigs when I get to them. I won't be able to post much about the Tzeentch Herald because the content of the conversion will not be appropriate for public browsing, but it will be very much in theme with the event. Below are pics of the 3rd edition ogres I will be using for ironguts and the bruiser general. I'll be using the chaos ogre standard bearer for the bruiser BSB (if I can find a right arm for him!). Also below is a pic of the giant conversion concept using a giant of Albion and a squig hanging from his genitals.

Evil Dwarfs

2011-05-27T17:38:00.000-07:00

Okay, I have spent a few paint sessions with @ginger_buddha and Tupp, and I followed miniature mentor video instructions. I am too embarrassed to display any results, but I am a HUGE fan of the following painting techniques now:

- Thinning paint for better graduation and leaving detail
- Using a hair dryer to speed up drying
- Glazing to tint
- Shadowing down and highlighting up
- Using A LOT of light
- Mixing paints for color interest and increased subtlety in transitions

I am satisfied that extra effort is very much worthwhile, and that I can keep the increase in painting time per fig from becoming boring. I'm going to try another test fig this weekend, and I'll post the results.

I've also gotten a lot of feedback on my army list. Plus, I watched renowned dwarf general, Gary Luthor, play a game or two at the Midwest Rampage to pick up some dwarf tips. The primary decision for me is whether to 1) spend max allowed points on a lord and runelord, 2) to increase unit sizes, or 3) to add a unit of hammerers. My 2000 pt army list below is aimed at option 3) to maximize troops and having five unit banners for a fortitude of eight.

2000 Pts - Dwarfs Roster
Runesmith General, 127 pts (Shield, Rune of Stone, Master Rune of Challenge; Rune of Spellbreaking x1)
Thane BSB, 155 pts (Master Rune of Gromril; Rune of Preservation; Rune of Resistance)

10 Thunderers, 165 pts (Mus; Std; Light Armour; Shield)
10 Thunderers, 165 pts (Mus; Std; Light Armour; Shield)
20 Longbeard Rangers, 345 pts (Mus; Std; Great Weapon; Heavy Armour; Shield)
Runic Standard (Ancestor Rune x1; Rune of Determination)

20 Slayers, 238 pts (Mus; Std)
20 Hammerers, 258 pts (Mus; Std; Great Weapon; Heavy Armour)
Cannon, 125 pts (Rune of Burning; Rune of Reloading; Engineer w/ Brace of Pistols)
Grudge Thrower, 160 pts (Rune of Accuracy; Rune of Penetrating x1; Rune of Reloading; Engineer w/ Brace of Pistols)

Organ Gun, 120 pts
Gyrocopter, 140 pts

Composition Report:

Points of Lords: 0 (0 - 500)
Points of Heroes: 282 (0 - 500)
Points of Core: 675 (500 - Unlimited)
Points of Special: 781 (0 - 1000)
Points of Rare: 260 (0 - 500)
Total Roster Cost: 1998

Evil Dwarfs!

2011-05-02T20:48:00.000-07:00

It is time! Time to start my next army. I am really psyched, as I have been planning this one for some time. I've got conversion plans and creative use of OOP figs and new components for the signature units. I have locked on to a paint scheme, and I hope to spend the next eight months laboring on conversions and appearance to help me garner appearance soft score points at tournaments. I am aimed at unveiling the army at Waaagh!Paca in January 2012 - hands down, my favorite tourney of the year. Unfortunately, the tourney is only 2000 pts. However, that means I have less figs to get done for the unveiling, and I can add later to build up for the 2400 pt tournies.

And the army will be - DWARFS! What, yes I do already have a dwarf army. However, I have plans for 7 separate dwarf armies. The first one I painted is an above ground ranger expedition with no gunpowder. This one is something I have never seen anyone do, and I have never heard anyone else talk about doing it. I'll be fielding EVIL DWARFS using the regular dwarf army book. I call them "evil" instead of "chaos" for this reason. I will not be using the chaos dwarf rules - at least to start out with. Also, you won't see the typical chaos dwarf hats or beards.

At this time, my 2000 pt list is as follows:

Dwarf Lord, 266 pts (Great Weapon; Shieldbearers)
Runic Weapon +1 to hit GW
- Master Rune of Kragg the Grim
- Rune of Snorri Spangelhelm
Runic Armor re-rollable 1+, no KB
- Rune of Resistance
- Rune of Stone
- Rune of Preservation

Runesmith, 122 pts (Shield)
Runic Talisman
- Master Rune of Challenge
- Rune of Spellbreaking x1

Thane Battle Standard Bearer, 155 pts
Runic Armor re-rollable 1+, no KB
- Master Rune of Gromril
- Rune of Preservation
- Rune of Resistance

15 Thunderers, 250 pts (Musician; Standard Bearer; Veteran with Brace of Pistols, Shields)

20 Longbeards, 275 pts (Musician; Standard Bearer; Shield)
1 Runic Standard (Rune of Determination)

18 Slayers, 216 pts (Musician; Standard Bearer)

19 Hammerers, 291 pts (Musician; Standard Bearer)
1 Runic Standard (Rune of Battle; Rune of Determination)

Cannon, 125 pts (Rune of Burning; Rune of Reloading)
1 Engineer (Brace of Pistols)

Grudge Thrower, 160 pts (Rune of Accuracy; Rune of Penetrating x1; Rune of Reloading)
1 Engineer (Brace of Pistols)

Gyrocopter, 140 pts (Flyer)

Composition Report:

Points of Lords: 266 (0 - 500)
Points of Heroes: 277 (0 - 500)
Points of Core: 525 (500 - Unlimited)
Points of Special: 792 (0 - 1000)
Points of Rare: 140 (0 - 500)

The hammerers, stone thrower, and cannon are for effectiveness. I have to have the slayers, thunderers, and gyrocopter because I have conversion plans for them, and I'm a fan of the gyro. I don't *have* to have the longbeards, but need to keep 500 core. I considered two unit of thunderers, but better to have one of each unit in a "painter's army". Could trade in the hammerers to make the other units larger...we'll see. Reloading and engineers with BoP on the artillery to keep them alive and firing.

Wood Elf Update

2011-01-24T18:38:00.000-08:00

Here are pics of my wardancer-themed wood elf army for Waaagh!Paca 2011. I spent a lot of time on the conversions, and it was painted to this stage in just one week with intense nightly focus. A huge thanks to my friends Joe Rogers for paint night input and inspiration and to Caius for help with the color scheme and help basecoating. I went 2-2-1 with it, and tied for second place sports. I'm looking forward to carrying through with more highlights, details, and an involved display base.

Wardancer-themed Wood Elf Army for Waaagh!Paca 2011

Eternal Guard (with Mage and General on front right)

Glade Riders (front)

Glade Riders (side)

Glade Riders (back)

Warhawk Riders

Wild Riders

Wardancers

Dryads (front)

Dryads (top)

Treekin Unit 1

Treekin Unit 2

Wood Elf Update

2011-01-09T01:15:00.000-08:00

Got the dryads assembled and based except for their heads. I am loving the dryad bits on daemonette bodies.

Wood Elf Update

2011-01-08T14:49:00.000-08:00

I have gotten organized to assemble my dryads which are converted with daemonette bodies and to assemble my warhawks. With luck, I'll get these mostly done tonight.

I've realized I will only have 1 week to paint the entire army. So I will be using washes galore.

Wood Elf Update

2011-01-08T01:08:00.000-08:00

I converted two standards, a wild rider and a glade rider. I used decorated elf swords on the tops of the standards. Note, the glade rider's quiver goes under his hair.

Wood Elf Update

2011-01-02T17:47:00.000-08:00

So, after about an 8 month hiatus, I was able to get a lot done over Christmas break.

I revised my 2000 pt list as such:

1 Highborn @ 255.0 pts (Eternal Kindred; General; The Rhymer's Harp; An Annoyance of Nettlings)

1 Lvl3 Spellweaver @ 245.0 pts (Wildheart, Stone of Rebirth)

12 Dryads @ 144.0 pts
15 Eternal Guard @ 210.0 pts (Full command)
5 Glade Riders @ 147.0 pts (Musician; Standard Bearer)

3 Warhawk Riders @ 120.0 pts
7 Wild Riders of Kurnous @ 225.0 pts (Musician; Standard Bearer; War Banner)
4 Tree Kin @ 260.0 pts
4 Tree Kin @ 260.0 pts

Total Roster 1999 pts

Then I built 7 of the 8 treekin

I greenstuffed the loin cloths on the wild riders (shown) and glade riders along with applying cork and pumice to the bases.

Then I converted the 4 of the 5 glade riders to have bows, capes, spears, and a musician. I plan to convert the standard bearer this week.

Then I planned the display base, and I got some woodland scenic tree materials. In addition I got lightweight hydrocal casting plaster and rock molds.

Wood Elf Update

2010-04-11T11:38:00.000-07:00

The dryad conversion work continues.

So I decided to further convert some of my dryads by using a dryad leg with the daemonette torso and leg. First I separated the daemonette bodies with right legs from those with left legs. Turns out there are 5 of each per box, which is nice. Then I compared dryad leg options until I found a good match. I used clippers to get the dryad leg close to shape, and then I carefully carved with an exacto until the leg fit just right. I tried to retain as much detail as possible to minimize green stuff work later.

Next I studied the pieces to figure out the placement and orientation for the pin. I spun the exacto knife on point to make a starting position for the drill. Then I drilled holes in each piece, and cut a paperclip to length for the pin.

I superglued the pin to the leg and put greenstuff in areas that needed to be filled or shaped. Then I applied superglue to the hole in the torso and pressed the pieces together. I used steel modelling tools to press and shape the green stuff. When the superglue was dry, I used a wet teflon colourshaper tool to finish the greenstuff sculpting, smooth edges, and remove fingerprints.

I am quite pleased with how they turned out! This group achieves a nice transition stage for the dryads in their transformation from female spirits to their war aspects. This transformation is the key design element for my tree spirits.

Wood Elf Update

2010-04-03T10:50:00.000-07:00

So, I decided to use the new daemonette plastics for my dryad bodies instead of the 6th edition metals. Obviously, plastic is easier to work with. Also, they are a bit bigger, and the arms don't look too big on them. In fact, I think they look just right. Both the dryad arms and the daemonette body have shoulders. So there is a bit of detail carving to get them to fit together and look appropriate.

Regular GW bases would be easy to glue the daemonette legs to. However, I am using GF9 bases, and I am taking care to keep the feet from being covered by the basing pumice. So after trimming the flash from the main body and leg, I carve a starter hole for drilling. I make the placement is appropriate so the drill can go for about an 1/8 inch without breaking through the ankle.

Then I drill. As you can see, these are skinny parts. I am only drilling big enough to fit the smallest paper clip.

Then I glue the paperclip in place to be cut to length later.

This de-flashing, carving, drilling, and pinning must be done to each leg! The GF9 bases take less force to remove from the magnet sheet in the movement tray than the rare earth metal magnets. This is good because these legs are skinny, and I don't want them to fatigue due to handling.

Next I find the dryad arms I want to work with, decide on the position, do some detail carving to both the arm shoulders and the body shoulders, and use plastic glue to get a permanent bond. There is then some filing and greenstuff action required to make the connection smooth and transparent.

I then use a larger drill (1/16 inch) to put holes in the GF9 base. There was too much resistance for the skinny plastics when I used the smaller drill in the GF9 base. I was likely just going to snap the model at the ankle. So more clearance allowed an easier fit up, and better accomodated the model since the pins in each leg were at different angles. I pummice the base leaving the holes just barely visible, add super glue, and position the dryad on top of the pumice. Ta Da!

Wood Elf Update

2010-02-14T19:41:00.000-08:00

Since I wanted to do something besides the standard dryad models, I read the army book entry for inspiration. It noted that dryads will often take female form to lure their victim into the forest before transforming into their war-aspect and ripping them limb from limb. I figure the daemonette body offers the beguiling beauty of these spirit-women.

The dryads must get done! After tacking on some dryad parts to the daemonette bodies, I am pleased enough to commit the daemonette figs to some hardcore conversion. I'll start by clipping off the claws and using the dremel tool to remove what doesn't clip easily. I ordered a bunch of dryad bitz off ebay, and I've got them separated into arms, heads, back, and base bitz. I'll greenstuff and glue the bodies into the gf9 bases and tack on the dryad bitz to make sure I like the feel of the units and have enough variation. Then I'll carve the dryad bitz to fit to the daemonette bodies before drilling and pinning. This will be followed by greenstuff work in the joints.

Warhammer Collection Update

2010-01-17T21:50:00.000-08:00

I created a website to summarize my warhammer collection and the army lists I had in mind while collecting it. I thoroughly enjoy making army lists, and I've put much thought into these after long discussions with friends. My lists are not optimized army lists for winning tournaments. Rather they are heavily based on theme while circling balance and providing a fun game. I posted 13 out of the 40 army summaries, and have links to armybuilder, HTML, and TXT files. I intend to delve into explaining the theme, army selection, and posting pics of the figs after I get the rest of the army lists posted. I have a link to my warhammer collection webpage in the links section of this blog.

http://home.comcast.net/~tom.mcclure/warhammer/

Wood Elf Update Jan 10th

2010-01-10T19:27:00.000-08:00

This weekend I greenstuffed the horses of the army into GF9 magnetic bases. I bent the legs of all the glade riders (5) and wild riders (7) to the horses. It almost took three hands to do this. I used many folds of paper towel to protect their legs from the needle-nose pliers, and I used many small bends to prevent the metal from cracking. I often had to reorient the feet as these had all been foot troops to start out with. I tried to get the bend at the knee that riders would have to hold on to the horse. I then pinned the riders to their horses so they wouldn't just crack off at some tourney during play. The wild rider standard bearer is a very old fig, and his hand fatigued off while I was drilling a hole in it for the standard. So I took the standard arm of the glade riders, cut off the arm, and pinned the hand and standard to his arm. I haven't decided what to do for a standard top, but I'm glad his hand broke now instead of after I got done painting a standard to it. There would be no chance of reattaching his hand in that case.

My wife also wanted the corner of our bedroom cleaned up. So I moved the desk to the basement, and now I have a great work area closer to all my stuff! I should have done that a long time ago.

Next is to add the capes, spears, and bows to the five glade riders. I will pin the sword that broke off of the middle one's right hand and give him a horn in his left hand. I carved the horn out of a glade rider hand to attach onto one of the wild riders as well. Gotta have musicians!

Wood Elf Update 20Dec09

2009-12-20T16:37:00.000-08:00

So I am very pleased with this dremel bit. I was able to remove the draped cloths from between the wardancer legs with great ease, accurate and clean. Next is the arduous bending of legs to conform to the woodelf steeds. Digging it. (Painting in the two pics above is not my doing, and not what it is going to end up like.)

Wood Elf Update 6Dec09

2009-12-06T18:07:00.000-08:00

Today I assembled the rest of the horses for the army. I then selected the wardancer figs for the two wardancer units, the glade riders, and the wild riders. I took care to have no duplicates in any unit, and I put the bigger hair models in the wild rider unit. Browsing through bits for musician instruments, I noticed the glade rider cloaks. I think the wardancers in the glade rider unit will be adorned with cloaks and spears on their backs and bows on their saddles. This will distinguish the glade riders from the wild riders. I've got enough wardancers left to be hawk riders. Although the hawk rider unit isn't part of my prime path list, I think wardancers riding hawks look fantastic. They will potentially be in my list for softer tournaments, and they'll carry the wardancer theme even further. I also have enough 2nd/3rd edition wardancers with light armour to be a unit of eternal guard if I need to get my core percentage up for tourneys like Core Competency.

Wood Elf Update 5Dec09

2009-12-05T19:29:00.000-08:00

I have gotten a couple things accomplished, and I remain inspired to get pretty far with my time off this month. I've inked the flesh of the archers for the army, and I'm quite happy with it. Looking forward to using the emerick flesh technique on these elves. Gotta say,"I'm a fan." Started assembling the horses for the glade riders and wild riders. Can't wait to get the wardancer riders on them. I've decided to paint stuff on regular bases and move them to GF9 bases once I've worked out a basing plan. This will let me play while I paint without getting delayed by basing trials and decisions.

Wood Elf Painting

2009-11-21T22:07:00.000-08:00

So, I have tons of the regiment of renown Skarloc's archers. I decided to save some I had with a hideous paint job as seen below by trying out a blue and grey basecoat.

Wood Elf Army List

2009-11-17T18:53:00.000-08:00

I've constructed the army list for my next 2250 pt Warhammer army. My goal is to get it painted by May 15th, 2010 for the Midwest Rampage - or perhaps a variant that scores higher than its current score of 15 on WPS. It is going to be wardancer focused with wardancer cavalry. I am going to use 3rd and 4th edition wardancer figs, 3rd edition regiment of renown Skarloc's Archers, and convert the dryads using plastic dryad arms and 6th edition metal daemonettes. I haven't figured out what I want to use for the tree kin, but I have both old and new figs. The paint scheme is currently a medium blue tunics, light grey pants, dark brown weapons, and tattooed skin. I am highly considering a winter wolf theme. I intend to go to town on basing and the display base, but haven't got a clear picture of them other than twig strewn winter forest ground.

Wardancer Highborn Blades of Loec, Stone of Crystal Mere, An Annoyance of Netlings 285 pts
Alter Noble The Helm of the Hunt, Hail of Doom Arrow 158 pts
Lvl2 Spellsinger Divination Orb, Dispel Scroll 175 pts
Lvl1 Branchwraith A Cluster of Radiants, A Pageant of Strikes 165 pts

5 Glade Riders Musician 129 pts
10 Glade Guard 120 pts
10 Glade Guard 120 pts
8 Dryads 96 pts
8 Dryads 96 pts

8 Wardancers Musician 151 pts
8 Wardancers Musician 151 pts
4 Tree Kin 260 pts
7 Wild Riders Full command, War Banner 243 pts

Great Eagle 50 pts
Great Eagle 50 pts