Wood Elf Ally Contingent

[Galadrin]

It actually dried a little better than it was painting on, but I still don't quite get green from Thornwood. Here is the test model I did (inspired by your colour scheme):



Thornwood is used on his sleeves (more visible from the back), and appears more khaki than anything.

 

[Jeff McC]

Goblinlee, Thanks! I enjoyed your wood elves when you first posted them - great looking army!

I've finished the treeman. Pictures below, the light wasn't the best, but I think I've managed to coax a couple of decent photos out of the camera. Rather pleased with how he turned out.

(elf for scale)

 

[Jeff McC]

Sucessful Miniatures hunting. I managed to get my hands on 56 old metal wood elves at a reasonable price. 40 archers and16 spearmen. The majority are already painted, and while I fully intend to strip and repaint all of them, I think they're good enough that I can go ahead and put them on the table top, and cycle them through the dip a unit at a time. So without further delay....pictures!
Obviously first to be painted..

The hero I painted earlier will lead the spearmen

 

[Jeff McC]

Here are the rest

 

[mbh]

fantastic stuff

How did you manage to get the spearmen? I had to sell my first born to acquire a unit.

 

[Jeff McC]

I got them at hindsfiguresltd.com ... the spearmen came to 2 pounds each, though the order overall averaged slightly less than that.

 

[Jeff McC]

The first unit of the midhammer plastics is complete - pleased with the results. (new old-metal next )

 

[theottovonbismark]

Those elves look like they are at the audition for the part of the elf in "Heroquest the Musical" .

Very nicely painted though. I feel the need to reiterate my appreciation of your colour scheme and basing.

 

[King Arthur]

Looking good Jeff

Going back to your title of Ally Contingent turning in to a full blown army.....I had the same with some Chaos allies for my Undead.......I have enough Chaos to field a 6,000 pts Army now

Now I'm seriously considering an Elf Army......perhaps High Elf, as I have good gaming memories of being hammered at my local club years ago, all my lovely Zombies ended up as pin cushions

Cheers Gary

 

[Magos Explorator]

Jeff, what do you use for the leaves on the bases?

I have a High Elf army with an otherwise similar basing scheme (grey base top, static grass) that I have perennial thoughts of redoing as they look a bit dull by my present standards. But I've been building the army for years and the thought of rebasing all the models (over 100 painted) is off-putting. So, maybe adding some leaves like you have would be the answer here.

 

[ardyer]

Jeff, what do you use for the leaves on the bases?

I have a High Elf army with an otherwise similar basing scheme (grey base top, static grass) that I have perennial thoughts of redoing as they look a bit dull by my present standards. But I've been building the army for years and the thought of rebasing all the models (over 100 painted) is off-putting. So, maybe adding some leaves like you have would be the answer here.

Secret weapon miniatures sell some like that. I have some if you want to see what they look like in person.

 

[Galadrin]

The first unit of the midhammer plastics is complete - pleased with the results. (new old-metal next )

Very nice, you have managed to make those old one-piece archers actually look deployable. I remember staring out with three boxes of those things (by that time they were 8 to a box) and I'm sure I still have all the boxes and figures somewhere. I have very fond memories of my earliest games, laying into the opponent with a deluge of arrows, thanks to those guys.

 

[Jeff McC]

I wish I could be more helpful with the leaves, found them at a local hobby shop, they were in a hanging plastic bag stapled into a cardboard fold over top, white with green print; it was completely not resealable so they went into a jar with a lid immediately. I don't remember the brand, but it wasn't one I recognized, like secret weapon, or army painter; I think they were actually meant for doll houses. In any case here's a photo to show size, I hope it's useful.

 

[Jeff McC]

The second treeman arrived yesterday - he's a Reaper bones model. A bit shorter than the first but I think he's still big enough to be respectable. I like how looks like he's ready to go straight to punching stations, and I think he'll fit in well....I shall call him "Stumpy".

 

[Mister Rab]

The "leaves" are the casings for birch tree seeds. I grabbed a single strip of them (a catkin? I don't know the proper term) and now have as many as I'll ever use:

I used a couple on the base of this chap I finished this month:

 

[Magos Explorator]

Thanks Jeff, ardyer, that's helpful. Yes, I may take a peek when next over (and bring a couple of my elves over to show you)! I really don't want to have to rebase the whole army so if they're a good size, and tone well, that could be my answer.

 

[Jeff McC]

The elves and treeman are coming along, albeit slowly. While keeping the fall palette I'm trying to push slightly brighter colors for the non-elite units. I'm finding it a bit tricky and I'm afraid the one 2nd from the right will have to get reworked, as the yellow's now reading like a yellow raincoat...The second treeman is coming along too, though I'm struggling to get the shelf fungi to look right.

 

[Jeff McC]

Finished the second treeman. I'm rather pleased with how the eyes turned out. (and I am now, naturally, considering returning the first to the paint table and redoing the eyes to match)

 

[Jeff McC]

Finally managed to finish 5 of the wood elves. 5 more to go. My usual batch painting approach wasn't working well with the group of 10, so I ended up breaking things down into groups of the same sculpt and going from there - that did seem help a bit.
I also had a bit of luck at the hobby shop yesterday - found these two (I know the painted one is from the Melniboneans range, but I think he's joining the elves anyhow, although I will try to pay homage to his origin in the painting) and 5 N11 black orcs, all without breaking the bank. (cue sounds of happiness)

 

[Jeff McC]

In my excitement to declare the elves finished, I completely forgot the shields. Here they are with shields.

I also finished my lucky find. Quite pleased with the results - speaks to his origin as the Rackhir, the red archer, while still managing to blend in with the wood elf force.