Lissanne's Eldar- Is that All there is?

 Defense of the Maiden World Wrap up Post

Well, my fourth OWAC is in the books.  I can't say it gets any easier, but careful planning helps.  This time around I did more figures for my already huge Eldar army, choosing mostly the type of figures who I had done none of, and were languishing unpainted in the lead pile.  Now they join their friends and neighbors in the active fighting force.

Since I am poor at group photos, I will show recap photos.
 

Month 1:  Brown Recluse Squad- 10 Scouts/Rangers

Month 2: Brown Recluse Squad- 5 Scouts/Rangers, Black Widow Shrine- 4 Warp Spiders 1 Warp Spider Exarch

Month 3: Black Widow Shrine- 4 Warp Spiders 1 Warp Spider Exarch, Fire Wasp shrine - 4 Fire Dragons led by Warp Spider Exarch 

(I may have the same warp spider squad twice in the photos, but there are two squads.  Can't tell, LOL!)

Month 4:  Dragonfly squadron-4 Exodites and Exodite Champion

Month 5: Worldsinger Yavanna

Month 6:  Space Pirates and Tempest!

These are nearly all things I have wanted to paint for a few years or a few decades (mostly a few decades), but keep putting off!  The only thing I had painted before was Fire Dragons.  I have LOTS of Fire Dragons, I like Fire Dragons.  But Hooray for OWAC and new forces!

 What will I do next OWAC?  Hmmmm....I have a potential army already put to the side, but half the time my actual army choice has been a happy surprise, so I will leave the final choice for the future.
And as always, thanks to our benevolent overlord, and thanks to the other competitors for urging everyone onward! If that's all there is, let's keep dancing! On to the next OWAC!

Lissanne's Eldar- I'd like to teach the World to Sing (200 pts)

 

Defense of the Maiden World part 5
(Leader month)

And who better to defend the Maiden world itself than the world in the person of the Worldsinger Yavanna in her War Aspect.  She turns the planet itself against the attackers!  All creatures obey her wishes, and the plants themselves bloom in her wake and rise to the attack.

Since no Worldsingers figures are available, I used a Farseer figure and her mount is a Ral Partha TSR Wyvern modified to better match the Exodites.  In the fluff, Worldsingers are supposed to be innocent and passive, but really!  Tsunamis, volcanos, hurricanes, tidal waves, the world is fully capable of attacking!  This one is covered in art inspired by Roger Dean, which hopefully is understandable.  The back of the cloak is based on a painting he did for Close to the Edge 2.  His art has a very Eldar feel, it is fantastic but very natural, and I wanted her predominantly pale blue with leaf green and white.  Roger Dean's Winter inspired the art for the rest of the figure.

And since I didn't show the unpainted figs at the start of the challenge, here they are.

  I had my heart set on something like forsythia on the base, because that means spring to me.  But I could not find them online, so I mocked up some of my own.  Hopefully I didn't make a mashup of it.  And more foliage, as I wanted to have nature bursting out of the ground in the Worldsingers path.  And of course lots of pink!

  You can't fool Mother Nature!

Here follows a photo bombing with the photography skills I could muster..

Worldsingers are in the fluff, but have no figure and no stats.  I just wanted to do one, and she obviously should be a leader.  Do I count her as a farseer on a 'jetbike'?  An Exodite Leader?  I think I'll just take the 200pts and not worry.
So- World Singer Yavanna 200pts

With this, I have successfully completed the OWAC IV challenge....BUT...

Next month- Wild card!  And I hope to go really wild!  I've already started my June painting.