RANK & FILE IV
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| SHAMEN ON ME!!! (some of them are unpaintd) |
On my personal planning I shoud have done 16 warriors plus a sprite but life smashed me into reality.
The non valid excuses are very clear, I started to feel the tireness of the challenge (too many infantery miniatures), I was really blocked with the golden nmm, shields took me more time...
In my defense, some of my excuses are valid: back pain, neck pain and dizziness. Getting better once I'm not painting.
After the excuses, what have I done this month...?
11 Warrior kinbands with light armour - 121 points
1 sprite - Free
- 13 Warrior kinbands with light armour - 121 points
- 1 Sprite - Free
156 on the month.
688 for the total.
Every time I see mostly of the oldhammer wood elves miniatures my feelings is they are "historically" setted on the first ages of the colonization of Athel Loren. Think about it, some of them are "really" wood elves, probably the young ones, but a big bunch of them are pretty close to a High Elves.
Lets see a couple of examples:
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| image from solegends.com |
One more...
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| image from solegends.com |
9 of 16 are closer to High Elves than to Wood elves!!!
Why I´m so philosophical on this post? I want to explain why I painted them the way I did. Teh answer: I want to use them as the Eternal Guard. For me, these ones are the begining of what latter was called the Eternal Guard. The finest of the finest, all caming from the noblest families but still attached to the old fashion from the mother country.
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| Nobody wants to leave his precious chainmail because it is defined as old fashion... |
Ok, time to see some close pics...
I tryed to add them as much green as possible so I changed the way I use to paint the chainmail and I think it works and relationated well with the nmm gold. I wanted to give them a special touch with the shields and I found some from last edition and I added to them, so more green and gold.
At the end I'm really really happy with the result but still have the Itchy for not finish all of them. Anyway, I hope I'm able to advance on them before the end of the month.
Hope you like them.
Bye!
Beautiful done sir, really like the scaled armour.
ReplyDeleteSo, so lovely. They really are awesome. The colours in the chaplain and weapons are sweet!
ReplyDeleteBy chaplain, I mean chainmail!
DeleteThese are beautiful! The colors and work are superb! Great job!
ReplyDelete13 models in a month, I would personnaly consider this as a great achievement. Excellent painting job!
ReplyDeleteThis is incredible, fantastic work.
ReplyDeleteProper elves, beautifully painted.
ReplyDeleteWell ok; one could argues "only 13", but comon' look at the quality !! excellent work.
ReplyDeleteSimply stunning!
ReplyDeleteStonking! And yes, I took a similar stance with regards to Wood Elves in chainmail - the Oathmark plastics in the chainmail get to be the Spearmen/Eternal Guard while the archers flounce around being free and easy.
ReplyDeleteBut let's get real here. Hauberk with nothing underneath. Does that not... pinch?
Jajajaja
DeleteThirteen models in a month, especially considering the quality of the paint job, is a mega-achievement in my book.
ReplyDeleteWow, these are superb! Impressive paintjob and that greeninsh rainbow nmm is simply amazing. Now I have to cure myself of a string urge to paint wood elves... And indeed painting 13 models to that quality in a month is very productive! Well done!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely stunning - the depth of colour and luminosity you achieve is amazing!
ReplyDeleteLove your historical take on your Elves too - not something I've ever really thought about when painting up my armies - when in the history of the Warhammer World do they exist? I must admit though I've had similar thoughts about how to integrate some of the more High Elf looking minis in to my Wood Elf army (unpainted) although I only got as far as appointing them as unit champions.
Well, champions are probably older elves than the troop and probably chained to the old high elves traditions
DeleteDuuuuuuuude those are scrumptious, just glowing paint jobs
ReplyDeleteI would just like to reiterate what everyone else has said- stunning
ReplyDeleteLovely colours! These are really impressive. The NMM works well and you still retains an organic, natural feel to the models. Great job!
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