Okay.. Half year passed. My dream from young years (almost) accomplished. Target was to create 4th edition High Elves - full of colours and joy. A lot of excuses with family/work/life during each month made me finish each month in the last days, but I made it!
But finally it becomes real. In the middle of December '21 my army looked like that:
Each month was another step to change that pile of metal/plastic minis to ready to play army:
Month 1
It was productive time - primary and secondary objective reached and Archers x3 (516 points) were ready.
It was productive time - primary and secondary objective reached and Archers x3 (516 points) were ready.
Month 2
Plan minimum - lord on dragon, secondary objectives 2 mages and Teclis. Unfortunately only big guy was finished (610 points, total 1126)
Plan minimum - lord on dragon, secondary objectives 2 mages and Teclis. Unfortunately only big guy was finished (610 points, total 1126)
Month 3
Spear & sword month - sword masters as a primary and silver helms as bonus objective. Another productive period. All done plus one mage from month 2 (566 points, 1692 total).
Month 4
War machines month - 3 bolt throwers as primary and 2 chariots as secondary. No time for chariots this month. Only primary objective reached (150pts, 1842 total)
Month 5
Spears, spears, spears - spearmens as primary, shadow warriors as secondary - finished two days after deadline. 16 monopose spearmens with command group (244 pts, 2086 total).
Month 6
Last month for hardest guys in the army - Dragon Princes of Caledor as primary and small regiment of Phoenix Guards as secondary. Dragon princes finished, but I hate that models, I was really tired after finishing. For refreshing I started painting shadow warriors from the previous month - so both finished. 374 points and 2460 total.
Summary
I feel tired after half a year but really happy. It looks that i could play 4th edition WFB battles using full painted army. Looking backward that kind of painting was mistake. If I may choose againt i will use 5th edition scheme with blue and white. But unique climate of this army is something that nobody could challenge.
Of course there is still a pile of shame, secondary objectives never reached. Something that i will paint in cloudy, rainy autumn days.
Have to say I love the colours that you used, and it would have been a shame if it was all blue and white. The bright orange, green and yellow really make the army stand out from the crowd :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful army in classic colors! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteLove the crisp and bright colours. Its a perfect time capsule of the high elves of the time
ReplyDeleteWonderfully crisp colors!
ReplyDeleteCongrats, this is so bold and crisp, love it - the banner-work is top-notch!
ReplyDeleteIt was great having a fellow High Elf challenger in the OWAC this year and I have to say you nailed it - these would be at home in a mid 90's White Dwarf battle report :)
ReplyDeleteA stunning High Elf force which would be a pleasure to see grace any table top
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