Friday, July 5, 2024

Byron's Hippie Wood Elves - Leader Month (166 points)

 This month was a relatively Low-Effort Month. I just painted up 4 minis and 4 banners (and almost finished 2 more cavalry).

Here's a pic of all the banners together.


First is a banner for my archers regiment (26 pts). It has a slogan "Save the Krakens" as a fantasy interpretation of the old "Save the Whales" environmentalist slogan from the 70s.

Here I have done my best to paint a Kraken based on the Man O' War miniature. 

Next we have the army battle standard (98 pts). This is a freehand homage to the sun banner included in Warhammer armies. This is my favorite banner of the group.



On the back I have painted some lyrics to a Beatles song that is a bit on the nose. 

The front of this banner is painted as a homage to the original Wood Stock poster.



And the back is a minor alteration on the Woodstock posters, here it is Woadstock, because they are celtic-y wood elves.



The wardancers' banner  (42 pts) has a quote attributed to Emma Goldman. Y'know because they dance and hippies are semi-revolutionary movement... and dancing would be important to them... 

The other side of the banner features a freehand stylized picture of two dancing elves silhouetted by a fire in the woods.  


Finally, my tribute: a marauder Dark Elf Assassin painted in a color scheme that I think will generally match my secret Santa. Not to get him in the mail this weekend. 












5 comments:

  1. Great banners, I love the way you've borrowed the original designs and slogans, that's very clever

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  2. Nice idea for the banners, and the wardancer banner bearer conversion is great too :)

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  3. The sun banner is very nicely painted and actually even better than the original. Great work!

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  4. These are so fun! The concept for the banners is perfect for this army. Love em

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  5. Ahh, the banners are gorgeous! I really like the lyre one :)

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