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!

Quin’s Lizardmen of the Black Marsh - This is the End

This is the end

Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I'll never look into your eyes again

Can you picture what will be
So limitless and free
Desperately in need of some stranger's hand
In a desperate land

Woo! With my first OWAC finished here’s what I’ve accomplished, looking at each unit with point values.

9 Lizardmen with Hand Weapons & Shields  including standard bearer and musician - 22 points each +40 (238)

Farang Gix, level 10 Lizardman with double handed weapon - (128)

9 Lizardmen w/ spears including banner bearer & musican 22 points each +40 (238)

Thurgix Sauriv, level 5 Lizardman with double handed weapon - (74)

10 Slaves 4.5 points each (45)

Priestess of Umbraxakar, level 5 wizard (60)

Cold One Warhound (8)

5 Troglodyes with Hand Weapons & Shields 40 points each (200)

Vargus Yrev, level 15 Lizardman with Flail (182)

5 Troglodytes w/ double handed weapons 44 points each (220)

Pothoc, level 5 Troglodyte w/ bow (210)

Ioth Ssissith, level 25 Lizardman on cold one (292)

Umbraxakar Urathear, Level 1 Dragon with Flight (300)

Total Points - 1813

With no good places in my home for a decent photoshoot, I took the lizards out for a hike. 

Somehow the leadpile hasn’t shrunk so I’ll be back for another if you kind folks will have me.

sewers.of.estark signing off-

ZeroTwentythree's Post-OWAC4 Eldar Pirate Wrap-Up Post (2013.5 pts.)

I survived OWAC IV. That's about most succinct statement I can make to summarize how this OWAC went for me. 2021 was a struggle for me compared to past years.

However, standing at the finish line and looking back at what I did.... I like what I see. I was aiming for a very stylized early Rogue Trader era Eldar force, I got that: the pirate crew of the Cold September. I mentioned in my intro post, this was a big nostalgia trip for me.

I do wish I could get a better photo to share, though. All those bright colors on a black background really mess with my phone's camera. Also, I couldn't manage a live pic with the army, so ended up having to Phn0otoshop myself into the background... and, hell, if I'm doing that I may as well add a suitably Oldhammer mullet.

 

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Had to take three separate pics just to get more of the final army in focus somewhere. Click to enlarge at your own optical risk.

 

I strayed a bit from the initial plan, but not far. I was missing an entire month of troops, but made up for that with a couple of custom squads. I swapped out one of the D-Cannons for a scatter laser for variety. Two champions were swapped out for alternate figures. And the highlight of the OWAC (for me) was switching out the war-walker for GOTHMOWER. Best decision I could have made!

So there were a few Left Behind. Like I said, two champion level characters (Probati) were swapped out for Nik (GOTHMOWER pilot) and the musician in my Leader month. I'd still like to paint the original figures. Same goes for the second D-cannon that was replaced with a scatter laser. The one figure that dropped out entirely was a psychic lieutenant. Maybe he's like the Bad Lieutenant, but Psychic? Not sure. But my plan was to convert him as a tribute to the Eldar drop troops with insect like wings in the RT rulebook. I never had the time to work out the details. In the big picture, these swaps/omissions didn't impact the completeness of the project, but I still plan on finishing all of these figures and more. Like the not-pictured war-walker and far too many dreadnoughts/spirit warriors.

 

Midway through the 2021 OWAC, an additional inspiration hit that falls outside the pirate crew of the Cold September. I had somehow (i.e. drunkenly) ended up with a bunch of Eldar scouts, mostly off eBay, that don't really fit within my vision of the pirate crew. I also picked up the original Farseer model in a fit of extreme nostalgia. By far he/she is my favorite figure from the 1.5 ed./Craftworld 40k Eldar.

 

I came up with an idea for a Farseer who seeks to bring stray Eldar back into the Craftworld fold, but uses other Outsiders (scouts) to accomplish this. Sort of a "walk the line" character taking risks for greater gains. I like the idea of them as tag-alongs with/on the Cold September. But they are within the family of the crew -- only tolerated as useful, if somewhat annoying at times. Like missionaries. I'm looking forward to painting them up as a post-script to the OWAC.

Looking beyond the post-OWAC 2021, I've got a couple of ideas for a possible OWAC 2022 project, though I've got to admit I'm running out of legitimate OLD "oldhammer" figures. Plus most of the projects I've wanted to do have already been started, making it hard to come up with a new, complete and neatly packaged OWAC project like the last three have been. We'll see -- hopefully I turn something into an entry for OWACV....

Bill's Greenskins: The Wrap-Up (1248 pts)

My first Old World Army Challenge marks the single biggest and most successful miniatures-painting project I've ever undertaken. I painted my first miniatures almost 20 years ago, I've done some small projects in the interim, but this is my first ARMY. I'm phenomenally proud of myself for having accomplished so much in six months - during this period, I also wrote, playtested and edited a 10,000-word scenario for the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game, which will be seeing print towards the end of this year. 

Sorry Iannick, but the humidity was at 87%. A tie was out of the question.

Let's review this Challenge's successes:

Harboth's Archers (May) and Hobgoblins (February)

Orc Boyz (February), Goblins & Trolls (March)

Yorzolg's Chariot (June), Battle Standard Bearer (April), Chuckwagon (May)

Orcs (January), Stone Thrower (April)

And, because I painted some Hobgoblins, Goblin Archers and Black Orcs prior to the start of the OWAC, I decided to put them down on the table as well and see how the Waaagh Kev'Adums looked in its entirety:

Hobgoblins and Black Goblins by Knightmare Games

Barnorsk Great Orcs by Harlequin/Black Tree Designs

Archers by Knightmare and Harlequin/Black Tree, Orcs by Warmonger

What's Coming for OWC V? (Presuming Iannick will have me back)

Yorzolg ducked as another volley of arrows arced over the crumbling stone ruins his army had taken shelter in three weeks earlier. The siege had been a hard one; they'd run out of food, snotlings, and were running low on goblins to eat. The walls were starting to give way under repeated assault by the war-machines of the Empire. 

Slumping against the wall, Yorzolg looked over at the huddled mass of Dem Boyz Ova Dere. Most of them had bandaged wounds and Arzenut was face down, getting an arrow pulled out of his left buttock. 

"Dis might be it, boyz," Yorzolg said glumly. "Dem humies might 'ave us blasted dis time."

In the distance, a horn sounded. Yorzolg's pointed ears pricked up. He knew an orcish trumpet when he heard one.

A gangly orc chanced a look up over the ramparts.

"Oi, Boss!" He crowed. "We'z not ded yet! They'z 'ere ta save our bacon!"

"Who?" Yorzolg crept up, looking over the wall.

Cresting a row of hills, a line of black, bristling war boars, as big as oxen and ten times as ornery. On their backs clung armored orc warriors, swords drawn and voices raised in fury. The boar boyz came charging down, slamming into the back ranks of the Imperial army. Yorzolg could see a boar continuing to trample men even as it choked a handgunner down its gullet, chomping and slobbering as it went. 

The orcs around Yorzolg began to cheer on their relief. The orc next to him pointed and shouted,

"DA PIG 'USSARS ARRIVED!"

These are some Boar Riders from Knightmare, and I've got some Citadel Boar Boyz just waiting for some new boars to ride. I've also got some goblin wolf riders, a unit of Big'uns that I'd initially planned to paint as part of this OWAC, and a bunch of 80s-era Orcs from Kev Adams and the Perry Twins. I was hoping to have some Savage Orc Archers from Black Tree, but the order was placed two months ago (by my mother, for my birthday) and no sign of it yet. Fingers crossed I'll see them. 

And yes, there's an urge to slap some Polish Winged Hussar wings on these boyz.

Slaaneshchild mindflaying wrap-up

Come to Daddy...

So now it is time for family picture !  Hummm such a lovely one...

What an exhausting but fulfilling challenge ! I am quite impress when I see armies of each challenger, we did so much in 6 months ! Ok multiple lockdowns have certainly help, but come on ! As Byron said, it is so good to focus on a particullar project. Thinking of its background (what I obviously didn't do enough), its colors, potencial allies and opponents... From a simple pile of miniatures, it becomes something unique and glorious :D

I wish I could have done more and better but I couldn't and I am happy with it. I tryed to link everything together mixing RoC' vibes with contemporary miniatures, seduction and atrocities. Here are the detailed pictures of the army, the followers of the Lady : 

the throne of excess, living shrine of the Lady

Chaos warriors, Cave and War altar

Forsaken champion, Chaos Dragon and dark elves 

Champion of the Lady on Dragon, Chaos Giant and Chaos Knights

Chaos Knights, Slaangors and Chaos Warriors in the background

family picture

BUT WAIT !! Isn't it a wrap-up picture ? Where am I ? 

I am here darling, waiting for your soul : 

Or here, Prying the Dark Prince :

Or here, trying to give style to my pictures...

Then... only the throne of flesh remains...  

Next year I am thinking of two projects.

First one would be a corrupted Imperial Gard (to Slaanesh of course) I have all the miniatures but I am a bit tired of painting things in pink.

Second would be undeads. But I need to buy some and I am pretty broken at the moment so... dunno yet.

Many thanks to all for your support, especially Iannick who managed it so well.

See you soon !!

Ratwig's OWAC IV Close Out

 Well, another OWAC is complete. I added another 1871 points to the Dark Elf army for a running total of 7187 points for all four OWAC's combined. Another OWAC and I could hit 10000 points for this army! Of course Dark Elf burn out is also very close and almost did me in for this OWAC, barely scraping by for the last two entries. In my army general pic I don't have any hobbit clothes on as what self respecting Dark Elf general owns anything like a vest anyway?

                            Mox Mox sez "a pox on hobbit clothes!" 

 

                             The combined force shot for OWAC IV

 

                          The combined army shot from all four OWAC's              

     

            The Mad Dark Elf General with his grand army still fighting the zombie plague pose!

 And now it's time for a Jack or six.

Ratwig out until next year