Test-paint for my Swordmasters

So I have finally started to get my but in gear and start painting my High Elf Army. I want to get at least a little bit of it done before the Grail Quest Tournament at Sci-Fi Genre on May 23rd.

My biggest problem has been in finding a good paint scheme that is darker and more brooding for these guys. The overall theme of the army is dark and gritty...kind of like Pre-Sundering Nagarythe armies.

After a bit of trial and error I have found something I think that I like. Please note that none of the detail work is really done nor the basing of the model. This was just me churning out ideas and then stripping to try again.

Dragon Update

OK, so I got more work done and got the rider worked on as well. The only thing I am really lacking is redoing the flowing robes from the rider as I screwed them up and started repainting them, so I guess just ignore that. The gems on the rider also need to be painted. As far as the big gem on the head, I tried to use the gem painting scheme they suggest in the army book, but from some angles it looks kind of weird but from the overhead shot it looks really good. Undecided if I am going to keep that look or not. I may just go back over teh gems with gloss varnish.

Elven invasion of my painting desk!

OK, so for starters I am beginning work on an elven army for Warhammer Fantasy. I am kind of burned out on painting my warriors of chaos and I also kind of want another army to change things up with now and then. Sadly, thanks to Bartertown I have a much larger High Elf army than I do Warriors of Chaos! I have a feeling the elves will end up being my tournament army for the upcoming tourney at the end of May.

So for starters I have begun work on the centerpiece for my army and the only piece that was actually purchased. My wife got me the Lord on dragon box set as sort of a wedding gift which I thought was cute (Yep, she's a keeper!). The rest of the army was fully obtained in trades for my daemon army and some space marine stuff.

So without further delay...the dragon! Bare in mind he is not near completion yet, as none of the gem-work has been done, and none of the gold. I also need to go back over a few areas and the base of the model is only base-coated. This project is going to take a long while. Heck, the riders aren't painted or magnetized yet either, but I just couldn't resist getting started on the painting.





I am going for a much darker, more muted look to my elven army. I am not a big fan of big, bright colors and the book Malekith has kind of drawn me to make a sort of Nagarythe-inspired army.

I'm still painting when I can...

I forgot to add this update awhile back. It seems I am starting to get slack with updates, but hopefully that will change soon. Here is my Sorcerer of Nurgle. There are a couple of things I would like to do to him yet such as the eyes and perhaps embellish the base more, but for now he is good enough for table top.

Nurgle Warriors

I finished these bad boys right after I got back from my honeymoon and forgot to post pictures of them up.

Back in the saddle

So...now I am married to a wonderful lady, and the blog posts can recommence. We are finally settled since getting back from our honeymoon and it feels good to be back in the swing of things.

As far as my Warriors of Chaos project, I have been working on several things at one time, but I will share with you what I completed last night.

Warshrine of chaos

The Warshrine of Chaos was a simple conversion I did as GW does not make an actual model for the unit. I simply took a chariot I already had and removed the crew and the scythes. I then took a lamp post from a 40k building set and a banner-topper from the bloodletter box set and combined them and placed them on the chariot. I went with some fluffier snow this time and inserted hoofprints and a trail behind the wheels ... none of which is evident from the photos it seems. The model has a nice table-top look and I feel it will compliment my army nicely.

Haven't worked on the rhino in a while, but here are some more updated pictures.

Look at the inside of the rhino.

It's going to take several coats to make the bleached bone color look good. I may yet mix it a bit darker.