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Before the girls, there were the guys...

Post by Lion of flanders »

Hey All: Here are some shots of my original Dark Elf army led by a Highborn Aitor Saldirmek on a Cold One. I painted this army for the UK GT Final in 2003.

Aitor Saldirmek, Highborn
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Cold One Knight Champion
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Cold One Knight Command
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Cold One Knights
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Corsair Command
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Corsairs
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Shade Guys
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Harpy
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Post by Lazarus »

Ahhh the inspiration for me to collect 32+ 5th edition cold ones, I remember these minis well. Great to see them again Scott, what's next ?
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Post by Blaznak »

Very cool freehand on the corsairs and shields.

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Post by Pap3r »

Awesome paintjob, but i really don't like the old Cold Ones... The riders are awesome but the Cold Ones I never liked. But I guess thats just a matter of taste ;)
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Post by Senluthan »

i agree.. it looks quite nice.. but except for the harpies i think todays model are cooler.. both riders as cold ones..
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Post by Sassmaw »

Simply awsome. Love your stuff lion. Inspiration to us all
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Post by Kuanor »

He’s right!

About the models: These ones are some of those models still looking good (even on the side of the indeed better new CO mounts).
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Post by Too cold »

personally, i would have rather GW kept those harpies instead of the corny ones we have now... I currently use demonetts unpainted or primed with no wings.
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Post by Demetrius »

Was this army in a WD or something? It looks very familiar. And looks sweet as btw.
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Post by Lord_azoth »

and as the girls... the guys look awesome
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Post by Loki »

Thanks for posting these pics dude. I remember back when this army was originally pictured in WD. I loved it then, I love it now.
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Post by Dark Alliance »

I remember that army well!
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Post by Bassman76 »

Really cool army! Me too used 5th edition cold ones with 6th edition riders! The HEAVIEST cavalry ever, if you know what I mean ;)

Your harpy is lovely if only I bought old metal daemonettes when they were available..... damn me!
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Post by Lion of flanders »

Bassman76 wrote:Really cool army! Me too used 5th edition cold ones with 6th edition riders! The HEAVIEST cavalry ever, if you know what I mean ;)


Yep, the old metal days made for really heavy armies to lug around. I like the new COK both riders and steeds, but I think the old metal raptor ones are still quite cool.

I plan to eventually get around to making girl Cold One Knights. I have one complete, I just need to make the rest.

Thanks for the compliments, all. The guys were featured in UK WD after the GT Final. Little did they know....my scheme all along was to make an all chick DE army. It just took a while to make it happen.

...and Bassman: Next time I'm in Milano, I'll try and let you know.....
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Post by Bassman76 »

Sure, you will be welcome. We can chat about the hobby during the tour of the city ;)

Do you havea chick knight! Move up, we want to see her :)

I think the new cold ones are really cool but when I built my DE army it was the days when real men played with metal dolls! ;)
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Post by cultofkhaine »

Fantastic - I have not seen these before and like the girls you have done - the paint job is excellent. I never thought those old cold ones could look so good. Great Job!
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Post by Dougsfs »

Hi Lion of Flanders, I actually have the issue of WD with the pics of your army in front of me. You have an amazing army there! I'm looking at re-painting my Dark Elf army and was looking for a better skin-tone. I had the pics of your army, as I'd like to duplicate that color. It's great! Is there any chance that you could tell me your recipe? :-) Don't worry about me stealing your look, because there's no way mine will turn out as good as yours. Haha Thanks!

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Post by Vulcan »

Looks like Codex Grey, highlighted by Fortress Grey to me. The real trick is going to be in the blending, I'll bet.
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Post by Angelique »

I'm absolutely loving the quality of the details (base, banners, shields and other trinkets). And I'm always jealous of people who can paint those monsters well - mine tend to... suck.

Great job!
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Post by Lion of flanders »

Hey All:

Thanks for the compliments. I've always put a lot of blood sweat and tears into my armies and fussed over the little details, particularly relating to conversions, i.e. trying to make them so that a person unfamiliar with the GW figure ranges wouldn't know they were converted.

The skin is a pretty simple mix (which I highly recommend of you want to reproduce it over hundreds of figures and possibly years)

Codex grey base
Highlight with codex grey mixed with increasing amounts of elf flesh (adds some "life" to the grey color)
finally add a bit of B Bone to the mix for topmost highlights.
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Post by Icon hack »

Some things get better with age. That's still one of the nicest armies I've ever seen, Scot.
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Post by Mordru »

Nice to see that army again. Great stuff. Thanks for posting it.
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Post by Darthvegeta800 »

Gorgeous... simply gorgeous!
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Post by Darkprincess »

Seeing these pics in White Dwarf was one of the things (the awesome fluff being the other) that finally convinced me that I needed to be a Druchii player.

These are every bit as awesome now as they were almost seven years ago - and I still can't paint anywhere near that good !
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