Western elf army: crosbowmen update

Western elf · Post by **Western elf** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 2:38 pm

Hello,

I have just started a dark elf army, and I'm going to post pictures of things as I do them. So far, I've painted up several characters:

A wizard and an assassin

Mounted battle standard bearer

Hero on a comedy manticore

A cauldron of blood

Cauldron again, this time with a statue of Khaine in his aspect of someone who doesn't look at all like Khorne.

Kuanor · Post by **Kuanor** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:10 pm

They seem well painted but to be honest, some things look really unfluffy. Male sorcerers are rare but they exist, but this not even a little bit holy looking cooking cauldron with blood soup? O.o

Bagu82 · Post by **Bagu82** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:25 pm

agree whit Kuanor - don`t like th cauldron :/ but nice and clean painting!

Western elf · Post by **Western elf** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:18 pm

Thanks for the comments.

Kuanor wrote:Male sorcerers are rare

Ah, but I only have one.

Plus, who doesn't like blood soup?

Post by **Kinslayer** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:37 pm

Western Elf wrote:Plus, who doesn't like blood soup?

me.

I like the assassin, nice work on that one! And use whatever model you want for your sorceress/sorceror. I know a few people who have used males, and the fluff only states they are forbidden by Malekith, they still exist in number. The cauldron is funny, not very realisitc, but i take it thats the point.

Kargan daemonclaw · Post by **Kargan daemonclaw** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 12:12 am

In general he models don't look like they support the DE archtypes.

The BSB looks like a high elf (even to the trade mark silver helm helmet) with a DE shield stuck on.

You can use none DE models but then you really need to paint them in the classic DE colours or the don't look right.

The wizard is nice but it does not really look DE either from the model or it's colour scheme. It looks like a HE or WE in winter scheme more than a DE.

Post by **Layne** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 2:23 am

It's true that High Elves are also forbidden by Malekith, and he hasn't managed to get rid of them yet. I think you can use your Sorceror just as is. If I was a Sorceror in Naggaroth, I'd leave the bling at home and carry three days food with me everywhere.

So I think you can keep him.

Rippermcguirl · Post by **Rippermcguirl** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 2:28 am

I see no problem with your models. The world is a big place and personalities vary wildly, so I don't think there's any reason why you can't have a dark elf that dresses fancy or still considers himself a "true" high elf, since, afterall, we really are the rightful inheritors.
I really dig all the mordheim models (sweet use of the pit fighters!), and really, REALLY like seeing that old Quest wardancer!

Mr_styrofoam · Post by **Mr_styrofoam** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:41 am

what is the assassin model? is that mordheim too?

Frigus morte · Post by **Frigus morte** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:55 am

Mr_Styrofoam wrote:what is the assassin model? is that mordheim too?

its a normal "Dark Elf Assassin" I think.

Lord ruerl of harganeth · Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:57 am

yes Its one of the new models

Western elf · Post by **Western elf** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 1:50 pm

Many thanks for all the comments!

Maleketh is always forbidding things - he used to hate chariots, I think, but now they are fine. So I can't see any particular reason to care if he doesn't like male wizards at the moment.

RipperMcGuirl wrote:I don't think there's any reason why you can't have a dark elf that dresses fancy or still considers himself a "true" high elf, since, afterall, we really are the rightful inheritors.

Exactly!

Hydra

Dragon, awaiting a rider of some sort

I know, it's supposed to be black fluffwise. But I like red better. I'm going to paint my cold ones red too.

Izirath · Post by **Izirath** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 2:25 pm

My dragon is blue so don't worry about it. You are free to paint it whatever color there is. There's no rules against now is there?

By the way, where the heck do you get all of these weird miniatures? I don't like the hydra but guess it makes it's place on the battlefield (though beware, the base is not correct size).

Western elf · Post by **Western elf** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:02 am

Weird miniatures? They are all from games workshop!

izirath wrote:I don't like the hydra but guess it makes it's place on the battlefield (though beware, the base is not correct size).

It's not the same as the base the new one comes on, but there's no actual rule (that I know of) that requires a chariot base. Monsters of this size aren't even required to have a base.

Milney · Post by **Milney** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:14 am

Western Elf wrote:Weird miniatures? They are all from games workshop!

izirath wrote:I don't like the hydra but guess it makes it's place on the battlefield (though beware, the base is not correct size).

It's not the same as the base the new one comes on, but there's no actual rule (that I know of) that requires a chariot base. Monsters of this size aren't even required to have a base.

Actually there's a flat rule that models should be based on the bases they are supplied with - and the Hydra's are supplied with a 50x100 Chariot base now.

Not that many people would complain, just something to bear in mind.

Western elf · Post by **Western elf** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 1:40 pm

Actually there's a flat rule that models should be based on the bases they are supplied with - and the Hydra's are supplied with a 50x100 Chariot base now.

Thanks for the information, but where is this rule?

Also, my hydra was not supplied with a base.

Western elf · Post by **Western elf** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:41 am

Hero on a horse

There's a bit of a strange reflection at the horse's neck on the picture for some reason.

Cold one knights standard bearer

Kuanor · Post by **Kuanor** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:33 am

Hm... Sadly they all look as everything but not DE. The heroe's horse would work very well as a chaos one an the standard of COK-SB has a more empire or HE shema. Even if they all look great for themselves (is this really a freehand dragon on the standard? O.o) I can't recognize DEs.
Of course only a subjective view.

Siby · Post by **Siby** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:41 am

I think that hero on a horse is spiffy....

And the cold one knight for that matter.

It'll be interesting to see some units, as then all these questions about how things will fit in will be answered.

Western elf · Post by **Western elf** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 10:26 pm

I'm not aware of any significant difference between high and dark elves.

Kuanor wrote:is this really a freehand dragon on the standard?

Good lord no! It's a decal.

Siby wrote:I think that hero on a horse is spiffy....

And the cold one knight for that matter.

Thanks!

Notts · Post by **Notts** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 1:06 pm

what horse is it?

Western elf · Post by **Western elf** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 1:28 pm

It's a chaos horse, actually:

http://www.solegends.com/citcat912/c202 ... ight-m.htm

Elves, chaos, same thing. :lol:

Notts · Post by **Notts** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:49 pm

I'm jealous of your infinite supply of cool old models.

Western elf · Post by **Western elf** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:58 pm

Sometimes, I wonder where they all came from.

Dark_and_pointy · Post by **Dark_and_pointy** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:24 pm

Ummm i like the assassin.....not sure what the other things are though really