Update!

I'm getting lazy, I swear. Maybe it's that I've posted this in 2 forums already, or maybe it's that no-one reads this bit anyway. Well, here are the newest photos!

What's been keeping me really

Okay, so for those 0 of you following me or reading this, I wanna let you know I'm not dead! I've been getting ridicculously long hours at work, and I've started Flames of War. I therefore have so little time to spend on my Wood Elves they're not even out of the shed yet! Besides I have nowhere to put them... my room is just so full of crap and I have no surfaces other than a bass amp. Hopefully things will change soon- world cup is over next week and I'll have 2 days to finish Uni work, I've ordered my 8th edition book, and things will pick up again.

Just to give you an idea about the extent of the last 2 weeks- I did 10 hours today and have worked 7 days a week for 3 weeks. Part time my ass. Also I decided to go for infantry heavy US Rifle company, and have a LOT of models to paint (well over 100 for just the CORE of my army). I live near Stafford Games, the Premier FoW retailer for the UK so I really should be playing that. I'll post pictures when I have painted-
1 Rife Platoon (done)
1 Rifle Platoon (nearly done)
1 Rifle Platoon (started)
1 HQ w/snipers (started)
1 Weapons Platoon (started)

These will be done next week easily, I don't take long to paint them, I just don't have the time or energy.

OH and I will probably not be commentating the rest of the batrep in depth, as I've forgotten a lot of it... I took pics though, so maybe I'll let you the viewers write it for me :p

Suffice to say, there were many elven casualties.

Many.

20/06/10- 2nd Rifle Company finished! 3rd Rifle company based. I'm progressing fastish...

What has been keeping me?

Flames of War, US Rifle company.

Wood Elves vs Vampires 1k Battle report! Part 1

So, finally, I bring you the batrep! It's another rainy day, and I had a day to spare thanks to a misunderstanding with training dates, so I thoguht "what the hell?".

Pre-game notes:

I dropped the alter kindred as I couldn't stand the guilt. Vampires rolled Raise Dead and Gaze of Nagash.

Deployment:

Vampires made some strange deployment decisions, putting the vampire next to the Wood Elf-placed forest, WAY out from the rest of the army. Other than that, here's the picture.



On the Wood Elf side we have (Right to left) Glade Riders in a line and Wardancers on the flank:



Then 2 units of Glade Guard on a hill (one in front of the other was a HUGE mistake, more later) with their noble, and Dryads on left.



And finally, Forest Stalkers.



On the vampire side we have the Vampire on the right flank, as shown above. Ghouls and Skeletons are in the center flanked by the Spirit host,



And finally, Zombies and skeletons on the left.



So, deployment done. Next time: Turn 1-2

There might be a hiatus...

Well, I'm waiting for somone to get back on the topic of a battle report. My games room is outside, and at the bottom of a thin garden and therefore in the rain it would be impossible to take anything down there without damages (the floor gets very slippery). With the unpredicatble british weather I've decided to take everything down today while it's hot, and I've basically set up, so I can't get any painting done until after this report. I will be taking pictures and explaining the tactics etc. It's going to be 1,000 points Wood Elves v Vampires. Because the wood elf list barely reaches 1k (I've had to include the wardancers at 4 with one mantic skeleton standard bearer standing in for the minimum 5th) I've weakened the vampire list. Here, then, are the lists:

Wood Elves 999

Noble 141
Light armour
Great Weapon
Alter Kindred
Bow of Loren

Glade Guard 126
x10
Musician

Glade Guard 132
x10
Musician
Champion

Glade Riders 201
x8
Musician

Dryads 144
x11
Nymph

Wardancers 111
x5
Musician
Champion

Waywatchers 144
x6

Vampires

Vampire 175
Flayed Hauberk
Avatar of Death (Great Weapon)
Winged Horror

White King 75

Skeletons 237
x25
Standard
Musician
Endless Horror

Skeletons 92
x10
Standard
Musician

Ghouls 128
x15
Ghoulkin

Zombies 96
x21
Standard
Musician

Spirit Host 195
x3

So, some fluffy lists indeed. I'm basing the lists on the new percentages rule, but I always do that regardless as I enjoy horde armies for the horde aspect of it. I was afraid to take the spirit host as they eat up a significant portion of the army points, but then Glade riders are the flanking force for the army and have no magic attacks. Also they can survive anything but the dryads and kill many, many elves for some bonuses in combat. The Vampire general was a risk as a winged horror, but I think being able to move is a BIG advantage here, getting into the backs of the Guards.

The wood elf list however is based on what I have, so this should be interesting.

Wood Elves part 5

Update! So the camera has been absent for a few days, but now it's back and with new techniques for up-close photos. I also have Spyro 1&2, so that's eating into my life. Also... JOB!

Anyways, here are the pictures:

























So, to recap:

Painted:
-10 Glade Guard
-11 Dryads
-2 Waywatchers
-1 Wardancer

On the way:
-4 Waywatchers (details and highlights)
-Lord (weapons and sealing)
-10 Glade Guard (undercoated, basic colours & eyes applied)

The Glade riders are on hold 'till last, for a few reasons. Firstly, I hate painting cavalry as I said earlier, secondly the assembly is WAY off thanks to my seller and finally I don't even know how many I will need/want in the final army. I will be painting all of them up anyway, but I'd rather finish everything else (save for the dancers, I might only want 1 unit and therefore have 2 spares) first.

I have to address the lord, as there are some fairly obvious faults int he painting. Obviously, the back has some silver on it because of the pewter hating GW paints. I cleaned the model more than I did the waywatchers, yet this one just will not stay painted in some places. Thus I have to seal the parts, but I only have varnish which makes it shiney, and I don't want that. So I'll do my best, but bear that in mind when you see badly scarred areas.

Karl

I bought the Lord and the, Lord won.

This song covered by sting's band... Bad jokes aside my lord w/great weapon arrived today! He does look just as dynamic as I thought he would. Unfortunately my metal glue bottle has broken. If his arms fall off during painting then I'm screwed. Anyways I hope to finish him in one sitting, and as soon as he's done I will get a battle report up. I think I'll be fighting myself, but it's only to see where the army's going. You'll also get some good full army pics of 2-3 armies, mostly painted. Wood elves will be painted by the end of the month, but vampires are nearly done and lizardmen I doubt I will be touching for a while. Pictures will come later when all the glue/ green stuff has dried.