Contrary to the last post, I've thought about how my painting skills have developed, and deicded to undertake a great refurbishment. Dryads will be left as is for now, I'll clean them up later but they're as I want them. GG however (and waywatchers) I will be adding eyes, highlighting hair, brightening the weapons and cleaning the cloak blending up, as it's a bit obviously painted as it stands. I am happy with the first model I've done this to, although some features still don't look as good as I'd like, I'm not a pro painter and not pretending I am. Thinning paints to me is still a messy and pointless process as I can't control the paint with the brushes I have at the moment. Also the assembly cracks are still showing and there's very little I can do about that, but I'm selling the army at sub-standard price anyway, so there shouldn't be any complaints.
Karl
31/05/2010
My plan...
Alrighty, so it is at this stage that I can see the flaws in a pre-assembled miniature, and really it just won't do for me. I've also developed a lot of techniques during this time, and I think now that I have the hang of it, I can look back on the first miniatures I painted for this project and say "crap". It is this reason that makes me want to put all the plastics back on eBay as soon as they're painted at batallion price. I think if you're selling a painted miniature it must be; pro-painted, cheaper or a full army. So I don't know how well I can pull this off. But anyway, with whatever I make on these I will buy a new batallion and start again at a higher standard all around.
That is all.
That is all.
30/05/2010
Wood Elves part 4
Then again, why withhold pictures on my own blog? Especially as noone is reading this yet... I guess I should start linking people to it? Later. When there's more to see.
On the skyscape, I've got a friend who will paint me a backdrop, which means I can add it to the list of things "on their way"
So here's the progress report:
Painted:
-11 Dryads
-2 Waywatchers
-8 Glade Guard
-1 Citadel Wood
-1 Wardancer
2 more glad guard are on their way, but having gona over the pictures I really need to detail some more of the done ones. I think I'll get them painted for now, and then I can concentrate on final uni work, girlfriend and detailing. I'm also trying my hand at sculpting, song writing and other crap.
Anyways, here are the Dryads completed;
Well there you go. Not much more to say tonight, I'll get those glad guard done for tommorow, and start on the 2nd regement. I want to get the movement trays done soon, but am still struggling to find the materials. Darn you Stafford!
Karl
On the skyscape, I've got a friend who will paint me a backdrop, which means I can add it to the list of things "on their way"
So here's the progress report:
Painted:
-11 Dryads
-2 Waywatchers
-8 Glade Guard
-1 Citadel Wood
-1 Wardancer
2 more glad guard are on their way, but having gona over the pictures I really need to detail some more of the done ones. I think I'll get them painted for now, and then I can concentrate on final uni work, girlfriend and detailing. I'm also trying my hand at sculpting, song writing and other crap.
Anyways, here are the Dryads completed;
Well there you go. Not much more to say tonight, I'll get those glad guard done for tommorow, and start on the 2nd regement. I want to get the movement trays done soon, but am still struggling to find the materials. Darn you Stafford!
Karl
Nice, Chunky update.
Dryad pics are forthcoming, don't worry. As they're part of the army I'm gonna post them separately. Those of you who wish to avoid banter will probably just skip to articles that say "Wood Elves part" etc. So that's my reasoning. Also keeping pictures back means that if I don't do something for a day you will still get an update, so the lag is something I quite like.
So here's your fill for the day. What have I been doing? Display board, of course. Althoguth I really should be getting on with miniature painting I took some time out to do the presentation work. I had some foam board left over from 5 years ago and felt it was time to use it. I've explained what it's for already, and I'm pretty pleased so far, but then I've never painted a peice of terrain before that was made from foam board. *sigh* not looking forward to that endeavour.
The set is modular and heavily BTP influenced, the positions of the hills etc. What's new though is the room for citadel forests which I've not seen before.
Here are the first pictures:
So as you can see, I only thought to take pictures when I'd begun. The edges are pretty rough at this point as the only cutting tools I have are a pen-knife attatched to some plyers, a small "exacto-knife" and a bread cutter. I have sandpaper, but it's tesco brand and therefore becomes useless after a few swipes.
Later on I'd cut the forest area out by tracing the outline of the base, then drawing a grid. Cutting the edges of the grid gave me a sort of slabbed road look, which I might remember for a Tomb Kings army some day.
I then cut those squares into smaller grids of about 6-16 pieces and did the same. The effect made the underside bumpy but consistent:
And finished:
So I tested it with the trees next to find one side fit perfectly, whereas the other was a bit further up than I'd have liked:
I sanded the area down, but didn't get a picture of that, not that's you'd have been able to see it anyway. But here are the trees fitting perfectly in place:
And finally, the spare peices that I may use for an Osgiliath board... lol jk I'm throwing them.
So that's that for now. Later or tommorow there'll be another update, so keep looking forward.
Karl
So here's your fill for the day. What have I been doing? Display board, of course. Althoguth I really should be getting on with miniature painting I took some time out to do the presentation work. I had some foam board left over from 5 years ago and felt it was time to use it. I've explained what it's for already, and I'm pretty pleased so far, but then I've never painted a peice of terrain before that was made from foam board. *sigh* not looking forward to that endeavour.
The set is modular and heavily BTP influenced, the positions of the hills etc. What's new though is the room for citadel forests which I've not seen before.
Here are the first pictures:
So as you can see, I only thought to take pictures when I'd begun. The edges are pretty rough at this point as the only cutting tools I have are a pen-knife attatched to some plyers, a small "exacto-knife" and a bread cutter. I have sandpaper, but it's tesco brand and therefore becomes useless after a few swipes.
Later on I'd cut the forest area out by tracing the outline of the base, then drawing a grid. Cutting the edges of the grid gave me a sort of slabbed road look, which I might remember for a Tomb Kings army some day.
I then cut those squares into smaller grids of about 6-16 pieces and did the same. The effect made the underside bumpy but consistent:
And finished:
So I tested it with the trees next to find one side fit perfectly, whereas the other was a bit further up than I'd have liked:
I sanded the area down, but didn't get a picture of that, not that's you'd have been able to see it anyway. But here are the trees fitting perfectly in place:
And finally, the spare peices that I may use for an Osgiliath board... lol jk I'm throwing them.
So that's that for now. Later or tommorow there'll be another update, so keep looking forward.
Karl
Big suprise part 2
So, I kind of lied to you about the big suprise. I'm terribly sorry. When I said it was a citadel wood, that was only 1/3 of my plan. However, I don't know if I'm planning to send off the last 2 parts with the army, I might do on request, like, if the client decides to boycott postage and pick up the army in person. Otherwise I'll use it as the backdrop and base of other armies and commissions.
If you haven't guessed my plans yet, go and look at Blue Table Painting's armies when they sell. I'm making a display board and backdrop. Now In high school I was not a very good painter. I got a C in my GCSE art, and that exam I really did try at. In honesty I've always had a "looks good from afar" aproach to my art. I can draw small scale. The backdrop however will be more in my area of paper painting because it's a skyscape, a blend of colours and no real cleqar details.
Pictures of the Dryads are coming, I've had little chance to yet. I also didn't win any games of pool, but 4/5 games we had ended in a black ball fluke. Meh.
If you haven't guessed my plans yet, go and look at Blue Table Painting's armies when they sell. I'm making a display board and backdrop. Now In high school I was not a very good painter. I got a C in my GCSE art, and that exam I really did try at. In honesty I've always had a "looks good from afar" aproach to my art. I can draw small scale. The backdrop however will be more in my area of paper painting because it's a skyscape, a blend of colours and no real cleqar details.
Pictures of the Dryads are coming, I've had little chance to yet. I also didn't win any games of pool, but 4/5 games we had ended in a black ball fluke. Meh.
29/05/2010
First unit!
Well, I was invited out today, and I really didnt wanna go. I'm not very good at pool, yet they insist i play and get beaten. Friends eh? Well I told them I had a lot of painting to catch up on, true really, so I'd only come if I finished 6 Dryads in 2 hours. I didn't think I would do it, especially with having tea in the middle there, 30 mins to cook and eat. So in 1 hour and 30 mins I managed to dark flesh, bestial brown, desert yellow, bleached bone, knarloc green, camo green and skull white my way to completion, which I was very suprised about. Oh and blood red eyes. Obv.
So pics will come later, as I have to go out now. Results of the pool game forthcoming too.
So pics will come later, as I have to go out now. Results of the pool game forthcoming too.
28/05/2010
Wood Elves part 3
Well it's about time I put up some pictures. As promised, here is the "big suprise":
Oh yes, I'm not only shipping hte warriors of Athel Loren, but a small chunk of the terrain with me. This decision was down to the selling point of the army. I think the trees really tie the army together, plus if used in a non tournament environment trees are a necessity for a Wood Elf army to function. If you can't leave home, take a little home with you as no-one I know always said. Anyways, here's the rest of today's eye candy:
Okay, so maybe I should explain that in person the browns are not nearly as wet-inky looking as they seem. I actually used no ink on the wood at all, I just finished the project after dark which was not my aim, and the flash photography and fake lighting does that.
Anyways, I'm pretty happy with the way the army's going so far. It's far from professional level, but at a tournament it would get some painting points surely, and with a display board (if I make one) the army should be held tightly together and will be one of my crowning achievements.
June is dawning! This will be a 1 month gap between higher prices and 8th edition. In this time I am having a 7th batrep fest. I will be having a few games with various people involving 1,250 pts of Wood Elves, to also celebrate half the army's completion, and I promise those will come with pictures of 2 fully painted armies.
Oh yes, I'm not only shipping hte warriors of Athel Loren, but a small chunk of the terrain with me. This decision was down to the selling point of the army. I think the trees really tie the army together, plus if used in a non tournament environment trees are a necessity for a Wood Elf army to function. If you can't leave home, take a little home with you as no-one I know always said. Anyways, here's the rest of today's eye candy:
Okay, so maybe I should explain that in person the browns are not nearly as wet-inky looking as they seem. I actually used no ink on the wood at all, I just finished the project after dark which was not my aim, and the flash photography and fake lighting does that.
Anyways, I'm pretty happy with the way the army's going so far. It's far from professional level, but at a tournament it would get some painting points surely, and with a display board (if I make one) the army should be held tightly together and will be one of my crowning achievements.
June is dawning! This will be a 1 month gap between higher prices and 8th edition. In this time I am having a 7th batrep fest. I will be having a few games with various people involving 1,250 pts of Wood Elves, to also celebrate half the army's completion, and I promise those will come with pictures of 2 fully painted armies.
Something big is on it's way...
So once again no pictures yet, possibly later today depending on how much gets done.
As in the title, soemthing big is coming! It will be included in the army, as the army, but not in the points section. It's the most imprtant part fo the wood elf fluff and I must include for the army to be considered "Warriors of Athel Loren". Can you tell what it is yet?
If not then you'll see later. I will include everything together that is painted so far as soon as it is done.
So, the tally:
Painted:
-2 Waywatchers
-8 Glade Guard
-1/2 Big Suprise
-5 Dryads
-1 Wardancer
On the way:
-6 Dryads (base colour'd and base'd)
-2 Glade Guard (tabard highlights and bases to do)
-1/2 Big suprise (base colour'd, at this point I'm waiting for the paintbrush to dry. This is the faster half)
-2 Waywatchers (base colour'd)
-1 Glade Rider (base and details to do)
I also have a Lord/Noble on order, who will serve as my 1,250pt general. I will post a test batrep to celebrate half of the army painted fully when, fully painted. I am also waiting for some firends to get back to me on play-testing the army. I live where fantasy gamers are rare unfortunately, but to combat the noobism we will play 2 small games and switch armies. I will post results and a tactica separately.
I might also begin the fluff work on the general, but I usually let myself make painting mistakes and use them to my advantage when coming up with a charactor. Confused? I painted my vampiress' dress badly, with bestial brown where there shouldnt have been. I turned it into a Fleur de Lis pattern over the whole garment and said she was from Bretonnia. I'm hoping for some battle scar accidents with the new lord.
Becuase it's been so long without pictures here's the first full unit I ever painted last year, afte a 3 year break from the hobby, before which my painting was stupidly bad and slow:
As in the title, soemthing big is coming! It will be included in the army, as the army, but not in the points section. It's the most imprtant part fo the wood elf fluff and I must include for the army to be considered "Warriors of Athel Loren". Can you tell what it is yet?
If not then you'll see later. I will include everything together that is painted so far as soon as it is done.
So, the tally:
Painted:
-2 Waywatchers
-8 Glade Guard
-1/2 Big Suprise
-5 Dryads
-1 Wardancer
On the way:
-6 Dryads (base colour'd and base'd)
-2 Glade Guard (tabard highlights and bases to do)
-1/2 Big suprise (base colour'd, at this point I'm waiting for the paintbrush to dry. This is the faster half)
-2 Waywatchers (base colour'd)
-1 Glade Rider (base and details to do)
I also have a Lord/Noble on order, who will serve as my 1,250pt general. I will post a test batrep to celebrate half of the army painted fully when, fully painted. I am also waiting for some firends to get back to me on play-testing the army. I live where fantasy gamers are rare unfortunately, but to combat the noobism we will play 2 small games and switch armies. I will post results and a tactica separately.
I might also begin the fluff work on the general, but I usually let myself make painting mistakes and use them to my advantage when coming up with a charactor. Confused? I painted my vampiress' dress badly, with bestial brown where there shouldnt have been. I turned it into a Fleur de Lis pattern over the whole garment and said she was from Bretonnia. I'm hoping for some battle scar accidents with the new lord.
Becuase it's been so long without pictures here's the first full unit I ever painted last year, afte a 3 year break from the hobby, before which my painting was stupidly bad and slow:
25/05/2010
Alrighty then
Well the "daily update" thing has trailed off, and with good reason. Mondays and tuesdays I volunteer teaching kids to read, so those days I'm stupidly tired. I have gotten stuff done though, but I'm doing assembly line stuff. So at the moment, I've got 5 Glade Guard at a level 1 painting*.
I've also ordered a lord, who will arrive shortly(ish). I don't know what to do about the bronze.
I've been looking at Wood Elf tactica, specifically this article: http://asrai.org/leaf/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=24 . I don't know however if I want a Sethayla style army, not just as it's standard, but because it doesn't allow for creativity. It's advice is "this lord, this highborn, spellsinger scroll caddy, 10 GG, 10 GG, 5 WR/musician, 5 WR/musician, 10 WW, spend the rest on warhawks". Now I love Warhawks, but I intended to only have 1 unit of 3/4, not 4 units of 4/5. I also want wardancers, plenty of glade guard and dryads and a treeman. All these things are what got me to choose Wood Elves over a more competative army and even if I am selling the army I want to enjoy the ride, and may even build another on any profits I make.
One problem with me is painting horses. Don't ask me why, but painting horses just bores me, and I tend to give up easily. I'm not a fan of cavalrybased armies, but I know exactly what I want tactics-wise. The plans I have will change with 8th edition, but it remains the same: shot down one flank. Send the heavies for a frontal attack and fill any gaps with skirmishers, fast cav, hawks etc, and take all opportunities to shoot whilst the enemy is deciding which way to face.
Anyways, on with the update. No pictures today, sorry, as I said I haven't got anything new up to a good standard. Not that anyone's reading this yet, but when they do and look back, they'll see this and know. Yeah, I'm thinking ahead of myself mayhap.
Painted:
1 Glade Guard Standard
5 Glade Guard
4 Dryads
1 Wardancer
1 Waywatcher
Almost painted:
1 Rider
5 Glade Guard
I'm having annoyances with the bases as well. I've learned that chinchilla sand must be placed on watered down PVA otherwise it flakes off. I have to spend 10 minuites per models cleaning the base, which is slowing me considerably.
As I'm copying and pasting into warseer, 'cos I'm lazy, I'll let you request pictures of my Lizardmen, Vampires, BFSP or 40k Orks, or even my game room/desk/pet in the mean time. I've got almost 2,700 points of Vampires, at least 2,000 points fully painted and only 10 skeletons (mantic) aren't base coated.
До свиданиe
Mike
*Except for the skin, which is dark flesh colour. I work from basecoat upwards, and nearly always basecoat black and work up from dark colours, save for yellow. Level painting I use the standard 1,2,3,4,5 scale. 1 is basic colours, base not done or one colour, 2 is highlighted/shaded with 1 additional colour, 3 is 2 with big highlights around edges and in "sun spots" (areas the sun would hit) This level is also known as gamer level, 4 is detailed with eyes, teeth, straps etc and fully highlighted/shaded, one step above gamer level where it pleases the eyes up close not just at a distance. Level 5 is the 'Eavy Metal standard, blended perfectly and highlighted/shaded realistically. There is a level 6, Golden Daemon awards, but I've been painting no-where near long enough to master all techniques to that level.
I've also ordered a lord, who will arrive shortly(ish). I don't know what to do about the bronze.
I've been looking at Wood Elf tactica, specifically this article: http://asrai.org/leaf/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=24 . I don't know however if I want a Sethayla style army, not just as it's standard, but because it doesn't allow for creativity. It's advice is "this lord, this highborn, spellsinger scroll caddy, 10 GG, 10 GG, 5 WR/musician, 5 WR/musician, 10 WW, spend the rest on warhawks". Now I love Warhawks, but I intended to only have 1 unit of 3/4, not 4 units of 4/5. I also want wardancers, plenty of glade guard and dryads and a treeman. All these things are what got me to choose Wood Elves over a more competative army and even if I am selling the army I want to enjoy the ride, and may even build another on any profits I make.
One problem with me is painting horses. Don't ask me why, but painting horses just bores me, and I tend to give up easily. I'm not a fan of cavalrybased armies, but I know exactly what I want tactics-wise. The plans I have will change with 8th edition, but it remains the same: shot down one flank. Send the heavies for a frontal attack and fill any gaps with skirmishers, fast cav, hawks etc, and take all opportunities to shoot whilst the enemy is deciding which way to face.
Anyways, on with the update. No pictures today, sorry, as I said I haven't got anything new up to a good standard. Not that anyone's reading this yet, but when they do and look back, they'll see this and know. Yeah, I'm thinking ahead of myself mayhap.
Painted:
1 Glade Guard Standard
5 Glade Guard
4 Dryads
1 Wardancer
1 Waywatcher
Almost painted:
1 Rider
5 Glade Guard
I'm having annoyances with the bases as well. I've learned that chinchilla sand must be placed on watered down PVA otherwise it flakes off. I have to spend 10 minuites per models cleaning the base, which is slowing me considerably.
As I'm copying and pasting into warseer, 'cos I'm lazy, I'll let you request pictures of my Lizardmen, Vampires, BFSP or 40k Orks, or even my game room/desk/pet in the mean time. I've got almost 2,700 points of Vampires, at least 2,000 points fully painted and only 10 skeletons (mantic) aren't base coated.
До свиданиe
Mike
*Except for the skin, which is dark flesh colour. I work from basecoat upwards, and nearly always basecoat black and work up from dark colours, save for yellow. Level painting I use the standard 1,2,3,4,5 scale. 1 is basic colours, base not done or one colour, 2 is highlighted/shaded with 1 additional colour, 3 is 2 with big highlights around edges and in "sun spots" (areas the sun would hit) This level is also known as gamer level, 4 is detailed with eyes, teeth, straps etc and fully highlighted/shaded, one step above gamer level where it pleases the eyes up close not just at a distance. Level 5 is the 'Eavy Metal standard, blended perfectly and highlighted/shaded realistically. There is a level 6, Golden Daemon awards, but I've been painting no-where near long enough to master all techniques to that level.
23/05/2010
Better Pictures!
Okay, so at this stage I have painted:
-3 Glade Guard
-4 Dryads
-Wardancer
-Waywatcher/lord
And without further adeu, here are the updates:
So, as you can see, the Glade Guard are not finished, still very dirty, needs detailing etc. I'm not good with eyes, I blame GW paintbrushes and the fact I wear Glasses. Also the heat. Oh GOD the heat. I wouldn't get too attatched to the quality of these photos as I'm using a camera that's borrowed, so I think I'll reserve it for major updates, like completed squads, tattoo details etc rather than individuals (save for heroes).
Edit: the pictures cut off on this website, so if you need the full picture, just click and it'll link you to my photobucket.
-3 Glade Guard
-4 Dryads
-Wardancer
-Waywatcher/lord
And without further adeu, here are the updates:
So, as you can see, the Glade Guard are not finished, still very dirty, needs detailing etc. I'm not good with eyes, I blame GW paintbrushes and the fact I wear Glasses. Also the heat. Oh GOD the heat. I wouldn't get too attatched to the quality of these photos as I'm using a camera that's borrowed, so I think I'll reserve it for major updates, like completed squads, tattoo details etc rather than individuals (save for heroes).
Edit: the pictures cut off on this website, so if you need the full picture, just click and it'll link you to my photobucket.
22/05/2010
Wood Elves part 2
So this is a small update at the end of day 2, de la painting log. Yes, I have been practising my french.
So I have undercoated:
-8 Glade Riders
-20 Glade Guard
-11 Dryads
-4 Wardancers*
-6 Waywatchers/ 5 and one "lord" as a stand in hero for now
I have painted fully:
-3 Dryads
-1 Wardancer
-1 Glade Guard
For now, here is my first Dryad:
The others aren't particularly different, I may dabble in changing the colour scheme, or I'll save that for batallion 2. The theme is young wood- still brown, not yet grey'd. Other than that it's pretty basic, Dryads I reckon I will finish by tommorow as they only take 30 mins each thereabouts.
Mini tutorial:
-Base the whole model, base, base edges and Dryad, in Scorched Brown
-Drybrush Bestial brown over the base dirt and base edges
-Highlight the dryad with Dark Flesh
-Highlight the dryad with Bestial Brown
-Drybrush the whole model in Desert Yellow, picking out details on the dryad
-Highlight dirt and dryad with Desert Yellow mixed 50-50 with Bleached Bone, then increase the ratio of Bone as the need suits, getting thinner each layer.
-Eyes Mechrite Red, Blood Red
-Leaves Knarloc Green, Camo Green, Desert Yellow
-Flock with my special mixture (rail scenics, I forget the actual company name, but it's bright green and dark green mixed in a tub)
*Wardancers: I forgot to say in my rant, that the batallion came with waywatchers and Wardancers. The waywatchers were fine, ecxept that I didn't plan on having a champion, but whatever. The wardancers... he'd bought 2 packs of the command, so I basically HAVE to have 2 units of Dancers to make this worthwhile. Prick. (I blame me as much as him for not looking closer)
So I have undercoated:
-8 Glade Riders
-20 Glade Guard
-11 Dryads
-4 Wardancers*
-6 Waywatchers/ 5 and one "lord" as a stand in hero for now
I have painted fully:
-3 Dryads
-1 Wardancer
-1 Glade Guard
For now, here is my first Dryad:
The others aren't particularly different, I may dabble in changing the colour scheme, or I'll save that for batallion 2. The theme is young wood- still brown, not yet grey'd. Other than that it's pretty basic, Dryads I reckon I will finish by tommorow as they only take 30 mins each thereabouts.
Mini tutorial:
-Base the whole model, base, base edges and Dryad, in Scorched Brown
-Drybrush Bestial brown over the base dirt and base edges
-Highlight the dryad with Dark Flesh
-Highlight the dryad with Bestial Brown
-Drybrush the whole model in Desert Yellow, picking out details on the dryad
-Highlight dirt and dryad with Desert Yellow mixed 50-50 with Bleached Bone, then increase the ratio of Bone as the need suits, getting thinner each layer.
-Eyes Mechrite Red, Blood Red
-Leaves Knarloc Green, Camo Green, Desert Yellow
-Flock with my special mixture (rail scenics, I forget the actual company name, but it's bright green and dark green mixed in a tub)
*Wardancers: I forgot to say in my rant, that the batallion came with waywatchers and Wardancers. The waywatchers were fine, ecxept that I didn't plan on having a champion, but whatever. The wardancers... he'd bought 2 packs of the command, so I basically HAVE to have 2 units of Dancers to make this worthwhile. Prick. (I blame me as much as him for not looking closer)
21/05/2010
Wood Elves.
Hi all! This would be my first post in this blog, obviously. So, firstly I have met mini war gamer Rory, as his store is located right here in sunny Stafford, and I have to tell you, he's pretty awesome.
So after that blatent advert, I have begun work on my first complete tournament army that will be for sale, at a decent price I might add. It will be 2,500 points of wood elves, partially customisable. By partially, I mean I will not be painting up extra models as spare, but I will be magnetising command options for all units that I can.
I have made progress with starting this army already, I didn't want to show you the pictures too soon as I bought the first batallion set from ebay. My advice: if you're building a professional tournament army that will be for sale AVOID ebay. The guy told me the set would include one missing Glade rider, 2 Glade Guard, and some models would be assembled. He also told me he was a professional miniature commission...guy, who assembles and paints 40k for ebay sale. When I got the set, I found all 8 Glade Riders and 3 extra horses (?), 2 Glade guard were missing, and so was one dryad. Sounds good right? His assembly skills were what made me angry though, becuase he had assembled EVERYTHING to some extent, incorrectly. This included blobs of green stuff with finger prints in, glue that obscured nearly all details it touched, limbs chopped in places, feet missing, capes glued heavily to the wrong parts, FIVE champions on foot, no mold line removal, pieces of sprue attatched to "finished models", and his test model painted "professionally" with no shading, highlights, basecoat or details, and a pallet of literally 3 colours; elf flesh, dheneb stone and knarloc green.
Ranting aside, I've cut, glued, moldline removed and shaved the miniatures, sculpted feet and magnetised command options. Luckily I have just enough pieces to work with, so nothing is missing, but I fear these models will serve only as test subjects, and when painted up nicely will find their way to ebay again as a side-sale to recover some material costs. They'll do as game miniatures, sure, but as the tournament army I want to sell, I can see an angry customer in the near future.
Anyways, here is some progress on my painting as of 21/5/10:
Wardancer:
Glade Guard:
As you can see, very GW standard, but to a lesser painting skill. I feel the summer theme is underrepresented online, but this is what I call my "summer project", so this only seemed right. Oddly enough, I expect it to be finished by autumn...
Don't expect to see too many new models until the 8th edition book is released, I bought the batallion as I know I will need everything in there, but I cannot draw up an army list unitl then. Do however, expect to see a lot more soon after July.
So after that blatent advert, I have begun work on my first complete tournament army that will be for sale, at a decent price I might add. It will be 2,500 points of wood elves, partially customisable. By partially, I mean I will not be painting up extra models as spare, but I will be magnetising command options for all units that I can.
I have made progress with starting this army already, I didn't want to show you the pictures too soon as I bought the first batallion set from ebay. My advice: if you're building a professional tournament army that will be for sale AVOID ebay. The guy told me the set would include one missing Glade rider, 2 Glade Guard, and some models would be assembled. He also told me he was a professional miniature commission...guy, who assembles and paints 40k for ebay sale. When I got the set, I found all 8 Glade Riders and 3 extra horses (?), 2 Glade guard were missing, and so was one dryad. Sounds good right? His assembly skills were what made me angry though, becuase he had assembled EVERYTHING to some extent, incorrectly. This included blobs of green stuff with finger prints in, glue that obscured nearly all details it touched, limbs chopped in places, feet missing, capes glued heavily to the wrong parts, FIVE champions on foot, no mold line removal, pieces of sprue attatched to "finished models", and his test model painted "professionally" with no shading, highlights, basecoat or details, and a pallet of literally 3 colours; elf flesh, dheneb stone and knarloc green.
Ranting aside, I've cut, glued, moldline removed and shaved the miniatures, sculpted feet and magnetised command options. Luckily I have just enough pieces to work with, so nothing is missing, but I fear these models will serve only as test subjects, and when painted up nicely will find their way to ebay again as a side-sale to recover some material costs. They'll do as game miniatures, sure, but as the tournament army I want to sell, I can see an angry customer in the near future.
Anyways, here is some progress on my painting as of 21/5/10:
Wardancer:
Glade Guard:
As you can see, very GW standard, but to a lesser painting skill. I feel the summer theme is underrepresented online, but this is what I call my "summer project", so this only seemed right. Oddly enough, I expect it to be finished by autumn...
Don't expect to see too many new models until the 8th edition book is released, I bought the batallion as I know I will need everything in there, but I cannot draw up an army list unitl then. Do however, expect to see a lot more soon after July.
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