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Hi everyone,

During the week I was working on the archers and another unit type for the army, so I bit off a bit more  than I could chew, but I managed nonetheless to finish these archer companies.

These elves come in sprues of two – usually attached – but I found that two on a 40mm x 40mm base seemed a bit empty (even though they are representational).

Therefore, like the Shadow Warriors in the previous post, I cut up some more, patched them up and added another rank.  I later found out that you can buy 3d print elven archer in singles off Ebay!  Just my luck!

That is all for today, next week there be dragons a flight!

Until then stay safe and have fun.

NR

Hi everyone,

Two weeks ago I started on a mini-quest to convert 30 10mm elf archers into Shadow Warriors. I nearly went mad, but by pure grace, I managed to finish them with my sanity intact.  The results are below.

Several years ago, before GW’s Specialist Game section closed down, I had bought several lots of Warmaster Elves, Orcs and Dwarves from Ebay.  They were cheap back then. Among them there were a lot of archers.

So I took thirty of them and separated them, then added ropes, cloaks and blankets to them.  The ropes were made from thin wire turned around a small rod.  The cloaks and blankets were all sculpted from green stuff.

I also took the time to angle some of the bows and add some small walls to represent defensible positions as well.

Next week I will try and finish up my archers.  I have six companies on the table to paint up.

Until then, stay safe and have fun.

NR

Hi everyone,

I managed to finish six more companies of elven spears to form the core of my army.  This brings it up to 12 companies of spears. The sad thing is I have six more to do in order to paint everything up – but I will leave the last six till last.

In order to break the mind boggling monotony of painting strips of Elven spears (ad nauseam), I painted up some more characters.  Specifically Elven Mages.

Altogether I had three.

The elemental I sculpted out of MagicSculp, over a period of three days.

While I was painting the spear companies, I also started to work on some conversions on the 10mm scale (what a nightmare) in order to create some Shadow Warrrior skirmishers! The problem is I have to replicate the the conversions for 30 little minis!, but I think and hope it will be worth it.

Until then stay safe and have fun.

NR

Hi everyone,

This week was murder at work, but I made good time with my hobby.  I managed to finish 3 companies of elite Phoenix Guard and two rogue characters.  I also started several more companies of spear elves, but I will post those next week.

The great thing about Fantastic Battles is that you can tinker with units and make them elites or militia.  When I played Warmaster, back in the day, there was no possibility to upgrade to elite unites.  These models would just be considered alternate spear units.

The next miniatures I bought last month off Ebay.  I needed some characters to use as rogues and I thought these would be perfect.  A lone swordsman and archer striding through the battlefield searching for enemy characters to duel to the death. Perfect!

Next week I will post up more spears as I said above.  I might have one or two magic user characters as well if everything goes as planned.

Until then stay safe and have fun.

NR

Hi everyone,

It took a week but my lion chariots are ready.  I will probably be using them as chariots with the ‘heavy weapon’ rule to reflect their feline impact, but there are other options within the rules.  I will have to think about it.

The lions are HO scale figures from Preiser’s circus range.  I added some armour and manes to them since they are actually lionesses. I also added lion cloaks to the riders with putty.  The lion heads on the cloaks were cut off Preiser lions in N scale.

I also found the time to paint up two more leaders.  The original plan was to make four chariots but I only had seven lions.  Therefore I opted to use one on a character base.

Next week I should finish up some elite Phoenix Warriors and maybe a couple more characters. At the same time I will start work on more spear elves.

Until then stay safe and have fun.

NR

Hi everyone,

Today I am posting the first units I have painted up for my High Elf army at 10mm for Fantastic Battles (FB from now on).

I am basing everything on the recommended base size of 40mm x 40mm for 10mm scaled figures. Also I am using 3 strips per base.  So one blister pack of Warmaster minis will make two companies in FB.

I find this basing option optimal, because I can use it for other gaming systems like Sword & Spear Fantasy, Impetvs Fantasy and Warbands too name a few.

First up are the Elven spears.  I have painted up 3 blister packs – 6 companies – and I can tell you that the spears are a nightmare – they snap very, very easily.

Next up are my Commander-in-Chief and two other generals.  I decided to put my leaders on round bases to distinguish them from characters that are acting as ‘passengers’ or ‘company character’.

Next week I will post up some chariots and one or two more characters.

Until then, stay safe and have fun.

NR