Arhalien's fantasy log of strangely unexplained phenomena

[Arhalien]

How about that for a title!


Right, this log will be the site for just about any project I'll do in the future, and will run in tandem with my Eldar log until that's finished.
The first 2 items on the agenda will be my ToP Wood Elf army, and repainting my High Elves.
edit: And a Tzeentch mortals army starting page 23
I've gotn a lot of pictures so this will be a multi-post update.

Firstly, Wood Elf Highborn (I'll post a final list later)



Cont.

[Arhalien]

Now, onto the High Elves; firstly, I'd like to make the excuse that my photography makes the red seem a lot brighter than it is and bleaches the highlights. I'll probably find a way around this eventually but I can';t really be bothered atm.
A mage (painted from scratch recently, not repainted)


Silver Helms (repainted). The model with the missing lance is the standard bearer




Right, that;s about it for now.
Thanks for looking!

[Discover&See]

well first of all make the excuse about the red been brighter due to photography but it looks Awsome and i love what you done with the elements on the bease and the orb she is stood on is really nice!

the silver helms also look quite nice liking the simple but effect free hand
the bright red works so well make the excuses but it really does work!!!
keep up the good work can't wait to see more << (just to clear things up that in my case means a kind of day dream thing and not sarcasm jusy as someone got the wrong idea last time )

Best regards
Discover&See.

[Firestorm Falcon]

That mage's orb (and attached elementals) looks great but what are you using for flesh colours my friend they just look a bit flat.

The two of us on our glorious quests to complete our high elves, great isn't it.

The wood elf lord is just a great model well painted.

[schoolcormorant]

oh am i dissapointed, with that title i thought this was a qu'ran discussion

the wood elfs look cool, though could do with maybe another colour on there?

SC

[Arhalien]

well first of all make the excuse about the red been brighter due to photography but it looks Awsome and i love what you done with the elements on the bease and the orb she is stood on is really nice!

Thanks I'm glad you like the red but personally I don;t like it to be so bright. Ah well, each to his own

That mage's orb (and attached elementals) looks great but what are you using for flesh colours my friend they just look a bit flat.

The two of us on our glorious quests to complete our high elves, great isn't it.

The wood elf lord is just a great model well painted.

Thanks!
The flesh is one of my eternal problems. On the mage it's Bestial brown, tanned flesh, elf flesh, tanned flesh wash, highlight elf flesh. Matt recommened it to me and it worked on one of his models, but I can;t seem to do anything about it. The Wood Elf is slightly different, and looks slightly better IMO, but....
Ah well, I'll work it out in the end.

@SC: What? I was trying to go for a muted look on the Wood Elf, and I'd rather not risk it looking a bit cluttered with too many colours; I was a bit worried I'd used too many anyway.
Thanks!

[Firestorm Falcon]

Wow, complex flesh tone. I'm just lazy it's dwarf flesh, brown ink elf flesh all the way for me, Simple and quick.

[Arhalien]

Right, I've finished assembling the first 10 of my Glade Guard, which will be the first of my core units.
I've assembled the first rank to look as if they're reciveing a charge with swords drawn.


The list, changed a bit from before is something like this:
Lords
Eternal Kindred Highborn, Rhymer's Harp

Heroes
Noble, BSB, Amaranthine brooch
Noble, Scout Kindred, 2 hand weapons, shield, light armour, Hail of Doom Arrow
Spellsinger, lvl 2, 2 dispel scrolls

Core
10 glade guard, musician
10 glade guard, musician
5 glade riders, musician
18 eternal guard, full command, war banner

Special
8 wardancers, musician, champion
8 wardancers, musician, champion
3 warhawk riders

Rare
5 waywatchers
5 waywatchers
Which comes to exactly 2000points

I've also done a few test schemes for my High Elves. I was intending to have the spearelves entirely armoured in bronze armour with silver for the elite regiments only, but I'm wondering whether I should change the spearelf scheme to be the same as the Swordmaster one also shown in the picture below.


What I have to repaint for them is:
Lustria Hero with Axe
Lustria Hero with sword
Lustria mage with gem
40 spearelves with 2 command groups
about 12 archers
19 swordmasters with full command
7 dragon princes with full command
2 bolt throwers.

Thanks for looking!

edit: just realised the pic doesn;t show the Spearelf's armour very well. Curse.

[Firestorm Falcon]

Nice glade guard (they're an awesome kit aren't they) as far as colour schemes go I obviously prefer the swordmaster's but that has a lot to do with how similar is to mine (great minds think alike?).

[The Super Haggis]

Nice work Arhalien, good to see you've started your Wood Elves, now you'll have to finish them (I'm trying to remember the amount of times I've said that then changed armies).

Cheers,

Nick.

[Arhalien]

@Firestorm: as I've said before, the "great minds" comment is only half true

@Haggis: Don;t worry; once I buy something I don;t change my mind

[Firestorm Falcon]

Yes... I being the great half .

+Arhalien what's with the ; instead of ' ?

[Arhalien]

Simple typo

[Father of Iron]

i'm liking those wood elves, i've always had a soft spot for the hippies but i really like that scheme, also your list sounds cool, all the wood elf armies i've played against never use eternal guard so it's cool to see those models in an army
can't wait to see more of both armies!

[Firestorm Falcon]

Simple typo

Three times in one sentence, you need to get yourself a spellchak(deliberate).

[Luthien]

Yay, elves!
I like them all so far but the WE hero is the best one IMO

[Arhalien]

Yay, elves!
I like them all so far but the WE hero is the best one IMO

Thanks Luthien

Sorry for the lack of updates recently; I'm on a Drama course in London this week, which involves me leaving the house at 730 am and getting home at about 800pm; this week I've stuck about 3 or 4 bits of plastic together

[sigur]

Sorry, I'm in a bit of a hurry, but I can say one thing: I like your army composition much, especially the Wood Elves one.

[Discover&See]

thats more than what ive done :P the elves are looking really nice, i like the red and white colour scheme keep up the good work good luck with the drama thing!

Best regards
Discover&See.

[Arhalien]

Sorry, I'm in a bit of a hurry, but I can say one thing: I like your army composition much, especially the Wood Elves one.

Thanks; I'm probably replacing the Scout Noble with a Wardancer Noble with the Moonstone of Hidden Ways. I just need to hope that I can make it work on the battlefield when I finish it.

thats more than what ive done :P the elves are looking really nice, i like the red and white colour scheme keep up the good work good luck with the drama thing!

Best regards
Discover&See.

Thanks
The drama course is going well; tiring but well

Oh, and on a slightly different subject, my moanings about poor photography may soon be over; I think I've found a daylight bulb (that is the strange, twisty type isn't it?). It was in my bedside lamp all this time, but with the twisty bit inside a more normal bulb shaped bit of glass.
So, I'll take some photos using that when I have time and see if it helps at all.