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Monday 22 July 2013

Shock...Horror...New Painting!!!!

"Well, I'll be jiggered!" you are no doubt saying! "Has old Andy woken up his bloomin' paintbrush then"

Well, yes, I have!! After months of being unable to paint due to simply not having any desire whatsoever, I have finally managed to complete three miniatures!!! Sadly, I only have pics of two because the bloody camera ran out of juice! So you'll have to wait until tomorrow for pics of a Musketeer miniatures Arthurian standard bearer that I've been painting for interweb chum Tony for...oh, about 6 months now (sorry Tony...he'll be with you as soon as I've varnished him and got him down to Royal Mail...)

Anyway, the two I have pics of are two 80s Warhammer High Elves from the force I have been buying off EBAY and from various like-minded  souls for the past few months.

I do intend to play Warhammer 3rd Edition with them, but they'll also take the field for 'Ride to Ruin' as well, as they are such great models. They are actually in many ways more 'Tolkien' than any other Elves, being armoured in mail... I've always wanted some and now here they are.

The first two are the General and a Wardancer. I opted for not painting eyes, as my own are shot and can't do that level of detail any more. I also opted to do fairly 'modern' basing, rather than going all 'green base edges and flock' like some Oldhammer enthusiasts do. Each to their own, but I hate green base edges...mind you, a lot of folk hate my black ones, so not to worry!!

A unit of cavalry are sat on the table at the mo. They are all on the same armoured steed as the general and will look AWESOME!

Anyway...enjoy.






Pics of the Saxon banner bearer to come as soon as the camera is recharged... Then it'll be that 'Ride To Ruin' AAR I keep promising you...

6 comments:

Christopher(aka Axebreaker) said...

I think they look great Andy! I wouldn't worry about the eyes as I myself stopped painting them as I finally came to the conclusion it's an utter waste of time at 28mm.

Christopher

Paul Scrivens-Smith said...

Great work as usual Andy.
I only paint eyes in 28mm figs when they 'obviously' need painting.

Derek said...

Great job painting these two wonderful minis. Makes me want to go rummage in my parents attci to get my old Wood elves out and try again...

Phil said...

Great work, heavy and strong looking figures!

DeanM said...

Excellent brushwork/colors. Dean

Dwarfy Mcgee said...

Love seeing the dusties. Thanks for not painting the bases green!