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Well it has been awhile, but i haven't been idle.

Over the Christmas holidays I managed to put a significant dent in my burgeoning Eldar (or Aeldari) force. All the bases are from Scribor, as they have been bases I have wanted to use for a force for ages.

Here is what I have painted since the last post.

 This is the Autrach Bal-Sagoth, leader of my Swordwind. Most games he has acquitted himself well, though has yet to do something outstanding.

 This is the Farseer of my forces. He was made from a conversion of Eldrad Ulthran. At this stage he has no name, as his main feat in games I have had so far has had him reliably fail to cast any powers consistently.

 Another Farseer. Got this one already painted, just had to patch him up. Got him in an effort to try and actually be able to cast some powers.

 Also got these Warlocks painted, and just touched them up. Again, got them in order to be able to actually cast powers.

 Jain Zar. Awesome model, though has been at times lackluster in games. That said, sometimes she is a beast and does kill units, though she pretty much always dies.

 The new banshees. Regrettably, there performance is much less than Jain Zar's performance. Still, great models.

 Dark Reapers. Nuff said, very solid unit in every game. They are the unit my friend hates the most.

 Some old Dire Avengers. Painted them with different crests so it is easy for me to know who belongs to which unit. The crests here are Where's Walley colours, as there was a special event at the local zoo that I took my boys to, where it was Where's Walley themed.

 Painted these ones in Christmas colours, as I finished them on Christmas Day. Sword was painted rainbow colours, as that was what was requested by my boys.

Lastly, these ones were just painted with a more traditional crest.

I also have two Fire Prisms, a Falcon and a Viper left to paint, but all the infantry are done.

I have played many a game with them since then, which has been good. 

I have also been working on some terrain and a narrative campaign for my friends to play in, revolving around a Rogue Trader and the secrets he has uncovered. Hopefully it won't be as long till my next post, but no promises.

Thanks for looking, cheers!

Update at long last

Well, despite the low activity on this blog, I have been rather busy hobby wise. Due to circumstances out of my control, the internet has been out of action for quite a while, so while it has hampered any updates, though not dampened the hobby.

I have been playing a lot of Kill Team, and have finished a bit of stuff for it.

First up I have finished the Kill Zone, Sector Munitorium.

 I took the slack method. Coloured spray can, dry brush brown and metal, wash with Agrax and Nuln. Done.

 I also did the crane and vehicles in the slack method. Spray the yellow, and metal separate. Assemble, do some details and wash in sepia. Done.

 With the barrels, it was the same as the above, though I used a gold sharpie as I had heard people using them, and I wanted to try it. Did a decent job, and was quick.

Finally the crates, which was the exact same as the crates, with the gold sharpie of course.

 In addition, I also finished the basic models of my Deathwatch Killteam.

 And lastly, I finally finished my version of Archamus for 30k/40k. This model has been on my desk for a long time, so it was good to clear it!

 I used an old fleet captain, with a Games Day Thunder Hammer, and of course a new sternguard head. The fur is just green stuff over one of my ancient power packs from long ago. The bionics, I not not sure where I got it from.

So, very busy!

Next up is either finishing painting another model on my desk, or maybe try a scheme for my Tallarn Killteam.

Thanks for looking, cheers!

The Silverest of Helms

Finally I have something to post! I have been working on these on and off for about a month, and finally have them at the stage where I can share.

I just wanted to finish off the basic unit of Silver Helms, so I have a minimum unit of five. Plus I also painted up an old oop High Elf Hero. I think it is one of those that came out for one of the old campaign packs on 5th edition, though I am not certain. I made him from Eataine, along with the Silver Helms. I got the inspiration for the unit colour scheme, from the old 8th edition High Elves Uniforms and Heraldry book. It is such a shame they only did it for three races, as they were a veritable host of inspiration and information. Still, I am lucky to have that book for the High Elves, Skaven and Empire.

 The shield is from the sprues from the old 4th Edition box.

 Old 5th Edition Silverhelm Champion.

 Old 5th Edition musician.

 The finished unit!

And with added hero.

Not sure what to work on next. Might be some Ellyrion Reavers, some Kill Team, or maybe some Napoleonics. We shall see.

Thanks for looking!

The Battle for Maugthrond Pass, the battle concludes!

This is the second part of the old scenario, The Battle for Maugthrond, from the old 4th edition boxed game. For the first part, please return here.


The goblin hoard has severely depleted the forces of the elves, with now only the archers that came as reinforcements on.

Goblins Turn 5

Blacktoof swoops and lines up on the victorious elven archers.

The spearmen valiantly take the final charge from Grom and the trolls.

The giant stares down the archers from the north tower. Surely one elf can take off the last wound?

Alas the spearelves are wiped out before their archer kin.

Elves Turn 5

Eltharion, like a thunderbolt from the sky, streaks straight into Grom, ready for revenge!

In the magic phase he gets off a Hand of Glory on himself, and manages to put Glamour of Teclis on the giant.

The archers are slammed by a big unit of goblins and Blacktoof.

The Glamour of Teclis saved the archers, who got off some more shots, only to fail to wound!

Eltharion finally has his revenge! Grom is down! This fight with 5th Edition special characters was especially close. Eltharion has no protection aside from heavy armour and mounted, and Grom has little armour, other than regen. However, Eltharion has a monstrous attack profile, taking away one of Grom's attacks, wheras if Grom can land blows, it will hurt. This challenge went on for two turns, but finally Eltharion (and lady luck) came through.

Unsurprising, Blacktoof and the goblins manage to eliminate 3 elf archers.

Elf Turn 6

Eltharion swoops towards Blacktoof, as that was the only way I could make up on the victory points. If I can kill Blacktoof, then I win the game! Plus if I can get the Glamour of Teclis off on Blacktoof, then I am in a good position to attack him in the last turn.

Archers line up. I still fail to kill the giant...

Goblin Turn 6

Blacktoof charges Eltharion!

Giant, with a taste now for elven archers, goes for some more.

After a brutal combat, which sees Eltharion severely wounded (1 wound left, he saved this with his armour save roll of a 6), and Stormwing severely wounded (2 wounds left), Eltharion kills Blacktoof! Only for him to use the magic card "escape"! The wyvern is driven off, and in the pursuit, Eltharion collides into another unit of goblins.

Even heavily wounded, Eltharion issues a challenge, and butchers the goblin big boss.

The archers were minced by the giant, so my last unit of elven archers from the west, shoot and finally kill the giant! It has been on 1 wound since Turn 1!. When it fell, it nearly fell on the escaped Backtoof!

Game!

Goblins: 18 Victory Points

Elves: 13 Victory Points

Goblins for the win!

This was a very one sided game...until Eltharion turned up. Not being getting the signal fire off, and having everything come a turn later was quite the impedement. Plus my elves busy having their breakfast was not great! That Swordmaster unit was meant for greater things, not being clipped and run down! But all swings and roundabouts. Eltharion was quite the hero, and making some very lucky saves for him, ensured he survived the battle and unlike most 'new paint syndrome', he did some damage!

As for what is next, my friend and I are in discussion as to whether we are going to do the whole Eltharion and Grom campaign. We have roughly broken the Eltharion story from the old High Elves book down into 6 or 7 games, including Maugthrond. 

So will keep you posted!

Thanks for looking!