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Dark Elves, Dwarfs and other projects
Topic Started: Sep 20 2012, 03:12 PM (2,771 Views)
Brother Syth
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Hi there.

Thought I might take this opportunity to start a blog on my Dark Elves. I already have about 2000points painted, but haven't really played much since 8th Edition came out. As such I lost motivation at the time to paint bigger core units and just left them by the wayside.

Fast forward to now and recently a friend of mine is getting back into the hobby, and we started playing Warhammer Fantasy again. So I thought this would be a good opportunity for me to get my Dark Elves up to 8th Edition speed. Unfortunately I left my case at my friends house, so I can't show you what I have completed thus far, but I can show you what I just recently completed.

As with most of my armies, I tend to like the older models, so they do have a tendency to find a place in my forces purely for nostalgic reasons. For my Dark Elves, I have continued the old flavour, by incorporating the old banners from their 5th Edition Book. I love the look of these banners far more than the plastic ones you get in the boxes.

Anyways, enough waffle, here are some pics of the corsairs I finished this evening. I have gone with the standard purple Dark Elves, and I'm sure I'll cop some flak for it, but it is my preferred scheme, even if it is unoriginal!

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As always any c&c is most welcome. Next on the painting table is another 5 corsairs.
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Lupo
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They look very nice :) I don't have much to C&C as I do like them how they look now, but there is one thing that could improve on and that would be with your washes: make them a bit more controlled and a bit less "sloppy". On the last pic, if you look at the cream-coloured part of the cape, the washes looks quite sloppy.

But that's minor criticism :)

Oh, and if you're interested, I have some old metal Corsairs that I'm looking to get rid of, so I'll post them up in my Trade thread and maybe you'd like to acquire them?
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Brother Syth
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Cheers Ludovic!

I understand what you mean about the heavy wash, I did that quite deliberately as I was trying to get these guys painted. Took about 3 hours to get them all done and dusted. I'll try to be a bit less heavy handed next time.

I'll check out the corsairs, as they are always handy to have ;)
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Looking god mate! A whole force would look great! :)
I'd just give the skin a wash and the metallics a quick wash light wash.

Can't wait to see some more!
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Yeah, good idea. Will try and do that tonight. Might get the rest of my stuff back tonight, in which case I'll post more pics of my completed stuff.
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Got my case back, so here are some of the models I have completed thus far.

Spearelves
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Repeater Crossbows
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Black Guard
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Assassins
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OOP Cauldron of blood, thinking I will redo the gore on this, since I now have the tamiya red ink. I like this model better than the new one.
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Battle standard with old banner
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Characters and old mage. He always miscasts in every game. No joke.
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More characters. Has my favourite dreadlord model of all time here.
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Cold One Knights, Need to paint more of these.
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Hydra. Nuff said.
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My old Rakarth model. It didn't come with a banner, so I have been chasing a replacement for years.
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Lastly, my friend gave me this, as he knows I have some dwarfs kicking around. I nearly fainted! Love the old dwarf models, and must find a place for them!
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As always and c&c is most welcome!
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Lupo
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You lucky man! I'm jealous :P

And I really like your Dark Elf force, especially the banners!

One tip I would have is maybe go back over the skin of some of your characters and add a bit of depth with a light wash and then an extra highlight?

Anyway, I approve of this log! ;)
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Dark Elves (were) are the only army in WHF that I like(d), and I love the colours in yours. Purple may be "stereotypical" for them, but it works. Should I be insane enough get around to collecting a Dark Elf army again, I'd have elements of Purple in the colour scheme (although I'd go for a darker shade).

In any case, as another Dark Elf army fan, I approve most thoroughly! ^_^
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@Brother Ludovic: Thanks! Was so surprised when he gave them to me. As for the Dark Elves, I know what you mean. I must admit the flesh would be my weakest point of this army. I'll try experimenting with the latest batch of corsairs to see if I can get some much needed depth. Then I can go over the older stuff. Like you I really like the banners, which is why I went through a lot of effort to out them on. I scanned my old Dark elf book, upped the resolution in Photoshop, then converted all the banner trimmings to the purple colour I wanted, then went to the high quality printer at uni and printed out a few copies. Plus I matt varnish them before I put them on. Love how they look, so am quite pleased with them.

@Aquilanus: Cheers! I'm quite proud of them myself!
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I actually thought that you had painted them by hand with water colours :lol: The truth has finally emerged though ;)

I hope you find a recipe that you like for your DE!
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