Juliette, Female wizard

Finished another Reaper figure, a female wizard this time.  

Also a look at my painting table.

Cassie, Gnome Wizard

Took a break from Elves this week to paint up a fun looking Reaper sculpt.  I have tried to add more detail to the robe by painting the symbols on it.  I am happy enough with how it turned out too.  Just have to try something a bit more complex next time!

Dryads

Finished my second batch of Dryads with two painted up as Branch Wraiths.

These are my first photos with my new Foldio photo studio and I am very happy with how they turned out.

First Hero Finished

My first hero for the Wood Elves has been finished, a Reaper sculpt instead of a Games Workshop one.  Quite happy with her though her scabbard probably lets her down a little.

Now onto my second unit of Dryads and the GW Spellsinger!

Glade Guard part 2

Painted up my second unit of Glade Guard and I am happy to say I believe I have improved their look from the first unit I painted.  I spent more time on extreme highlighting the edges of the figures to make them "pop" out more than the last group.

I also have bought some movement stands and added magnets to the bases to stop them toppling over!

Now I just have to finish one of my lords and I have a finished 500pt army.

Rules and building.

Managed to pick up a couple of the books I needed from Ebay.

First the Wood Elf Book and then the Isle of Blood rule book along with the dice and templates from the starter set.  Saved a bit on getting them like this than buying them direct from Games Workshop, plus the smaller rules are easier to handle!

Also started work on my second unit of Dryads, I am awaiting some paint to finish off my Glade Guard.  I am spending a little more time on these ones doing a little bit of converting as well as making two of them into characters.

The Branchwraiths are getting skeletons hanging from them to make them easy to spot and the rank and file will get more branches etc to make them more prickley!

What have I done....

Well it had to happen, started getting back into painting figures and the itch crept upon me again.  Yup I am back into collecting the darn things and looking at tabletop gaming again...hey ho.

Took me a little while but having painted up some Games workshop Wood Elf Glade Guard I had "lying" around I decided to try and finish off a small force of them.  Being one of those butterflies that flits from different ranges and periods to the next shiny thing I decided I had to lay some ground rules.

1. I can only spend money I have got through selling my unwanted stuff on EBay.  This limits me and stops me spending too much!

2. I have to paint what I have first before buying new or at least get my goal finished.  That's to stop me amassing another lead pile in place of the one I just got rid of.

So far I have done not too badly, my first aim is to get a 500pts Wood Elf force finished, mostly Glade Guard and Dryads and that's going well as I am on the last unit at the moment.  Once they are finished Ill either move to a 1000pts force or take a peek at getting the Flames of War WW2 starter set.  

Anyway I am going to try and keep this blog updated with a once a week update of how this is going, as this is the first one Ill post up the finished pictures below of the units I have at the moment.

These are my Glade Guard, a single unit if 10 so far but another is currently being painted.

My Dryads, not everyones choice for Wood Elves but the rule of cool demands they are used!  A unit of 12 figures at the moment.

Currently just the hero and the second Glade Guard unit to finish off.