First game with High Elves this week so heres my list
Facing Calebs Warriors of Chaos (or maybe his Lizards) on Thursday and taking the new High Elves for the first time.
Facing Calebs Warriors of Chaos (or maybe his Lizards) on Thursday and taking the new High Elves for the first time.
I’ve never paid that much attention to WHFB podcasts although I have listened to the odd episode from various sources. This one though is well worth a listen for High Elf players (if you can tolerate listening to a bunch of drunken Australians) and it gave me a lot of ideas for list building. Link to the podcast
One of the things I'm struggling with in terms of the new book is how to make best use of the Loremaster & the other magic options.
GW gets a lot of stick for its horribly pricing structure particularly for those of us unlucky enough to live in the Southern Hemisphere where despite the vagaries of local exchange rates which currently mean the NZ dollar is worth approx US $0.85 we still pay nearly double the Northern Hemisphere retail costs for GW stock.
Another night where rather than get some work done I decide to make another collection of lists from the new High Elf book, which by the way gets better everytime you read it.
I've had this model in my collection right from the word go one of the first I acquired when I started wargaming back in 2008 but until last night I had never tried painting him.
As would be expected I've spent a lot of time since Wednesday coming up with new High Elf army lists from the new book all with the intent of re-creating my 2400pt Tournament list to make best use of the new toys.
First up big props to GW Australia for some excellent customer service. A new High Elf army book is already on its way out to me to replace the damaged one I recieved the other day, and I get to keep the damaged one which saves me the cost of returning it. Thanks GW thats awesome. First run with the new High Elves will hopefully be in a fortnights time, and then again (if I can get a leave pass) at my next WHFB tournament Horned Rat VI. As stated Im using the new book as an incentive for stripping, repainting and rebasing my entire High Elf collection. The new paint scheme will mirror that of my Dwarfs – Ultramarine Blue, Goblin Green & Scab Red. Luckily I have A LOT of unpainted High Elves to practice on starting with 10 IOB Swordmasters. The new scheme a WIP and still pretty messy
First up GW Australia got back to me extremely quickly and have already dispatched a replacement army book for me which is just awesome. Damage to the book aside I have to say its pretty damn good.
Was hoping to get a run at the new High Elves at my local club this week but that is not going to happen now. Even if the new book turns up at work tomorrow I won't have anytime to digest its contents.
