Painting an interchangable Flamespyre/Frostheart Phoenix
One of the major dilemmas for High Elf players is whether to model and paint the new Phoenix as either the Flame or Frost version.
One of the major dilemmas for High Elf players is whether to model and paint the new Phoenix as either the Flame or Frost version.
Finished this guy during the week just in time for him and my High Elves to get tabled by Jeffs Skink horde an army that is quite frankly almost impossible to get into combat.
Taking a leaf out of Joel’s, from The Brush of Doom , book I decided to kit bash my own Loremaster of Hoeth.
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.
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
No High Elf book in the mail at work today as the mailroom took 1/2 the day off.
Doing more internet procrastination last night and came across a blog by James Wappel in the US which covers 40k, WHFB and a range of other game systems & miniatures.
Getting enough models for a 2nd Hammerer unit and some decent unit fillers are (along with a display board) the only outstanding goals I have for my WHFB Dwarf army.
Got some painting in last night in front of the first fire of 2013 – cold evenings have come in a little later than usual this year but it is nice to have the fire going while your painting away. [Pictures are all pretty big so make sure you click on them 🙂 ] Anyway – have completed the basic layers for each Slayer but have not applied any washes yet.
Oops completely forgot the 2nd Dunn Deadline for 'The Tale of X Gamers' or the Horus Heresy 30k project being run by New Zealand gamers.
