Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

I started into GW with just the next generation of those Wardancers I think. Awesome stuff.

 Sgt. Oddball wrote:
I started into GW with just the next generation of those Wardancers I think. Awesome stuff.

That was a magical time to start collecting, at least to my aged eyes.

I love those Wardancer sculpts. Jes just has a gift when it comes to sculpting Elves. I do love the old 80's-90's vibe Gw figgies. Maybe it was just because that was when I got into it but....yeah oldhammer FTW.


Great touch up paint work and I'm glad they are getting a new lease on life and recycled by being used with your son to play 'wargames' I use to do that with the GF's grandkids when they where younger. Just set up some terrain bust out some old figgies and move them around and roll some dice and have a blast doing it.

Thanks for the kind words. These aren't touch ups, though. Everything has been stripped and repainted over bare metal. My primer/basecoating was more than a little too heavy back in the day...

 JoshInJapan wrote:
Thanks for the kind words. These aren't touch ups, though. Everything has been stripped and repainted over bare metal. My primer/basecoating was more than a little too heavy back in the day...

Even better, I really like the paint job you did on them. I just stripped a whole bunch of wild west figgies and a Harry the Hammer fig

Lots of good stuff coming out since I last visited this blog. All the dudes with axes and maces etc look great. Had a good chuckle about the mace guy with the 'short stick' - did you ever find the mace head?

EDC

Love to see the old models getting love! They may not quite stand up to modern sculpts, they still have a great look. Plus, of course, they have an immense nostalgia factor! Great looking jobs on that old lead.

Valete,

JohnS

Very cool to see Glam the Laughing Warrior leading some cool Oldhammer Wardancers, Josh.

The Melinboneans also look awesome (Cavalry as well?) - I've been (and still am) sick as a dog, so I'm going with that as a legit excuse for not having looked/seen/commented until now. I know how you feel though - after I showed off the entire Undead army.

Could I get you to do a combined, August-only pic at the end of the month for the ToG thread, which I can link to the individual units' posts.

 Azazelx wrote:
Could I get you to do a combined, August-only pic at the end of the month for the ToG thread, which I can link to the individual units' posts.

Reckon I can do that. Somehow I'm staying productive, even with my increased family time, so I'll be doing a final, August-only photo at the end of the month.

I hope you feel better soon.

Love all the vintage GW elves, especially the wardancers. Thanks for sharing.

Somehow, despite spending a lot of quality time with my wife and son, I have managed to stay productive:


These are, of course, very old Wood Elf archers. As I mentioned in my previous posting, wood elves were my main army for most of my WHFB career, and archers outnumbered pretty much everything else, despite not being all that good in the rules.


These two were from the Citadel Collector's series (I think. They came in the blue blister pack, anyway). These are not Jes Goodwin sculpts.


These two are from the Scarloc's Wood Elf Archers regiment box. They are essentially the same sculpt,with the only real difference being the hood.


Two more of Scarloc's archers. At one point, I had at least three full sets of these guys, but foolishly traded off a lot of the troopers. I still have the Scarloc models as well as the musicians, champions and standard bearers, though.

Before stripping, these were all painted in remarkably bright greens, blues, and browns. For the repaint, I went with darker shades as would befit woodland scouts. I probably need to lighten up on the shading for their faces.

Next up, some command models!

Those elves are great, love the classic war dancers

And now, some command models for the elves. First up, an elf captain:


This guy was in an unopened blister pack, along with a standard bearer. I went with the same dark green and grey that I used on the archers I posted a couple of days ago. I tried to paint his falcon naturally, but it's kind of hard to tell on a model this small.



And here's the standard bearer the captain was packaged with. There were three variations on this pose, all with sculpted banner tops and something in their right hand. This guy is carrying a wand or a rod or a chair leg or something. I based the banner top on a Devi painting I found on GIS. I probably won't add a banner to this model.



This is the wizard from the Elf Attack Chariot set (of which I have 1 1/2). He has a falcon and some magnificent, Jes Goodwin elf hair. Apparently I forgot to paint the edges of his base.

Finally, a group shot:

Very cool old-school wood elves. I has the Scarloc's set myself as a youth, but sold most of them off. Luckily I was able to get a set a year or two ago via eBay for a price that wasn't too painful, so paint up at some stage in the future for KoW.

If I wasn't in the middle of a power armour renaissance here, you'd have inspired me to go dig them out with all of these guys.

Thanks. I have been having a blast revisiting these models. I may continue with this theme in September as well.

I've been away too long, you've done a crap load of fancy elves, awesome!

 GrimDork wrote:
I've been away too long, you've done a crap load of fancy elves, awesome!

My productivity surprises me. School starts again tomorrow, though, so my numbers should fall back to normal.

Awesome, I love that Elven Captain!

EDC

 evildrcheese wrote:
Awesome, I love that Elven Captain!

EDC

Thanks. I have a variation on that same model and in the queue now.

How do you manage to be so productive at such a good standard and still have quality time with family?! You are a legend sir.

Well done on the minis.

My productivity comes from taking lots of shortcuts, primarily using glazes on pretty much every stage of a model. My time management is because of the family dogs. They wake up at the crack of dawn and pester me until I take them for a walk. They have conditioned me to wake up with no alarm by 4AM every day, leaving me 30 minutes or more every morning for hobby work.

Sounds like a perfect collection of factors, well done on using those 30minutes so well

Great use if your time. Being able to capture those small windows of hobbying is a great way to make progress and helps keep you motivated.

EDC

Indeed. I'm running out of storage space, though...

you've done great but For the amount of hobby time you have done awesomely

More elves. Sorry for the washed-out images. Free image editing apps for the iPhone don't seem to work all that well, at least for someone too lazy to figure them out.


Two archer's from the Scarloc set. These two are essentially the same model, apart from their heads-- pretty common when these models were released.


A wood elf scout, from the Citadel Collectors's Series (or something like that). This model would work pretty well for a D&D PC or something.


The musician from the Scarloc set. His fur vest looks horrible in this photo, but not so bad IRL.


The standard bearer from the Scarloc set. According to the rules on the back of the box, she is a wizard with a magic standard that does something that I don't remember off the top of my head.


Finally, Scarloc himself. His hood made painting his eye almost impossible, so I tried to cover his face in shadow. It didn't really work. Also, I neglected to edge their bases again. I'll have to do that tomorrow.

Finally, a group shot:


This is the month of elves, so I expect to have a few more to show this week. Watch this space.

Sweet stuff!

Looking good JoshInJapan

Thanks, guys. I hope to keep up this pace until the end of the month, at least. That should give me a nice variety of models for skirmish-level games.

Wow, that is a really great set of elves you have been cranking out! I never really loved GW's style as a young lad, preferring Ral Partha, but damn, those bring back a heavy dose of nostalgia. Those ancient wood elves especially.