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Wonderful stuff, from the wingtips down to the movement trays.

No criticism, everything looks great. I like your idea for the colour variations and themes - the two painted archers look good and I'm looking forward to see the rest.

The archers look excellent. My eyes are drawn to those gems. The robes look very clean and bright - I would've assumed they were full white if you hadn't said.

The chinese chariots look intimidating! Good looking forces overall. And that's the elf wizard I would've used as an Everqueen stand-in, if I could have got one for a reasonable (i.e. stingy) price on ebay! If that's painted up like the others, but with extra character attention, it'll look spectacular.

 CaptainWaffle wrote:
I do take some pride in my gems.

It shows!

I see what you mean about grey vs white (nicely painted). And still looking forward to see the wizard painted, but more so.

 CaptainWaffle wrote:
Another week, roughly, another High Elf finished. Here is Alarielle's lesser known twin sister Balarielle.

Man, sorry I missed this. The painting is great. I especially like the particular shade of green, the complementary purple, and as ever, the gems.

The units and bolt thrower are the same: bright and clean but not garish or too busy. Just nice.

I really need to source a better image capture device. My phone's lack of image quality and capture options are really starting to show. It certainly won't keep me from this project, though.

I got a Lumix GX80 a few years ago, with more settings and boosts than I know what to do with; and while it's a big improvement, I still have to run contrast and colours through GIMP and worry about blowing the whites out.

Syro_ wrote:I agree that the bases aren't too busy as well, especially since you keep them consistent which is more important. Since your high elf archers are on square bases where the edges meet the bases flows together and looks great.

Yup. The bases are noticeable, but not too distracting. (Sort of 'I'm here too' rather than 'me me me') I think it helps that they're not straight-up lemon yellows and blood reds. In my eyes they help ground the elves, maybe more than a simple layer of static grass or sand, with a kind of slightly-otherworldly sylvan autumn feel. Which is all appropriate for elves, IMO.

Tempted to pick up one or two of those leaf punches from Green Stuff World and do something similar for my own.

CaptainWaffle wrote:These, like many of my High Elves (and other miniatures), are ebay rescues. There is a lot about the plastic that is off, or were built strangely. Can't complain when I paid $10 or less for this unit, though.

You're more patient or more fortunate than I am, or both. I've just about sworn off rescuing plastics from ebay because they're often more styrene cement than styrene.

I painted the robes blue because I am a little tired of painting white

There are worse reasons for going off the beaten track.

Up next: Silver Helms... These elves are still on the sprue, mostly, so it's not much to look at.

Are those another ebay rescue? If so, nice!

 Syro_ wrote:
Sorry to be suggesting extra work for you. I normally prefer round bases for all things, but that ordered rank on the square bases looks really good together. The round bases look very nice on their own, I just think they stand out on the movement trays. It seems a shame to waste your nicely flocked round bases.

Pretty much this. Looking at the number of minis you've based already, I don't want to say 'yes you should definitely rebase', but you and Syro are vocalising some thoughts that I've also had about my own stuff. Round bases look nice, but when you need to form them up...

 CaptainWaffle wrote:
While messing with the bases I thought more about my current and future White Lion Chariots. The ovals they are on are huge. The Phoenix and Lord on Griffon base ovals neatly fit my appropriately-sized "adapter" rectangle bases, but the huge ovals on the chariots look ridiculous. More importantly, they could have a strange affect during gameplay, getting too many opposing models in melee with them or blocking too much room. I think I'm going to (gently) pry the chariot off its base, or cut it off, and get it on a rectangle. Something for the future. This is what happens when you leave AoS.

This is another basing problem similar to one of mine. Funny, it ended up by deciding on a rectangle too.

The movement trays are looking great. The grass underneath looks novel and interesting. Bad luck on the SHelm gaps, but looking forward to see them painted - and based, too!