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July 29, 2010September 16, 2015

Glade Guard / Archers

Five of a unit of ten Glade Guard, or what were more commonly referred to as Archers back in the day… and glade guard were spearmen. But hey no point being picky.

What can I say. I actually really like this unit, they’re metal for one so there’s some decent heft to them. And my painting scheme (and this is one of the rare occassions when it really is MY painting scheme, not diligently plagerised from Games Workshop) is well, not to bad I think. From their blue velour tunics to their pinstriped breeches. I think they’re cool even if the technical aspect of the paint job is only passable.

July 27, 2010September 16, 2015

Glade Riders

Knowing how much Martin enjoys the whacky cartoonish appearances of my old school elven steeds here are my 5 horse unit of old school glade riders. What to say, well they look a bit silly now beside the new ones which look considerably more realistic. I do kinda like the light armoured elves with their crested helms but these probably are a little civilised compared to the new more feral approach which I think I prefer. The paint job on the horses is ok. Obviously my attempt to dapple them wasn’t very effective, they really need a white glaze over the top to blend the spots into the grey but at the time that was a bit beyond me, possibly still is. I remember having a few goes and making a bit of a mess.

July 21, 2010September 16, 2015

Mounted Lord

A mounted wood elf lord. What can I say, it is my least favourite model (with perhaps the exception of Ariel). The horse is nice, I like the horse, always have despite it’s rather cartoonish appearance. The figure… well where to start. Not a great sculpt very 2 dimensional with an arm out either side holding a weapon. A big crested helmet with no other piece of armour whatsoever save a biggish belt. Then there is my paint job, terrible drybrush highlighting of the blue cloak to start with and then for some god awful reason I thought green gloves and boots would look good with yellow YELLOW clothes and a blue cloak. I’m a guy, I’m not particularly colour sensitive but even to me this is a horror. This is one model that I will happily repaint. I dislike it intensely. But it is posted here as a historical record of something I will hopefully find the time at some point to expunge.