G'bye Elves

A final Helf check - a full army shot of the High Elves and their movement trays.

The trays are the GW plastic kit, which chops up into whatever shapes you want (hint - not round). With a bit of sticky-backed iron, some modelling concrete and a lot of PVA glue, the Helves now have their burnt deserty look finished.

There was a bit of touching up as well - gloss varnish for all the spear and weapon tips, a few missing feathers restored. And the BSB's eyes got fixed, because they were bugging me terribly! Here he is with the spearmen, who also have their pet dragon in place.

I like to Move It Move It

General Stylus kindly donated some scraps of board to my hobby cause a few months back. Like all my basing projects, it got stuck at the back of the queue and left to malinger.

Magnets: Fun with Ferrites

This week I have been learning to harness the power of magnetism…

You think I look badass now. When I grow up, I’m going to be Gandalf.

My armies have tumbled off their movement trays so often I’m starting to suspect they enjoy chipping their paint and forcing me to get out my brushes and give them a little touch up.

In a bid to keep everyone where they should be, I have decided to TAP INTO THE POWER OF THE EARTH’S CORE (or possibly the North Pole, the Wikipedia article wasn’t very enlightening).

Movement Trays: Slap That Base

An army’s got move around… something The Wehrmacht should have considered in 1941 when looking at their invasion plans and trying to calculate the number of Little Chef restaurants on the road to Moscow.

My methods of getting warriors to the business end of the Battle Board has been an ongoing evolution:

1. Assemble a 20-strong regiment and give them a gentle push from behind.
(That lasted about one battle. I was an impressionable 13 year-old and White Dwarf never showed any trays in their battle report pictures. Let me tell you: turning corners was no fun.)

2. Cut up pieces of hardboard and balance them upon it.
(A long-standing and versatile solution that caused much plummeting of models when they were carried around.)
(All right, it was my Dad that did all the cutting.)

3. Purchase resin-moulded movement trays from Terrain Warehouse.
(This was before Games Workshop released their cheaper, plastic modular trays, but the resin ones are sturdier – which is good for metal armies. And already made to fit – which is good for the lazy hobbyist).