Evilstu vs. Pile of Shame

I jumped in (read: Invited myself/gatecrashed) an Oldhammer 6th edition 500 points a month ‘slow grow’ army challenge kicked off by Phil at Wargamers Anonymous and Russ at GFN Gaming (respective Youtube channels). Anyone who is old enough to remember the White Dwarf ‘A Tale of Four Gamers’ article series already knows the drill. Idea is a ‘slow grow’ army build league but rather than doing GBP/Euro/Dollars per month worth of toys the threshold has been set at 500 points of 6th ed a month. Given the price of Oldhammer minis on Ebay for the last year or so, this was done for the greater good.

I plinked for Dark Elves as a) nobody else was doing them; b) I didn’t have an army painted up for them yet and c) I have a cunning plan about merging them with my Slaanesh Daemonettes for the Cult of Slaanesh list for the Storm of Chaos campaign. And d) seething rage filled goths I guess…

So month 1 was a Noble in (very) light armour, 15 Spearelves with command (I painted up 20 because I wanted to build ‘complete’ units that were also 7th, 8th ed and WAP friendly…) 10 repeater crossbow elves, 5 Dark Riders with a musician (which took an hour to build/kitbash from numerous components but there you go…) and 5 shades with light armour (Oathmark light elf heads and torsos with dark elf weapon arms). So with that lot painted I had a whole point to spare. Would have invested it in Dogecoin but feel that might have been June’s meme so have probably missed the boat… Anyhow… Being a dirty cheating Dark Elf player, next month is only 10 minis for my 500 points (8 cold one riders, a sorceress and a chariot) so going to lean into the Nordvember monthly theme and see if I can work on Archanon’s Horde of vanilla flavored chaos for even more 6th ed Storm of Chaos goodness. Because reasons?…