Gorram's Grand Army Project
Dark Elves (Warmaster) - Part 1
One of our local gaming groups is a splinter from an RPG group that runs indie games. The idea was, initially at least, that the Wargames would be the same. However most of the chat revolves around playing “dead” GW games as several of them get that misty eyed nostalgia when words like Battlefleet Gothic and Necromunda are mentioned. I’m known to like painting small minis which is why I got added to a group chat for a slow grow Warmaster project (do not call it a league!!!) that will start mid to late summer and run for a few months.
What army?
I have easily 2000 points of metal dwarves painted. For some reason, lost to the depths of time (or the first lockdown as it is recorded in the history books), I re-based them all onto 40x40s, complete with Milliput to level them all out. Safe to say I’m not going to tear all that to pieces.
In the darkest corner of The Stash, I have some 10/12mm ratmen too but not enough for a full army and there’s certain units not represented that would be essentials. While hunting for options online, I can’t across a fairly local business that does 3d printing for you.
They had a 2k dark elves army for £75. All thoughts of ratmen vanished.
But wait a minute Gorram, I hear you type. Don’t you have a 3d printer already? Yes, yes I do. Having experimented with different scales though, it isn’t high res enough for 10mm in a way I’m happy with. I also looked into the cost of the stls and honestly, it was going to cost me more than the £75 to get them all, let alone buy resin, run the electricity etc
Eight days later, an army arrived in the post.
Quick and Easy Paint Scheme
We’re aiming for our first games at the end of July so this will be another “get it done quickly” army. It seems to be turning into a bit of a theme for me this year. This is the first test base and I’m happy with the levels of contrast at 3ft.
- Prime Wraithbone
- Black Legion over the chainmail and boots
- Mournfang Brown on the spear hafts
- Gunmetal over all the remaining armour, the spear tip and a slight drybrush on the chainmail
- Retributor Gold on the front helmet detail and shield details
- Mephiston Red on the armour trim
- Two coats of Magos Purple on the shields and the cloth
- Coat of Marine Juice (Sledgehammer Studio’s recipe) over everything except the Magos Purple
- Based with some texture paint; flock choice still to be made
The process of a project for Jill: Find inspiration from random parts of reality or see all the cool minis that would be awesome to paint Spend more than would be recommended by the average normie on tiny fighting men that would, again, be really awesome to paint Fuss over the details of color schemes and then begin slapping figures with all the lovely hues you might be able to imagine Reach a point, getting halfway to completion, that really isn’t where you thought you wanted to be but still hope the minis will end up awesome with the paint… Read more »
You missed out on:
Don’t read the rules or understand the army building so be stressed until the game is over that I’m embarrassing herself/irritating my opponent 😀