Tag: High Elf
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Progress
In a successful week of painting I managed to finish the other 2 nights watch cavalry all in their matching uniform black. Also added is a battery of High Elf boltthrowers and crew. So, which is the best looking of the horses? Below the bolt throwers At the moment the future of A Song of…
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I Love [Painting] The Dead
I love the dead before they’re coldThe bluing flesh for me to holdCadaver eyes upon me seeNothing I love the dead before they riseNo farewells, no goodbyesI never even knew your now rotting faceWhile friends and lovers mourn your silly graveI have other uses for you, darling An odd set of coincidences has been at…
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Ride to Live, Live to Ride
The first blog post of the year showcasing how I spent some time off between Christmas and New Years I had become a bit jaded with painting Elves and the fruits of my labours felt disappointing. I had a yearning to paint some Dothraki and so I made a start. These are the first figures…
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Elves and Zombies
It has been a while since I last updated my blog; the lack of sunlight has made me less inclined to paint as of late and I have nly managed to sneak a few hours here and there. As ever, this is the time of year where I aim to have painted all the figures…
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Dragon Born
What if I told youThere’s a secret way?Some have the power to be one with a beastTrust your fate and you will be as one againFind a way, Dragonborn Soul of the dragonWill and mind are unified as oneSee the world through ancient eyesMay the power of the dragon guidе your wayHeed your call, Dragonborn…
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The Flight of the Sapphire Dragon
So, behold the flight of the sapphire dragonSoaring through the skies once again Fly far away over mountains and seasTo lands and kingdoms far beyondReturn with fire to the halls of mightLet the flames of the forge burn bright In a previous blog I showed the process of stripping of the old paint, prepping and…
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Keep Our Teeth Bright and Clean
We are young, we run greenKeep our teeth nice and cleanSee our friends, see the sightsAnd feel alright Way back in the distant mist of time when I was a youth beardless and of less than 18 summers I found myself at a GW store store re-opening. Gather round younglings and harken to the tales of…
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Dragon’s Dance
Out there a dragon lives, he lives foreverHis never ending tail cannot be severedIdly he hides away biding his timeAnd when the moment strikes him he will lift his wingsand fly I’ve heard the dragon’s dance shaking the trees yeahI’ve seen the fiery sky and fallen to my kneesScales shining in the sun, wind from…
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May Day Update
For the past few weeks I have been so busy that finding time to paint has been difficult. This week, I managed to steal a few hours here and there and finish another Silver Helm ( number 11, I have one more lurking in a box somewhere) 11th Silver Helm SOLOMON KANE “These things be…
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Silver Helm Standard Bearer
It is an incontrovertible fact that no Warhammer unit is complete without a standard. With that in mind I used a colour photocopier and made a copy of the Silver Helm standard which adorns the first edition High Elf Army book which I have owned since I was a beardless youth of barely 20 summers.…
Tales From the Anchorage 