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Marek's Raiders Dark Elf WIP - Heresy Online Painting Challenge
Background / Overall goal:
The upcoming Heresy Painting Challenge is just the thing I've needed to focus my attention on getting my Druchii Army (currently over 3000 pts in boxes), assembled, painted and ready for the table. I've been playing 40K for about 2 years and have wanted to try Fantasy Battles for about a year. I've been buying models and taking the sprues out and looking at them but not really getting serious about getting the army put together up til now. I kept getting distracted with finishing my Tau army and Space Marine Brotherhood of Fire army.
The overall goal will be, over the twelve months of the challenge, to paint up a general Druchii army list of about 2000 points. I've built the list and I'll use this WIP log will chronicle how I go about getting the list built and painted according to the Painting Challenge and will document the first battle of the new army.
The generic list I will be working toward is as follows:
Hero(general):
December 2010's Painting Goal (pre Challenge warm-up):
I tend to paint back ranks first when I am painting up a new unit. I prefer to "practice" on the back ranks so that any learning and mistakes that are made are in the back and not quite so obvious to the observer....so I'll start off with the first unit of:
1. please bear with the pictures for now. I haven't quite figured out the best way to take them. They will get better as I learn how to get better shots.
2. For the sharp eyed DE player, you will notice that there are a lot of the old model Corsairs in the mix. I confess. I am cheap. I don't throw nuthin' away. In one sense, a Corsair is a Corsair, whether it is old school or new. I fully expect to mix all the models together into to units that will consist of mostly new models and some old.
3. They look dusty in the pictures. Some of that is lack of picture taking skill, the other is that they have been sitting on a shelf for about a year. Before I start painting I will wash them down and let them dry.
4. I daubed some paint on them when I first got them and right now they look terrible. Keep in mind that this WIP log starts with the beginning and shows how they develop. Hopefully by the end of December they will look quite a bit better.
Before:
Corsairs, Ranks 3-4, 10 models
Coming up - January 2011 Goal: The Challenge starts!
Continuing the development of the first Corsairs unit, January will complete the Corsairs unit by finishing:
Your comments are welcome although, at this point, wishes of luck and support would be most appreciated.
Thanks for looking and check back in December for updates.
Background / Overall goal:
The upcoming Heresy Painting Challenge is just the thing I've needed to focus my attention on getting my Druchii Army (currently over 3000 pts in boxes), assembled, painted and ready for the table. I've been playing 40K for about 2 years and have wanted to try Fantasy Battles for about a year. I've been buying models and taking the sprues out and looking at them but not really getting serious about getting the army put together up til now. I kept getting distracted with finishing my Tau army and Space Marine Brotherhood of Fire army.
The overall goal will be, over the twelve months of the challenge, to paint up a general Druchii army list of about 2000 points. I've built the list and I'll use this WIP log will chronicle how I go about getting the list built and painted according to the Painting Challenge and will document the first battle of the new army.
The generic list I will be working toward is as follows:
Hero(general):
- Master with Hydra Blade, Dragonbane Gem, and Potion of Speed mounted at first on a Dark Steed and then later on a Manticore.
- 20 Warriors with Spears, Lordling, Musican, and Standard Bearer.
- 20 Warriors with Crossbows, Lordling, Musician, and STandard Bearer
- 20 Corsairs with 2 weapons, Reaver, Musician, and Standard Bearer
- 20 Corsairs with 2 weapons, Reaver, Musician, and Standard Bearer
- 10 Dark Riders with spears, shield, Herald, Musician, and Standard Bearer
- 10 Cold One Knights, with Dread Knight, Musician, and Standard Bearer
- 2 Reaper Bold Throwers, with crew
December 2010's Painting Goal (pre Challenge warm-up):
I tend to paint back ranks first when I am painting up a new unit. I prefer to "practice" on the back ranks so that any learning and mistakes that are made are in the back and not quite so obvious to the observer....so I'll start off with the first unit of:
- Corsairs, Ranks 3-4, 10 models
1. please bear with the pictures for now. I haven't quite figured out the best way to take them. They will get better as I learn how to get better shots.
2. For the sharp eyed DE player, you will notice that there are a lot of the old model Corsairs in the mix. I confess. I am cheap. I don't throw nuthin' away. In one sense, a Corsair is a Corsair, whether it is old school or new. I fully expect to mix all the models together into to units that will consist of mostly new models and some old.
3. They look dusty in the pictures. Some of that is lack of picture taking skill, the other is that they have been sitting on a shelf for about a year. Before I start painting I will wash them down and let them dry.
4. I daubed some paint on them when I first got them and right now they look terrible. Keep in mind that this WIP log starts with the beginning and shows how they develop. Hopefully by the end of December they will look quite a bit better.
Before:





Corsairs, Ranks 3-4, 10 models
Coming up - January 2011 Goal: The Challenge starts!
Continuing the development of the first Corsairs unit, January will complete the Corsairs unit by finishing:
- Corsairs, Ranks 1-2, 7 models
- Corsairs, Reaver, 1 model
- Corsairs, Musician, 1 models
- Corsairs, Standard Bearer, 1 model
Your comments are welcome although, at this point, wishes of luck and support would be most appreciated.
Thanks for looking and check back in December for updates.