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  1. Hi guys,

    Restarting a previously abandoned High Elf project for a slow grow.

     

    The general! Seawarden on foot. Used as the pennant version because they may be small but the model has a pennant on it while it has zero tridents. 

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    A biscuit tin of Highborn Spearmen! Still need to figure out a sheild emblem and get the shields done for the other ten.. also need to finish the command group for the second unit (they currently lack arms, heads, and paint)

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    A biscuit tin of Highborn Archers! Actually the surprise success of the Highborn project- volley of arrows + Seawarden command ability + seawarden flag puts a lot of no rend wounds down range. 

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    A WIP bolt-thrower crew and bolt thrower- all ebay rescues with an incredible amount of paint on them- biostrip20 saves the day again.

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    WIP Archmage on horseback. Reins greenstuffed into the hands. Going to go for black robes with red accents so the spellcaster stands out. probably going to go for a green glow from the outstretched hand.

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    WIP Archmage on Dragon - still need to sort out the archmage but I think I'm going to go with the similar theme to the one on horseback. 

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    So let's see where this takes us!

    One of the core themes for the army is that at this stage in the AoS story the High Elves aren't the bright shining warriors mostly fighting from a position of strength, they are now utterly desperate and have been abandoned by their gods (Teclis and Tyrion didn't stick around when they were most needed).

    Any idea how to convey that desperation?

    Edit: Also here was the first rider version (planning to magnetise the riders), was going to be a Dragonlord but with this GHB he may have just morphed into Dreadlord.

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  2. 3 minutes ago, dekay said:

    I'm actually considering selling my army after it's finished in a few days - not that I don't want them, but it might serve as a sufficient sacrifice to summon a new battletome. We all know updates show up mostly after you get rid of your models ; )

    Thank you for your service-  my WIP mounted archmage thanks you too.N1pVyqa.jpg

  3. 5 hours ago, Acid_Nine said:

    did the archmage go up or down at all? or anything else from the eldritch council?

    Nope- only swordmasters changed so the archmage on dragon is still usable which is good. Swordmasters haven't been reduced enough to make them good or even mediocre but they aren't as terrible anymore, at least. I'll take it.

     

    Looking at the Phoenix and Dragonlord nerfs I'm confused, since when has a dragonlord ally been anything but a centrepiece for fluffy lists? Compared to modern behemoths he's not actually very good. He's certainly not 380 good. The mixed order lists that did well 6 months+ ago can't compete with the new wave of armies they've put out. 

    Nerfs for stuff that's no longer top table quality (and it wasn't winning even then).

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  4. 1 hour ago, Congratz said:

    Just saw this post! I really like this idea! Just have to ask, do you think its a competitive list? 500 points for stormvermin sure is much!

    It's good (great) into lists that rely on elite melee threats but shooting heavy lists will just remove them from the table after they kill the chaff.

    It's too matchup dependent to be competitive but it's fun as hell. 

  5. I've painted exactly 5 clanrats so far of this army and one of them got repainted twice then stripped and repainted twice more until I was happy with a fast method of painting. 

    Then it's time for mass batch painting! Not entirely sure how I'm going to do the bases yet.

  6. 2 minutes ago, Skreech Verminking said:

    say does anybody know if our so beloved Verminlords will also be able to take magic from a certain lore?

    The review said it was Grey Seer only so that looks like a no. 

    Still realm spells tend to be pretty good and they have pretty awesome uniques so that shouldn't really be an issue. 

  7. My Aelf mess. This is the models currently painted to an acceptable level (and the dragon is nearly done so I'm counting that too). 

    Order Draconis

    1 x Dragonlord

    1 x Dragon Noble

     

    Lion Rangers

    10 x White Lions (project after the dragon is getting this to 30)

    1 x Lion Chariot

     

    Eldritch Council

    1 x Mounted Archmage

    1 x Archmage on foot

    1 x Loremaster

    20 x Swordmasters

     

    Swifthawk Agents

    1 x High Warden

     

    Highborn

    1 x Seawarden

    10 x Silverhelms

    50 x Highborn Archers

    50 x Highborn Spearmen

     

    It's a start...

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    12 hours ago, Melcavuk said:

    Agreed. They haven’t been standout units in any of the games so far and with only a single shot a piece, no rend and limited survivability they’re feeling rapidly outclassed by all more recent units. The glade shards sit where I think a standard archer battleline for aelves should be.

     

    The Gladeshards are pretty damned hardcore though even for them I wouldn't pay more than 140. I like that the Hunters beyond repute rule makes them artificially bad at sniping characters. Hmm maybe the 160 is worth it considering how good they'd be at operating as minimum strength units (no point in running more than the minimum - extra shot from the squad leader and hunters rule means minimum strength units have a similar damage/point ratio to massive regiments and are much more able to use cover).

  9. Not a lot of progress but hours are long at work (and hey at least it has two wings now). Note to self: paint the inside of the mouth before you put the dragon together. 

     

    Trying to decide if I should:

    a) paint the belly a cream colour (which would probably look better).

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    b) wash and clean up the belly while leaving it blue (which would save me hours of painting).

     

    Decisions :/ 

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  10. Hmm those bases sizes are odd- Archmage on dragon, Dragon lord and Dreadlord on Black dragon all have different base sizes. 

    Edit: sorceress on black dragon is a different size as well :/ 

  11. I'm on the wrong side of this thread - I didn't rage quit (though only had a few games of early AoS as it didn't really have enough structure to support it) at the AoS release but the possible removal of compendium (and thus a large number of my painted miniatures) may prompt a despair quit. It would be like a rage quit but with less drama and just lead to me playing a lot more 40k and Infinity while occasionally glancing wistfully at my painted army in the cabinet. 

  12. Oh of course on the cover! I don't normally run any monsters in my current list so I'd forgotten that one. Yeah 2.0 should limit the use of Mystic shield on him too. 

    I wasn't saying he was under costed (I hadn't even spotted a points cost) I was just saying with that profile don't expect much to survive contact with it, like Archaon many armies would be restricted to trying to tarpit it with chaff and complete objectives around it.

  13. As his spell effects himself he should often have a 3+ save much of the time and you are unlikely to find a better target for his command ability than himself so the nasty jaw attack will be 2+/2+ (which makes quite a difference, especially when enemies start throwing negative modifiers) and gets the crushing claws to 3+/3+. 

    His offensive power is up nearly 30% depending on target and he comes with two unbinds for flavour. This thing is an apex predator! None of the aelven faction behemoths can meet this dude head on (though an ice 'nix could probably tank him half a game with the right support but that's 'nixes for you?)

  14. On 5/17/2018 at 8:46 PM, Melcavuk said:

     devolved into a systematic annihilation of the aelves but the Magma Dragon. Lesson learned the next Aelf conversions will be a more robust leader model (black dragon doesnt stand up to much by comparison to the ogor characters)

     

    Though it should be noted that the Magma Drake warscroll you created exceeds Archaon in a number of areas so without going a bit crazy not much will go toe to toe with it. 

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