To go Autumn or Modryn? Pic heavy

[Syphilis]

Well I started to get into the Wood Elves a month before the release so I could pick up the old battalion and see how it played. Here is my army so far:

I started to try match my Daemons but they looked too un tree like.



Then I made it more green!


but I couldn't get my glade guard looking right.


she looked better in Autumn


So my trees turned Autumn






Some elves died and turned into these treekin...I obviously still have no direction!


But I was enjoying the Autumn Dryad theme.





So I haven't painted that much of the army in 2 months and now with the new book I was thinking of making the army darker...more Modryn like



This is where I am sort of stuck. I want a darker army but I don't think my Deepwood scouts are looking right yet. So what do you think...orange or Modryn ish?

[Syphilis]

Going for the earthy tones for extra Scouty Stealth.

[Sunshine coconut]

I'm about to start my Autumn elves. (I figure that way weaker forest spirits make sense).

These look amazinggggg!

[robtion]

Amazing looking color scheme you have there. The drayads and scout bow look tops

[LordWaywatcher]

Very good result! God job.

My half army is Winter themed.

[Typo]

How did you get the bright blue /glowing effect on those models?
Thanks :-)

[peterhof]

My thougt is he had a lamp under the glass plate where the models are on. This gave the shine

[Hapotte]

My thougt is he had a lamp under the glass plate where the models are on. This gave the shine

That's a great way to "see" where to put the glow effect though. Line up your models, take a picture with the light under them, paint what you see on the picture.

I might give this a try!

[Syphilis]

Haha hilarious. I did not think of it that way. My phone ran out of batteries so it couldn't flash so I put a lamp underneath. But that is a freaking good idea to make it scary!

[Syphilis]

Having said that. . Do any of you guys know how this can be done convincingly? You would run the risk of having blue Dryads.

[risK]

This effect is called object source lighting. You'll find a lot of tutorials if you google object source lighting tutorial or osl tutorial.
Some involve an airbrush, but you'll also find some that don't.

[peterhof]

This site offers quite good tutorials on a bit of everything; link is on the OSL:
http://massivevoodoo.blogspot.be/2010/0 ... tning.html

[Syphilis]

Ooo I will have to try doing some light in some of my other dyrads from Spites. Not much of an update but I've bought a packet of fallen leaves and BAM! here they are

[SpanielBear]

BAM indeed! I always find it amazing how much bases make a model. Really nice Autumnal theme, and good luck with the source lighting from the spites! Look forward to seeing it.

[Syphilis]

So my treeman finally came in the mail today. Got a bit excited and didn't read all the instructions and mixed and matched the ancient with durthu bits. Voila a weird dynamic ish pose. I had to re jig he's left arm. Oh and I couldn't bring myself to give a treeman a weapon at first. How unfluffy right. ... But it must have been the glue in the air. That spear is freaking awesome.

It's kind of annoying the ancient isn't really a combat machine.... This guy can easily look like the general for the army.
Oh and those small horses around him are my converted Dryad centaurs as the sisters (transformations) of thorns.

[Rinielle]

Those 'dryad centaurs' are stunning! and a brilliant idea if you are going tree heavy!

[Syphilis]

did a bit more converting since I sort of sorted out my list.
My Captain BSB and her unit of Sisters of Thorn



Just needs green stuffing

[Samoht]

Your treeman looks set to be an awesome centrepiece, very dynamic and I love the spear stave.

[Syphilis]

So..it has been a while.

I have regained some motivation with a new 2000pnt list that includes the treeman as the centre piece general.

Treeman Ancient

Beast Singer

Captain BSB on steed

15 dryads

10 Trueflight/ hagbane guards

10 Trueflight/ hagbane guards

6 Treekin

5 Wild "Centaurs"

5 Wild "Centaurs"

5 Thorn "Centaurs"

Treeman


My completed 15 Dryads (I know it took ages for such a small wood unit) and behind is the Treeman Ancient with its first coat and a half!


My second Treeman...I couldn't help but modify the pose a little. This one is just walking along looking angry.


My Wood Elf Captain BSB made into a centaur.

Well that's it for now. Now new goal is to complete painting that treeman ancient like my Dryads.

[Syphilis]

Some previous conversions of waywatechers. I may add these to my glade guards if I don't want to use them as Way watchers.

Died Brocoli tree Waywatchers. Keeping the army cheap money wise, they are jsut converted glade guards.


Can you spot the owl handler?

[Aemir_II]

Durthu with beard looks great, and centaurs alike. Go on with autumn theme, dryads are awesome.

[Tuladin]

Very cool treekin! Looking forward to seeing the finished treemen.

[Syphilis]

Not quite finished but getting there. Probably halfway with this treeman. Starting to do some highlights.

[Syphilis]

Here is my Treeman..possibly an ancient! Now to work on my other wood elf projects... some elves or a dryad horde. I might absorb my treekin as unit fillers in a dryad horde as I can't seem to make them work in my games...grrrr!

[Aemir_II]

Awesomo! Still it will be hard to transport such beauty...