Elven Steel, Elven Bows

Spent some time today undercoating the Maiden Guard and getting the base coats on the armour and weapons. The plan over the next few days and weeks is to get the mithril armour and blades done, then to work outwards - whites and greens - before going in with detail such as gold and skin. I'm not totally sure what sort of skintones to use, because I'm not massively convinced by the pale skin and blonde hair look. That's a while off for now though:

It's only 27 models but when you're batch painting it seems endless

I should probably also think about working on some of the Pile of Opportunity again, too, but for now I have High Elves on the brain!

Decisions, Decisions

Having finally completed the printing for C - six mechs, four Alacorns, four Shreks, seven trucks, two articulated lorries, two Maxim II hover APCs, six Warrior VTOLs, and 12 bases of GEV infantry - and having completed all the current mechs I had to paint, I'm now contemplating my options.

On the one hand, I have a small selection of figures to paint (Alarielle, the PDF trooper, and a 5th Edition Warhammer Fantasy High Elf Handmaiden of the Everqueen champion) which would be a nice little palate cleanser and give me an idea about colour schemes and concepts for my planned Old World High Elf army based around the Everqueen, or I could print some Skaven and build my Stormvermin unit up to 20, as well as adding some extra stuff - like a Warlord to command the army in games too small for my Grey Seer to take charge. After all, I did tell N that I'd take Skaven against his Chaos in the New Year once they return from holiday back to university.
 

L: a 5th Edition Handmaiden of the Everqueen unit champion; R: a 3D printed Alarielle the Everqueen

Honestly I'm quite excited for my mad idea. It's hugely uncompetitive but I've been wanting to make it literally since the release of the Everqueen and the WD article about her and her Handmaidens back in the late 1990s!