Well it is my 5th attempt on creating a wood elf army, I seem to have a habbit of rushing stuff right before a tournament, so this time I got someone to paint an army for me so I have all the time in the world to finish this army.
As well as a wood elf army I'm also looking at doing a 'forest spirit army' just for fun.

Here's the list of models to paint

Spellweaver
Spellsinger
Wardancer noble
30 glade guard
24 dryads - 16 done
5 glade riders
18 wardancers
12 wild riders - 6 painted looking for foliage
3 warhawks
treewoman - painted looking for foliage
5 waywatchers

Haven't decided what to add for the forest spirit army yet, will add that later.
Pics will come soon.....

wait..... treewoman?

Yep a treewoman. the ultraforge one.
tried taking photos, I need to wait for better lighting..
maybe tomorrow

Or like. . . turn a light on?

here are some photos...

Dryads







Treewoman - still trying to find the right foliage for her...







Group shot



hopefully I will have my wild riders and warhawks done soon

They look really good, bases look great, definitely worth the extra cost.

Look forward to smashing them.

Nice!

Great painting and really nice basing.

Excellent job on the Treewoman!

The eyes (only) look a little bit strange though. I'm not sure if it's the slit pupils or the the yellow that 'flags' me as odd.

I think it's the slits.

Whatever, worth the wait, cheers.

looking good koshi!!
love the tree woman and the bases, kep it up.

Sam

luv the models, although like already said i think the eyes on the treewoman would look better with white instead of yellow, because the model is in a gentle pose and yellow eyes can look evil but white would soften it up a bit.

but i could be wrong and be talking nonsence.

Personally i wouldn't have given it eyes as in fleshy squishy eyeballs things - i'd just leave the (disturbing) likeness and make them bark-like like the rest of the model. Growing eyes (and presumably a tongue and lungs and a willy or jinytime) is too Hollywood for me, i think themewise Treepeople are best as a kind of (arthouse) anthropomorphic possession rather than a stylised Hollywood mutation.

Anyway, i love it, it's just the eyes that alone that i would alter but that's just me and MO.

[Edit] - can't resist: I got a woody for that hot ass!

Thanks for the comments guys..
I wanted an evilish look and I have used yellow eyes on my dryads...

dunno whether to change the eyes or not, if I did I'd do a flat earthy colour with no pupils.

I got a good start on my wild riders today...

I like the eyes, just to throw the other side out there.

Looks good- good photos too.

Well it's been a while without an update.. The wild riders are taking longer than expected, however I have a few WIP shots, I will take better shots when they are done..







Obviously there are more wild riders, I have another 3 WIP.
Better pics to come

SpOOnY

Wow your bases are amazing.

How do you find them for gaming practicallity? Are you able to get them ranking up easilly or does it end up taking more effort?

I think this army takes "scenic basing" to a WHOLE new level

Really nice work: was the treewoman a bought and converted miniature or was it completely scratch built? I really like it to be honest: very "otherworldly" yet still clearly humanoid....a really cool effect.

thanks guys, I can't take credit for the bases or the treewoman.
The bases seem to rank fine, being a wood elf army there aren't too many ranked units anyway...

The bases are from
http://www.shop.microartstudio.com/index.php

The treewoman is from
http://www.ultraforgeminiatures.com/treewoman.html

Wow.... For a non Fantasy player this is the first lot of models that have really piqued my interest.

Love the tree woman. That's an awesome model with a superb paint job.

Great work.

Chris

Very nice.

In the middle of assembling a wood elf army myself, and was thinking something similar (maybe even centaur-like) for the wild-riders. From the pics it appears that you have the rider holding a spear - which spears have you used, and how did you find matching it to the dryad?

Cheers

getting the dryads to sit on the steeds was the hardest bit... spears look fine they come from the glade rider kit.

've been considering the tree woman, looks v.nice might have to add a second to my army

not sold on the wildriders, maybe convert some up as centaurs using skeletal steeds and dryads? theres just somthing about the dryad not being linked to the ground that erks me. i'm a bit of a fussy ass about that though, so ignor this paragraph.

what scheme are you using for your bark?

the dryad bark?
or the treewoman?
I'm using vallejo paints and citadel inks

Black undercoat
Scorched brown drybrush
Beasty brown drybrush
leather brown drybrush
earth drybrush
then dev mud wash

treewoman squatting... ...gives me wood.

Jimbo81, really!

This is a lovely army, you've put a lot of work into making what could be quite bland models really stand out! The wild riders are looking good, a bit of photo-cropping wouldn't go astray there though! The bases are a great touch, and you've picked out the details on the dryads and treewoman very nicely. Good work, keep it up!

I have finished the wild riders, just waiting for some good lighting to take pics...
maybe tomorrow...

Well, I have finished the wild riders, hopefully these photos are a little better... been pretty crappy days down here in ballarat.
Cheers
SpOOnY

Looking great! I like the horse's brands, and are they little blue mushrooms on those bases? Nice one!

Yep gone with blue and purple mushrooms, they are actually part of the resin bases

nicely done spoony keep up the good work

Lovely work, very impressive.

Thanks guys, there will be more to come soon

I'm working on my warhawk riders now... birdys and bases nearly done...
Riders I will not complete yet as I have not yet decided on a scheme for the clothing.
SpOOnY

I really love the way you do the moss on the tree's, looks realisticly great

It has been a while, I have been quite lazy. I have a few units on the go that are 70% complete.
I have built some treekin and finished a warhawk. Please note the treekin don't have their bases yet.. still waiting on those..
SpOOnY

Very nice Ben - looking very schmick

Mate that WR unit is looking absoluetly phenominal... teach me how to do that!

i really cant take all the glory lol.
The model is a gamezone wind rider which sits that way and the base is a micro arts studio resin base.
Just so happened the fitted together quite nicely.

Thanks for the comments guys

WAIT A SECOND!

SpOOn -> Ben -> Koshi -> Ballarat....

... i know you!!

<- Kingy!

Models are looking awesome man!

Hey kingy long time no see, you still playing fantasy?

Hopefully the ithe warhawks will be up inthe next few days

Well, I finished my second warhawk rider, don't know if I am all that happy with it, kinda screwed some of it up...









I have also started my 3rd warhawk rider.... hopefully will finish in the next few days..

They look good.

Nah man glad its all coming along for you intime for convic no doubt! lets hope these guys can perform better then your failelves or 'high elves' as you call them.

Keep the progressive pic's comin!

Loving the progress so far kosh.

Tho have you given this army the run through yet or are you going for the fully painted good mojo?
3-4th time lucky at least your getting real good at painting woodelves.

Keep up the good work.

~Nash.

is that peter garret strapped to the wild rider banner pole?

thanks nash.
theres nothing attached to the banner pole jimbo

finally finished my warhawks, not all that happy with them but im not stripping them again.

Looks nice.

Like the treewoman & the warhawk riders but not a big fan of the wild riders though.

I really like the dive bombing hawk. It has really nice motion.
They will look much better if u look at them in natural light. The dim room lighting doesnt do any model justice,

~Nash