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JakeM

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The greatest High Elf army Ever!
« on: May 31, 2013, 01:32:51 PM »
I'm making a high elf army. My goal is to win best painted at a GT. Im a good painter, but I tend to rush things. This time I'm going to take my time and make every detail perfect. That's why I picked High elves. Lots of detail not a lot of models. I would like some creative input from anyone who is interested. I'm still in the idea phase.

This is my first idea
Theme: Guardians of that place that frost phoenix go to die... I don't know what its called.
Bases: The bases would have snow, rocks and the frozen remains of anyone who was foolish enough to  go there.
Colors: Black (to contrast all the snow on the bases) and Blue
Conversions: Elves riding Thunder Wolfs ,without cybernetics obviously, for Chariots. Lots of Frozen Ice statues. Something for my cavalry core...
Display Board: Frost spires with frozen phoenixes and stuff like that.

Army List:
Core Cavalry
units of chariots (wolves)
2 Frost Phoenixes
ect.

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Re: The greatest High Elf army Ever!
« Reply #1 on: June 02, 2013, 09:46:48 AM »
First test base for guys frozen in ice. Still in the experimenting phase. Need to add some snow and icicles.




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Re: The greatest High Elf army Ever!
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2013, 11:44:08 AM »
Pet shops/Fish stores sell glass (clear & frosted) glass chunks that would make perfect ice spikes and chunks
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Re: The greatest High Elf army Ever!
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2013, 12:37:00 PM »
sounds cool, I'll look into it. I've seen hot glue tutorials for ice. I'm going to try that soon.

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Re: The greatest High Elf army Ever!
« Reply #4 on: June 02, 2013, 10:21:10 PM »
I like where this is going.
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Re: The greatest High Elf army Ever!
« Reply #5 on: June 02, 2013, 11:37:19 PM »
Working on the ork general, frozen in ice, this is going to be the base for my phoenix.


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Re: The greatest High Elf army Ever!
« Reply #6 on: June 02, 2013, 11:38:56 PM »
The frozen giant, still a little work to do.




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Re: The greatest High Elf army Ever!
« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2013, 09:58:02 AM »



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Re: The greatest High Elf army Ever!
« Reply #8 on: June 03, 2013, 10:00:01 AM »
I'm not as happy with how the wyvern is coming out. I feel like I need some color to break up the white and blue.

The Phoenix will be perched on the orcs axe.

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Re: The greatest High Elf army Ever!
« Reply #9 on: June 03, 2013, 10:08:51 PM »
Maybe try doing the extreme highlights on the ice in a warm color. You'll keep the blue, frozen feel but you'll get a bit more depth and energy I think. Especially if you incorporate the phoenix as a source of light.

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Re: The greatest High Elf army Ever!
« Reply #10 on: June 04, 2013, 09:53:00 AM »
i think you mean make a reflection of light on the ice. That sounds pretty cool, and hard. Ill try.

First try to make Icicles using hot glue and superglue.




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Re: The greatest High Elf army Ever!
« Reply #11 on: June 04, 2013, 10:47:09 AM »
i think you mean make a reflection of light on the ice. That sounds pretty cool, and hard. Ill try.
I've found that warmer colors really come forward off of cool ones, so I don't think you should necessarily try to paint a reflection per se. Mixing a tiny bit of a light (but not bright) orange in with the extreme highlights will give you a tiny bit of color contrast while still looking really cold. Think mountaintops in fellowship of the ring.

First try to make Icicles using hot glue and superglue.
These look AMAZING

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Re: The greatest High Elf army Ever!
« Reply #12 on: June 04, 2013, 11:48:38 AM »
Thanks Rhys. Ill give it a try.

This is what the first unit of "chariots" is going to look like


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Re: The greatest High Elf army Ever!
« Reply #13 on: June 04, 2013, 11:50:02 AM »
and WIP on the frozen giants


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Re: The greatest High Elf army Ever!
« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2013, 11:07:51 AM »