| Skrapwelder | 17 Feb 2016 8:19 a.m. PST |
I'm building some Dragon Rampant warbands of Elves and Trolls based on Poul Anderson's "The Broken Sword" I converted some of the very nice Tanatus miniatures into Elves with a more Dark Ages look than most. I used Sea Elf heads I got from White Knight Miniatures for the conversion work. I've also made use of some Otherworld Dark Elves. The trolls shown in the top picture are converted from Reaper orcs.
Currently I'm working converting some Warlord Sarmatians into Elven cavalry |
| Fisherking | 17 Feb 2016 8:38 a.m. PST |
Excellent. The book seems to have been a huge influence on the old Ares game Fall of Albion. You might wish to pick that up for a campaign map. I really enjoy this thematic portrayal of Elf/Troll conflicts. In the board game men are allied with the Trolls. |
| Pattus Magnus | 17 Feb 2016 8:40 a.m. PST |
Wow, those look brilliant! Great conversions, painting, basing – they're the whole package. |
| Louie N | 17 Feb 2016 8:45 a.m. PST |
A great looking unit. Thank you for sharing. |
| wminsing | 17 Feb 2016 10:11 a.m. PST |
Great looking force! -Will |
| Skrapwelder | 17 Feb 2016 11:18 a.m. PST |
Thanks guys. Fisherking: I'm on my third copy of Fall of Albion. Its always been a favorite of mine. |
| Who asked this joker | 17 Feb 2016 12:11 p.m. PST |
Those look like what Elves should look like. Very nicely done! |
| IronMike | 17 Feb 2016 2:40 p.m. PST |
I like these. They'really refeshingly 'realistic' as opposed to the endless flowing cloaks and flowing hair you see way too often! |
| Zargon | 17 Feb 2016 4:15 p.m. PST |
Very inspirational, agree those look like real hardcore elves. |
| darthfozzywig | 17 Feb 2016 5:55 p.m. PST |
Very nice! I just listened to The Broken Sword last year – great story! Definitely good inspiration for wargaming there. |
| seldonH | 18 Feb 2016 7:51 a.m. PST |
Awesome… Awesome… Awesomwe.. They look great !! Congrats Francisco |
| Vulture | 20 Feb 2016 6:05 a.m. PST |
Great painting ! :) Well done :) Vulture
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| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 20 Feb 2016 11:06 a.m. PST |
Tom Loback(Dragon Tooth) bucked the trend back in the 70s by producing elves based on this sort of concept,and Elric. He also was "ahead of his time" in a way,making his figures larger than anyone else's. They didn't really fit in with other ranges then,but I bet they would now. Good luck finding any,though. |
| Keifer113 | 23 Feb 2016 5:46 p.m. PST |
Shame those sea elf heads are no longer available :( |
| Keifer113 | 26 Feb 2016 2:54 a.m. PST |
Looking at these again…did you sculpt the helmets on some of those spearmen? |
| Skrapwelder | 26 Feb 2016 7:34 a.m. PST |
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| Keifer113 | 26 Feb 2016 12:32 p.m. PST |
Those are excellent! I just found some of the sea elf heads for sale, I hope my elves are as good as yours!!!!! I'm being lazy and will use Macedonian heads for my helmeted heads…. |
| Skull and Crown | 27 Feb 2016 12:36 p.m. PST |
These are superb- really gets that cross over from history feeling. Tolkien would be proud!
Cheers
Ths |
needs more monsters.
