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by Aerendar Valandil
Tue Sep 15, 2020 9:03 am
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Introduction topic
Replies: 344
Views: 490080

Re: Introduction topic

I've played all editions form fifth, but very sporadically. I hadn't a club at that time and was to busy with other things (gaming and real life wise) to search and build up one. We have dabbled at the club a bit in Frostgrave, which was easy because I have a large collection of fantasy models. I've...
by Aerendar Valandil
Mon Sep 14, 2020 11:04 am
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Introduction topic
Replies: 344
Views: 490080

Re: Introduction topic

Hi all, just reintroducing myself. As you see, I've been here for a while, as I was on the various former incarnations and lifeboats of the Ulthuan community. But for years I have mainly lurked. I've always kept painting though, consistently high elves, but with a lot of other stuff inbetween. I was...
by Aerendar Valandil
Mon Sep 14, 2020 10:37 am
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Size Swordmasters Units
Replies: 7
Views: 10365

Size Swordmasters Units

Hi all, I have played warhammer in several editions, I'm using Warhammer Renaissance at this point and I'm planning to use either 9th age or The Warhammer Armies Project as well to play with my High Elves. Question: do (in any edition you ar willing to talk about) larger units (say 10+) of Swordmast...
by Aerendar Valandil
Sun Sep 13, 2020 10:21 pm
Forum: Painting and modelling
Topic: Aerendars painting blog
Replies: 4
Views: 4880

Aerendars painting blog

Just to show some painting.

Let's start.

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by Aerendar Valandil
Fri Sep 11, 2020 6:09 pm
Forum: Painting and modelling
Topic: Size Comparison Lumineth Horsemen/Silver Helms and Infantry
Replies: 1
Views: 5429

Size Comparison Lumineth Horsemen/Silver Helms and Infantry

Hi all, another size comparison question:

How do the Lumineth horsemen size up with the plastic Silver Helms?/Elf cavalry in general?

And how do the infantry size up with their equivalents?
by Aerendar Valandil
Sat Sep 05, 2020 1:44 pm
Forum: Painting and modelling
Topic: Size comparison Silver Helms/LOTR Knights of Dol Amroth
Replies: 3
Views: 3705

Re: Size comparison Silver Helms/LOTR Knights of Dol Amroth

Thank you, MasterofNone, I think that rules them out for me. (Sadly.) At least for now.
by Aerendar Valandil
Sat Sep 05, 2020 12:10 pm
Forum: Painting and modelling
Topic: Size comparison Silver Helms/LOTR Knights of Dol Amroth
Replies: 3
Views: 3705

Size comparison Silver Helms/LOTR Knights of Dol Amroth

Hi all,

Does anyone know how the LOTR Knights of Dol Amroth compare to (4th Edition respectively 5th edition) Silver Helms?

The 5+ edition SH have the big horses, but the 4th ed had the old caparisoned GW horse. They ar a bit smaller, and I would like to know how the knights fit with those.
by Aerendar Valandil
Fri Jan 03, 2020 4:56 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Observations on High Elven Wargaming
Replies: 355
Views: 759994

Re: Observations on High Elven Wargaming

Rise, o thread of yore, Rise, and live once more.
by Aerendar Valandil
Tue Apr 30, 2019 5:04 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Vikings from Victrix!
Replies: 5
Views: 14595

Re: Vikings from Victrix!

Shannar, Sealord wrote:We live in the age of far more very nice minis than I could ever hope to paint :D
Yes.
by Aerendar Valandil
Thu Apr 18, 2019 3:05 pm
Forum: Painting and modelling
Topic: Elven skirmish force (Waystones)
Replies: 19
Views: 9412

Re: Elven skirmish force (2019)

Nice, what doyou plan to play with them? I can advise Songe of Blades and Heroes.
by Aerendar Valandil
Tue Dec 11, 2018 10:45 am
Forum: Fields of Fantasy
Topic: New AoS Play Test
Replies: 5
Views: 5884

Re: New AoS Play Test

I think it's a (very) different game and should be seen as such. There is very little overlap between WH and AoS, other then that they share the same models and both use dice. From what I understand and see it's actually closer to 40k then to WH fantasy. I think if you want something closer to WH t...
by Aerendar Valandil
Mon Oct 22, 2018 7:05 am
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: How GW is doing?
Replies: 7
Views: 8348

Re: How GW is doing?

I think it is Brexit. That they are not very clear about it, is political: the WH public is probably very mixed in its opinion on Brexit en moreover, they do not want to be classified as taking a political stance and/or being branded as a player in an alleged 'project fear'.
by Aerendar Valandil
Sun Sep 30, 2018 6:47 am
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Seriously Games workshop?
Replies: 22
Views: 18102

Re: Seriously Games workshop?

This is currently not the case for GW. I think they managed to push the technology to such a point where they can do pretty much whatever they want. So, that is what they do. They do not have to look for creative solutions. It's a bit similar to action movies that rely too much on graphical effects...
by Aerendar Valandil
Fri Sep 14, 2018 7:55 am
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Seriously Games workshop?
Replies: 22
Views: 18102

Re: Seriously Games workshop?

I'm probably the only one here, but I actually like some of the models (although they do not fit in my armies or way orf playing fantasy, which is more traditional). They went another way, they go all out in that, and although it is not for me, I am impressed. I love the 40K dragsters, I like that t...
by Aerendar Valandil
Thu Feb 08, 2018 11:48 pm
Forum: Off topic
Topic: Tumbleweeds
Replies: 4
Views: 5836

Re: Tumbleweeds

:D
by Aerendar Valandil
Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:37 pm
Forum: Off topic
Topic: Illustrations of Scythians (2017 Image Salvage)
Replies: 13
Views: 17380

Re: Illustrations of Scythians (2017 Image Salvage)

Yes, but that was in the successor era So under the Seleucids? I knew they had them but not that the description started there. You were right, the Hypaspist seem to have changed their name toward the end of the Alexandrian campaign into the silver shields. The Seleicid silver shields were a later ...
by Aerendar Valandil
Sun Feb 04, 2018 3:56 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: Trying to decide what to do with some high elves.
Replies: 10
Views: 6788

Re: Trying to decide what to do with some high elves.

I'm with you on the 6th ed. plastics, they were actually quite bad, although both boxes had differnt flaws: the spears were too thick, the arms and feet too big, although the helpts were ok - which fitted the much better proportioned archers with the bad hairdo. The cavalry were a chore, just 6 were...
by Aerendar Valandil
Sun Feb 04, 2018 1:00 pm
Forum: Off topic
Topic: Illustrations of Scythians (2017 Image Salvage)
Replies: 13
Views: 17380

Re: Illustrations of Scythians (2017 Image Salvage)

Yes, but that was in the successor era. The arms and armor of the macedonian hypaspists are not well known. Some think that they were some kind of light hoplites, others think thay may have been heavy peltasts. We know thet they were well trained ant loyal troops, so they may have served multiple ro...
by Aerendar Valandil
Sun Jan 28, 2018 5:31 pm
Forum: Off topic
Topic: Illustrations of Scythians (2017 Image Salvage)
Replies: 13
Views: 17380

Re: Illustrations of Scythians (2017 Image Salvage)

Hypaspists perhaps? Furthermore one may doubt that Alexander's veteran pikemen would use their pikes when that was obviously impractical. One would assume that experienced fighting men would become trained is more than one weapon, especially since both in later stadia of A's trek into Asia, but also...
by Aerendar Valandil
Sun Dec 03, 2017 11:05 pm
Forum: Painting and modelling
Topic: Painting again
Replies: 515
Views: 260228

Re: Painting again

Well, you could never be worse than me.

This morning I finishes the last piece of a Mordheim box I bought when it was published in..... 1999.
by Aerendar Valandil
Tue May 23, 2017 7:59 pm
Forum: General fantasy discussions / Tavern of Cothique
Topic: I need an adult!
Replies: 9
Views: 6601

Re: I need an adult!

I just keep - slowly, as ever - building up my armies (HE, a bit of DoW - and I have bought two small others later), inbetween some historic projects and occasional loose models o small groups. I have a big hoard and I keep using squares. I juist use the models for what I want. I've played Song of B...
by Aerendar Valandil
Thu Apr 13, 2017 6:06 am
Forum: Painting and modelling
Topic: Help for slender High Elves models
Replies: 14
Views: 6728

Re: Help for slender High Elves models

You might think of The Russian Alternative as well, very peculiar, but in Elves they have only 2 heroes and a set of spears. http://stores.ebay.com/The-Russian-Alternative/_i.html?rt=nc&_sid=952338795&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1513&_pgn=2 You might combine those with the recent Archer model ...
by Aerendar Valandil
Wed Apr 12, 2017 8:43 am
Forum: Painting and modelling
Topic: Help for slender High Elves models
Replies: 14
Views: 6728

Re: Help for slender High Elves models

RP is a very old brand. I do not see the models 'live' very often, but they do meet you criteria, I think. Ral Partha: http://www.ralparthaeurope.co.uk/shop/ral-partha-fantasy-c-37/fantasy-armies-c-37_39/elves-c-37_39_47/ Gamezone is a Spanish alternative for GW. They can lo very good, but I hear th...
by Aerendar Valandil
Mon Feb 20, 2017 4:11 pm
Forum: Army Blogs / Battle reports
Topic: Lords of the West Battle Report series
Replies: 9
Views: 10036

Re: Lords of the West Battle Report series

Looks great. 8)

Those are my two favorite armies.
by Aerendar Valandil
Fri Feb 17, 2017 8:44 pm
Forum: Off topic
Topic: I bet no one remembers me.
Replies: 42
Views: 26518

Re: I bet no one remembers me.

:D
by Aerendar Valandil
Thu Feb 02, 2017 8:08 pm
Forum: Painting and modelling
Topic: Elves Rampant - Avelorn and Chrace skirmish log
Replies: 10
Views: 5954

Re: Elves Rampant - Avelorn and Chrace skirmish log

The 4th edition spears and bows work very well. I have them in plastic, big units of white with blue facings and smaller bow units, one with red facings and one dressed in green. If set up as big spear or archer unit, or combined bow+spear, they look very disciplined. And you know what is so nice? W...
by Aerendar Valandil
Tue Jan 31, 2017 8:25 pm
Forum: Painting and modelling
Topic: P&M Showcase: Cavalry Characters
Replies: 6
Views: 21920

Re: P&M Showcase: Cavalry Characters

Ow, that is a nice one.