The start of my "new" army

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Khornex · #1 Post by **Khornex** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:18 pm

Hello all! Its been a while since I last had a HE army (5th ed was the last time I played) and thanks to "tradera" (our ebay) I now got something to start with again , and to begin with I thought I would show you what you can get for a "small" amount of money

spear elves :

archers:

white lions :

Swordsmasters :

Hero:

"Army":

I also got 2 of the old Rbt and 2 Tiranoc chariots still to be assembled.
Now to start painting asap!

ZehKaiser · #2 Post by **ZehKaiser** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:42 pm

That is a GREAT start to the army! And in ALL METAL. I Love it! I started playing HE in 2001 so I also have a large amount of the old metals, but I have never been able to find the old LSG metals. My LGS's all have LSG command blisters, but no actualy R&F.

I'm sure they will come out beautiful. I'm jealous of all that weighty metal.

Aerendar Valandil · Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:48 pm

That is nice stuff you have there, brother!

ArchmageAlthos · #4 Post by **ArchmageAlthos** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:39 pm

Based on my calculations you bought 1440pts (including magic equipment on hero) if use use those as spearmen or 1520 if they are lothern sea guard. Nice Buy! 1 or 2 mages with some Calvary and your doing great!

Enginseer · #5 Post by **Enginseer** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 9:42 pm

so... many... white.... lions.... *drools*

Si'anelle of Avelorn · Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:27 pm

:sigh: Yes those were the days...... Metal armies were pretty much the default condition back then. AND they were sooooooo cheap!
A very fortunate 'buy' indeed and I'll try really hard not to hate you as I say, 'Congratulations'.

ZehKaiser: - yes I'm short on numbers of the old metal LSG figures too. I left buying them far too late and they were already starting to disappear from the shelves in the GW stores.

Khornex · #7 Post by **Khornex** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 10:50 pm

Thanks everybody! For your interest I can say that i spent about 120$ for this start.

Still to come (soon I hope) are:

10 dragon princes
2 lion chariots (old chariot + lions from new chariot)
20 Phoenix guards
lots and lots of characters
and of course , 2 great eagles

I was thinking about using micro art bases as I suck at basing

anybody here who got any experience with micro art bases?

ZehKaiser · #8 Post by **ZehKaiser** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:18 pm

Khornex wrote:Thanks everybody! For your interest I can say that i spent about 120$ for this start.

Still to come (soon I hope) are:

10 dragon princes
2 lion chariots (old chariot + lions from new chariot)
20 Phoenix guards
lots and lots of characters
and of course , 2 great eagles

I was thinking about using micro art bases as I suck at basing
anybody here who got any experience with micro art bases?

That's a great deal indeed, the stuff in the picture alone is worth $300 US. If you also got the chariots, DP's, and all the rest in that same bundle, then jesus, that was a good buy!

Great get there man.

Aristin · #9 Post by **Aristin** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:50 pm

I am very envious! :drool:

Khornex · #10 Post by **Khornex** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 3:59 pm

Very small update , painted my very first miniature today!
I choose to do a white lion first as I love them

(sorry for the crappy picture)

gonna continue painting now....

Khornex · #11 Post by **Khornex** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 10:34 pm

Hello again, thought I should show what has happened since last time, just a quick update for now.

their bases should be ignored, they will be moved onto Micro art bases later on.

and again, sorry for the crappy picture.

RE.Lee · #12 Post by **RE.Lee** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:46 am

Great stuff here! The Swordmasters look very good, if a bit worn-out

I can't really tell how the WL looks like because of the photo. Ccan't wait to see more!

I'm also aiming for an all-metal army, so my force looks pretty similar - only the WL and SM are different sized. I see you have the cool 1998 Chris FitzPatrick spear-wielding hero - its a great miniature isn't it?

Lord Anathir · #13 Post by **Lord Anathir** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:41 am

for jealous of that army. I've been trying to get my hands on metal lsg and archers for 7 years now..

Si'anelle of Avelorn · Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:26 am

RE.Lee wrote: I see you have the cool 1998 Chris FitzPatrick spear-wielding hero - its a great miniature isn't it?

Yes I purchased one of those as soon as I laid eyes on it in the GW store back when I was starting to put together my HE army. An amazing model figure in every way

Khornex · #15 Post by **Khornex** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:26 pm

Thanks for the replies! The spear-wielding hero is indeed a very cool, but what is the point in having a spear on foot??? He know carries a big axe instead.

RE.Lee · #16 Post by **RE.Lee** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:44 pm

I mounted mine on a chariot - problem solved and he makes a nice pair with the 4th edition tiranoc charioteer as well

Doombreeze · #17 Post by **Doombreeze** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:10 pm

but, what's the point of mounting hero on a chariot?

RE.Lee · #18 Post by **RE.Lee** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:21 pm

I don't use him as a hero, just a unique model. Both my chariots are ridden by one not two charioteers. Call them champions of tiranoc if you want - 2 attacks, 2 shots each. Looks nice

Eärendil · #19 Post by **Eärendil** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:12 pm

An all metal army is awesome! And very rare these days. Mine is pretty close to all metal--just my spears and chariot that I am working on are plastic (and the spears are soon to be replaced with the metal LSG models). You really got a great deal. Looking forward to seeing them painted.

Cool idea for the spear wielding hero, RE, I have that model as well and if I ever decide to make some tironic chariots I might do exactly as you have

Right now I am all about the lion chariot though--just got my first one ready for priming last night!

RE.Lee · #20 Post by **RE.Lee** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:03 pm

I've just posted the pictures of the chariot in my blog (link in my signature), if anyone's interested. Stealing ideas is very welcome

Elaithnir · #21 Post by **Elaithnir** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 8:57 am

Must...not...get...jealous...RAAAARGH!!!

Seriously though. Wish I could get my hands on the old models. I still stare at that regiment of spears in the 6th ED BrB and drool...

Everyone around here clutch their metal models so tightly a crowbar can't seperate them...

Calriel · #22 Post by **Calriel** » Fri Apr 24, 2009 11:11 am

Holy crap!

That's old skool!

I used to have those kind of minis, but sold all of my models. I really didn't like the stance, plus I must admit, since I just started out painting, I could have done a better job... :p

In any case, it does give you a nostalgic feeling to a time that playing high elves was a lot different than it is today, and I think the army you are collecting is a very nice project to bring just that across!

Good luck!

Cal