After moving house and getting some more organisation into my life I have finally managed to get a small hobbydesk set up and I have got back to some more hobby. First off I was able to go down to Warhammer World for Armies on Parade on the 24th October. I took my High Elf Display Board that I made for Blood and Glory last year with an added Kharibdyss conversion. I set the board up and settled in for a fun day of gaming and socialising. I playedsome Age of Sigmar against Nathan and his Nightgoblins (got battered!) using my Warrior army. Also had plenty of time to go round and look at what was going on. Loads of gaming going on and some stunning Armies on Parade boards were on display. To cap the day off I was lucky enough to come away with the Gold medal and the staff asked to keep the army on display for a few weeks which was pretty cool.
I backed the Mierce kickstarter for the Banebeasts and I received my Dragon which I have put together, green stuffed and undercoated. The model is ace, but the resin is very fragile and I had a few scales snap off during assembly. I have also had to green stuff a lot which was a bit frustrating as its not something I am used to doing when working with Games Workshop products. However the pose is fab and its going to make a terrific Malorian for my Aelf army.
To complement the model I wanted to make a really imposing base so that it wouldn't look out of place with the existing Forest Dragon. I used the Mierce base to start with and then built it up using bark and Wills Paving. I wrapped the back with thin Plasticard to block it all in and then went to town with the Vallejo products and bits and pieces from my scenery box to add details. Thought I'd throw a cheeky Storcast shield in as well just to add some theme.
To paint it I used a lot of washes for the paving to get colour variation, and the rest was just the standard wood elf rebasing (foliage, flowers, tufts etc etc)
I have also started working on the rebasing for the Warriors army ready for the Maul and Blood and Glory. This was an interesting challenge as I have been using resin bases that I didn't want to destroy as the basing probably took longer then the models!
I ended up chopping the corners off the cavalry bases and then gluing them down and building them up with the Vallejo Lava paste and small pieces of broken cork which I superglued round the edge. For the warriors I used sand and Agrelan Earth to save time. The bigger monsters were more of a challenge. I ended up cutting a hole into the base and recessing the model inside it, then building round the edges. I then used the Agrellan Earth to tie it in with the warriors. I am also planning on using the purple lavender and white winter tufts which will match the colour scheme. I'm happy with how the army is coming along and it should be finished easily by the deadline of next Saturday!
And last but not least I got hold of some scenery dice for Age of Sigmar from www.scenerydice.co.uk. These are really big high quality dice and work really well in the game. I'd definitely recommend them if anyone wants to start adding extras to their AoS games.
