Saturday, 18 April 2009

Warhammer Fantasy - High Elf army

My High Elf army has gone through more changes in design than any other army I've ever owned; it's also the army which has taken me the longest time to painted and complete (over six years!).

When I started the army in January 2004 it was just going to be another 2,000 point tournament army with a few additional units. That was easily completed and I grew to really enjoy playing the High elves (the main reason without a doubt was because they did something in every phase of the game, unlike Daemons, Dwarfs, undead etc). I was playing fifteen Warhammer Fantasy tournaments a year so, instead of building a new army, I decided to add more units to the army to give me more choice.

Then in 2005 I decided to make the army as big as I possibly could be painting hundreds of figures (the plan was to have 150 spear elves, 75 archers, 75 Sea Guard etc) to give me maximum variety.

However throughout 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 something changed. My love for Warhammer Fantasy faded from 15 Warhammer events a year to 2, maybe even 1. Finally with the release of the new Daemon and Dark elf army books my army had been demoted to the cupboard, only to appear once a year, or for special occasions.

During this period of woe I also went about downsizing by selling parts of the army (from the 'grand army' of 150 spear elves, 75 archers, 75 Sea Guard I've gone down to 40 spear elves, 20 arches and 40 Sea Guard).

In 2010 Warhammer 8th edition arrived and immediately I blew the dust of my spear elves, the cobwebs off my archers and readied for battle once more. This new enthusiasm for the game was all I needed to get the final two units I wanted for my High elf army painted (2 units of 6 Dragon Princes; to give the army a cavalry element it has missed since 2004).

Below is my High Elf army plus a slide show of photos (click on the thumbnail at the bottom of this post to view the slide show):

















Prince 150pts
Star Lance 40pts
Dragon Armour 9pts
Enchanted Shield 10pts
Star Dragon 370pts
Guardian of the Phoenix 25pts
Total 595pts

Prince 150pts
White Sword 40pts
Heavy Armour 6pts
Temakador's Gauntlets 30pts
Shield 3pts
Talisman of Loec 10pts
Total 239pts

Prince 150pts
Sword of Might 15pts
Dragon Armour 9pts
Shield 3pts
Griffon 200pts
Vambraces of Defence 55pts
Total 432pts

Archmage 225pts
Level 4 35pts
Book Hoeth 100pts
Total 360pts

Total Lords 1626pts

Noble 85pts
Battle Standard Bearer 25pts
Armour of the Stars 30pts
Biting Blade 10pts
Total 150pts

Noble 85pts
Dragon Armour 6pts
Lance 4pts
Giant Eagle 50pts
Reaver Bow 40pts
Talisman of Protection 10pts
Total 195pts

Mage 100pts
Level 2 35pts
Dispel Scroll 20pts
Total 175pts

Total Heroes 520pts
Total Characters 2146pts

20 Sea Guard 240pts
Shields 20pts
Full Command 25pts
Total 285pts

20 Sea Guard 240pts
Shields 20pts
Full Command 25pts
Total 285pts

20 Spear Elves 180pts
Full Command 25pts
Total 205pts

20 Spear Elves 180pts
Full Command 25pts
Total 205pts

10 Archers 110pts
10 Archers 110pts

Total Core 1200pts

15 Phoenix Guard 225pts
Full Command 30pts
(Keeper of the Flame) Gem of Courage 10pts
Banner of Sorcery 50pts
Total 315pts

15 White Lions 225pts
Full Command 30pts
(Guardian) The Skeinsliver 25pts
Lion Standard 25pts
Total 305pts

6 Swordmasters 90pts
6 Swordmasters 90pts

7 Dragon Princes 210pts
Standard, Champion 40pts
Razor Standard 45pts
Total 295pts

6 Dragon Princes 180pts
Champion 20pts
Total 200pts

7 Shadow Warriors 112pts

1x Chariot 85pts
1x Chariot 85pts
1x Chariot 85pts
1x Chariot 85pts

Total Special 1747pts

1x Bolt Thrower 100pts
1x Bolt Thrower 100pts
1x Bolt Thrower 100pts

1x Giant Eagle 50pts

Total Rare 350pts

Grand Total 5543pts
Highelves

2 comments:

  1. Hey,

    is this army still for sale?
    Contact me please: derruler(at)hotmail.com
    Thanks

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  2. Don't let them gather dust! Join the revolution over the fence at Kings of War. Free rules so not a lot to lose either.

    https://www.manticgames.com/mantic-games-free-rules/

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