Rankin-Bass Themed Elf Unit for "Wars of Ozz"

    This past week I finished an Elf unit for my "Wars of Ozz" Yule force.  When I first saw these sculpts from Old Glory, I decided that when I got my hands on them I'd  paint my Elf unit to look like the Elves in the old Rankin-Bass "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" Christmas TV special.

   When I got to basing them, I debated about whether to go with snow bases or regular grass bases. In the end I decided on partial snow bases with the hopes that they will look okay on both a snow table cover or a regular grass table cover. 

     I used mostly Citadel Contrast Paints on these.

Dollar Tree Elvish Gears

   While shopping in my local Dollar Tree store this week, I noticed these spirograph-like party favors that had some unusual gears in them.

   They come in two sizes and you get four in each pack.  They looked very naturalistic to me, like something an Elf might carve or create.  I'm not sure what I will use these for, but thought they'd be a good thing to have tucked away for just the right project.  I think they'd look really cool painted up like wood.

Shown with a 25mm archer for scale.

     As I look at them, I realize they might also serve as machinery for some sort of alien or other weird tech.

More 10mm Fantasy Painted

Our recent Look, Sarge, No Charts: Fantasy Ancients & Medieval playtest (see previous post), inspired me to paint some more of the 10mm fantasy figures I have on hand.  While the bulk of my forces came from the Games Workshop "Battle of Five Armies"  Warmaster set, I've also picked up some stuff from ebay, sellers on The Miniatures Page, and Eureka Miniatures.  I'm currently building High Elf, and Wood Elf armies for the "Good Guys", and Skeleton, and Goblin armies for the "Bad Guys" 
    Below are some of the figures I have finished these past two weeks. For a sense of size, the square bases are 1.5 x 1.5 inches, and the rectangular bases are 3 x 1.5 inches. You can click on any picture to see it larger.

This is a Games Workshop Elf Hero on Dragon.  This came in a lot of painted 10mm Warmaster figures I bought from  a seller on TMP, but was only partially completed. So, I finished the painting, changing some of the original colors, and did most of the detail work.

Here is another view of the Elf Hero on Dragon.  This will probably serve as the leader for my High Elf armies. The dragon is supposed to have horns at the back of its head, but they were missing when I got him, and I don't think it's that noticable that they're gone.

This is another Games Workshop figure that was part of my TMP purchase. Here again, it was only partially finished, so I completed the painting, especially the eagle which needed to be repainted completely.

Another view of the Hero riding an Eagle.

These are from Eureka's great line of 10mm Fantasy figures, and are elves riding stags.   These will be the cavalry for my Wood Elf army.  These figures are wielding bows, and I have another base of these armed with spears, that I have not finished yet.

Another view of the elves on stags.

These figures are from the Battle of Five Armies set.  They are a Goblin Chieftain and retinue, and a Goblin Shaman.

And a view of the back of the two Goblin bases.

Here is a Goblin Hero riding a wolf that is from the Battle of Five Armies set as well.

And here is a picture of the reverse side of the figure.

These figures are from Eureka, and are dryads.  They will be part of my Wood Elf army.

Here is another view of them.  I really like the Eureka 10mm line. there is a lot of detail in it as well as very dynamic poses.

And finally, another Eureka Figure.  She and the dryads came in a Woodland Creatures pack that also has some wolfhounds and a forest demi-god in it. She will be the sorceress for my Wood Elf  army.

Another view of the Sorceress.