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Eleven Attack Chariot Part Seven: The Vanguard Swift & Deadly Hello everyone, many thanks for joining me again! Front view of the finished Attack Chariot When I wrapped up Part Six, I mentioned that I wasn't quite done with the Wood Elves just yet and that there were still a couple of key units calling out to me from the from the annals of time. I couldn't resist the  deep recesses of my memory  so here we are; I’ve finally finished my Wood Elf Attack Chariot! Chariots ready to sweep down the enemy flank I am such a fan of Jes Goodwin’s incredible sculpting that  I’ve always wanted one of these in the collection for a while now. While my custom Royal Chariots of the Swan filled in nicely as a proxy chariots, I always wanted a dedicated Attack Chariot, I feel it really adds that extra bit of aggressive bite and fast moving threat to the army's vanguard not to mention aesthetically a great centre piece to  the Army. Model for model, this has been one of the most e...

Eternal Guard, Chariots & Wizards Part Six - Witches, Wizards, & Roses Hello everyone many thanks for joining me. I am now drawing a close my Woodelf army this week. I may return to it in the future, as there are a few more units I would love to collect and paint, I’m thinking of the Attack Chariot and an Eagle rider. Everqueen's Rosewood Guard Having now painted ten plus units it’s time for a break, overall I am really happy with the army and it is probably the best I have painted to date. Model for model I do not think there is a bad one. There are a few that could be considered top tier, not that I’m saying I would win an award, more a self reflection on how I am improving. The first unit to show you today is the Everqueen’s Rosewood Guard, these are my Eternal Guard. Rose Guard Advancing I am really happy with how the shields have turned out in this unit, the green cloth with the yellow shields really make them pop on the table top. They are made from plastic Oathmark,...

Spear & Falconers Core Units Part Five - Mern's Kindband & Keltoi's Moon Falconers Well we are right into the core of this Woodelf army now and having shown you three core units last week, this time I have another three to show you. These three are all a little different, two foot troops and a proxy archer unit. Full Unit - Mern’s Speartooth Kindband First up we have Mern's, 'the Gardener', Speartooth Kindband. Essentially these are to serve as Eternal Guard in the new The Old World (ToW) rules. However, I have written the unit card as a standard unarmored elf spear unit. I like basic units in the theme of this army, most elves living in the wood are not just going to pile out as some super unit in my head. In addition to that, it really makes the army feel more feral in nature, more natural if you like. Mern Advances Mern himself came out really well here and is simply one of the five original Citadel Miniatures from this spear elf set with a hood. The oth...

Nihel & Alvina Archer Units Part Four -  Mistwood Rangers & Glade Guard Two units this week. I kinda leaked these out a bit earlier than planned this week. So there maybe a few of you who saw these once already, but I think they are good enough to see them again. Mistwood Rangers Full Unit Look First  Nihel’s Mistwood Rangers these are in a fundamentally different colour palette to the rest of the army. I decided that dark browns with blue was a good choice to provide me with a third unit of Archers that can double up as Waywatchers if required. Unit in Action I also gave them a moon symbol and have named them the Mistwood Rangers to add that extra feel for when it’s required. This unit is mainly comprised of extra Skarloc’s Archers that I had left over, that unit was 20 strong, so this unit became naturally 12 once I added a command.   Unit Card You will note the Champion ‘Nihel’ is one of the oldest Wood Elves ever made by citadel and if memory serves correctly ...

Gartan's Wardancer Troop So time for yet another blog on my growing wood elves. But first a little summary of how the Blog is doing. Unit Command at normal distance So as some of you might be aware; since the start of 2025 I left all media sites and started this Blog with a linked Bluesky account. I am keeping both to strictly miniature painting too, something I hadn’t always done in the past. After 15 posts and my third army/topic, the readership of the blog is on the steady decline since it launched, and I would say it’s now about 20 or so regular readers, from a launching of about 100 views (Update: this has now levelled out at about 100 views a week, more stats and info can be found in more recent Blogs), and one or two regular interactions. I am making note of this now so we can reflect on it in the future. 😃 Galdir, an elf with a deep Scottish accent! Eidyn, spent some time in the gladiator slave pits of Kislev. Edrim, used to be an acrobatic in a travelling circus around Br...