Dark Elves

 The Dark Elf range has always fascinated me. Well, the '90s models were a bit too bulky and goofy for my tastes, but the 2000s range spoke to me. But l, with exception to a blister pack of random model here and there,  just never went all-in with collecting them. My renewed interest in Warhammer Fantasy over the past year or so has inspired me to get a few more things and make a small force. What follows is a few examples of this dalliance with the dark side: 

This first one is from a pair of miniatures that I got  cheap from eBay. They are the guards from the Cauldron of Blood kit. I thought they looked dynamic as heck perched up on some big tactical rocks. Even more so since I am using actual rocks for this look. 

This one is from Warhammer: Underworlds. I bought it as a single model as I thought it was awesomely dynamic. 

What to do with a resin hag queen? Stick her on a resin slab sitting on top of skulls. It's a simple bit of modeling but I like the results. Also it gives me an excuse to use another piece from the old Citadel Basing kit. 

Finecast Assassins. So sneakiy that they can melt into the shadows. And, if left in a hot car,  can also melt in daylight...

This next one started with the Cold One which I bought for a project in the mid '00s. I had forgotten about it until a recent assessment of some of my plastic sprues reintroduced it to me. Iucked out and found the pewter rider for fairly cheap on ebay. The miniature still in blister sells for a fairly high sum, so this worked out great. 

I bought the command models in this next pic way back in the early '00s as well. I bought them just to paint but I used them mostly for WFRP instead. The other two miniatures were acquired more recently. Mono-pose they may be, but they are incredibly dynamic and a vast improvement over the '90s sculpts. 

This next one is the first Dark Elf miniature I ever owned. Got her back in the '90s thru GW US Mail Order's 'pre-metal' window. It was a kind of speak-easy program that allowed some of us "in the know" to get some select metal miniatures a few weeks before their proper release. The story I recall is that this was one of the test models that Chris Fitzpatrick did to get hired at GW. It was released as a generic Dark Elf Sorceress but the tab says Morathi on it. Not surprisingly as it was clearly  based on a Mark Gibbons illustration from the 4th Edition Dark Elf army book. 

So that's a basic overview of what I have so far to make a start with this faction. Hopefully I can get some color onto these miniatures before the year ends, but I'll encourage you not to hold your breath...