Classic High Elf Archers (Part 3)

 I guess this isn't a standard post for me? Since I rare have posts about standard bearers specifically,  this one will be a bit more fun. Ok, so last year I found a pdf online of the 4th Edition High Elves army book. I never owned it, and when I dug into it I was thrilled with how well it was written and how awesome the artwork in it is. I started to look at some of the isolated spot illustrations throughout the book and thought they might make better banners than the examples banners provided in the book. On in particular struck me, and that was the compass rose on the map of Ulthuan.

Area plotted.

I reduced it to 90% on my printer. I took the copy paper over to my drawing tap and drew a triangle around the compass rose, but I flipped the image so it would fit better. Two of the example banners in the 4th ed High Elf Armies book are triangles and prior to finding them I was concerned about how a proper rectangular banner would cover up standard bearer and the unit Champion. A triangle will definitely reduce this LOS issue. 

Coloring stage.

I painted the banner using watered down Leviathan Purple Contrast Paint. The top of the banner was painted using thinned down Ultramarines BlueContrast Paint. The emblem was painted using yellow ink.

Banner attached .

The backside was painted black. All of the coloring was done before the banner was cut out.

Back banner.

And there we have it, the whole unit of sixteen miniatures is now done. I think they turned out good, despite my own criticisms regarding their faces. It's really the old plastics I have reservations about; they're just so crude that to make the. Look really good would require more time than. I want to currently invest in them. En masse however, they look good enough. 

Ta-da, done!

Alright, we'll see how well they look on the tabletop today, as they are scheduledfor a game this evening. Hopefully they' ll  perform even better than last ti.me. Dice gods willing that is.

"Give them arrows, give them death!"