February 13, 201510 yr Author The kid is good :) And you had to spend a fortune to get all this pieces to assemble this army. Thanks I'll be sure to tell him when he's back from school! Actually not as bad as you'd think - to start with I got a good deal on a bulk of elves - then selling the heads and the hands helped pay for the other bits... and it gets added to over time... and it just meant not spending money on other stuff instead! Edited February 13, 201510 yr by nine09nueve
February 13, 201510 yr and it just meant not spending money on other stuff instead! That's the hard part I would have one of the greatest Lego armies in the world if I focused only on a single project but since the reason I spend money for a hobby is to relax and have fun, variety is important to me. So I move from one project to another otherwise I get bored
February 15, 201510 yr Author So I move from one project to another otherwise I get bored Some people are consolidators (happy to do the same thing over and over) whilst others are expanders (need to be constantly doing new stuff) Neither is better or worse... That's life!
February 15, 201510 yr Some people are consolidators (happy to do the same thing over and over) whilst others are expanders (need to be constantly doing new stuff) Neither is better or worse... That's life! Of course neither is better or worse I was just describing my hobby attitudes
February 15, 201510 yr And I thought I have many elves. This is unbelievable! And now they have to change yellow into skin color. :p
February 15, 201510 yr And I thought I have many elves. This is unbelievable! And now they have to change yellow into skin color. :p If I'm not mistaken the flesh color is used for the "Licensed Themes", right? Personally I have no problem with either the flesh or yellow color. As long as the Minifigure looks cool, it's fine for me
February 18, 201510 yr Author As long as the Minifigure looks cool, it's fine for me Heh - hoping that means I get a thumbs up then?
February 18, 201510 yr Heh - hoping that means I get a thumbs up then? Of course. You have a very impressive army and the Minfigures do look cool so everything is fine Here your thumbs up Btw do you plan to expand your army further? Also let me know how you "table-top war-gaming rules" project goes. I'm very curious
February 24, 201510 yr Author Btw do you plan to expand your army further? Also let me know how you "table-top war-gaming rules" project goes. I'm very curious Yeah sorry - the core troops have been exposed on their own for too long - been buggy at our Lego household - have all the models ready just need to find time to film and post them (and not get too distracted by other projects in the meantime!) As soon as I have some stuff ready I'll let you know...
February 24, 201510 yr Yeah sorry - the core troops have been exposed on their own for too long - been buggy at our Lego household - have all the models ready just need to find time to film and post them (and not get too distracted by other projects in the meantime!) As soon as I have some stuff ready I'll let you know... Don't worry. I too get distracted by several projects at once Do you like only Wood Elves or do you some project regarding, just to use the classic Warhammer-like definition , "High Elves"? Btw I'll look forward your new stuff
February 26, 201510 yr Author Nah have loads of army plans... Just little things get In the way... Like time... and cash... and life! It's so much easier to do wood elves... TLG don't seem to have the right torso/legs in the right colour combos for high elves - and forget about helmets for them (or the lack thereof!) I suppose high elves could be customised, with a decal here and a lick of paint there... But that's not so easy for me as I'm just starting out in that area and have limited skills. But there are so many other factions that can be made so much easier without customising that I'll end up going in other directions first!
February 26, 201510 yr Nah have loads of army plans... Just little things get In the way... Like time... and cash... and life! It's so much easier to do wood elves... TLG don't seem to have the right torso/legs in the right colour combos for high elves - and forget about helmets for them (or the lack thereof!) I suppose high elves could be customised, with a decal here and a lick of paint there... But that's not so easy for me as I'm just starting out in that area and have limited skills. But there are so many other factions that can be made so much easier without customising that I'll end up going in other directions first! Time, cash and life: the three things that always stand between us and our hobbies High Elves in Warhammer style is indeed a very complex project. I was thinking more about something "loosely inspired by". Namely Elves without the "wood" part There are surely other "easier to make" factions. Has anyone ever thought about using some "Chima headpieces" (I'm not a huge fan of them, though) to create some Lizardmen? I know it wouldn't be very accurate but I'm very curious
February 26, 201510 yr I thought about High Elves a lot and its almost impossible if you look for making them white. For some reason, there is a distinct lack of parts with white/Silver combinations. One important step towards this was the CMF Greek battle Goddesses torso in white and gold, but this is only one part. Lizardmen I would enjoy seeing. There are lizardmen heads by brickforge and lots of dinosaurs to make bigger units.
February 26, 201510 yr I thought about High Elves a lot and its almost impossible if you look for making them white. For some reason, there is a distinct lack of parts with white/Silver combinations. One important step towards this was the CMF Greek battle Goddesses torso in white and gold, but this is only one part. Lizardmen I would enjoy seeing. There are lizardmen heads by brickforge and lots of dinosaurs to make bigger units. I know, making them in white is impossible. Let's hope in the future we'll get more white/silver parts Regarding the Lizardmen: this year we'll get a lot of dinosaurs, they would be perfect as Lizardmen's mounts. After the mounts they get in Warhammer are de facto dinosaurs
March 2, 201510 yr Author Time, cash and life: the three things that always stand between us and our hobbies I would add Wife as a fourth... but mine is lovely and lets me play (with my son's Lego!) I thought about High Elves a lot and its almost impossible if you look for making them white. For some reason, there is a distinct lack of parts with white/Silver combinations. One important step towards this was the CMF Greek battle Goddesses torso in white and gold, but this is only one part. I know, making them in white is impossible. Let's hope in the future we'll get more white/silver parts Nah - all we need is some ED-209 magic and either a friendly neighbourhood pad-printer guy/gal - or someone who's a dab hand at the old licky sticky decals and we'd be away! (apart from the helmets.... )
March 2, 201510 yr Can current decal-makers make decals that have real metallic paint on them? Also on legs?
March 2, 201510 yr I would add Wife as a fourth... but mine is lovely and lets me play (with my son's Lego!) Well I'm not married so... lol I just have a very special person and, of course, she is more important than any hobby but this is not a thing relevant to the topic Can current decal-makers make decals that have real metallic paint on them? Also on legs? I'm sure some of them will be able to do it. Personally I'm not a fan of decals but I recognize there are circumstances where they can be very useful
March 2, 201510 yr Author Having said all that... very nice work (again as usual) by Baron von Brick (hmm wonder if he's on here?)
March 2, 201510 yr Having said all that... https://www.flickr.c...in/photostream/ very nice work (again as usual) by Baron von Brick (hmm wonder if he's on here?) That's very similar to what I was thinking about when I mentioned "High Elves". Great work, indeed
March 2, 201510 yr The Baron has some great Elves there, but the helmets are the one thing we need. You cannot make a true High Elven force without them.
March 2, 201510 yr Author Do you hear that "Thrash"? The people have spoken - we want High Elven helmets... and we want them soon! (I would say now but it's a bit aggressive...) That's at least 4 people that will buy them... (and I bought over 200 of them for my last army!) much love D
March 7, 201510 yr Author That's crazy-awesome. Very impressive army!! And cute kid too Yeah - we like him! I thought about High Elves a lot and its almost impossible if you look for making them white. For some reason, there is a distinct lack of parts with white/Silver combinations. One important step towards this was the CMF Greek battle Goddesses torso in white and gold, but this is only one part. I know, making them in white is impossible. Let's hope in the future we'll get more white/silver parts Some more golden high elves ---> http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=106617
March 8, 201510 yr Some more golden high elves ---> http://www.eurobrick...howtopic=106617 I gave a quick look. They are nice, sadly a little "too much aggressive ads" on the pages he linked but overall and interesting army
March 16, 20159 yr Author +1 to the ad pages (perhaps we should encourage him to post in a more viewer friendly site?) but yes - definitely some good ideas there!
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