To kickstart 2022 and chip away at my resolutions, I present 3 hordes of forest shamblers!
These count as multibaseing my elves and having 2,000pts of painted forces of nature!
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You have to spill on the stuff you use for basing. Looks so realistic!
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Stunning work on both the models and the bases
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No secrets here @DreadNort!
Static grass: Hornby scatter grass spring meadow 2.5mm
Fallen trees: painted sticks from the garden
“Dirt”: Old GW basing “sand”
Rocks: painted slate
Shrubs: gamers grass green shrubs
Flowers: gamers grass white, red, and yellow wild flowers
Tufts: mix of gamers grass strong green and green 6mm, 4mm, and “tiny” tufts
I really like gamers grass products! I think the “secret” to them is using different size grasses and shrubs.
I also “splodge” on the static grass with tweezers to get good coverage. This works for the wild glade look I’m going for.
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Thanks! I think it’s the combination and variety you use that creates the realism.
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I really do love the color scheme on your not-Sylvaneth, very striking and well executed. Awesome bases as noted 
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Alright, the stormwind are all nice and cozy on their new multibase.
Next up is some silverbreeze (first elf minis I painted almost a life time ago!).
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Finished putting the silver breeze on a multibase. Took a little longer than I thought they would, but I think they look nice.
As I mentioned before, these are some of my first painted minis. I had to touch up some of the paint (I had missed a few things like the horse teeth) but decided not to get too carried away and left them mostly as is.
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So prior to these first minis were you a fine artist working on the sisteen chapel or similar? 
These are so good! And the style is spot on for nostalgic WHF from the mid 90s!
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Thanks @screamingaddabs!
These were some of my first, definitely not my first!
I think I had painted around 15 bretonian knights and 30 or so M@A (painted in my late teens) before these guys (painted early 20s). Before that I just played with unpainted minis. I’ve never actually played a game with a painted force. I’m yet to play my first game of KoW!
I guess I can say they were the first elves I painted?
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They are all outstandingly good. Very “traditional” in style, in the very best way. I’m very jealous!
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They look stunning!
btw: hoard edited to horde.
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Thanks Fred!
Although they mean different things, I think both words could work here 
My painting has been a little lacklustre over the past few weeks. I blame work (went on conference), total war warhammer 3 (go chaos), and CK3 (royal court expansion).
I have managed to paint a table though!
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They do, the dude in front is ready for action and then some!
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