A Very Short Report

 I finally had a chance to get in another game of Kings of War!

Elves fought Ratkin in this one, at... well, still not really a "legal" points level. We went with 750 points with the scenario to hold the center of the board, and it ended up quite a close game.

I didn't take many pictures, but here you can see the Silverbreeze cavalry holding the line as a roadblock, keeping my regiments from getting flanked. In the end, the Ratkin horde in the center were routed in time, and though I lost over half of my army, I was able to hold on to a tie.

Note the fine grass tablecloth. No longer will I do battle on bare plywood.

Back with Elves and a New Project!

 It's been a busy time in my life, in a good way. And by that I mean that I am now married! It was a longer journey than any of us expected, I think, thanks to covid, but we got there, and things could not have been more perfect. Even when a grasshopper landed on my wife during the wedding. I mean, we decided to take that as a good omen. Grasshoppers are good signs, right?

Anyhow, I have had time for hobby related nonsense recently, so here it is!

First off, my nephews were visiting for the wedding, and one of them helped me finish off the elf horse archers!

He did a really amazing job! There's bits that need work, but heck, that applies to my own painting too. Maybe even more so. For 10 years old, he's doing just fine.

And for my next project... well, I ended up with a lot more than I initially meant to.

I grew up reading the lord of the rings, literally. My parents read the books to me and my sisters as bed time stories. So it's really surprising that I've never picked any of these up before. I went with the corsairs of umbar because I always found them a bit intriguing, plus they look like they'll be fun to paint! We shall see.

The Next Step With Elves

 Turns our my army is going to have elves from at least three different companies now! Which I am ok with, I'm going for completion rather than... most other things. So here is the newest member of the force:

He's an elf archer from the now somewhat old GW isle of blood set. I picked up five of them for a good price on ebay, so they shall now do service as a troop of silverbreeze cavalry. I painted this one up as a test. Yes, the horse is green. Gotta have green horses. Four more to go!