The month for High Elves has begun with a bumper release of online articles and painted High Elves models (not all are nice though and many looked rushed…) at the Games Workshop site. I went down today for the latest White Dwarf but it was sold out! Imagine that…but I manage to get my hands on the High Elves Magic Card Deck. A full review on that soon! Meanwhile check out the links and some selected images below.

1) High Elf Art

2) High Elves Painting Tips (Part 1)

3) High Elves Painting Tips (Part 2)

4) Island of Blood Box Set High Elves Painting Tips

5) High Elves Sample Armies

This is what you are going to get from the Island of Blood, a 10 man (or elf) High Elves Seaguard unit. Enjoy its glory. That champion still needs a head swap! Oh check out the Reaver too. Really nice.

Via: GW and here.

Sword Master Champion – Like all of the champion and character models in The Island of Blood, this model has a name: Bladelord Kalaer.

Sword Master Standard Bearer – the detail is sculpted onto this banner, which makes you need only add paint for a great looking banner.

Via: GW

All right, here we go, more new painted figures from the Island of Blood.

Ellyrian Reaver Champion – Eltheus Farsight leads his unit of Ellyrian Reavers, the Dawn Riders, in daring raids against the enemy’s flanks.

Lothern Sea Guard Standard Bearer – the elven runes, waves and sea dragon are actually sculpted onto the Sea Guard’s banner.

If these High Elves Horses are an example of the new horse models to come, I will be really pleased and excited! Hoping really for a plastic Dragon Princes/Silver Helms combo set now.

Via: GW

What just happened here? Ok, the release of the High Elves Island of Blood models were all going so well with the Griffin and all, when suddenly we are hit with this! A vampire looking mage with a fountain pen on his head, and a stunted looking Lothern Seaguard champion with 70′s retro horror movie merman helmet? Or better still, a fish on his head?

Via: GW

We have more Island of Blood High Elves miniatures for you! Check out the ‘Eavy Metal Team’s fully painted High Elves Noble on Griffin and another Lothern Sea Guard. This Noble on Griffin has to be one of my favorite High Elves character models of all time! Just BEAUTIFUL!

Via: GW

Check out this awesome Lothern Sea Guard musician from the Island of Blood boxset painted by ‘Eavy Metal team. That is a really sweet model and a fantastic paint job to boot!

Oh, also before I forget the contents of the Island of Blood Boxset has been confirmed:

Q. What miniatures do you get in The Island of Blood box?
A. The set contains 74 models in total:
a High Elf Prince on Griffon,
a High Elf Mage,
10 High Elf Lothern Sea Guard,
10 High Elf Sword Masters of Hoeth and
five Ellyrian Reavers;

a Skaven Warlord,
a Skaven Warlock Engineer,
40 Skaven Clanrats,
a Skaven Master Moulder,
two Skaven Rat Ogres,
a Skaven Warpfire Thrower and
a Skaven Poisoned Wind Mortar.

Wait a minute, there are just not enough Elves!

Via: GW

The level of detail on Ryogo’s character miniatures is astounding – notice how the stars on the Mage’s cloaks have a bright centre and opaque strands, much like real stars. And like his Empire army, Ryogo’s High Elf units all bear colourful banners.

Ryogo has done a great job of making the High Elf Prince and his Dragon look like a single, united entity by using the same colour palate on both. I particularly like the subtle use of orange on the Dragon’s armour and High Elf’s shield and helm.

Great stuff Ryogo, thanks for sharing!

Bernadette Hughes left her awesome models to be photographed in the latest Games Workshop blog post.

There’s a really noble feel to this miniature, with rider and mount surveying the battlefield. Notice how the lion’s tail, Elf’s hair and the axe’s ribbons all run in the same direction – this helps give the model a sense of place atop a windswept peak and adds to the realism of the model.

I really like the windswept look. She picked all the right parts!

Via: Games Workshop

Gary wanted to use Citadel Washes to add shading to Caradryan so began by undercoating him with Skull White Spray. He also wanted to make sure that the gold areas were bright and basecoated them with a 75/25 mix of Shining gold and Mithril Silver, and then applied a wash of Ogryn Flesh to give the gold a red tinge. To highlight the gold, he used a 50/50 mix of Shining Gold and Mithril Silver, focusing his attention towards the top of the areas. When I asked him how he went about highlighting metal areas Gary said, ‘Rather than trying to highlight it normally, pick areas where you think the light would hit and highlight them. This will make it look more natural.’ Gary painted Caradryan’s skin in the same way as he painted Mephiston’s but made worked up through lighter highlights.

Image and Quote Via: Games Workshop Blog

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