Wood Elf War Dancers

There are a number of warhammer armies that I have been collecting since Warhammer began really. Having moved house this was an opportunity to get some of them out of the attic and view them in more detail.

The armies in my collection are

Wood Elves
High Elves
Dark Elves

Spotting a theme!

Empire
Chaos Warriors
Skaven
Dogs of War

With significant collections of dwarves and orcs/gobbos.

Plus lots of models I got just because I liked them.

In terms of 40k

Dark Angels (Main collection)
Eldar
Imperial Guard
Chaos Marines

I'll try and lay some out so I get more of them up, but this post is just about one unit. Wardancers

I have only done half of them here, as I need to get the photography set up with a tripod for indoor work.

Anyway, they follow the basic theme for my Wood Elf army, quite a bright green for most of the units with some being a bit more russet.

Half my Wood Elf Wardancer Band

Colour scheme is a lighter flesh, with bright green and brown. Metals are a mixture of copper and iron.

Wardancer Leader, I split his two swords and moved the metal arms as he is quite leady and much more maleable than white metal.

Minimal amounts of chainmail

Big hair, Tpau?

Mask for that early Harlequin look.

I still have to finish them off, with a bit of base work and touch ups, but not far off.

I think it might be an introduction to some of their dark cousins next time.

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