From SylvainR - Last of the Wood Elves (260 points)

I started a Wood Elves army back in 2010 as my first serious venture into 28mm and I chose this particular "nation" simply because, as illustrated by the French version of the codex, it had my name on it. Now I just needed to complete a few units to have all the choices I wanted from the codex.

A few days ago, 40 Eternal Guards and 6 Hawk Riders, assembled and primed, were patiently waiting to be painted. I was bound by an spreadsheet blood oath to work on them only after completing the Bretons, the Tau and the Viet-Cron.

And here they are today, ready to slay any enemy foolish enough to enter their sacred woods.

The first regiment of Eternal Guards has a grey banner and grey capes. These 20 figurines rake in 100 points. According to the fluff from the codex, the Eternal Guards are supposed to defend the forest in Winter, while the Dryads and Treemen and other Nature's nuisances are asleep.

And here is the "White" regiment, good for another 100 points.

6 mounted Elves for 60 points. The hawks were fun to paint. In the "squadron", two were painted as per the codex, then I painted one as a red tail hawk, two as black hawks and one as an albino. The boys riders have such large pectorals that they could make Rambo jealous.

Women fight alongside men in the Wood Elves army. Here are the warrior ladies of this small force: three eternal guards, two musicians and two hawk riders. Should this count towards Sarah's choice?

Another old project completed! It feels good! Soon, my level of satisfaction will just be off the charts :-).

BTW, Sophie is working on something right now that should be ready next week.

Well Sylvain, after the trauma of last week's submission, let me say how thrilled I am to see you painting something that is not sci-fi. And while I have often felt all sorts of figures had my name on them (an excuse for my collecting impulse), I can't say I've ever had that experience literally, as you seem to have! Elves Sylvain indeed.

Great painting Sylvain.  I'm just trying to figure out where you are finding the time for all of this insane painting? Some kind of mysterious Saskatchewan painting retreat where you learned to take 46 figures from primer to painted in seven days, using meditative techniques?  And I assume next week we can see all those pending regiments of 28mm Russian Napoleonic troops?

We look forward to Sophie's submission next week! Bien fait! A la prochaine semaine!