Wood Elf List for Escalation League (week 1)

I'll be playing my first game with the new edition today and it'll be for a league at our local store, so it should be a blast. Below you can see the list I'm using. It's an escalation league so it starts out small and the game size increases over the course of the following weeks. I'd post more thoughts but 500 pts doesn't allow for a lot of that.. and I don't know what I'll be playing against. Hope this does well for me.

103 Wood Elf Noble w/HoDA

126 Glade Guard (x10) w/Musician

126 Glade Guard (x10) w/Musician

144 Dryads (x12)

499

Basing Tutorial (Fall Wood Elves)

First, use a box. Not for fun but b/c you don't want to spill shit all over your place and have to vacuum afterwards. A box might look like this..



I base most of guys with Elmer's glue and fine black ballast from Woodland Scenics (free plug sponsor me) and I skip around leaving some areas blank so I can fit grass tufts inbetween. I like my static grass to be in clumps b/c I think it looks cool like that.



Put a generous glob of glue in each spot you want the grass and put your miniature over the container. (the dont-be-an-ass to your roommates part) Then put pinches of static grass all over the spots (generously) and push it down a bit. Turn the mini over, hold it above the container, and flick the bottom of it to remove all the unglued grass and make the stuff that did stick stand up. If there's still glue showing just do it again.



It'll look like this.



Then just drybrush a bit of glue here and there and do the same thing you did with the static grass again, this time using whatever leaves you've purchased. These ones here are from Galeforce Nine and they're awesome and you should buy them and they should sponsor me.



This post was a request, and wasn't meant for everyone. If you were thinking, "I know how to do it and idc Zealot" then it's not for you!

Grinding on that old to-do (aka being the hobby)

Just was looking over my models and getting back in gear after a short "I just moved" hiatus and I remembered that I had a to-do list that I made in January and decided to see how well I've done w/it. Today's notes in CAPITAL RED.

From my post in January:

"Goals:
This year I'll be sure to build and paint an additional 500 points of Mechanicus for my 'guard' army, as well as 200 points for my WE. (a fitting 2000 points of each) I've sold armies on E-Bay for years and I am keeping these. COMPLETE

As far as Space Hulk goes, I will painting the models to high standard and tossing the whole box on E-Bay (with Battlefoam). I don't have a need for it right now and it's taking up space in my life. (and GW announced it's not going to be 'limited', like they originally said it would be.) COMPLETE

I will construct and paint the Exodites that I've purchased and then make a decision on whether or not they will be sold. ON HOLD FOR DE BOOK (EDIT - GONE!)

I will also finish construction/painting on my Knight Titan and hopefully get going on his brothers-in-arms. ON HOLD FOR MORDHEIM

So basically I'm awesome and I do what I want. I found a new place to play near my house and the crowd there seems stellar. Watch out for some Mordheim shit soon! I'm playing in a Fantasy league starting tomorrow so I'll probably be posting about that a bit.