Dark Elves

I have always wanted a Dark Elf army. It was on my list to buy right after I completed my Ogre Kingdoms army. Well, I never finished the ogre army, and that means Dark Elves became a forgotten plan. As time went on my friends stopped playing WHFB and GW prices made it an impossible project.

While I wasn't looking for this army, a great deal came my way. I was able to pick up a lot of stuff, more than I'll use for a skirmish game. Here's a picture of the everything I picked up.

So what's in these boxes?  I spent some time cataloging everything.  Since some of these are "old school" models I guessed at what they were.  The list is in no particular order.

• 3 Sorceresses with skull staff
• 1 Sorceress on Cold One
• Morathi on Dark Pegasus
• Cauldron of Blood and crew
• 4 Repeater bolt throwers
• 3 Assassins
• 18 Cold One Riders with Command
• War Hydra and 3 handlers
• 40 Spearmen with cmd
• 32 Crossbows with cmd
• 20 "Old school" plastic warriors (Hand weapon & shields)
• 1 Executioner Command team (5 models)
• 38 Black Guard with Command (Some old school models in this; I guessed they were Black Guard)
• 14 Shades
• 20 Corsairs with cmd
• 10 Dark Riders with cmd
• 32 Witch Elves with cmd
• 2 Familiars

That's 260 models and a retail price of $1,364.  I won't report what I paid for this, but it was not $1,364!  The nice thing is these are all assembled and unpainted with no basing.  I get to do it my way!

I'm not playing WHFB anymore, and no one around me is interested.  At a cost of $1k to get started, it's no wonder. While I have a lot of models now, it's still not enough to make standard units.  I'd still have to dump more money into this to get a playable army.  I wouldn't do that, but do plan to get that awesome DE lord on a black dragon.  He'll be my reward for painting this whole force.

I've got some great plans for this army, especially the Witch Elves.  I want to paint them up as Drow, not the pale-faced bad boy elves that GW does.  Also, I should really consider looking at Kings of War as an alternative to WHFB.  I bet this force would work fine.  Now if only I can find an opponent for KoW!  I have two other armies in GW format to use in KoW.  I just need a willing player.

That's all for now.  I've got some painting to do.