Scratch Build Dark Elf Watch Tower

I recently finished The 2nd season of The Old World Army Challenge(Link).  My Army was Dark Elves. When finishing up the last post I built a display board for some fancy photos. I decided it need a little something extra. So I built a tower. Here's how I did it.

I did a mock up of the unit layout and from there terrain I wanted to add.

Some simple elevation changes. Glued in place, then used light weight spackle to cover seams. Added some gravel for looks. Sealed in place with Modge Podge.

I used Microsoft Publisher to make a Hexagon, and printed it out on Card Stock. Then used that to trace out onto foam multiple times to build up to a height that looked good.

Hand Cutting Foam does not give you straight edges, so I trimmed off the edges on the Proxxon Foam Cutter. I then cut a smaller hex set for another tier.

Looking online for inspiration I saw a lot of towers with Spikey Wings. I drew out a pattern on Card Stock. One for the top level and one for the bottom level. I used that pattern to cut out wings in Foam Core.

Some quick hot glue gun action and they are mounted.

I ran an extra bead of glue down the side of each wing for strength.

Dark Elves for Scale

Foamcore Door, Mountain Dew Hinges

Added some Foamcore Decorative Elements

It's all coming together.

Another Door for the 2nd level.

Ramp for the Front Door

Ready for paint.

I used a craft paint for my Dark Elves. I had Home Depot mix up a larger batch so I could paint the display board.

Primed the tower

Dry brushing the textured ground.

Display Board done.

I painted a the background after watching a couple of Bob Ross videos. I think I need to add some clouds

Here's the final shot.

And that's the Dark Elf tower. I will post more on the Army in a few days.

The Oldworld Army Challenge 2, May's entry.

So here is the update for May and the The Old World Army Challenge.

For May I painted Dark Elf Corsairs and a Sorceress

 Here are the Corsairs. Insane amount of detail but fun to paint.

 The one problem with Corsairs is the poses. Very hard to fit together as a unit. I ended up marking the bottoms for placement, once I found a combination that fit together.

 I love this lady. So evil.

 June is done, will post shortly and then a final wrap up post.

Painting update for the Oldworld Army Challange.

I just realized I didn't post anything since the January entry for The Old World Army Challenge. If you haven't checked it out lately, lots of great old lead painted on the OWAC site here. 

So lets get caught up.

January


An Assassin, Crossbowmen and a Bolt Thrower.


February


I took a Mulligan. We are allowed one "miss". I was too busy with fixing up Rivoli and my Frostgrave Ghost Archipelago for Cold Wars.

March


Witch Elves

Cauldron of Blood


April


The Black Guard of Naggaroth and a Sorcerer.


And here's a group shot of everything done so far.




I have May and Junes entry to do. Corsairs and Cold One Knights and a General.

Almost done.

Xin

WHFB 6th Ed Battle Report, Vampire Counts vs Dwarves

After spending loads of time putting together tables for Cold Wars, I finally got to play a game.

My Friend Lou came over and we played Warhammer Fantasy Battle. I took Vampire Counts and Lou took Dwarves. I haven't played WHFB in maybe 2  years(WHFB Elves vs Empire, 8th ed)

This time it's 6th Edition. One of the reasons I like 6th is, it is the most expansive. It has the most Army Books and Supplements of any edition. 

Here's a quick write up of our game:

Vampire Counts(Me) 1000pts
Skeleton Regiment
Skeleton Regiment
Dire Wolf Pack
Dire Wolf Pack
Bat Swarm
General Vampire Count (Blood Dragon)
Vampire Thrall ( Blood Dragon )
Necromancer

Dwarves (Lou) 1000 pts
Slayers
Crossbowmen
Warriors with Great Weapon and Magic Banner
Cannon
Warriors HW and Shield
Runelord

 VC on the left, Stunties on the right.

 Left to right my battle line, Dire Wolves, Skeletons with Necromancer

 Middle Bat Swarms, Vampire Count and 2nd Skeleton unit with Vampire Thrall.

 Far Right, a line unit of Dire Wolves.

 Close ups

 These are Battle Master Wolves. I used green stuff to over the saddle.

 The Dwarves, from his Left to right. Warriors with Hand Weapon and Shield. Rune Lord, and Cannon

 Next is a Crossbow unit. Then Warriors with Great Weapon, and on the far right are the Slayers.

 VC win initiative, I march straight forward

 Here I made a mistake, the Wolves could not march by themselves. On the right they did a half move, so no big deal. On the left I marched, oops.

 The Dwarves stood still. The Xbow killed 2 Wolves.

 Lou guessed the cannon perfectly and bounced through 4 ranks. Unfortunately for him, he rolled 2 "1's" to Wound.

 Round 2, I charged the cannon with the Dire Wolves. On the charge, we tied, I killed one and he killed one. On the Dwarf turn Lord charged in, rolled really bad. I killed another Cannon crew and he killed one wolf. Another mistake, I was immune to psychology being undead, but I rolled for a break test and failed.

 My main units move forward, Bats fly over the standing stones. The Slayers turn to face the Wolves sweeping around the side.

 Third round, The bats charge the Slayers in the flank. No break test as they are unbreakable. The Vampire Count and Skeleton unit with Vampire Thrall charge the Warriors unit. I win the combat easily with 2 Vampires. Honestly how do you fight Vampires?

 The Warriors break and flee, I fail to catch. The skeletons slam into the Xbow Unit.
The Bat Swarm Killed a slayer, Didn't take any casualties, slayers don't break so they are stuck on the Slayers Flank, pinning them in place.

 I just realized as I type this I think we missed a round of combat on the Dwarves turn. Damn it. On Turn 4, the Vampire Count slams into the back of the Xbow unit. With the 2 vampires, and rear charge, the unit breaks.

The Warrior unit on the back edge rallied. but the Wolves hitting the flank break it again. At this point, the Dwarf player throws in the towel.

Observations.

I made a mistake with the Wolves. Not terrible but they got around the flank faster than they should have. They would have got there a turn later.

I didn't get a single spell off due to Dwarf Dispel dice

Vampires are just monsters in combat. This is the first time using both armies. Not sure what the Dwarves could do against them.

The Dwarf player was a little frustrated and I get that. We will have to play again and swap armies.

I think I have a Dwarf Organ gun, may that might have been better than a Cannon.

Anyway it was fun to play 6th. It was fun to play with new armies. I bought the Dwarves painted, and recently painted the VC. It was just fun to game.

Cheers, Xin/Jeff