Ghost Blood

Here´s an Old Blood Lizard man that I painted for my friend "Pasiaani". I think it´s my best work yet. "Me very happy" :) But I´m going to be sad when I give it away :( So next time I see the miniature, it will probably be on the opposite side of the battle table, riding towards my sorry ass, pointy eared High Elves...



I remember asking my friend about the color theme... What "spawning" should the lizard man belong to... Never got the answer (or I forgot it :)) So in a middle of a brain storm I decided to make it albino. What the hell, it´s a hero figure you know... it don´t have to fit to the rest of the army´s color theme. ( and it´s not my army :D)


At the time I started to paint the figure, I had just bought the latest issue of White Dwarf, that had very good battle report in it. It was Lizzies against Chaos set in a jungle environment. Forces of Chaos appeared to the jungle through some kind of portal (surprise) and filled it with slimy blobs and drooling deamons... Anyway... There was allso a unit of my favorite Daemonettes. Daemonettes are usually painted very pale, allmost... albino... Nice, that´s how I´m going to do it!

So I got the color theme from the Daemonettes on the battle report. But I allso got the storyline for the figure from there... I think it´s nice that the figures tell stories. It makes them more personal... So while I was painting, I tried to make a good excuse for the Old Blood and the Cold one he´s riding being albinos... ( I´m going to have to explain it, when I hand over the miniature to my confused friend... It´s better to be a good story, for he´s a very hairy and big man, allmost monkey-like )


So the story goes... "In the frenzy of the battle, this Old Blood hero followed a unit of fleeing Daemonettes in to the portal... Some how, before the portal closed, the hero found he´s way back to the jungle... but he wasn´t the same anymore. Inside the portal he and he´s ride got mixed with the Daemonettes that they were fighting. So now he´s half deamon and half Lizard... And he´s now called as... the Ghost Blood..." Boooooo.... Hoooooooo ... Hooooooo (scary music)...




Hope he buys that story line. He might turn me in to kebab. He´s a chef, you know...
Back to the miniature itself... I only converted the hand weapon to look little more like great weapon. I used bitz from chaos marines and orcs for it. Rest of the figure is all original. Have to say, that this project took long time to finnish. I thought that the High Elf miniatures had lots of details in them... Not any more. I really feel sorry for all you Lizard Men players out there, who have to paint whole army of these reptiles...

Old school High Elves

Here´s some real "old school" stuff. My first painted command group and some warriors from the early 90's... The color themes are straight from 1993-High elf army book. Bright reds, greens, yellows, purples, and all kinds of colors were "in fashion at the time. Color themes in latest army books have become a bit boring for the High Elves, I think. Pretty much just blue, white and silver...


I have added the Banner and the Dragons on this Standard bearer from the new plastic Spear men regiment box... The Elf originally had a long spear and a flag on it... I don´t know if you should ever convert a classic :) I did it anyway, and I´m sticking with it...


Here´s an exact copy of the color theme in Army Book of 1993... For my own defense, I must mention the fact, that the horn and the feathers on arrows are painted in different color :D I have really let my imagination fly on this one...

I still remember painting this High elf Champion... I guess it´s because, for the first time I didn´t copy the colors straight from book ;) Anyway, I was really happy with the combination of green, bronze and gold. Actually, I´m still happy with the paint job on this one... after about 16 years :)

Should I add some flock and sand to the base..? It´s been under construction for 15 years now... Better late than never I guess. I´ll add a new picture when it´s done :)


I really like these old plastic High Elf Archers. They look really cool as an regiment on table. And in the game, they can really shoot... far away. What a hell have I used for yellow on that gem in the belt. It´s more like green... This picture is too sharp :)