Project Wood Elves: Best painted award!

I am really glad to report that in the last Tournament that I participated the Army got the "Best painted" award!

It is a great feeling to see all the effort being rewarded, especially after the last sprint in which I painted so much in the last few weeks! There were a few other armies that were very nice looking, in particular I liked a Dwarf Army and a Cathay one - which was incredible well painted but not finished so it could not compete, otherwise it would have won for sure! There was an even better painted army, from the organizer, but he excluded himself from the competition.

In any case, here is the trophy! I also got a case of AK Interactive paints to add to my collection on top of it.

As for the results... well, I lost ALL my matches and it clearly shows that a) have not played a lot this year b) first time playing a list that looks cool is risky in competitive environments and c) don't really know how to play with frenzy and coordinate those with a Dragon. Still, the weekend was super fun and I came back home with something and wishing I would have more time for more tournaments. If you are curious, you can see all results here.

To make it even more special, and this was not planned, this Trophy is a render of the old logo of the "Atalaya Vigía" club that I designed many moons ago. The sculptor and organizer of the tournament didn't know that and he was happy to learn about it! Here is the original image, drawn with pen and paper, then inked by hand and then digitalized and colored in photoshop back in 2018:

Project Wood Elves: Painting Spree Update (III)

Here it is the final update before the Tournament. I literally just finished painting them. Some of the bases were still drying while I was taking the pictures... I knew it was going to be tight, but I am super happy to say that I managed to make it!

Here is the final check

• 1 Glade Lord on Forest Dragon ✅ 
• 1 Glade Lord on Great Stag ✅
• 1 Spellsinger on Elven Steed ✅
• 7 Wild Riders ✅
• 7 Wild Riders with Standard Bearer ✅
• 8 Glade Riders ✅
• 8 Glade Riders ✅
• 1 Wood Elf Beast Pack with 1 Deepwood Hound ✅
• 1 Wood Elf Beast Pack with 1 Deepwood Hound ✅
• 8 Deepwood Scouts ✅
• 8 Deepwood Scouts ✅

On top of that:

• 1 Baggage Train ✅
• 4 Objective Markers ✅

The Army list I will be using in the Tournament is this one:

500 - Glade Lord, Aspect of the Cat, Forest Dragon, Dragon Slaying Sword, Talisman Of Protection

330 - Glade Lord, Moonfire Shot, Shield, A Befuddlement of Mischiefs, Wild Rider Kindred, General, Great Stag, Spear of Twilight, Orion's Favour

134 - Spellsinger, Elven Steed, Wizard Level 1, Battle Magic, Oaken Stave

158 - 8 Glade Riders, Trueflight Arrows, Reserve Move, Glade Knight

158 - 8 Glade Riders, Trueflight Arrows, Reserve Move, Glade Knight

189 - 7 Wild Riders, Shield

253 - 7 Wild Riders, Shield, Wild Hunter, Standard Bearer, Totem Of Wrath

19 - 2 Wood Elf Beast Packs 

  • 1x Beast Keeper 

  • 1x Deepwood Hound

19 - 2 Wood Elf Beast Packs 

  • 1x Beast Keeper 

  • 1x Deepwood Hound

120 - 8 Deepwood Scouts, Arcane Bodkins

120 - 8 Deepwood Scouts, Arcane Bodkins

You can find all info about the Tournament in New Recruit

And of course, this time, some pictures of all the painted units!

Now, taking advantage of this, if I look at the 2026 objectives, one of that was to paint all Wood Elves save for the monsters... well, consider that done!

The only thing left to paint in the Wood Elf Army is:

• Treeman
• 3 Treekin
• 2 Eagles
• 2 Deepwood Hounds
• 1 Wizard on foot
• 1 Battle Standard Bearer

My idea is to take a break now, and come back to finish painting the 6 vehicles left from Legions Imperialis so I can cross out all 2026 objectives, and then tackle the remaining Wood Elves. But of course, nothing is so easy, while painting these I decided to get a unit of Hawks, Wardancers and Wildwood Rangers.... but they were not included in the original goal so...

Project Wood Elves: Painting Spree Update (II)

Hopefully this is the last update before the family picture next week.

I have now painted everything I already owned that I need for the Tournament. Just waiting for 7 Wild Riders to arrive home so I can build and paint them. I just had one day delay from my original plan as the Dragon took one extra day to paint, other than that, it is on track...

• 1 Glade Lord on Forest Dragon ✅ 
• 1 Glade Lord on Great Stag ✅
• 1 Spellsinger on Elven Steed ✅
• 7 Wild Riders ❌
• 7 Wild Riders with Standard Bearer ✅
• 8 Glade Riders ✅
• 8 Glade Riders ✅
• 1 Wood Elf Beast Pack with 1 Deepwood Hound ✅
• 1 Wood Elf Beast Pack with 1 Deepwood Hound ✅
• 8 Deepwood Scouts ✅
• 8 Deepwood Scouts ✅

On top of that:

• 1 Baggage Train ✅
• 4 Objective Markers ✅

Project Wood Elves: Painting Spree Update (I)

What's this? A second post in the same week? And without pictures? Yes, just to keep track of what have I painted so far and what is still missing...

Compared to last update you will see that I have been painting like crazy!

I have cheated a little bit because I have not painted Beast Keepers, I will just use Glade Guard on foot.
What's pending? The Dragon, Great Stag, markers and one unit! The main problem are the additional Wild Riders. Unfortunately, I do not even own them at the moment! I have tried to buy/acquire them somehow but as I want to have the old Kurnous models I could not find them at reasonable prices, so I am a bit stuck at the moment.

I have reached out to a couple of colleagues and they might be able to help! Let's see...

• 1 Glade Lord on Forest Dragon ❌
• 1 Glade Lord on Great Stag ❌
• 1 Spellsinger on Elven Steed ✅
• 7 Wild Riders ❌
• 7 Wild Riders with Standard Bearer ✅
• 8 Glade Riders ✅
• 8 Glade Riders ✅
• 1 Wood Elf Beast Pack with 1 Deepwood Hound ✅
• 1 Wood Elf Beast Pack with 1 Deepwood Hound ✅
• 8 Deepwood Scouts ✅
• 8 Deepwood Scouts ✅

On top of that:

• 1 Baggage Train ❌
• 4 Objective Markers ❌

The plan that I have until May 22nd when I leave for the Tournament is...

• 8-9: Great Stag
• 10-13: Dragon
• 14: Baggage Train + Objectives
• 15-16: I am off town so I can't paint
• 17-21: remaining 7 Wild Riders if I can get my pawns on them

Very very tight, let's see if I make it!

Project Wood Elves: Tournament preparation!

The blog seems to be abandoned, but it is not! It has just been badly neglected...

I started the year with a very strong resolution of finding the time to paint and I have painted pretty much every other day of the week for the last 2-3 months with the goal of painting the whole Wood Elves Army. So, despite the fact that I did not post I was chipping away at the pile of opportunity. I have just been lazy in taking pictures but I will try to show everything in the upcoming weeks.

I realized I was painting at a painfully slow pace so I decided to sign up for a (fully painted) Tournament as a means to motivate myself. I had several opportunities but could not really make it work until a few days ago when I finally signed up for the GT Atalaya Vigía Mayo 2026 (see here in New Recruit).

It is a Team Tournament and we will play five games across two days. As of today I have no clue who my teammates would be but I have decided on the following list!