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!

GT Atalaya Mayo 2026 [1997 pts]

Warhammer: The Old World, Wood Elf Realms, Orion's Wild Hunt, Open War

Characters

Glade Lord, Great weapon, Light armour, Asrai longbow, Forest Dragon, Talisman of Protection, Armour of Meteoric Iron, A Resplendence of Luminescents, An Annoyance of Netlings, Aspect of the Cat - 499

Glade Lord, Light armour, Shield, Asrai longbow, General, Great Stag, Spear of Twilight, Orion's Favour, A Befuddlement of Mischiefs, Wild Rider Kindred - 327

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

Core

7 Wild Riders, Hunting spear, Light armour, Shields, Wild Hunter - 196

7 Wild Riders, Hunting spear, Light armour, Shields, Wild Hunter, Standard bearer [Totem of Wrath] - 253

8 Glade Riders, Cavalry spears, Asrai longbows, Reserve Move, Trueflight Arrows - 152

8 Glade Riders, Cavalry spears, Asrai longbows, Reserve Move, Trueflight Arrows, Glade Knight - 158

Special

1 Wood Elf Beast Pack, 1x Deepwood Hound [Hand weapons (Claws + fangs, tusks, teeth)] - 19

1 Wood Elf Beast Pack, 1x Deepwood Hound [Hand weapons (Claws + fangs, tusks, teeth)] - 19

Rare

8 Deepwood Scouts, Asrai longbows, Arcane Bodkins - 120

8 Deepwood Scouts, Asrai longbows, Arcane Bodkins - 120

The rules are that you must paint the whole Army with at least 3 different colours each and have proper bases with texture. I think I can manage!

Let's break that down with the current status...

• 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 ❌ (5 painted)
• 8 Glade Riders ❌ (6 painted)
• 8 Glade Riders ❌ (6 painted)
• 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 ❌

So basically I have 17 days to paint 13 cavalry, 2 infantry, 2 hounds, 1 Great Stag, 1 Dragon, 1 Baggage Train marker and 4 objectives. I have already assembled everything including some basecoats with airbrush to speed things up. The only thing missing is the second unit of Wild Riders. I do not even own them! My plan B is to use my 5 Sisters of the Thorn and borrow 2 from someone else or just borrow 7 Wild Riders.

Will I make it?