Wood Elves start to arrive.

A couple of Jomsvikings get turned into Lake Town guards, these will help guard the Master's gold 

Many years ago when I got back into Fantasy, I started collecting an Elf army. Looking for inspiration, I based the colours on the Peter Jackson films. There were lots of gold armour and blue garments, this theme worked well. However, after a year or so I decided to recreate the Battle of the Five Armies. My Elves although paccible didn't really scream Wood Elf. So I'm planning to add a bit of green stuff and try out some different looks.

My armies will be based on a Dark age feel, so there won't be ranks of uniformed soldiers. This means that each Elf can look unique with his own armour and colour.

I tried 'pulling' little bits of putty down with a pointed tool and this worked really well for a leaf cloak. There is a fine line before it starts to look too much like fur, but I did get a few good results. The trick is the spacing between the marks.

This in my opinion is the simplest but the most successful. It is just enough to add a little Wood Elf to the cowl. It doesn't steal the show from the great scale armour.

 Shapes in the cowls are another Elven trait that are easy to do. The cowls also help to cover the joins in the plastic kits.

The guy with the spear has become a bit too detailed in the leaf design, but I think the one with the sword is better.

Fire Forge Sargents make for excellent Elves. The torsos on the sprues are a mix of leaf mail and very Elven looking garments. All of these go well with the Oathmark plastics and can create a wealth of variety.

This is a Conquest Norman body with an Oathmark  head and arm. The horn is from the Norman sprue.

Here are those reference shots again showing the leaf armour.

These latest attempts certainly say Wood Elf a lot more than my other Elves. My original collection were based around the Grenadier High Elves.