Please register for total war access to use the forums. As i am going to the horned rat on may the 24th and 25th i present my list for that event note this was a first impressions list, written before i had. Nov 30, 2015 after a long hiatus sorry again folks. These are the mandatory selections that must take up at least 25% of your army, so logically, it makes sense to take a look at them first. Fs citadel games workshop metal wood elves vintage citadel dragon prince and dragon in good condition. Here you can see some of the details as they discuss what is in the armybook rather extensively. The last 8th edition army book was printed in 2014 for wood elves, the first army book for the empire was printed for 4th edition rules in 1993 spanning some 21. Find wood elf stock images in hd and millions of other royaltyfree stock photos, illustrations and vectors in the shutterstock collection. The lizardmen muster the greatest armies ever witnessed in the world to repel. Wood elves are another of my armies that has been waiting for an update for an extremely long time, so i might as well repeat the process. The wood elf army box set is one of our newest armies featuring miniatures from splintered light minaitures.
Ive played a few games with them in aos, but am trying to cut down on the amount of projects i have. Okey first of all rumours are suggesting that the new wood elves armybook will arrive in. As always give your ll orion in this case the army wide buffs first. Along with the oathmark models i have theyll be perfect for my wfb wood elf army. Melee lady vs ranged lady and rangd male vs ranged female. I would also like to thank the makers of the wood elf army book, without which much of this would not be possible. A high elf army must either be defensive or offensive, having a mix between the two means that your opponent is only ever facing half of your army at any one time. Dark elf whfb 6th edition collectors guide ccmwiki. Whittling down their enemies with a near constant and whithering barrage of arrows. W that an army consists of mostly ranged units requiring constant micromanagement. Some of these ideas are from the nice people at like the regeneration for forest spirits, some are my own and the majority are from the current army book.
Detailed descriptions of all the wood elf characters, units and monsters. More reliable rumours army construction is moving back to percentages. The elves were originally thought of as a race of minor nature and fertility gods, who are often pictured as youthfulseeming men and women of great beauty living in forests and underground places and caves, or in wells and springs. Meltedwing high elves are after woc and daemons of chaos but before lizardmen. Not that many people have experience playing as or against wood elves, especially with a brand new book out, so i figured the weaker my army looks and the more new units i have the better. Magic getting more powerful means that armies like ogres, tk, wood elves, skaven and og that use their own lores will become significantly weaker in magic phase comparatively until their new army books come out. They are not so useful in a shooty or cavalry army, but if you are running a combat wood elf army, which can actually do well in this book, dryads and eternal guard are what youre gonna take. I started playing warhammer last edition, and after playing with the bretonnians from the warhammer boxed set while choosing my first proper army, i realised the potency of long ranged attacks. Wood elf army roster speculation setting reasonable. The first swathe of credible wood elf rumours are starting to hit the net. In recent years, strange tales have come to athel loren, worrying rumors of drychas activities. Now of course, that world is lost, but the age of sigmar provides a new range of factions for the new aelfs to fill.
Has anyone heard what the next army books for whfb will be. Topangebote fur warhammer wood elves online entdecken bei. Anyone whos been involved in the fantasy tabletop games workshop scene will know that wood elves have been long overdue an update to put it mildly and theres no doubt now, that despite many of the rumours regarding scrapping them, combining them into a dual or multiple army book with bretonnians, games workshop have given them a full. Things you hear on silvan, but we must remember that dwarves out before, in early 2014. They are longlimbed and graceful, with slim, adept fingers. Warhammer army book wood elves 143032xz5j4j idocpub. Rumours in later years speak of an undersea race of beings taking up. I would also like to thank the makers of the wood elf army book. Im currently sitting on minimax general to ranged, put 12 archers in the army, 5 melee units to hold enemies, and 3 cavalryranged cavalry units. Wood elves have really needed a new book for a long time, and i can recall time after time a few years. She counts as a lord choice and any army led by drycha may only contain forest spirits refer to the wood elves army book. Im not as familiar with the dark elf army books as the high elf ones where i could tell instantly what was missing. If youre an existing user, your forum details will be merged with total war access if you register with the same email or username.
Photobucket third party woes as described by nicodemus driada glade girl t9a community survey on magic objects returning to the forest elf heavy archers of. Ive been told by a few people that wood elves dont work very well under 8th edition rules with their current codex, but i also know that the alltree army uses tactics pretty atypical for a normal wood elves force, so i wonder if that makes up for any shortcomings due to the change in edition. Jul 14, 2017 earlier today creative assembly went through the dark elf unit roster for total war. A number of the below ideas revolve around one item, and its my favourite item in the book acorns of the ages. Wood elf infantry command splintered light miniatures. All elves are taller than humans and of a slender but strong build. Thats still available if you want to watch the whole thing, but as. He knows how hard it is to make new friends at every new home.
Jul 14, 2017 the dark elves are voracious raiders who ply their bloody trade across the length and breadth of the world. For all that i complain about later editions being more grimdark, i think 8th edition does do better, especially in the wood elf army book, at periodically getting the wood elves out of loren and allowing them to do things. Wood elves is a 96page, full colour hardback army book. It was always my belief that, this being a childrens book, it would not have implied a vast force comparable to say, the ones at helms deep or the pelennor fields in the lord of the rings the latter being the decisive and greatest battle of the third age. Changes to warhammer in 2015 aka the spanish rumours. They take whatever they want and will gladly risk their lives for the promise of glory, power and riches.
Have the elf take part in a military operation with whatever toys you have. None save for the mage queen know the sisters true origins, though there are many rumors that purports to fill this gulf. The new unit is called the triumph of saint katherine. As wood elves simple dont have the numbers for a fair fight. The dlc also adds a special minicampaign to total war. When you are considering a battle plan, or at least a.
Now you can combine your dark elf, high elf, and wood elf collections together to represent the entire race united in defiance of chaos. My apologies to everybody who felt being treated unfairly about this in the last months. Hello, id like to discuss my ideas for the wood elves with you. The red duke rumours of his continued existence persisted for. Hell hath frozen over as the wood elves have received a new book. The full lores of high and dark magic, and the magic items available to wood elf armies. Jun 24, 2014 wood elves artwork from wood elves army book. Tolkiens middleearth of northern mirkwood and lothlorien. These 15mm figures come in packs of 12 with 6 different poses and are the backbone of leadership in wood elf armies. Welcome to the warhammer armies project, the home of some of the most popular unofficial army books for warhammer fantasy battles.
Warhammer fantasy wood elves armybook limited edition. Today someone has had a chance to see what is in the wood elf armybook, and given us a quick run down on what he saw. Warhammer fantasy battles 8th edition wood elves description. The wood elves are among the most ancient inhabitants of the old. In the depths of athel loren live the isolationist wood elves. With the melee buffs these girls will hold pretty much against anything bar direct antiinfantry units with high ma 2 wardancers with spears. Wood elf rumours and skitterleap lists recently a rumour thread for wood elves popped up on warseer, since the wood elf book was bought out in september 2005 and the fact that wood elves are hands down my favourite fantasy army and so i take any and all chances to talk about them any news rumours is good news at this stage. Buy lego the hobbit 79012 mirkwood elf army discontinued by manufacturer. Wood elves still lack war machines but have in exchange a megaton of poisoned weaponry. If you missed the army box a month ago, the new sisters of battle codex is finally here for separate. Later on recruit blade dancers and wild riders they will kill anything with army buffs and especially once you tech up the army too. This project is an attempt to bring elements of the two views together with additional material to provide gms and players of elven characters with the background necessary to bring this little understood and detailed portion of the empire to life.
Bugmans brewery the home for all warhammer dwarf fans the great hall the main fireplace. Recruit a lot of eternal guard early on and about 45 glade guard. The priest kings of lahmia take away nagashs books left behind in the black. Diskwars armies has come to an end with the wood elves spotlight. Sculpted by faron betchley, these are highly detailed and a must for any wood elf gamer. The wood elves lore, army, tactics, and new mechanics. Host is once again mentioned, alongside the word many.
Wood elf army a beginning, with oop models forum dakkadakka. These rumours show up again and again, and rather than derailing other threads, they can be better handled in a thread of their own. Wood elf army a beginning, with oop models hdbbstephen. They are doing a full look at the new armybook, so here is a link to 40k warzones main page if you want to take a look. There is a new datasheet that doesnt have a model yet found inside the sisters codex. Like the previous army lists, these new ones combine several army books together with some new characters and new special rules which replace the ones from the army books. It has an indepth history or the dark elves and tales about their gods and select characters. There is a rumour from usually reliable sources that 9th edition will see a complete army.
I am selling my wood elf army that i bought when i first started playing whfb in 8th. It is possible to construct a wood elf army to maintain a more traditional empiredwarf style formation with a front line of tough. Wood elf army profile scarecrows deadliest battles. The dark, wood, and high elves divide between which they support. Sharing the same characteristics as their counterparts in the dark and high elf army books they come in slightly more expensive due to coming with an asrai longbow. Thousands of new, highquality pictures added every day. This page is part of the stuff of legends, a site dedicated to science fiction and fantasy gaming miniatures. Then skill into the army melee buffs asap army composition. I will split down the list into several parts, the last one. Splintered light miniatures is proud to present our wood elf infantry command pack. The wood elves have two main playable factions wood elves and argwylon which differ slightly in gameplay. In the third of my updates looking at 3rd edition warhammer army lists from the warhammer armies book, i will be examining the wood elven army.
New wood elf artwork faeit warhammer news and rumors. Wood elf army bundle armybundles, woodland 6mm fantasy. These lords and ladies lead their kindreds into battle and lord over the asrai race as they struggle for survival in athel loren. Wood elves have been long overdue an update to put it mildly and theres no doubt now, that despite many of the rumours regarding scrapping them, combining them into a dual or multiple army book with bretonnians, games workshop have given them a full army book makeover and the results look. The sistertwins of athel loren are a mysterious pair who occupy the alpine slopes of the pine crags. Have your elf hold a sign that says make new friends but keep the old, one is silver and the others gold. Realm of the wood elves is a campaign pack dlc, adding the wood elves as a playable faction in the old world and mortal empires campaigns. Warhammer wood elves so yeah, ive decided to do it.
Wood elf is a generic term for an elf that live in wooded areas such as forests wood elf may refer to. See more ideas about wood elf, warhammer fantasy and fantasy. Dec 15, 2017 a standerd wood elf army is eternal gaurd 10 glade gaurd 10replace with lord and hero where needed until you have enough income and ember to replace your many army with either 20 glade rides and constantly be on the offensive or 20 waywatchers and constantly be on the defendsive. I have tried to achieve a power level similar to dark elves while maintaining a good in army balance.
Over at 40k warzone they have the wood elf armybook in hand, and have pictures for proof. The lordlevel mage is similar to mages in every other army, they have access to all eight lores of magic, or the elf specific high and dark magic with a different lore attribute and have a variety of mounts to choose from, including elven steeds, great eagles, and unicorns. Gw warhammer fantasy wood elves army book hardback. It looks specifically at the dark elf race and their army.
Attack, retreat faster than any other archer units, attack again. A mainstay unit in wood elves book fore filling core requirements in an army that lacks a solid combat block. Timeline of the warhammer world warhammer wiki fandom. Wood elf ranger outlander slaves of troustar character back. Wood elves are an army almost completely made up of trees, bowmen, or fast cavalry. Looks like the rumors were true, more elves are on the way for age of. Lego the hobbit 79012 mirkwood elf army discontinued by. They rely on speed, shooting and picking their fights. Two week release schedule three plastic kits, book. May 10, 2016 i finally have the wood elf book in hand. Building sets free delivery possible on eligible purchases. I actually really like the way the dark elf generic lord is a mirror opposite of the high elf one, too. The range featured many elements sculpted by chris fitzpatrick, notably the cold one knights, black ark corsairs, witch elves and black guard of naggaroth, plus most special character figures. Wood elf army roster speculation setting reasonable expections.
The good news is, however, that once the focus of your army has been chosen there is still a lot to choose from and a lot to tinker with. Spikey bits is a site about the hobby of tabletop wargaming. Obviously, it is impossible to find out what tolkien had actually meant by many. Wood elf army for sale in uk 20 used wood elf armys. Looking at the warhammer fantasy battle 3rd edition wood elf army list. A standerd wood elf army is eternal gaurd 10 glade gaurd 10replace with lord and hero where needed until you have enough income and ember to replace your many army with either 20 glade rides and constantly be on the offensive or 20 waywatchers and constantly be on the defendsive.
Jul 28, 2019 to start my tactical treatise on the wood elf army book, ill be focusing on the core units of the army. The wood elf army set includes enough miniatures to create the following units. This list can pump out about 75 shots on turn one and 80 on turn two if the waywatchers choose to multishot its upwards of 100. The timing would fit for 9th edition to be out summer 2014.
This is a purely reference style book for warhammer. The dark elf range was completely reworked yet again for 6th edition warhammer with the release of the second dark elf army book. There are rumours that both brets and wood elves are done and are just waiting for a hole in the release schedule but i have a feeling some of that might be wish listing. Manice raykallace the druid vs the vampire queen and her army. Khaine gives us three different armies, each based on some merging of the. New wood elf artwork faeit warhammer news and rumors fantasy battle, fantasy races.
New wood elves list in playtest at gw combat103 woodelf1 1 see more. I started this project about 10 years ago, even though the army book no longer allows for wood elves to have shields, i had them, the models were sculpted with a shield plug, so i added them. Wood elf strengths and weaknesses introduction ahh, the wood elves. Im not very into the dark elves, but their monsters are cool and id probably play them if i could field a monster themed dark elf army. Here you can easily find all the army books in one place, as well as information on the latest updates and new releases. Currently working on finding all source material i can, which includes the old and current army books. The history of the wood elves and the tale of the founding of athel loren. As titled im trying to figure out the best way to construct a wood elf army. They really needed that, because as it is their isolationism is probably the biggest problem with them as an army. At first glance, i can see potential for heaps of different styles of army, and i thought id talk about a few of my ideas here. I expect them to lose skirmish rule, which i think is the biggest drawback they have. The grand alliance order books gives us the following. You embark from deep within the great elven forest of alastia between two great elven cities myrast on the lake of haloust to the south and the forested city of estbara in the north.
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