I decided to wait to post a WIP update this week, as I was close to finishing my Elf Infantry units. I managed to finish the basing last night, so thought that I would post the results. The Spearmen are 95% complete – I just need to add the shield transfers and the banners. The Archers and Shadow Hunters are finished. I’m pretty pleased with these, as they were only primed on the 16th August, so I’ve managed to paint 55 figures in two weeks. I’m usually quite slow at painting, so I think I’ve surprised myself. I did the basing for these slightly different from my usual formula as I used Vallejo Earth Texture (Dark Earth) for the base rather than using my usual filler/sharp sand/paint method. It has the advantage of being much quicker to apply, as it completes the first three steps at once, rather than over the course of two or three days (as you have to wait for the filler to dry, glue the sand using PVA and allow that to dry before applying the base colour paint) but I’m not 100% convinced about the final colour of the base – Vallejo Dark Earth is [...]