The High Elf Dragon is one of our largest and most impressive Warhammer models. In this article Martin Footit talks about how he designed this Citadel Miniature and Neil Green provides a detailed painting guide. The article was first shown in the December 2007 issue of White Dwarf.

This awesome High Elves dragon painting guide was just released into the White Dwarf online archives. Lots of product creation goodies and painting tips, get it directly from this link here. Loved it!

The lads from The Black Dragon Team are back again! This time with another converted White Lion Hero with a BIG Axe. Just beautiful and now I really want a White Lion themed army!

Following the success of our previous limited edition contest miniatures, Cool Mini Or Not is proud to once again partner with Dark Sword Miniatures and Jeff Grace to offer a very naughty Female Anti-Paladin with her pet Pseudo Dragon as our next contest miniature. They wanted to go for something that would fit on the cover of Heavy Metal Magazine. They wanted her to look like a really cool Cheese Cake type villain that could work you over in more ways than one. Dark Sword Miniatures is a multiple award winning pewter miniature company that produces premium fantasy miniatures based on the artwork of legendary artists such as Larry Elmore, Keith Parkinson, Jeff Easley and Clyde Caldwell. In addition, Dark Sword Miniatures is also producing premium pewter miniatures based on the works of New York Times best-selling author George R.R. Martin. This naughty miniature is sculpted by veteran sculptor Jeff Grace who is known for his crisp execution and attention to those fine details. The picture speaks for itself. This miniature is only limited to 399 Worldwide, and 199 of them are available exclusively from our CMON shop.

Unfortunately it is Out of Stock!

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Check them out below and enjoy! They can also be found in the Strategy and Tactics section.

• 7th Edition High Elves Tactica – Introduction – By PapaElf
• 7th Edition High Elves Tactica – Part 1 – Maneuver – By PapaElf
• 7th Edition High Elves Tactica – Part 2 – Melee, Magic, Psychology – By PapaElf
• 7th Edition High Elves Tactica – Part 3 – The Strategic Purpose of your Army – By PapaElf
• 7th Edition High Elves Tactica – Part 4 – How to Outmaneuver the Enemy – By PapaElf
• 7th Edition High Elves Tactica – Part 5 – High Elf Order of Battle – By PapaElf

All articles reproduced with permission by PaperElf, additional source material for these articles can be found in the General’s tent at Machiara’s web site, Battle Glade.

This thread over at Warseer adding fuel to what I’ve been hearing and reading from some folks at GW as well as various places on the web. 2010 is gearing to be a year for WFB, like 2009 was for 40K, We got Skaven in this November followed by Beast of Chaos and Tomb Kings the first half of next year with third unnamed release in the 4th quarter.

The bigger news however is a huge organized summer campaign in the works, based on the Empire versus Von Carstein (my friend Bill and I are going to love that) and an actual WFB rules amendment (lets call it 7.1 Ed) with changes in some rules, specifically cavalry (whether this changed rules or added is unknown) and a bunch of second, third and even 4th wave release of cavalry models for various armies..Rumor has it that my wish of new fancy Empire Knights in line with GW’s great new plastics is finally coming, although I currently have 17 Knights completely done. I’ll definitely be adding a whole lot more…hell with I have extra…I could run an all mounted Empire Army..(thou I don’t how well that would do, but it would sure look cool)

Further analysis from ultimate insider and rumorlord “Harry” say yes he’s hearing these things too…but certain things are not necessarily tied together (meaning the rules, the campaign and new models aren’t all tied together but are planned releases, order and relevance still unknown). However it shakes out, next year is going to be great for us WFB players. Also pure speculation but with the success of Space Hulk and year of WFB releases in the works can a new updated Warhammer Quest also be in the works?..think about it.

This is awesome news! Especially the possible rework of the Calvary rules and hence roles they will play in the army. I am really excited especially since my favorite Silver Helms got nerfed in 7th edition. I can’t help wondering if this means All-Cav is BACK! Waiting with bated breath…(meanwhile I will try to dig out more rumors on the Calvary rule changes.)

Some great articles including Eltharion on Stormwing Masterclass how-to paint article, the useful Flying Monsters Tactica, other goodies like Harry the Hammer, and The Saga of the White Dwarf.

Great stuff, but I would have naturally like to have seen more High Elves articles! I’m looking forward to their next update.

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Ellyrian reavers are the fast cavalry of the HE army. As such, they have a very different role to play than silver helms or dragon princes, and I will try to outline how reavers can be used. This is intended for newcomers to either HE or WHFB, so please excuse me if I cover what may seem to others to be obvious ground. A lot of this advice can also be applied to DE dark riders.

First of all, reavers are fast cav. It is important that the rules concerning fast cav are understood in order to get the best out of this unit. I will not repeat the rules verbatim here (as we’re not allowed to, although I will refer to them) but direct readers to page 70 of the rulebook.

Roles that reavers can perform

Reavers are fast (obviously…). As their horses are unbarded, they can move very quickly indeed. Also, given the ability of fast cav to reform freely, they can move through narrow gaps left by terrain or even blocks of troops (move through in single file and then reform once through the gap). These things allow them to quickly get into a position within the enemy lines. Once there, they can perform many different tasks:

Marchblocking

Units cannot march if an opponent’s unit is within 8”. If you can get reavers this close to an enemy unit, it prevents them from marching and thus slows them down. This is particularly useful against fast moving units, such as other cavalry.

Make sure that your reavers are not within the charge arc of the enemy units, unless you want them to be charged, which brings me on to the next thing…

Bait

Tempt an enemy unit to charge you by deliberately placing your reavers within charge range (or better still, just outside of the charge range) and within the charge arc of the unit. As reavers are lightly armoured, the enemy might well see them as an easy target and charge. Declare your charge reaction as flee. Given the high Ld of HE, it is likely that they will rally and so you are now in a good position to follow through in the next turn, as reavers can move after rallying.

This approach can be used to either tie up an enemy unit for a turn (or more, if they carry on following the reavers around, such as frenzied troops) or to lead an enemy unit into a position where they can be charged by your better armed and armoured units, such as dragon princes or swordmasters. Make sure, however, that your reavers are at least 6” from your other units – if they are (heaven forbid) destroyed, you don’t want them causing panic.

War machine/character hunting

Given the speed at which fast cav can move, it is not unreasonable that they could well approach a war machine quickly and dispose of its crew. This can be risky as war machines could well decimate a unit of reavers if you don’t get there first.

Alternatively, reavers can be used to hunt for that pesky wizard that hangs around the back of all the other units, making a nuisance of himself. Don’t forget that reavers can shoot after marching and have 360 degree line of sight, which helps enormously when using this approach.

Outfitting reavers

Reavers are special choices and so the overall army composition needs to be taken into account, but assuming you have decided to include a unit, what should you include in the unit?

Size of unit and Command group

Reavers are usually put together as units of five. Fast cav don’t get any rank bonuses, so an extra rank won’t provide combat resolution and can’t take part in close combat. They are there to annoy enemy forces, not engage in close combat, so five is usually considered optimal.

A reaver champion (harbinger) has an additional +1 to his BS rather than +1 attack and so is more likely to hit with his longbow, if equipped. This is a personal decision but I don’t think the points spent on a harbinger are worth it.

A standard bearer will probably not be useful either. It is more likely (from what I have seen) that the standard will be a hindrance (100VP to the opponent if he captures it) rather than a help (+1 combat resolution). However, if you are using reavers as bait, a standard does make them more tempting.

A musician, on the other hand, is very useful, especially if the reavers are used as bait. The +1 Ld when rallying can be invaluable, and so overall I would recommend a unit of five reavers with a musician.

Equipping the unit

Reavers come equipped with a spear as standard. This can be swapped for a bow or the unit can have both spears and bows at extra cost. How you equip them is entirely down to how you want to use them. If you expect your reavers to get into close combat, take spears; if they are hunting take bows. Taking both is the best option, but of course there is the extra cost involved; personally, this is my favorite as it allows you to cover most options during the game and means your reavers can take on different roles.

Conclusion

Although eagles and shadow warriors can perform the same tasks as reavers, there are restrictions to them. Shadow warriors are expensive for what they do whereas eagles are a rare choice. Reavers are versatile and as long as you can guess distances well and use terrain to your advantage, a very useful addition to any HE army.

Well, I was browsing through the anti-hydra tactics discussed over here previously and I came across a rather interesting use of Reavers (or any fast cavalry for that matter) : Large Monster hunting.
The reasoning is as follows: Buy a unit of five Reavers with a champion and a musician. Move behind the enemy hydra/stegadon/Greater Daemon, ending your move in a long 1×5 line, with the champion at the front. Charge the enemy in the rear next turn. The enemy can’t challenge, and can only attack the champion, thus netting a maximum of 1 CR. The Reavers have 3CR, and thus win by 2 (Rear + outnumber). Hopefully the enemy breaks and the Reavers can run them down.

What I like about this is that even if the Reavers fail to break the Hydra, they tie it up for a few turns at least, and should they survive and break, the hydra must pursue, back to the enemy deployment zone. This could even work against a large block of infantry with hatred.
Obviously only usable if the enemy can’t challenge.

What do you think about this idea? Workable?

I personally like it. It is simple and relies on a formation not some special trick or magical item that you would waste extra points on.

Jose Manuel Palomares Nunez wins Silver in the Polish Golden Demon 2008 for his High Elf Prince in the Large Scale Model category.

Very nice!

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