Elves march to war

At long last, the elves are honoring their oaths and marching to war to help their dwarven allies (yes, dwarves and elves can be allies, in fact they form the Old Alliance... with the occasional violent disagreement). Their main purpose is Oathmark, and they're based on 25mm bases for that purpose, but I rarely hesitate to reuse armies for other systems as long as the basing works.

The thin green line is thin indeed, and yet their long lives mean they can be the best and most disciplined soldiers there is. In fact, what's seen above would be a 1500 point army (so 60% of a "full" army) and some extra characters for Oathmark.

Leading the band, we have princess Tahlviathas of the Sharp Blade and prince Caerviathus of the Swift Arrows, flanked by two captains. Tahlviathas is a kitbash of Oathmark Elf Infantry and Shieldwolf Shieldmaidens, her captain is almost pure Oathmark plastic, while Caerviathus and his captain are both Oathmark metal models.

Elves rarely march without magical support, and have indeed not one, but two mages with them. Also, the head ranger, who will range out before a battle and scout both terrain and enemies, but may or may not participate in the clash (which is a long way of saying, I had an extra Ranger left over, and decided to paint him). The female mage is from Frostgrave Wizards II, with another Shieldwolf head, while both the male mage and the ranger are Oathmark metals.

The elves are almost defined by their expert bowmen (and women), darkening the skies with steady streams of archers. Most of these are ordinary citizen Archers.

Few, however, stand apart from their fellows, and join the Royal Guard (led by Caerviathus), or the light Rangers. But if need be, these can still go back to the ordinary archer companies, stiffening their fellows with their vaster experience. Oathmark plastics, either Elf Infantry (if they have chainmail) or Elf Light Infantry, aside from Caerviathus himself.

Of course, archers need some protection, or they'll get run over by any old orc who manage to distract them. To prevent this, elven citizen Soldiers form a frontline. Oathmark Elf Infantry is a very useful kit indeed.

The elven host also contains a few Pathguard, the Soldier equivalent for the Rangers, scouting ahead during the march, and either fighting from terrain or joining the ordinary Soldiers during battle. Oathmark Light Elf Infantry, almost as useful as the ordinary infantry, and eminently kitbashable with it.

Few elves master horses, but those who do, form a hard-hitting lance for the host, sweeping in from a flank and rolling up the enemy battle line, lead by a Champion. Another, surprisingly easy, kitbash. Fireforge provided the horses and bodies, while arms, weapons and heads are Oathmark Elf Infantry (very useful, I had these left over from the Archers).

Finally, oaths are nothing without proof of their swearing. And what bether proof, than the raising of standing stones, which can serve as border markers as well as proof. On one side, the elven mark.

And on the other, praise for the dwarven king who ordered it done. These were scratchbuilt using cardboard and basing materials, mostly. Surprisingly easy and surprisingly good-looking (even with my not that stellar runic handwriting).

As a fun note, the elven army has already been fielded once in Oathmark, as:

Prince with Gold String Bow (Caerviathus himself)

Mounted Champion

Spellcaster (lvl 2, with Trueflight and Mystic Shield)
3x5 Soldiers

4 Archers (the guards for Caerviathus)

3x5 Archers

4 Cavalry (with the Champion)

It ended in a bloody victory for the elves, with a bit more than a third of the force still standing, and the quip I made before ("I hope you're prepared to fight in the shade") proved quite true. Would have been a bigger margin of victory if my cavalry hadn't suffered a case of rubber lances, causing only a single casualty against the enemy human cavalry while charging (and loosing 4 of their own), but such is war.

/Fool out.