Purple Hippos and WWII

There's a not so subtle reason why the elves are sporting that strange hippo on their banners....

Behold the mighty phelddagrif magical god of group hugs!

This big guy is on a 75mm base and will represent the Dragon Kindred Lord for the Elf army.

Up next some proof that this isn't just a Kings of War blog. I painted all of these up for the store and sadly the Flames of War scene died off as the small group decided to play at home.  Eventually half of their group moved away and they ended up growing bored of each other and quit the game from what I understand.  Pro tip:  If you want to have players PLAY IN YOUR FLGS.  Games die because people try to keep others out of their group...

 First up and last in order of being painted:  Team yankee demos.  Battlefront was kind enough to send us a demo set which was made so quickly the T-72s are actually resin making it pretty much impossible to keep the smoke launchers in tact.  It was free though so that was super appreciated!

Next to the old Sherman tanks the Abrams were super intimidating size wise.

Next we have the Open Fire starter set.  I took a little extra time with these and it ended up being a really awesome looking demo for sure.

 FoW Infantry makes me want to quit painting though.  They are super detailed and if you want to get even half of it you will be painting for a long time.  Worse yet you need a ton of them...

 Need a group shot of those Germans obviously.

 The Americans thankfully had far fewer infantry though they still had a ton of detail. The Tanks thankfully had a far more simple camo scheme so they painted up super fast.

And a group shot as well.  Sad to see a game die out locally but even more sad to see a demo shelved forever.