Vanari Bladelords

Vanari Bladelords, here to slice up your problems - 28mm plastic figures from GW.

Here we have a group of High Elf Sword Masters Vanari Bladelords, elite warriors of the Lumineth Realm Lord faction in GW's "Age of Sigmar" game. These are 28mm multi-part plastic figures from GW.

Seneschal, leader of the unit (and clearly into cool sword poses).

I'm still all pretty new to the setting, but from what I can tell, these fighters land more on the elite end of the spectrum for the Lumineth forces. In particular it seems that they are charged with protecting the magic-using/spell-throwing heroes in any Lumineth force. 

Another view, showing some detail on the back banner.

They certainly look the part of an elite-protection-detail, with fancy helmets, fancy clothes, fancy banners and - most important - fancy swords! You have a choice in terms of armaments - the Bladelords can either carry two smaller swords or one big sword. I opted for the one-big-sword approach, because I think big swords are a big part of solving big problems...

Couple more of the "regular" Bladelords.

More detail on the back set up...that is quite the get up. Does all that stuff interfere with the sword play? I guess not...

Again, I continue to be really impressed with the sculpting quality of these multi-part plastic figures. Of course I made a sarcastic reference to the famed High Elf Sword Masters of Hoeth - which were such lovely metal figures from "back in the day" - and that inspiration is clear in these sculpts of course. That said, they still have enough of a different and unique look, sitting well with the look and feel of the overall Lumineth lineup.  These models are beautiful, and were a lot of fun to paint. 

You can see a bit of the detail of the characters on the big sword blade...my efforts to capture that detail were mixed at best, but it was fun to try.

As a group of five models, this unit should do fine in smaller games, but for a larger scrap, or to confront a larger bad-guy beastie, an increase in the unit size might be called for down the road. That said, I am still trying to get through painting this first "battleforce" box before muddying the waters with even more new stuff (but don't watch too hard to see long that resolve lasts LOL).

Let's carve up some bad guys!

That's all for now - thanks for reading. I hope the weather where you are is nicer than the weather where I am...spring in Canada is f*cking useless...