Wave Serpent Reinforcements

Okay, so catching up with blog updates...

Ready to go are not one, but two, "we are the new hotness" Wave Serpents.

I had finished these two a while back but thought they looked a bit too drab so I went back and did some color changes, painted on some small details, and added decals.  I think they look much better now.

At this point I have a pretty solid 1500-1750 point army, though there are other units I really want to add.  Namely Jetbikes, Dark Reapers, and Wraithguard.  WIP shots coming up!

Eldar War Walker Squadron Complete

Finally done! These bad boys took me a while. The model is beautiful but boy are some spots tough to get to.

I also had a hard time deciding on how best to apply the color scheme I'm using for the army, debating whether they should be all white with turquoise panels or vice versa. In the end, I went with both but tied them together with two being identical and one looking like "squadron leader".

With this addition I can now field about 750 points of painted minis. Onwards to 1000!!

Wave Serpent Complete

Wave Serpent transport ready for deployment!

The Craftworlders, tired of traversing alien terrain by foot, have recquisitioned the speed and protection of the ubiquitous Eldar skimmer.

This one had been sitting idle on my desk for a while now so I took advantage of the painting frenzy that's come over me recently and finished her up.

I'm still not wholly convinced on the canopy. I think the black makes it look a tad unfinished. Any suggestions?

Warwalkers WIP II

Awesomesauce!!

Finally some progress on my Warwalker. I've stuck with my original color scheme and am so far satisfied. Things started looking a lot better once I got more coats of white on the sucker and started on the details.

Still takes waaaay too long than I would want so I went ahead and picked up a cheap little airbrush to see if I can use it to paint the rest of my vehicles (mostly to lay down that darn white).

Still some work left to be done on this one and I'm thinking that when it's done, I'll start on my next infantry unit instead of another walker to keep things interesting. Stay tuned!

WIP Warwalkers and Painting White

Messy!!

A quick update on my progress...I've started work on some vehicles for the army.  I'm planning on having these be painted in my Craftworld's scheme, which is a white main color, red gems, and Hawk Turquoise details (stripes, logos, etc.).

I have honestly never worked with a color that is as fickle as white. It has taken MANY coats to get to where the mini is at now and it's still not where I would want it.  I've tried mixing in some Foundation Astronomican Grey to see if that helps with coverage and have so far liked the result, but it's still taking too long for my tastes.

I'm looking at coming up with a different technique so I can knock these out faster so any tips would be greatly appreciated.  A technique that sounds enticing is priming white then just lining-in with a grey or blue, but I'm afraid that will end up looking too flat.  Another is going crazy with an airbrush.

I might just opt for a different scheme altogether (maybe just switching the main color with the detail color...but that might be too much like the Iybraesil scheme).