WIP: Eldar Farseer

There is no question to the usefulness of a Farseer in an Eldar army.  With that in mind, I've started work on this guy to see if I can get him on the tabletop soon.

About a week's worth of painting so far.  I gotta say, the biggest challenge for me has so far been choosing a scheme for each unit.  This guy especially since I redid some of the colors mid-way.

Should be done with him soon now, though!

Fire Dragons Test Mini

I kinda like to start with a squad by painting one miniature to an almost-finished state.  This helps me nail down the colors I'll be using and to identify areas that I'll need to be careful not to mess up on.

So here is a test mini for the Fire Dragon squad I've started.  I'm satisfied with the colors and I like how I can now see the effect of the airbrush in the shadow areas.  Still have to get more time in with it but at least now I can see what it can do.

The colors I'll be using will be Macharius Solar Orange for the base, followed by a zenithal highlight of said orange mixed with Bad Moon Yellow.  Then it's a lining-in of Macharius mixed with black and after that I go in with a 2:1 mix of Vallejo Orange Fire mixed with white. 

For the black it's just a highlight of Codex Grey and for the metals I'll be using Tin Bitz followed by Chainmail.

I had a bit of trouble finding a green I could use for the gems from what I have on hand.  Thankfully, some Camo  Green mixed with Bad Moon Yellow did the trick!

I'm still debating whether to keep the sash black or maybe use my Craftworld colors of white and turquoise..

Fire Dragons WIP

Up next is a squad of Fire Dragons. I finally pulled out the airbrush to start messing around with it. It really is like learning to paint again.

I did a lot of reading up on it's use on the web and think I got enough info to start using it for some basecoating and basic highlighting.

Still have a ways to go, but hey, we all start somewhere...

Warp Spiders WIP

Some spiders in the house! Nothing like a big, hi-res pic to see what you're doing wrong.

These are looking a little too sloppy for my tastes but I like to think that it's just the sculpt showing its age...ha!


Hope we get some brand new plastic spiders next 'dex, but until then these will have to do.

Tried to go for a deep maroon for the armor. Did 2:1 mix of Mechrite Red and Chaos Black. Came out a little more on the purple side but I do like how it complements the Bone and Green (which is the now defunct GW Scaly Green...lovely color!)

Gonna need to tidy up those highlights and pretty up the gems and gun barrel next. Let me know if you think the scheme works!

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).

Pathfinders WIP II - Le Camo

Painting continues on my unit of Pathfinders. These three are pretty much near completion. Just need a wash on the cloth, some highlighting on said cloth, and then a touch up on any overbrushing/washing that results.

As you can see, I'm doing camo on the coat. I wasn't very satisfied with my first attempt but after consulting with a friend and making some adjustments it went much better. Turns out larger blotches and lighter colors were much more effective at getting decent-looking snow camo. Hooyah!

Pathfinders WIP

Painting has begun on my unit of Pathfinders. Here you can see an almost finished test model.

I undercoated dark areas with a 3:1 mix of VGC (Vallejo Game Color) Falcon Turquoise and VGC Chaos Black. For the armor I used VGC Falcon Turquoise and for the cloth and rifle barrel VGC Dead White. The 'leather' areas I'm doing with a Khemri Brown undercoat followed by a VGC Khaki overcoat. Finally I did VGC Gory Red for the gems' undercoat. Highlights are up next.

I went through one other iteration of the scheme before I settled on this one. Rather satisfied with the result and will be doing the entire unit like this.