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I told myself "Paz, you are NOT gunna get into Dark eldar when they come out, no way, no how". I may have even put my foot down. Well... that lasted all of 18 seconds after seeing the new warrior plastics. I. was. Sold.

I picture the DE as baroque, ancient relics from a time of great empire, and great upheaval. I wanted to emphasis the royal, regal, but ultimately dark sense of forboding this race exudes.

i don't have a Kabal name, these are more of the utterly alien, inhuman baddies that reside, hidden, within man's worst fears.

I give you...

THE DEEPER WELL

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INQ. BY ORDER OF MOST HOLY MASTER...112.443265T.
REF. FILE 197.4A "THE GORZAC INCIDENT"
INQUIS EXTREMIS EXCRUSIUM CRUX.
"May our eyes see the truth, though our souls deny it"
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"the Eldar of 'the Deeper Well' (a massive corridor of navigable space that runs through the Perseid nebula), have stalked imperial shipping lanes for centuries. Striking out from massive bases hidden in Cyclopean structures that lace the nebula, these lithe aliens are the stuff of nightmares.
Deep within the folds of this mist shrouded maze, a small binary star system rests. Holding impossibly just within the gravity of a gas giant, a massive fortress broods ever upon the cusp of doom.
The colossal structure looms out of Gorzac III's storm clouds, loosing fleets of lithe raiding barges that strike quickly and without warning, smashing apart Imperial forces, and dragging the survivors back to their soaring minarets and the vast dungeons of the keep.
Linked within this behemoth is a huge webway portal that feeds supplies and materiel to Cammoragh, the ancient port city, and capital of the Empire resurgent."

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Just a bit of fluff I had floating around in the ol' noggin.

DE warrior test scheme







The two sybarites






this raider has been pimped out with extra sails and severed heads to show that this is the incubi hunting barge.



Finally, a harlequin troop master (visions of empire indeed!)





More to come...

Nicely painted warrior paz!


M.K

This is looking amazing, i especially like your gold on the warrior, keep it up. Consider me subscribed.

Hi

Nice stuff. I've managed to hold off so far but if the wracks, grotesques and scourge look as cool as the warriors I'll be splashing out.

I really like the colour scheme, its different and has a sinister quality to it. The pose of your female sybarite is spot on, I look forward to seeing her painted.

Thanks for sharing

Peter

Fantastic armour colour dude!!!! Mint.

Subscribed

I thought it was about time some Dark Eldar models started appearing.
Great way to start!

Gorgeous paint scheme. They really glow, but gravely, darkly. They definitely have a strong character to them. I'm looking forward to watching the army take shape.

Love that paint scheme, its not black!! or greeny blacky green!

Can you talk me through that first sybarites' base? Looks great! Have you added a bottom then removed the top? if you get me haha.

Citadel cutting mat , you are so rich >.<

He must be rich to buy new things!!

my armies come from forgotten bitz boxes or ebay.

Hotdamned, must be the best DE colour scheme I have ever seen.
Keep up the good work, this thread is going to be revisited a lot.

I have to agree, its the best new DE i've seen so far. I dont belive they always have to be blacky-green, blacky-blue, blacky-purple etc....

Love the bright yet still dark colors! Can't wait to see more

I like the color scheme you came up with. I started Dark eldar back with the old codex. I could never come up with a striking Kabal name either.

Thanks for all the comments gentlemen, much appreciated. Will def. keep me energized to work on this project.

As to the question on the bases. The hollow ones are regular bases with the tops chopped off, and a plasticard base glued to the bottom. They will be filled with water effects, to simulate a greenish goo. The tiles are actually pre-scoured plasticard.

Done some more work on the warrior, let me know what you think. Done some silver filigree on the armor, and worked on the rifle. For the rifle I was going for a wood and brass, archaic steampunk look, to go with the half techi-half barbarian warrior look DE have going for them.
The hair is white/grey, as I plan to have all the DE be albino's, as white skin I think would really play off the dark and macabre armor.

Here ya go








A couple of people were asking for a color guide to my yellowish armor, here ya go (colors were inspired by hellboy 2 general color aesthetics and the works of Brom)

base- scab red/snakebite leather/black
2nd coat-Ogryn flesh wash/ black wash
3rd coat- Snakebite leather/ scab red
4th- snakebite (i'm using less and less highlights as I work up to the points of armor and such, leaving areas for shadows to pool, and I always have a little of the previous color in the next mix)
5th-previous mix/tausept ochre
6th-Iyanden darksun
7th-sunburst yellow/ white (serious tiny highlights here)
8th- very important, I finish with a purple/flesh wash in the shadow highlights, to knock back some of the pervasive brown/yellow, bring the highlights out more.

Its a lot of trial and error though, eyeballing and getting just the mix I want, this was a very rough guide.

Sneak peek- the reason I got back into DE=



FROM THE SKIES THEY CAME!!!!!



More soon to come!

Outstanding! I love the color scheme!

Amazing work there. Colour scheme is to die for.

wow, super! these are honestly the first DE pictures that have ever tempted me to give them a go. Between your colour and the two sails I'm exceited to see what else you come up with.

Subscribed!

Wow, best colour scheme ever for dark eldar!

Can't wait for more!

Again, Fantastic.

Good honk (my redneck roots are showing with this exclamation, and I'm not happy about it), the yellow looks amazing, almost like the figure has been sculpted out of Amber.

_Tim?

Cant wait to see the hellions done! Those are going to be really cool lookin

I love that color scheme!
Makes me want to start DE....

Cant say Im as big of a fan of the Hellion models as you are though. They always looked so Green Goblin-esque to me. All they need it the silly Power Rangers maks
Though Im already seeing that your colorscheme migh be able to change my opinion on that.....

I really cant wait to see it on the bigger models, especially the new Raiders.

These models look awesome! Great painting.

Very, very nice (both the colours and the models).

Very envious.

Woah! That warrior looks amazing! Subscribed.

The finished warrior looks good, The red contrasts very nicely with the amber.

But what I really like is the colour scheme on the base. Please can you tell me how you did it?

I'm looking forward to seeing that Raider painted.... amber panels and red sails?

Thanks in advance

Peter

The deeper Well is a Gorgeous color scheme! It has both royal and conspiring qualities to it. I like to see people get away from the hardline punk-ish look that GW is soliciting and branch out in a totally new direction. Needless to say, you definately acheived that! You pulled the tones and blending off magnificently as well, it has an NMM feel to it. That is superlative work! The bases are also fantastic! Nothing but comments of admiration for your efforts! --please continue to post more pictures of your work