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Phew, one of my longer projects finally finished! I've been working on these tanks for some time now, but I'm happy to present them!

I painted the upper and lower hulls separately, then glued them together once I was finished with everything else. The top hull started off with a basecoat of Necron Abyss, followed by successive stippling of Regal Blue, Enchanted Blue, and Ice Blue, followed by breaking those up with some lines of Skull White. I washed the whole thing with Asurmen Blue, then went on the next step.

The yellow was Lyanden Darksun along with some progressive coats and layers of Sunburst Yellow and Bad Moon Yellow, then I blacked out the lines for aesthetic reasons. Gems varied, but the green was Dark Angels Green, Snot Green, and the new Moot Green.

The gold actually varies...the engines and vents started off with Tin Bitz, followed by drybrushings of Shining Gold and Burnished Gold, with a final coat of Gryphonne Sepia. That was...many months ago. Since then when I finished these I went with Balthazar Gold and light layers of Shining Gold and Burnished Gold, with the sepia wash after.

The bases I did up last night and let them dry. Two coats of Lustrian Undergrowth to start, a wash of Devlan Mud, then a drybrush of Knarloc Green and Camo Green. I used some of the Army Painter grass tufts and the foliage flock from GF9 to spruce up the bases.

Hours put into these tanks? I don't even want to know. Enjoy!

Those are really nice and your months of work definitely paid off!

I too have a grav tank project coming up and may do a similiar pattern, just different colors

Beautiful! I always admire the people who have the patience to paint these Eldar so beautifully. I don't think I could do it!

Thank you for the compliments! It's best to approach it in steps, and take a break from it now and then. Just make sure you put the hulls in a place where the paint won't get chipped between sessions.

A craft store stipple brush will work well for the layering effect, just make sure you let each coat dry before going for the next color. It may look horrible at first, but once it's finished, you'll be impressed with the results. You could try using a sponge, too. I'll be trying that with some of my other tanks.

I have two more Wave Serpents to assemble and paint, so hopefully I can replicate this process. The most important thing to remember is sub-assembly. I painted the two hull halves separately, the cockpit and pilot, the turret components and the weapons / weapon shields before putting it all together. I still need to varnish them, probably later today.