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Been working on expanding my Eldar paint scheme. Would love some C&C

Also included a shot of some of my guardians (that I changed a tad after receiving some C&C from here before).

Very pretty, I like the scheme.

I like them. The colors are very Eldar. Smooth colors, no errors. Solid work.

Nice work.
Regarding the color scheme:

I've seen gold used as an excellent "contrasting color" to both turquoise and purple (e.g., gw studio tomb kings and emperor's children).

You may wish to try out a model with gold helm/gun instead of silver/gunmetal. Perhaps this could represent a squad leader or character. If you don't want to go overboard you may want to keep the silver/gunmetal helm but add a gold trim.

- Adi.

adirangan wrote:
Nice work.
Regarding the color scheme:

I've seen gold used as an excellent "contrasting color" to both turquoise and purple (e.g., gw studio tomb kings and emperor's children).

You may wish to try out a model with gold helm/gun instead of silver/gunmetal. Perhaps this could represent a squad leader or character. If you don't want to go overboard you may want to keep the silver/gunmetal helm but add a gold trim.

- Adi.

Yea, I need to clean it up a little bit, believe it or not, it's actually bronze colored with a green wash, trying to get an aged copper look, hit it overall with too much green wash and comes out a black/green/silver color. Will try to localize the wash a little more with my next models and see if it comes out a little better.

I feel like you should thin down your paints a bit more, but the thickness might be the cameras fault... or the metal models fault, or perhaps you should use your primer more carefully
nevertheless, it's always better to paint your models with a couple of thin coats of paint, rather than one thick coat.
The highlighting is executed in a good manner for Eldar, and the colour scheme is fantastic!
Also, if you have a steady hand, you could try to freehand the wraithguard logo on the heads or robes.

I like the wraithguard, they look really nice, but they are unfortunately on the wrong size base. They are now mounted on 40mm "terminator" sized bases.

Other than look looks pretty nice. Color scheme is nice too.

 Icelord wrote:
I like the wraithguard, they look really nice, but they are unfortunately on the wrong size base. They are now mounted on 40mm "terminator" sized bases.

Other than look looks pretty nice. Color scheme is nice too.

Technically they are on the right base, models are based on the base they are provided with. No requirement for me to upgrade them. However, I wouldn't mind putting them on larger bases, so I may end up prying them off their base and slapping them on the big base.

Correct on the bases. Thats an issue many of us dealt with when they increased terminator base size and the IG heavy weapon team got a combined base.

I like the blue and black combo. You did a good job with it but as someone else said, try for thinner paint and multiple layers.

Cant say I am a fan of the purple. Does not go well with the other two colors. I would have gone with a white or light grey.

I would definitely rebase, saw some of the old models on the new base and they just look better. Its not a rules thing its an asthetic thing, they are really too big for the old base.

That blue, it is so pretty! I also really like your color scheme but is that all metalic or did your primer go powdery on you.

The "metallic" was supposed to look more like aged copper, however it did not turn out as well as I had hoped.

It's Warplock Bronze with another lighter colored bronze over it, washed with Coelia Greenshade

I I'm going to thin the green a little bit next time and try to focus it better in the crevices, see if I don't get a slightly better result. I may need to thin the metallics some more.

I'm not a big Eldar fan, but you seem to have an interesting style, keep up the good work.

Nice paintjob and interesting colours

I like your color scheme, it's refreshing to see Eldars in metallics!

The models could use a bit more contrast and attention to detail though - maybe try painting the jewels a different color (perhaps another metallic)?

Anyway, good luck with your army, those are some fine wraithguards