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hey just about ready to paint some eldar models,
am having trouble deciding which colours i should go with and which paints will compliment them.

i have a bucketload of paints that my partner got me and none of them seem to match up. (they were on sale at local hobby store)

list is as follows

foundation

knarloc green
necron abyss
macharius solar orange
orkhide shade
gretchin green
khemri brown
iyanden darksun
dheneb stone
mordian blue
charadon granite
hormagaunt
tallarn flesh
adeptus battlegrey
mechrite red

colour

kommando khaki
enchanted blue
hawk turquoise
shadow grey
scorched brown
snakebite leather
red gore
dwarf flesh
dark angels green
dark flesh
vomit brown

technical

imperial primer

shade

nule oil

washes

baal red
leviathan purple
gryphonne sepia

layer

cadian fleshtone
kabalite green
ironbreaker
ulthuan grey

base

mephiston red
caledor sky

uknown

warlock purple
desert yellow



now there are a lot here and a lot to take in, very new to this and am very padantic,
if someone could post a great beginners painting guide that would be very helpfull.

as you can see i have a collection and if i can help it not buy any more,
or if i need to only a couple.

no need to fit any eldar theme and ive spent the last few weeks looking at different painting schemes but dont know if i like many.

this noob needs a hand,
thankyou.

Birdman

The imperial primer, as you can guess primes the model before painting and may help paint stick to the model, especially for finecast or metal. You have a lot of foundations but not a hell lot of layer paints but I would begin painting the majority of the model such as chest, face helm, legs etc. a foundation colour of your choice depending on the chosen craftworld the pics could also be a handy tip for what should be what colour etc. usually after painting the foundation put a wash over it either the colour of the model or nuln oil. Then begin adding the layer colour of your choice on higher parts where the light would touch on the model or in a particular design of a specific craftworld. The start painting gem stones you will need the technical called "ard coat". Paint the gemstone using a technique similar to the chosen colour here.
good luck

The imperial primer, as you can guess primes the model before painting and may help paint stick to the model, especially for finecast or metal. You have a lot of foundations but not a hell lot of layer paints but I would begin painting the majority of the model such as chest, face helm, legs etc. a foundation colour of your choice depending on the chosen craftworld the pics could also be a handy tip for what should be what colour etc. usually after painting the foundation put a wash over it either the colour of the model or nuln oil. Then begin adding the layer colour of your choice on higher parts where the light would touch on the model or in a particular design of a specific craftworld. The start painting gem stones you will need the technical called "ard coat". Paint the gemstone using a technique similar to the chosen colour here.
good luck

thanks for the help, couple of quick questions.

1. when you say wash over it, do you mean with the foundation colour or a colour in the 'colour' range, or a colour in the 'wash' range?
2. the layer part, is that like a second coat or highlighting with a brighter colour than the foundation/wash combo? for eg. edging

will definetly get ard coat this week!