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Well, yes, that is a way to say it. A couple of years ago (2010...) I had a sparkle of inspiration. Why did the Imperium call the Corsair Eldar ships after old Terra grown flowers like the Nightshade en Hemlock? Only because of their comparable sting? Or perhaps their colouring? With that latter I went and started to repaint my old Corsair models using images of the flowers as an inspiration.

Of course that meant I had to find inspiration for the capital ships as well. A name as Aurora made it easy, Solaris a tad more tricky but Eclipse and Shadow required some thinking on how to paint.
It is something that applied to all models, they were kinda painted outside the "BFG-box"of colouring. Some may like it, others perhaps not.

No more ramblings here they come!

Hemlock Destroyer:


Nightshade Destroyer


Aconite Frigate


Hellebore Frigate


Solaris Light Cruiser


Aurora Light Cruiser


Shadow Cruiser


Eclipse Cruiser


Void Stalker Battleship


The Complete Fleet

That is positively beautiful.

The aurora is fantastic. Lovely, lovely colour.

Some nice looking ships in here Nice work

Fantastic concept and amazingly executed. Well done!

They all look fantastic.

That's awesome.
At first, I was like "flower ? Really" but then I saw the models....
As said previously, good idea and well executed.
But I never played bfg, I'm not used to the bfg "box of colouring", so I can't compare.
Well done !

Fantastic project!

Truly inspired work... and inspirational as well!

Awesome project, I've been accumulating a small corsair fleet myself lately, and this is the kind of inspiration I need to get mine painted. Great application of all the different hues and blends too, thanks for posting. It's cool how 'celestial' it looks even after being based on flowers.

The Hemlocks are painted like Hemlock. I lolled.

Insanely Beautiful! Love the Nightshade

That's awesome! I love it

Reminds me a bit of Mimbari ships from Babylon 5, one of my favorite shows ever.

These look really cool, I like the eclipse the most

Really nicely done!

That is so awesome. I like minis that are painted with an idea!

cheers
Kahnawake

Hey all!

Thanks for all the cool and nice comments!

Makes doing such a project even more fun.

Cheers,
horizon

Wow, wow and one more wow. Great work!

Simply amazing work on these! Seriously beautiful!

Wonderful!

Amazing work. Love the concept of using nature.

One of the best ideas I've seen in a long time. Great!

Absolutely spot on!

Amazing work. Brilliant concept, beautiful execution.

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They are amazing! I adore the Shadow and the Void Stalker. Your fleet is brilliant

Those are gorgeous. I like the hemlock fighters especially, not sure why. Just some lovely natural greens.

Beautiful work.

Absolutely beautiful. Love the idea to paint like nature. I will have to try this but yours are Jaw Dropping. Kudos

That is very beautiful work.

And, damn, do I miss Battlefleet Gothic.

Thanks again!