Hey there folks,
Got back into 40K a few months back after a looooooooooong absence. Am building an Eldar 1500 list at the mo to start off with and after looking through all the craftworlds' schemes have settled on that of Mymeara. Seriously love the colour scheme. Anyone out there painted in this scheme before? I paint by brush rather than airbrush and most of the tuts on the internet I found were focused on airbrushing. Looking for any advice, tips, techniques and which GW paints to get. Cheers in advance

Very hard to get right with GW paints. I ended up having to get two Vallejo paints in order to get exactly what I was after. You can check the plog here: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/524844.page

 Erik_Morkai wrote:
Very hard to get right with GW paints. I ended up having to get two Vallejo paints in order to get exactly what I was after. You can check the plog here: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/524844.page

like the look of your WS. I'm gonna go a little darker at the back I reckon on the one I just bought.
yeah...was just having a look through the GW paints and I reckon the colours are there for the job.....Sotek green, sybarite blue(?), temple guard blue etc...... the blending is gonna be a bit of a process to to get a method for doing whole squads. I was thinking about Iybraesil as well but really do prefer the look of Mymeara. Living in SK, I just can't get my hands on Vallejo and there is only 1 (yup one) shop in the whole country that stocks GW merc. o.O

Actually with the new paints, I have not had much difficulty. I will take some pictures tonight to show my results. Kalabite Green blending to Sotek green. Coerlia Greenshade 1:3 Lahmian Medium about 8-10 coats to ease the transition. (SEE GW Nagash tutorial on how this is done). Then reinforce Kalabite Green and Sotek Green and highlight appropriately.

My sticking point right now is whether to use Bone or White as my secondary color.

I will also look up in the Forgeworld Masterclass book the original colors. I know it was Hawk Turqoise and Orkshade Hide was fixed with something to get the original color.

 tdwg83 wrote:
Actually with the new paints, I have not had much difficulty. I will take some pictures tonight to show my results. Kalabite Green blending to Sotek green. Coerlia Greenshade 1:3 Lahmian Medium about 8-10 coats to ease the transition. (SEE GW Nagash tutorial on how this is done). Then reinforce Kalabite Green and Sotek Green and highlight appropriately.

My sticking point right now is whether to use Bone or White as my secondary color.

I will also look up in the Forgeworld Masterclass book the original colors. I know it was Hawk Turqoise and Orkshade Hide was fixed with something to get the original color.

Excellent and cheers!! would love to see how it's turned out for you. It's such a lovely rich and exotic colour scheme - totally suits the eldar.

I considered doing a Mymeara scheme for my Aeronautica force (I also considered doing a full 40k Eldar army but by then I was too disenchanted with 40k to start another army ). In the end I dropped the green and just went blue, ever so slightly turquoise (in the pictures it just looks blue though).

http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/597521-nightwings1.html?m=2

I was going to do a 28mm scale Eldar army the same way.

Mymeara really suits an airbrush unfortunately, doing those transitions with a hairy brush is massively time consuming and you'll probably never get it looking anywhere near as good.

My technique was to airbrush the light blue areas, mask them off, airbrush the darker blue areas (the darkest blue in the light blue areas is the same as the lightest blue in the dark blue areas), pull off the mask, do black lining for the crevices (I just used a fine detail brush and painted the black straight in there cartoon style rather than trying to do any smoothing), then I just picked out the black and red details to make it pop a bit more.

The light blue areas I just did light turquoise over a light grey Vallejo primer, focusing on the rearward edges to get the transition. The dark blue areas I think I did in 3 or 4 stages, the light blue first, one or two mid blues, then the dark blue (which was Caledor sky).

Maybe if you didn't have an airbrush you might be better emphasising the transitions instead of trying to do blending. So do a hard edged pattern of very light blue, light blue, blue-turquoise then a green-turquoise. So something like this, where you aren't trying to hide the transitions:

Nice job on the nightwings there. I'm gonna have a bash at doing it by brush and wetblending. Wiil do a trial run on a primed plastic spoon first and if the wetblending works nicely there then a further trial run on with a wraithlord I bought. If all goes to gak may switch to Iybraesil which is pure turquoise rather than the green to blue blending. Fingers crossed though

Here are the couple of pics I promised. These are in progress but painted by brush. Original is hawk turquoise and 50/50 orkhidr shade and ice blue according to Forgeworld book.

 tdwg83 wrote:
Here are the couple of pics I promised. These are in progress but painted by brush. Original is hawk turquoise and 50/50 orkhidr shade and ice blue according to Forgeworld book.

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ooohhh nice job fella. I finished reading IA 11 last night. Couldnt find any mention of what paints used at all ><
yours are defintiely comign along nicely. Seer's cloak is gonna look wkd

Paints are mention in imperial armour masterclass volume 2. Seems forge world uses a lot of other brand paints too. In both master class books they mention using vallejos

 tdwg83 wrote:
Paints are mention in imperial armour masterclass volume 2. Seems forge world uses a lot of other brand paints too. In both master class books they mention using vallejos

cheers. I have all the IA on my iPad. still making my way through them.

The FW masterclass Mymeara models were Hawk Turquoise, Orkhide Shade and Ice Blue... however they were airbrushed over a pattern that was done in black and white to give the marbled effect so I'm sure some of the more subtle shades of green are probably Orkhide shade but airbrushed only very lightly over the predominantly white undercoat. If you're doing it by hairy brush you'll probably need to come up with another colour because you can't easily do the light tinting you can do with an AB.

AllSeeingSkink wrote:
The FW masterclass Mymeara models were Hawk Turquoise, Orkhide Shade and Ice Blue... however they were airbrushed over a pattern that was done in black and white to give the marbled effect so I'm sure some of the more subtle shades of green are probably Orkhide shade but airbrushed only very lightly over the predominantly white undercoat. If you're doing it by hairy brush you'll probably need to come up with another colour because you can't easily do the light tinting you can do with an AB.

ahhh - good to know. Got a method in mind to try which I'll try out on a piece of plastic first and see how it goes. prime partially in black and partially in white and then wet blending caliban green > sotek green > lothern blue. then some watered down washes to blend the transitions more. Shall see how it goes. Living in South Korea makes getting materials tricky at times. Stumped as to how am gonna manage the purple tinted canopies....but where there's a will and all that

Definitely post up some pics to see how it goes. If it were me I'd be going for the hard edged scheme with 3 to 4 blue/green/turquoise colours, but that's just me

For tinting the canopies, I don't know what the best way would be, maybe this?

http://www.swannysmodels.com/Tinting.html

I've also heard of people dipping in to Tamiya clear paints, you could try that, but I'd definitely test it on scraps first. Again, they're usually airbrushed rather than dipped. I'm not sure Tamiya makes a clear purple, but you could mix one from a clear blue and a clear red.

aye - really wanna try for a blended look. have a few methods I'll try first on some old Cd cases adn see how they turn out.
BuyPainted did a good youtube tut on tinting using Humbrol Clear ....but the likliehood of getting Humbrol in South Korea......plus they only come in green, orange and red (red would be ok I guess) I'm think of mixing in a little purple ink with some gloss varnish and medium and then painting the inside of the canopy with that. Again will try it out on a CD case first. fingers crossed.
Should really be finishing up my DV boxed set first but like doing loadsa different projects at the same time lol.
Pics will be posted

Oh yeah, I just watched the buypainted video, he just did it by hairy brush, I usually see people doing it by airbrush instead.

Well if you're going to apply it like the buypainted video, use the Tamiya clears I mentioned. The Humbrol clear is just going to be doing the same thing as a Tamiya clear. Or Gunze or Testors. The Humbrol clear was probably an enamel, Tamiya definitely make clear enamels and they also make clear acrylics.

X-23 is Tamiya's clear blue, X-27 is the clear red. Mix them to get a purple.

AllSeeingSkink wrote:
Oh yeah, I just watched the buypainted video, he just did it by hairy brush, I usually see people doing it by airbrush instead.

Well if you're going to apply it like the buypainted video, use the Tamiya clears I mentioned. The Humbrol clear is just going to be doing the same thing as a Tamiya clear. Or Gunze or Testors. The Humbrol clear was probably an enamel, Tamiya definitely make clear enamels and they also make clear acrylics.

X-23 is Tamiya's clear blue, X-27 is the clear red. Mix them to get a purple.

sweet - will give the Tamiya a shot. Just checked and there is a Tamiya store in Seoul so should be able to get them. Cheers for all the advice. Can't wait to get back n get started now

Finally got back to Korea and finally started on the Mymeara paint scheme. Starting with a wraithlord and thus far the scheme is looking lush. Wet-blending seems to work fine. Crikey thought that kit has so many damned pieces/weapons. Pins n magnets everywhere! Will pop up a wip when get a chance

urgghhh - crap pic but hey ho. Used the wraithlord pic from IA 11 as a colour guide.
Needs washes next.........

It is a bit hard to make out much from the picture, but looking forward to seeing how it comes out.

AllSeeingSkink wrote:
It is a bit hard to make out much from the picture, but looking forward to seeing how it comes out.

yeah - soz about the crappy photo. took n posted really quickly on my ipad. try n get a better shot in the morning. coming along really nicely. layers n blends done, recess washes done - onto the highlighting

Waheeey - finally finished the Mymeara wraithlord. Pretty happy how it turned out. The wet-blending and 2B blending worked out pretty well. First Eldar I've painted in over 10 years. Really love the Wraithlord fig GW does these days. Cracking piece of kit. Now that it's done and photo'd (bit dark photos) start noticing wee things that I need to go back and do





Overall as a test model to figure out the scheme, think it worked out just grand. Next up .......Wave Serpent lol

I was thinking of doing a M&P WIP blog here but I've already started a blogspot one and cant figure how to switch it over. So my main blog fro painting and figs is here. Check it out, leave a like or better yet some comments

http://warpbound.blogspot.kr/

Love the wraithlord. The colour scheme is outstanding. The original photos didn't show up all of the detailing work you clearly knew you were going to do. Congratulations

 TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:
Love the wraithlord. The colour scheme is outstanding. The original photos didn't show up all of the detailing work you clearly knew you were going to do. Congratulations

Thanks so much. Took a wee bit of time to do. But was a test model of sorts to figure out the colour and technique to use for Mymeara so I went 'slowly, slowly, catchey monkey'!! Really really enjoyed painting this fig and it's come out just how I wanted. Wave Serpent next but it should be a little faster to paint as I have the method in mind now. Need to pick up some Guardians and see how well (or not) it'll translate across to smaller figs. Fingers crossed. My fiance is getting me some of the new Harlequin figs for a (very late!!) Valentine's present and want to try and reflect a Mymeara affiliation in their paint scheme. See how it goes. Will put some shots up here when I get onto them. Thx again

primed up the terminator squad from the dark veng boxed set adn ready to paint them but really want to keeo going with the eldar..... tell me im wrong people!!!!


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primed up the terminator squad from the dark veng boxed set adn ready to paint them but really want to keeo going with the eldar..... tell me im wrong people!!!!

Keep going with the Eldar.

I've decided you shouldn't build and paint stuff if your heart's not in it. You end up resenting what you're doing, I did. I felt that I HAD to convert a Gundam model to have LEDs in it and just got fed up of modelling and abandoned the hobby as being too hard work.

Eldar all the way!


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And I'm a Dark Angels man!

 TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:
Keep going with the Eldar.

I've decided you shouldn't build and paint stuff if your heart's not in it. You end up resenting what you're doing, I did. I felt that I HAD to convert a Gundam model to have LEDs in it and just got fed up of modelling and abandoned the hobby as being too hard work.

Eldar all the way!


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And I'm a Dark Angels man!

haha - blody right - Eldar all the way. I've always been a sonn of Isha! seriously though, the Eldar have the coolest stuff. I break from them and paint something else to make sure I'll never get fed up painting Eldar. also its good practice painting the 'lesser races'
so glad though I managed to get a technique and schem together for craftworld mymeara. when i started that wraithlord, was a bit worried it wouldnt work out. I have a great army list together for a Mymeara ECW force but it includes warp spiders adn strinking scorpion (reeeeeeealy want to paint them) but i cant get my hands on the figs.



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dark angels eh? good choice fella - good choice

I understand what you mean, but I would still go paint Eldar if that's what you're itching to do. I bought a Tau Battle Force ages ago because they look awesome and I will likely use them to spice my painting up.

 TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:
I understand what you mean, but I would still go paint Eldar if that's what you're itching to do. I bought a Tau Battle Force ages ago because they look awesome and I will likely use them to spice my painting up.

oh i'm def gonna keep painting eldar. they wer always my fav force before my hiatus dn still are now. I got the DV boxed set recently whcih am relly enjoying painting (hence the deathwing models on my table now) but eldar will always be my top guns. wish they'd do the aspect warriors in plastic though. i've got great ideas for them

My gf picked up all the new Harlequin stuff for me for a late Valentine's Day prezzie (well, all except the Voidweaver) so now I'm them in the Mymeara corner too to be painted. Trying to decided on a Masque/colour scheme that complement/ go with Mymeara. So far thinking.....Masque of the Shattered Mirage with a few tweaks.....

The Wraithlord came out really nice. Look forward to seeing how it looks once it's a whole army!

AllSeeingSkink wrote:
The Wraithlord came out really nice. Look forward to seeing how it looks once it's a whole army!

Cheers was really happy with the result. Harlies next I think and then onto the WS.

Next up for the Mymearan host.....Some Harlie allies. Cant wait to get busy with this lovely little lot. Just gotta finihs a few termies first

Loving our work. Wish I had your skills

 TP^DC Deputy Manager wrote:
Loving our work. Wish I had your skills

Thx vry much TP Just getting back into it so practice practice. Plus lots of vids and the like on youtube re: technique, schemes etc. I actually find myself sitting in my office at work thinking through different colour schemes and how they'd look on a fig. the joys/banes of an overactive imagination lol

That Wraithlord looks really solid- love that greeny-blue you've done there, though I confess it's not something I'd want to mess about with when painting lol.

 angelofvengeance wrote:
That Wraithlord looks really solid- love that greeny-blue you've done there, though I confess it's not something I'd want to mess about with when painting lol.

Cheers! Yeah...that whole paint scheme was very much a softly softly nervous thing. Wasn't 100% sure how it was gonna work out and whether the blends would work or not. She was the first I did with that scheme. The research I did b4 hand was .......arduous and not hugely helpful barring a few folk here on Dakka. But.....came out pretty lush in the end. Wave Sepent will get done the same way......eventually!!

That should look pretty f'n sweet when it's done then

Here's hoping! Got a few other wee tricks n whistles I wanna try out/add to it when I finally get onto painting it

After painting up and doing a diorama for the DV Deathwing squad - I'm needing a switch from al things PA!! Back to those of the pointy eared persuassion. I've 2 boxes and 3 clams of Harlies setting in my cabinet justa waiting so gonna have a wee Eldfest next. Starting with the new Solitaire fig. Opened, cleaned up and built the guy last night. Crikey - tender delicate wee fella eh?! Lovey fig though. Only thing I dont really like is that left hand. Everytime I look at at it, all I can hear in my mind is "STOP....in the name of love......" lol. So have made a wee change to it. I'll be entering this guy in Paradigm's April comp as a vet. Will pop up a WIP shot later after work. Cheers all

Fridays....bloody Fridays. 6 classes to teach. 4 of them in a row.......done now thankfully. Off to Seoul tomoro to pick up new suit for the wedding and think I'll sneak a wee visit into Orctown (Korea's one and only GW merch stocking FLGS) and probably give into temptation and pick up one of the new Skitarii Dragoons. Bloody lovely figs they are.
Anyways..... got a wee bit of work done on the Solitaire. just a few baselayers and started to do some blending on the tails of his coat. Liking the scheme so far.

Ohhh - the poll for voting on Paradigm's March painting comp is up at the mo. Head on over, have a gander at all the awesome work folk put into it and vote on your favourite

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/642474.page

Wee fella is coming along. Onto the motley now up the tails of his coat. Happy with this guy. The finishing bits are gonna be the treat though

Urgghhhh - crappy photo though :(


Just started on some motley on the back of his coat......looking great but tricky as....lol

Finally finished up the Solitaire and made a wee scene for him to sit in. I cut and reattached his left hand so he could hold something in it..... a cultist's head!! He's decided to fight along The Masque Of The Shattered Mirage, a troupe of which I'll get around to painting up at some time
Anyways- pretty happy with how he turned out. Here he is. Hope yez like him

"Alas.....Poor Mon'keigh..."

Oh, so that's what it was hanging from him hand!

1000000% awesome, the paintwork and the whole composition!

Cheers Para. Yeah....actually really happy with him. Lots n lots n lots of layers!! The decapitated head was originally meant for the base of one of the DV terminators but I forgot about it!! Glad I did. The blood drips are actually 2 bristles from my dogs toothbrush painted with bftbg techpaint!!!!! Seem to be getting into the habit of making these wee extra scene base things now! The photos are really pissing me off though. Bloody camera ><

The mini-diorama bases do add a hell of a lot to the mini! Even if you don't make one for everyone, just having a few to stick the minis in for photography is very cool.

aye. That one I just made (they are insanely easy to make mind) will serve nicely for the death jester and the shadowseer.....once i actually get around to painting them too lol.

That looks fantastic finished, I really like the diamonds on the coat and as others have said, the base adds so much to the miniature. Nice work!

Loving that Solitaire! Excellent stuff Januine! No match for the Emperor's Fin... *KCHKK!* "Hurghh"

Thx very much guys much appreciated

Off to Seoul today for the photo shoot. Before I tear off - here's what's next to be painted. These Skyweavers are gorgeous. Seriously beautiful fig. Can't wait to get the paint on 'em. Masque of the Shattered Mirage is the way we're going.....with a few Irish steve tweaks cut off and repositioned the blade of the zephyr glaive to fit with the idea for the wee diorama/base scene I'll make later. Speaking of which - anyone got a scared running away ork I could nab?!!!! Lol.

Wee update. Plodding along but it's begining to come together

Nice work so far, again the diamond pattern on the canopy, it's looking good.

Ooh, shiny! Love that pattern on the whatever-you-call-the-bit-that goes-on-the-front! Might borrow the overlapping diamonds for one of my own Harlies...

Cheers lads! Happy with how the pattern on the bike canopy(?) came out. Didnt want the usual motley pattern.......wanted something....a bit more...flutterey!!! My office is now covered in sketches of different patterns!! Wanted a lighter scheme as well rather than the ubiquitous black base that's going around. The left side is darker along the bike as it will be tilted 45 degrees for .....well...you'll see

*cowlings!!! - not canopies

Nice work there boss!! That harlequin looks great. Good luck in the comp

BB

 bebopdrums2424 wrote:
Nice work there boss!! That harlequin looks great. Good luck in the comp

BB

Cheers BeBop. Solitaire was tricky little bugger to paint but really enjoyed him ntl. Oh - finally got a wet pallet sorted out.....sweet mercy how hard is it to get parchment paper in Korea Using it now for the Skyweaver. Well handy - how the buggery did I not get using that before

Cant decide about the back fins......there's 4 little segments on each fin.......not sure whether to keep them light blue like the rest of the back fin or to pick them out in different (squad) colours.........and if so, which colours would complement the scheme....c8 ><

Finally - a weekend to myself. First weekend at home in over two months spending this weekend with the dog, wine, paint n movies. Skyweaver is coming along. Might get it finished this weekend if the motley I'm about to start doesn't drive me to ruin

The Harlies are coming along very nicely. Are those diamonds on the bike carapace sculpted detail, or freehand?

Your Harlies look the business mate! Nice job! Can't wait to see the finished result! (Which may or may not result in the men in white coats taking you away after doing all the motley on them lol)

 Azazelx wrote:
The Harlies are coming along very nicely. Are those diamonds on the bike carapace sculpted detail, or freehand?

all done freehand. 5 or 6 layers i think. They were just the warm up for the motley i'm about to start on the 2 riders ....oh feth....what i let myself in for lol


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 angelofvengeance wrote:
Your Harlies look the business mate! Nice job! Can't wait to see the finished result! (Which may or may not result in the men in white coats taking you away after doing all the motley on them lol)

Cheers They're coming along nicely. Fair few moments of doubt but as the ssssscheme is begining to come together am getting happier and happier. Still not sure about what to do (if anything) with those wee areas at the back of the fins.....

What about a trail of a few small white diamonds on one side as if they follow on from the ones on the canopy?

 Calibanite Lion wrote:
What about a trail of a few small white diamonds on one side as if they follow on from the ones on the canopy?

Hey..... That might work rather nicely. This is how she's looking at the mo. A few diamonds at the back following the line towards the small red ones on the coling might really bring it together. Nice!!! Cheers fella. Owe ta a pint


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Bloody sideways photos again ><

 Januine wrote:

By far the best take on the Mymeara scheme I've seen - love the way you mottled and blended the colors. Hope to see some more in that scheme soon!

Hey - thx very much Pekel Took me a while to plan and figure out the scheme and how to go about it. Was well worth it though. Really loved painting this fine lady. Will defintely be doing more in this scheme soon. Prob on some of the new Eldar figs coming out. And the WS that's been sitting patiently waiting in my cabinet. lol

Well, that's the bike dine minor disaster at the end when the purity seal decided to be a fethlord and frost the metallics repairs done. Just need to finish up the riders next.

Looking good, I think the trail on the fin looks about right. The symbol you put on it as well is a nice touch. I'm guessing this will be on some sort of mini diorama base looking at it?

 Calibanite Lion wrote:
Looking good, I think the trail on the fin looks about right. The symbol you put on it as well is a nice touch. I'm guessing this will be on some sort of mini diorama base looking at it?

Hahhaa - you know it!!! I had a wee scene/diorama in mind before I even picked up a brush for this one. Only thing I'm missing is a screaming running Space Wolf :( Have to make do with a chaos cultist instead. Starting make the dio base next

Dude that bike looks amazing! Nice work!

Cheers gakky photo but. One or two wee things to fix thx to a purity seal malfunction~! Riders and dio up next. After this, next to paint somethig that is NOT grey!! Last 3 things I've worked on have had a lot of grey. Thinking might move on the Chosen or my Skit dragoon

Lovely freehand! Very neat work. Also like the freehand on the little green screen, Nice attention to detail

Thanks ckig. I drew everything on with a clutch pencil first and then painted over.......while praying for nothing to shake or feth up!!! Hardest thing was trying to decide where to put the Masque rune

That bike looks really great, good job!

 Januine wrote:
.......while praying for nothing to shake or feth up!!!

I like your technique I will steal that

Nice work there brother. The freehand is lovely and the choice of colors too! Also looks like youve been thinning your paint more Great stuff dude Keep it up!

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@mymearan - Thx very much
@ckig- do it!!
@bebop - cheers - oh yes thinning away and finally sorted a wet palette out. She's coming along nicely - wanted a lighter scheme than the usual black bikes as the base dio will be quick dark. Just need to paint up the riders and their tiny motley now - ekkk!

Making a start on the motley - triiicckkky

Blimey! Have fun with that!

(Nor sure why I'm laughing, I have the same ordeal ahead!)

hahhahaaha - it's not as bad as it seems like it is/was gonna be. But, for the love of Cegorach.....draw them on with a clutch pencil first!

First rider done. Photo's a bit horrific but there ya go ㅋㅋㅋ

Looks good man! Nice work! How long did the motley take to do?

Yep, brilliantly done!

Must confess I ended up skipping the motley on mine... I know, I know, I should be ashamed of myself...

Motley didn't take that long at all. Maybe 30, 40 mins the lot

 Januine wrote:
First rider done. Photo's a bit horrific but there ya go ㅋㅋㅋ

Nice job, an unfortunate pose minus the jetbike though, looks like he's going to the toilet lol

hahahaa - yeah, and the massive grin on his face to go with it!!!!! on to the lass on the back next. The guy is looking aces mounted up on the bike. Really happpy how the whole thing is coming together. Need to get a move on on the base/dio as well.

Another cheeky little wip. Should get it all done this week as have a few days off on either side of the weekend and no wedding stuff to drag me away

Not far off finished now....but looking at the jetbike, wondering about putting some paint chipping and scrapes on there......no corrosion or anything (they being Eldar n all) but some scrapes along the cowling and on the fins......thoughts?

Hmm. Normally I'd say go for it, on either normal or Dark Eldar, but I just can't see the Harlies allowing themselves to get scratched, even in battle. It would look good for sure, I'm just not sure it would fit...

aye - think you're right. I'm gonna leave it be for the now......

Just about there Couple of final wip shots before I base and dio it. Photos are a bit pish, but you get the idea. Really chuffed with how they came out. Colour scheme worked nicely- wasn't a wee bit unsure at times. Anyways - proper photos to come when the base is complete

Looking awesome

Cheers TP. Photos are a bit naff but snapped them quickly on the way out to work. Played around with glazes a bit for this fig and worked out well. Few wee teeny things still to correct and fiddle with like the blood coming off the back of the glaive and such. Once the dio is completed, should look pretty good....just need to find a screaming space wolf fig running away for that

Brilliant stuff, the blood on the harlequins blade looks great. Can't wait to see it all finished!

Cheers! Hummed and hawed about whether or not to bloody glaive. 6am this morning decided I would. My dog's toothbrush is once again a few bristles shorter than it was lol

 Januine wrote:
Cheers! Hummed and hawed about whether or not to bloody glaive. 6am this morning decided I would. My dog's toothbrush is once again a few bristles shorter than it was lol

I think you made the right choice, I love the blood effects, I use it on mine when I can.

Looking great!

Finally got to work on the base. Tiles......stupid idea.....complete pain in the arse to do lol

It may have been a pain in the arse, but it looks like a lovely pain. Like sitting on a rose.

Hahahaha - Thx. Been racking my brain of how/what to do for this base. Finally came up with something. Begining to shape up. Should (hopefully look pretty idy when all painted and the figs in place

Looks really great Jan

cheers TP. Just waiting for the PVA seal to dry now. While waiting, went out the local art shop to pick up ONE thing.....came home with a new glass LCD desk stand thingy and a bag of other crap..... ><

My wife's got my credit card coz I did that a bit too much. Well, we joke that she should have it. Ok. In reality it was mentioned, it was vetoed and I am under strict orders not to shop online anymore. Ahem.


[off-screen] "Ooooooooh! FW Tau Battlesuits ........."

Hahahahaa - I promised not to buy any more figs 'till after the wedding next month......been looking at some of the forge world 'bots.....no, NO NO.....bad monkey, BAD!!!!!

And primed. Pretty happy with how it/they are looking

Beautifully painted Eldar. I'll be watching this blog with interest

Cheers lots still to come

Jan - I'm intrigued. Tell me the background why your solitaire is such bad news?

Your diorama is looking sweet by the way. Need to find myself somewhere to buy plasticard from that's either not bought in truckloads-full or horrendously expensive for a piece the size of A4. And that said how did you get the paved stuff?

Which paving? On the dio above or the stuff I used for the Deathwing dio?
I'm gonna write out a wee fluff piece for the Solitaire at some point soon - let you know

The stuff on the duo above. There are no wargaming shops other than GW that I know of near me and don't get time to go to town very often, so have looked on-line for plasticard and give up after getting hugely confused.

ah ok. There's only one shop over here that in the whole country that stocks GW stuff at all. But all the stuff I use for basing/dios I buy at a local stationary/arts'n'crafts shop. The dio above is 2mm plasticard on the bottom, then 2 mm foamboard (that has the circles cut out of it), the stairs are made from cut pieces of the same foamboard. The tiles are made from 1mm card. I should really have used 1mm plasticard but didnt have any so I used card. Wouldnt again. All that is glued together/in place with a hot glue gun. The stones and sand come from a local river and put on in the usual PVA way. When all that's dry - it's sealed with 2 coats of PVA/water mix otherwise the spray primer will melt the foam and paint will seep into the card and make it swell and warp. That's basically it. After that prime, base and paint as normal I buy plasticard in A4 size from about 80p a sheet. Art/arts n crafts shops should have all this stuff pretty cheap.

The base looks good, I understand the frustrations with card, if you use cereal boxes they have a glossy side. Put the glossy side face up and the unprotected side face down into the pva, that way the gloss protects it when you base coat it.

Aye. I shouldve just got off my arse and down to the A&C shop and picked up some plasticard (which I then did later o.O ) The card's turned out fine. It was just some bought card I had lying around. The edges did swell a bit with the PVA seal but then sorted themselves out as they dried. Have the basecoats down now and it begining to look well tidy. Shouldbe a belter when finished

Well - that's the painting part done. Now just to put the whole thing together. Actually kinda excited - been working on this for .....hmmm......time!!

Time you put into is paying off though. Looks great! Rock with the rune is a nice touch

Who's going into the little slot?

Cheers ckig. Yeah...well happy how it came out. Dio took...I'd guess about 5-6 hours in total to make....but that's a bit of a rough guess. The little slot.....well, let's have a look see


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And.......we're all done....ish!! All finished and assembled and done Really REALLY happy with the final result The fleeing Chaos Cultist is just a proxy for now until I can get my hands on a screaming space wolf marine running away which is what I'd planned for in the begining. I was gonna buy all the requisite parts from a Bitz site but that ends up kinda ripoffy to do. ANYWAYS......... here's the shots.

'Run Mon'keigh........RUN!!!'





Took about a month all told for the whole thing.
Hope ya like 'em as I loved painting 'em

Brilliant execution there. As always superb quality and composition.

Jaw, meet the floor, floor, meet jaw!

As with the Solitaire, the base/door just takes the whole thing up to a whole new level!

Lovely. Absolutely lovely. Beautiful, clean whites.

Looks awesome! The base came out really well after painting. Good job.

Thx so much for the comments folks, really glad you liked it. One of the things I really like about fig painting is coming up with an idea and seeing it come to life so to speak. Ur comments mean a lot
This month I'll be focusing on the DV Ravenwing squad for Para's painting comp but I want something else to do on the side. Can't decide what though. Torn between doing the new Harlie Shadowseer, the aspiring chaos champ Vrosh Tattersoul from DV, the DV librarian Turmiel or the new Sydonian Dragoon I bought..... Tell you what, why don't you lot decide as I can't. What should I paint next ?
This month is gonna be a bit tricky as my financee moves in in a week, my family is arriving in 2 weeks and I'm getting married in 3 weeks. Busy busy busy month. Always time for painting though lol

Before I choose, do you prefer to change armies often, or stick with one for a while?

ehmm - not really sure....only started painting again last december! Guess I jump around a bit to keep things fresh. Been doing a lot of grey recently so steering away from too much grey for a bit

Then I say chaos champion. Nice bit of red (or whatever you choose) and keep the brain active.

I also think it's also ironic that you would be painting a Chaos mini in a month when you're getting married

Hahahah - aye, think I fancy a wee bit of Chaos for a change. The detail on those DV chaos marines is gorgeous so I'll start with ol' Vrosh.

 Januine wrote:
Thx so much for the comments folks, really glad you liked it. One of the things I really like about fig painting is coming up with an idea and seeing it come to life so to speak. Ur comments mean a lot
This month I'll be focusing on the DV Ravenwing squad for Para's painting comp but I want something else to do on the side. Can't decide what though. Torn between doing the new Harlie Shadowseer, the aspiring chaos champ Vrosh Tattersoul from DV, the DV librarian Turmiel or the new Sydonian Dragoon I bought..... Tell you what, why don't you lot decide as I can't. What should I paint next ?
This month is gonna be a bit tricky as my financee moves in in a week, my family is arriving in 2 weeks and I'm getting married in 3 weeks. Busy busy busy month. Always time for painting though lol

I would go with the chaos champion, will be a good change up from the harlequins, I've been thinking about painting some of mine,torn between iron warriors, thousand sons or alpha legion though. I already painted two of them in pre heresy world eaters colours, not too fussed about painting them all different legions.

Chaos it is. Will paint him in Crimson Slaughter's colours, to go with the Helbrute I painted a bit ago. Looking forward to painting the Dragoon soon too but still haven't totally worked out the scheme

Amazing work on that Harlie jetbike diorama. Though I think, Cultist and Vlka Fenrika alike will be very very dead.

Fantastic work on the Harlequins, the jetbike and the diorama display base. Really impressive and inspiring stuff.

Thx very much Azazelx. Took a wee while but so worth it. Lost count of the layers lol.

So jealous of your painting skills.... love the work

Cheers Skint; very kind to say just loadsa practice and research before hand seems to do the trick for me

Ohhhhh haven't been giving the elder much love recently :( apparently there may be some more new elder releases on the way......could we be seeing updated aspect warrirors???? Probably not in the meantime have made a start on the death jester that's been langinuishing in my cabinet. Fiddly wee bugger he is!!!!

You're getting better keep it up!!

Cheers fella. nearly finished my CSM Chosen, they'll be up soon and then it's back to the Harlequins......and an Imperial Knight lol

Can't wait to see what you do with your Death Jester- he's gonna look badass

still thinking out the colour scheme for him that goes with masque of the shattered mirage.....lovely fig though, evill wee bugger!!

Heading off to visit the inlaws for the weekend. Up early to get a wee bit of painty done before the off!! Priorities lol

Coming along nicely! Good use of colour there!

Cheers para. The blends on his coat came out really nicely. Can't see in the photo mind. Lovely fig to paint

Death Jester looking sweet.

That Jester is coming on great, really nice Diamond work so far.

The diamond work is brilliant isn't it. Wish my hands were that steady!

not as hard as it looks. clutch pencil first is a must though (and thx : ) )

Cool death jester, more diamond patterns, good start. Are you going to make this one into a diorama? Would look sweet crouched on the ruin in some trees or brush about to ambush an unsuspecting foe!

we'll see.......

Pencil? Yea good plan. I'm currently putting square Checks on a not-square-wavy banner, it seemed a good idea a few hours ago....

hahahaa - I doing the random diamonds on the back of his great coat at the mo........the wavy, uneven, rippling coat........what was I thinking lol

Getting there! That cowl, frilly collar piece thingy was a complete #%*^¥ to put on though lol

Now is that Square Square? , or is it too Square?

Good luck with your coat!

Looks cool Januine! Nice work!

The DJ is looking really nice. Keep it coming!

cheers lads. he's pretty much done now. just need to add a few highlights to the motley on his coat and pop on a bit of grass on the base. Leaving him for the night though. lovely fig. HAS to painted in pieces though. and that 'shroud of cegorach' is a total dick to put on last. Solitaire is up next

Here's what's up next! Finally getting around to painting the harlies. Converted and changed their stances a bit. Changed out some of the weapons as well. Liking em



*edit - GS'ing done and took some better shots

Yeah the one on the right does look awesome.

Ohhh - nearly forgot - finally finished the Death Jester. Fiddly but lovely fig to paint. Done as part of the Masque Of The Shattered Mirage. Well happy with him - hope yez like him

Absolutely mind blowing!

Cheers Para! Came out ok eh. Not the easiest Masque colour scheme to do on a Death Jester but am happy with how he turned out

Finally making a bit of progress on the harlies. This guy is the run through to tighten a few ideas up. Lots still to do! Thank feth for my W&N brushes. Complete stars they are !!

Bloody great! You know what's coming next....





Tips for that white? Please?

That Death Jester is absolutely majestic Jan, well done!

tip? Don't use white!!



well..... bit of a lie. Actually there is very very little white used there at all. just a few highlights on the really obvious places.
Whole thing was base sprayed with skull white on a day when that blasted spray actually worked. Then onto that the deep recesses and shadow areas where painted in with a thinned mech standard grey (you can see it on one of the wip shots i posted over on the comp thread) then I used loads of realy thin layers of ulthuan grey (my not-white white colour) to blend and soften the recesses greys into shadows and give 'white'upper areas. Finally I used a little thinned white scar for the zenithal highlights on the top of the left thigh boot, biceps etc

Death jester looks great finished, I really love the scenic bases that the harlies come with; they set things off nicely. The new troupe members are coming along, I like your not white approach to white, I'll have to remember that for when I get rid of this heat induced paint block.

These look great! Nice work

Cheers folks

These guys are so delicate and sure take a bit of time. Why did I pick white??!! off on honeymoon in a week.......must paint faster!!!

Well, your white looks great

Bugger knows how many hours this evening free handing diamonds and symbol. I'm starting to see motley dancing around the room. Time for a brew!!!

Worth it!

Cheers Para. I'll be submitting 3 Harlies. Very happy how they're turnng out but after these guys - i'm so going back to AdMech for a while (esp considering I just ordered a Castellax from FW - the one with the wicked saws for hands! My first ever resin...... o.O)

Well, that's the first 3 of the Harlequin troop done! Tricky tricky. Will finish the final two and build them their own wee dio when I get back from the honeymoon!! Speaking of which - better get my arse in gear and start packing b4 the wife goes all Khorne beserker on me

Those Harlequins are absolutely beautiful. I just ordered a box of the new plastics because of your work in this thread.

Hahah - Thx very much Az. They were......tricky and a bit long to do but so worth it in the end and of course now I look at the photos I see a few things I need to fix.....always the way eh! Great box of figs though. There is one I dont like though - the guy do some kind of flying kick thing. The other two I'll get done after the honeymoon. My wee force of the masque of the shattered mirage is coming together and thankfully looking very homogenous Just the Solitaire and two more players to do (and 3 more skyweavers o.O )

Beautiful pieces. You present your figures very well in the photos. It really stands out. I continue to watch with awe and just the right amount of jealousy to drive me to keep trying to improve. Good job that man!

Awesome work as usual Januine. Loving your Masque's scheme.

Thanks very much guys. It's a pretty plain masque colour scheme so needed a bit of tweaking to make them all individual and stand out. Well happy how's its progressing though

Stunning, just stunning! I'll be amazed if you don't take this month's challenge, or place in the top 3 at worst!

Seems I will need to be following all of your work as the Eldar are fantastic. The Wraithlord is so smooth and clean its the epitome of an Eldar Ghost Warrior. The Harlequins are progressing steadily with an incredible amount of detail.

Do you have a plan for the models or are you more likely to just collect and paint the models you like?

cheers again. The wraithlord was one of the first big figs I did after getting back to painting and my first attempt at 'wet-blending' and magnetising. Thank the emperor for YouTube!! I loved painting the Harlies. Always like their lot. I had the orinigal figs way back in the day. For now no real plan...ish. (Actually all of the stuff from Chaos, to Mymeara, to the AdMech are all kinda tied up in some fluff I'm writing) I just buy and paint what I like

Anywhere that we could get a looksie at your fluff? I am massively into armies and collections that have their very own story to them.

Eventually 'yes'. At the minute it's in bits n bobs. Paragraphs, notes, characters backgrounds et al spread across numberous bits of paper, back of envelopes and in the 'notes' app on my ipad. It's all sorted and kinda in order in my head but......getting it actually down properlly...well..... I will be adding a bit to that AdMech dio I recently finished which tells how the Dominus came to have an ancient Castellax as his personal and constant companion. A much larger piece concerns the Freeblade Knight (which I really need to getting painting soon) and his connection to the Forgeworld from which the Dominus comes from.......I'll get there at some point

STUNNING work on those Harlies. Will have to push my Harlequin plans further up the queue...

Cheers Mymearan Still have 2 I need to finish up 'at some point' lol

Oohhhhh - haven't been in here in a while!!! Have some Harlie stuff still that's been kicking about for ages and really needs done. So this month they are getting the love!!!! 2 troupers that are halfish done and a second skyweaver that needs to be done too. So hopefully this month they'll get all finished up

Still have some harlie stuff to finish up and with the Death Masque box arriving I now have a VoidWeaver and Eldrad, Lord of the Robes too (Selling the troupers, death jester and skyweavers from the box - thread up in the swapshop forum for that)

I just finished putting Eldrad together and they weren't lying when they siad its the most intricate/complex/detailed etc etc fig they've ever made. He is a gorgeous sculpt but a right fiddly wee git to put together and in one area the instructions are grossly inadequate and don't tell you what you need to do.

It's to do with the robes and the back and how his staff fits in. The staff is according to the instructions, basically the last thing that gets glued on. But when I was getting it ready I noticed and odd little groove that didnt seem to fit onto anything on his robes



A closer inspection of the boy himself revealed an odd groove hidden away in the middle of and behind some of his robes



Super, lovely. And you can't just slide the shaft of the staff down into the hole as you 'd think. Oh no - it doesnt work that way!
What to do - well you need to find this place on the bottom of him where two parts of the cloak come together but arent glued. and then gently (wait till all the other gluing is cured or you pull the pieces off their fittings) prise then apart. The plastic has enough give for this.



then slide the shaft in (shuddup >< so it's now rattling about and cant fall out.



then slide the staff up so the groves align, lock and the hand fits to the end of the arm - viola!



In the instructions, none of this is even hinted at, let alone shown in a diagram or even a picture showing him from the back.
I'm painting the staff and his head seperatly so hopefully I'll be able to do all this again once he's painted.

Anywho - hope this helps folk as he really is an absolutely stunning figure and is going to look the bomb when totally finished

Cheers

Jan

Hmmmmm - A closer

Cheers for that, I've not built mine yet and that doubtless would have confounded me no end!

Had me scratching my head a bit too. I dont like finding grooves and ruts that make no sense!!!! careful inserting the staff shaft though, it's bendy but very slender and unlikely to snap

ive got like 30 hours into my eldrad atm when i read this post about the staff.... I freaked out. It just ends up you can clip the bottom and doesnt matter

scared the hell outa me tho...

lol. Aye you could clip the pommel thingy at the end off and just slide it in that too I guess.

Balls! Gonna be a pain to fix that on mine now :(

Looks trickier than it is. Just softly softly fixy fixy!!

Looking good (as always) Jan, very excited to see this project in the works!

Thanks for the tip about assembling Eldrad. I should start painting mine next week, and I also planned to paint the head and the staff separately.

It kind of reminds me how the shoulder cloak of the death jester goes on. I had painted everything before assembling, and had the hardest time putting that last bit of cloak on there (and I scratched some paint in the process…).

And awesome work on your harlies! What are you plans for Eldrad? I'm still hesitating over painting him like GW (with the colors of his craftworld), or going for a harlequin look (with diamonds on the cloak)…

 Januine wrote:
Looks trickier than it is. Just softly softly fixy fixy!!

I looked at the website and it's only apparent when you see the model in 360° view

Aye. The 360 on the site certainly helped.
Still thinking about colour scheme. I like the original colour scheme but I'm definitely going to change it a bit. Want to tie him into my own harlies a bit bit still keep something of his original scheme. I'll figure something out. May have a few subtle bits of motley showing in places but nowhere near as much as I've done on the players

Weather has finally shifted over here. Pretty much overnight it goes from hot and horribly humid to dry and cool. Korean weather - flick of a switch!! So they meant this morning I could break out the rattles and get loadsa stuff sprayed for the coming month. Eldrad is built and primed!!

Have you primed him grey, or is that Zenithal highlighting?

Zenithal. Primed him black then gave a blast of Corax while the black was still wet. Gonna really try and push the boat out on this fella if I can just decide on a colour scheme.

Cheers for the heads up on the construction issue as I have not got round to mine yet, odd that the instructions make no mention of it. There were a few things about Death Masque that seemed a bit rushed, the lack of Skyweaver instructions, the insert about 25mm bases for the Harlequins.

Ah gak happens. Aye sky weaver and troupe leader instructions were added in seperately. I'm selling mine anyway as I already have enough harlies. Lovely models though. Went for a Thai massage with Mrs Jan earlier and had an awesome idea for the outside of eldrads cloak. Just gotta figure how I'm gonna do it o.O

Hmm. Weird stuff about the Eldrad build. Especially that the instructions didn't mention anything...

EDC

I just built my Eldrad. I had a lot more mold lines that what I'm used to with GW plastics. Also, the numbering of the pieces was way off (different number on the instructions and on the sprue). Not really a problem for a special character on separate sprues, but it sure feels like the instructions were rushed in that death masque box.

Aye. Few of the numbers were mixed up and it seemed the instructions were 'cut to fit' just the one page.

Eldrad is all ready for paint now so well put himtonthe side till next month. For the now I need to get on with the last sky weaver which I should have done ages ago. It's all primed so no excuses. I start with the front faring/canopy/bit. Penciled in what I'm gonna do so the first stage is to get the base colour shaded and then onto the design so eventually it's gonna look like the second pic

Interesting to see how it looks at the pencilled-in stage, Januine.

The pencil lines will be totally covered by the baseocaot but it just serves to give me an idea of what im doing when it comes to the freeehand later

Can't wait to see your Eldrad, Jan. What sort of colours are you thinking about then?

Still thinking about the scheme......don't want to totally throw away the original scheme but do defintely want to put my own touch to it.....have a sweet wee idea/plan for his cloak but need to get the rest of him planned out first.....we'll see. Won't start him till Sept as he'll be my entry fro next month's painting comp. He really is a gorgeous sculpt

Really enjoy seeing part of your workflow Jan. Pencilling in the diamonds is a great idea.

It really is helpful to see the process you take. Just so bleeding hard to emulate!

That's the background colour pretty much started. Just simple wet in wet. The bike will be tilting to the left so the left side is much darker. Start on the motley tomoro. The fun part

Love seeing this process come together Jan, looking forward to the next update.

I'll give the faring/canopy (whatever the hell is the name of that part of a jetbike?!) another layer of wet-in-wet again today. Only really takes but 5 mins when you do wet-in-wet and gives a lovely smooth transition. I'l do the same on the bike's body but going from turquoise to white/grey there.

Nothing fancy, just sketched in the motley for the front hood thingy. I'll shadow and highlight then next so they appear to overlap in place. Very cathartic this motley business

Nothing fancy I would lose my mind doing that! Another benefit of your blog is I now know what motley means in this context.

That looks fantastic Jan. I really want to try painting diamonds like that now. It looks like a lot of fun.

The motley is looking great on the bonnet. I look forward to seeing the motley crew added.

Cheers folks. It's halfday Wednesday once again so hopefully will get the bike canopy finished later today. Do have 4 genestealers to try and get finished as well and......a lot more - lol

September!! Still having finished that sky-weaver but will hopefully get it done this month along with this berobed laddie!

Lost him and then found him again. Really is a wee git!! Been busy painting termies so only progress I've made on Eldrad was getting a start on his head then he disappeared for two days ><

I can see the "lost head" posters:

Have you seen this head, often attached to a really old space elf with psychic powers. Reward - him not annihilating you

Looking sweeeeet though

Lol. Cheers. Still needs glazes and then though huge delicious spiritstones to do

I'm using the GW gem paints due to a bit of laziness and also I think they come out well. They worked a treat in my opinion on the Nephilim

Good progress on his head.

Nice design on the jetbike. I like how the diamonds go across the face in particular.

Cheers Dr H. I love doing Motley but wanting to make it a bit more interesting with a nod towards their holo-fields. Think it works well enough.

@TP - I'll do the spiritstones the old way I reckon. Still not convinced about those new tech paints for jewels and stones. Not enough contrast or punch I think

Nice progress on Eldrad's head and the Canopy.

Cheers Az. Been pushing on to get the termies down but hopefully get more done on Eldrad and the sky weaver this week. Hopefully

Top work Jan, really digging the jet bike fronts.

EDC

That's Eldrad's head done. And off to bed!

 Januine wrote:
That's Eldrad's head done. And off to bed!

Januine,

The head is beautiful, looking forward to seeing the rest of the Eldar Seer.

Cheers,

CB

Wow Jan, the grey spiritstone looks incredible. Seems like you're raising your game with this one!

Where did you find the head btw? :p

Cheers lads. He's a gorgeous model so he's getting the treatment. The head took me a stupid amount of time. No short cuts but happy happy. Haven't done grey spiritstones before but suits his character I think. Lotta lotta layers and glazes for them. 'Just' the body and staff still to do
Oh - head had got pushed under my middle painting rack somehow. Sneaky sneaky Eldrad!

Jan your work never ceases to amaze. That Eldrad head is just gorgeous. Love it. Can't wait to see more.

Wait no longer then!!! - made a start on his (many many ) robes

And the next step involves these guys

Oh the blue tint to those robes is lovely, so sublte yet so striking. Very nice. Does the next part involve you sitting us down around a campfire and playing songs with those spoons while we sing songs?

Not quite!!! They're for me getting the night bit tight before I do it on Eldrad. Very handy things plastic spoons

 Januine wrote:
Not quite!!! They're for me getting the night bit tight before I do it on Eldrad. Very handy things plastic spoons

Umm.... there is no spoon? Lol.

Yep, good head, Jan'. Nice grey gems.
Not thought about doing gems in grey before, I'll have to remember it as an option in future.

Good job on the dark blue robes too.

@ aov - haaa - eejit. I have something a wee bit special planned but its a technique ive never done before so i reckon i should try it out and get it right first.. first try last night came out .....ok.
@dr h - cheers. i saw grey gems somewhere before nd quite liked them. thought they'd be something a little different and fitting for old Eldrad

The gems on his head are amazing, nice original colour choice there. The robes are coming along splendidly as well.

Cheers T. Doing a bit more on the robes at the mo tuned into BLU

I am working on the robes, honest. Just got a little ahead of myself and based the wraithbone coz i love that gak!!!!

What colours are you using on the robes there, if you don't mind me asking? I've not started mine yet and the idea of painting black robes is somewhat horrifying!!

Loving the look of everything! Will definitely keep an eye on this one!

Hey there Nathan. I presume you're meaning the black/turq robes? They're done with abaddon black mixed with lahmian medium and then sotek green as the highlightinh colour. They're painted totally wet-in-wet to get nice smooth even blends. For doing robes, I find wet-in-wet give the nicest finish rather than layering or trying wet blend all those folds

How do you do wetblending with GW colours? I've never been able to do it because they dry so fast.

Never had that problem with GW paints. Put em on a wet palette. If doing wet-in-wet or wet blending on a big area, add a bit of lahmian medium. Small area, just a drop of water as usual works fine

But if progress on the base. Damned if I can decide on the colour for the vines/roots though ><

Lovely stuff, Jan!

Wow i like everything about this wip.

i really love the blue and the base.

Great base. The marble effect is a very nice touch.

I painted the roots on my base green.
It's not that realistic, but it gives some contrast. On my harlequins, I have bases like on the box art (brown sand, grey stones, a bit of green turf), so I wanted something that matches, and since there's not much room for any turf (I didn't add a cork slab under the stone like you did), I went with green roots.

Cheers Fresus. I went a reddish brown in the end. Adds a little spark of colour but doesn't distract. Marble was pretty quick and easy to do but breaks up the stone a little. Course it won't really be seen much once eldrads on top!

That base is gorgeous. It is a shame that Eldrad be on top covering a lot of the great work here.

Still able to see a bit. Happy how it's coming along though.

Eldrad's base is done barr a wee final touch to two

Nice job on the base. Like the grey stone.

Cheers Dr. H. Just finished it up the now. Gonna be a pain to photograph due to the........

That marble effect looks so nice. I tried painting marble once... was less than impressed with my results. Great job here Jan.

Base is down. Balls but snow photographs miserably :/

Oh and the back of his cloak is nearly done too

While I'm at it - started on the staff

Loving Eldrad so far!

Galaxy cloaks? My only weakness!

Amazing work going on here Jan.

Thx lads. We have a five day weekend coming up this week over here, so hopefully get him finsihed and assembled come wednesday or so. Am really happy with him thus far though

OMG, it’s full of stars...

Love the way things are shaping up.

Cheers Nevelon. Never done the effect before so my desk is now covered in plastic spoons I primed and practiced on. Few more details to go yet. Still now sure whether I should give it a trim or not :/

Bloody hell Jan! Eldrad is looking top notch, nice work.

...very curious about the spoons.

EDC

I have loads of plastic spoons lying around so I primed them black and used them just to practice wet-in-wet into black. Handy dandy rather than just jumping straight onto the fig with something I hadn't tried before.

Wow Jan that looks amazing! What technique did you use to get the back of his cloak to look like that?

Cheers I_F. The back of the cloak is done with layers of wet-in-wet painting. Then going back and highlighting some of the edges of the 'clouds' and deepening some of the black areas

Aye, glorious work on that cloak. It encompasses the scope of universe that a character such as Eldrad has. Did you copy any particular nebula/galaxy (apologies here, I am no star-gazer) or just make something up? It is excellent either way.

Nah. Just made it up as I went along.

Thanks for sharing your techniques again Jan. Another one for me to file away as something I'd love to try later.

Hey, no worries I_F; always happy to pass on anything that helps other folk
Now I gotta go sketch up some embroidered hem runes o.O

Korean thanksgiving has arrived so it's the start of a five day weekend - shwing!!!! Up at gak'o'clock of course to give some brush love. Eldrad finally has his head attached so let's have a little WiP of how pointyface is coming along. Happy as feth with this dude so far. Tidy up and bring out his embroidery next.



Hope y'like - cheers for looking in

Jan

Very Nice work there dude. Super nice. My favorite thing youve painted so far in fact. Cant wait to see him done.

BB

Cheers bebop. Dead happy with how he's coming along

Absolutely stunning work Jan, I am both humbled and intimidated by your amazing brushwork and techniques, this Eldrad is coming along amazingly. Really glad I got to see this work in progress at each stage.

Eldrad is stunning mate. Beautiful job so far!

Cheers AoV. Hopefully finish him up by the weekens

Your Eldrad is coming along nicely, love his star cape and those fancy grey gems.

He's looking sweet Jan. The cream is lovely and smooth, as are the gems. Nice stuff.

Many thanks guys. Off to the in-laws today for Chusek (Korean thanksgiving) so no paint till I get back tomoro. Nearing the finish with Eldrad though. Really looking forward to getting him all done and onto his base though

Cloak(s)' embroidery runes done. Off to visit the inlaws now.

Januine,

Wonderful work on Eldarad's cloak.

Cheers,

CB

Eldrad is looking pretty damn cool Jan. Stunning work .

Muchos Gracias fellas. Heading home on the train now after visiting the inlaws so hopefully get some paint down this evening. Still trying to decide what to do with his bloody sword ><

Fething beautiful. Really top work.

EDC

Thx everyone. Don't think there'll be much done today. At the vet's with the dog now as she's really sick. Thx to the inlaws over feeding her meat. Meat that's cooked in fething garlic. Not a happy Jan at the mo

Gorgeous runes on that robe, so subtle yet so gorgeous.

Blimey, I thought that dogs and garlic not mixing was common knowledge. I hope that your dog is recovering well.

That Eldrad, stunning work on the robes and tassles there. Hope you get a chance to finish him over the weekend.

Eldrad is coming along really nicely. With that cloak in play, all he needs now is a t-shirt with a wolf's head and a dreamcatcher on it.

Eldrad is finished. All done. Based and cabineted until I get the camera out to take some decent snaps.

Dog is doing fine. Was talking to the vet and every Chuseok (Korean thanksgiving) they get a ridiculous number of pets, esp docs being brought in sick as ...well,... Dogs bcs of folk feeding them all the wrong thing as 'treats'. It was mostly the completely fething stupid amount of pork and pork fat they kept giving my dog that's made her I'll. She's only about 4.5kg yet she threw up about a soup bowl's worth of pure meat and fat. I'm still fething raging about it. But anyways .... She's alive and recovering so that's the main thing.

Beautiful work, Artificer Januine .


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Dog is doing fine. Was talking to the vet and every Chuseok (Korean thanksgiving) they get a ridiculous number of pets, esp docs being brought in sick as ...well,... Dogs bcs of folk feeding them all the wrong thing as 'treats'. It was mostly the completely fething stupid amount of pork and pork fat they kept giving my dog that's made her I'll. She's only about 4.5kg yet she threw up about a soup bowl's worth of pure meat and fat. I'm still fething raging about it. But anyways .... She's alive and recovering so that's the main thing.

I've had a similar experience with my dog, mate. I won't let her have pork anymore, as it causes her a huge problem when she needs to go for #2. Usually at daft o'clock in the morning. Can't climb stairs when she's like that, so I have to carry her (and pray she doesn't explode on me-not happened yet!)

Luckily (or unluckily depending on how you look at it), I've never owned a dog, but after "doggysitting" one for the best part of 6 months on and off, I've found that you never, ever give them "human" food . I'm sure that how you've described the situation you do the same. Hopefully she makes a speedy recovery!

Cheers lads. The little one is doing fine. Gotta bring her back tot the vet today for a checkup but she's bounced back nicely.
Will try and get some proper pics of Eldrad up later today

Eldrad looks awesome Jan.

Glad the dog is better

Thx Joe