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You got some great work going! I love the color choices!

Thanks djphranq!

Man, raiders are fun to paint, but suck to put together. Still, a bit more WIP on it





Nearly there, just need to finish the steerwoman, and add blades and chains

Thats some awesome stuff you got here! Great works on the freehand painting.

Really like the freehand on ur raiders. Definitely original.

Its not looking too bad thats for sure. I'd like to take credit for freehand, but a lot of the influence comes from InventionThirteens awesome work

The problem is I'm using the marking to differentiate squads, so left side markings = left side squad...means the other side is a little bare. I'm going to do something with the sails I think, or add a hanger on to the other side?

Anyway, not much else got done today, except for 6 hours in my crappy work van and a successful trip to Ikea



Two new display cabinets yay! One side will be for my Cult/Merc units, the other for Kabal units

Oh, and weighing the whole lot down:

Just recently used the website http://www.hoardobits.com/ as recommended by gobsmacked...first lot of bits arrived just on 2 weeks which is pretty good.

Nice selection of parts too, expect to see some Trueborn coming

Nice Titans.

As for your Raider issues, if it's looking a little empty on one side, why not do the same pattern on that side in blue or something?

Hmm, good idea, I'll have a looksee

Been very inactive of late, but I had some time off work and made some more progress on my Incubi






And the Venoms for my Trueborn

Niiiiiice. Those incubi look fantastic. I really like the white faces.

Nice work once again. The venoms look awesome and I love the way you painted the incubi's power weapons. The white helmets look cool. however the klaivex's helmet pink?

Nope, its white. Been so long since I've taken a miniature photo I think I got the balance wrong

Very pleased with the power weapons...also tempted to add white shoulder pads for the Incubi as well...too much white you think?

I'd be tempted to say white shoulders + chestplates, maybe the knees and/or edging of the plate to give better definition and to break up the red somewhat.

Yeah, good thoughts, still um-ing and ah-ing about it...here they are as is now






I consider them done pending additional markings...was also thinking about a black hand on the face plate, to mirror the trueborn...hmmm

Also, got a Razorwing from the missus for my birthday, so I've had some fun with that...still WIP so far




Trying to replicate a trick I used on my Eldar tanks, using two different spray cans to try and get a transition from red to black, just so it stands out. I'm enjoying the kit so far, its a very cool aircraft when you have it in your hands

A couple of things to say...

Those incubi look great. I particularly like the use of the brown. It mellows out the red a lot. You might want to repaint the pink helmet of the klaivex though. That looks weird.

Your razorwing looks EXCELLENT so far. The airbrushing (well, spray painting) looks great. And the green is very striking. I'm just sad you painted over the canopy.

I'm really impressed with the base as well. The use of the tree really fills up the base and ties it into your army instead of having it just hovering above.

Foxtale, he pointed out above that the "pink" helmet is just the way it came out in the photo / color balance... it's white.

I love the incubi thus far! Looking forward to more

Yeah, I don't know what it is about the Klaviex's helmet that the camera is picking up on...in the flesh its as white as all the others

I'm having a lot of fun with the Razorwing (just waiting on some magnets to arrive from Back2Basics)...in regards to the canopy I made the decision to paint them way back at the start (hence the venoms) so it was pretty much a done deal before I started the jet

Thanks guys, going to go home from work early this arvo and paint some more

Rise from the Dead!

Finally got career and life in order, back to painting! Finished the last of my Warrior squads, just need to touch up the Razorwing and finish the last of the Raider hulls....





Thanks for looking!

Awesome stuff my fellow dark eldar-er. The talos is beautiful. And the plastic incubi are great, I love how you used the hydra gauntlet arms on the klaivex, very unique! Same with the incubi with the hellion arm with the chain connected to the spindle thingy. Razorwing is looking very sleek. Keep up the good work!

Thanks! Going to get the good camera back tonight, take some more pics of the army so far, and the completed Razorwing.

The army list as it stands...my new housemate also plays 40k and runs infantry heavy Marines...looking forward to a clash once they are painted

Archon
Blaster
Agoniser
Combat Drugs
Shadow Field

Incubi x4
Klaivex
Demiklaives
Venom
Splinter Cannon
Nightshield

Trueborn x4
Blaster x4
Venom
Splinter Cannon
Night Shields

Trueborn x4
Blaster x4
Venom
Splinter Cannon
Nightshield

Wyches x10
Shardnet and Impaler x2
Hekatrix
Agoniser
Raider
Nightshield

Wyches x10
Shardnet and Impaler x2
Hekatrix
Agoniser
Raider
Nightshield

Warriors x10
Blaster
Darklance

Warriors x10
Blaster
Darklance

Warriors x10
Blaster
Darklance

Reavers x3
Heatlance

Reavers x3
Heatlance

Ravager
Nightshield
Flickerfield

Ravager
Nightshield
Flickerfield

Razorwing
Disintergrators
Splinter cannon
Nightshield
Flickerfield

TOTAL: 2000

Looks like a pretty good start! I've got some pointers for ya tho

- Unfortunately, the klaivex and the demiklaives are not really worth it. I completely understand if you want to put your badass klaivex model on the tabletop, but in a competitive list, its not worth the 30pts for the upgrades

- If your archon is going to ride with the incubi, give him a phantasm grenade launcher. Incubi definitely need the assault grenades, cause if they charge models in cover without them, they're gonna get chopped up before they even attack. I've seen lists with Incubi that take an archon almost purely because he can give the incubi grenades.

- I really like how you have nightshields on everything, I've only recently realized how great this upgrade is (especially against grey knights and necrons), and I've started including them in my lists. But you need to have flickerfields on your wych raiders, and if you can only afford one, take the flickerfields over the nightshields. That being said, I think nightshields are most effective when every vehicle has them. But flickerfields are kind of a must, especially for a full wych squad.

- The warriors are a decent choice, but if you're going to run them without a transport, no need to take the blaster. I would recommend this choice instead; 125pts for 5 warriors with a blaster in a Venom with dual splinter cannons. For an additional 15 points, give it night shields and grisly totems. The mobile blaster will be just as effective as the stationary dark lance, and you add 12 long range poison shots, plus an additional vehicle to saturate your opponent's target priority.

- If you want some extra points, I think you can afford to drop a couple wyches from each squad. Dropping 2 wyches (and 1 shardnet) won't significantly decrease their potential, and it will save you 30 points per squad.

So hope that helps a little. If you haven't already realized, dark eldar is a very, very difficult codex. I've only played about ~20 games with it, and I've learned a lot, but the #1 thing I've learned is that I have a lot more to learn! Practice makes perfect. Good luck sir!

Thanks for the feedback! Admittedly my army choices do get dictated by "Cool" in some cases, even if its not entirely a good idea

Undoubtedly my first few games against my housemates Marines will end in disaster, but that's half the fun

Looking excellent so far, like the colour scheme and the WIP Razorwing is shaping up nicely.

I also really like the contrast of your white freehand with the red base colour.

Keep up the good work

I just noticed how you put your venom splinter cannons on the wings, that is awesome! I hate the venom gunner model, I tried fixing it by replacing the stiff legs with bent warrior legs, but it still looks ugly, and I think I'm gonna rip off my venom gunners and steal your idea Did you just trim down the turret SC to match the under-slung SC?

Thanks wildboar! I'll try to have more pics up tonight

Oneironaut...for the Venom guns, the Archon's ride uses 2 of the normal underslung cannons. For the Trueborn Venoms, I've use the cannons you get from the Talos.

I agree, they look a ton better...the second gun just ruins the lines imho.

Played with my 2000 point list a bit...still have 80 points...thinking about a third Reaver squad...?

2000 list mk2

Archon
Blast Pistol
Agoniser
Phantasm Grenade Launcher
Shadow Field

Incubi x4
Klaivex
Demiklaives
Venom
Splinter Cannon
Nightshield

Trueborn x4
Blaster x4
Venom
Splinter Cannon
Night Shields

Trueborn x4
Blaster x4
Venom
Splinter Cannon
Night Shields

Wyches x10
Shardnet and Impaler x2
Hekatrix
Agoniser
Raider
Night shields
Flicker field

Wyches x10
Shardnet and Impaler x2
Hekatrix
Agoniser
Raider
Night shields
Flicker field

Warriors x5
Blaster
Venom
Splinter Cannon
Nightshield

Warriors x5
Blaster
Venom
Splinter Cannon
Nightshield

Reavers x3
Heatlance

Reavers x3
Heatlance

Ravager
Night shields
Flickerfield

Ravager
Night shields
Flickerfield

Razorwing
Disintergrators
Splinter cannon
Nightshiel
Flickerfield



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More pics!

Ravager WIP:


Raider WIP:



Trueborn!





Razorwing WIP:



Thanks for looking!

The trueborn are looking really nice, and the razorwing is seeeexy The green on the intakes is especially nice, though I feel that a litte more green elsewhere wouldn't hurt.
How do you go about shading the plates on the vehicles?

prime12357 wrote:The green on the intakes is especially nice, though I feel that a litte more green elsewhere wouldn't hurt.

I disagree. Green + red = Christmas. I don't suppose the Bloody Hand Kabal wants to be mistaken for jolly Christmas elves. Might as well suggest some lovely white fuzzy trim along with it.

IMO the red with black detail is great. Maybe put a good highlight and shine to the red... But since this is a WIP, that might be the plan anyway!

Eh, I guess it needs to be expressed more or not at all. The little that's there is too much for a simple accent, but not enough to be a spot color. Either way, the color by itself is nice

Thanks guys! The green intake ties in with the Reavers and the little bits of green on all in infantry...not a major colour but just a splash.

Razorwing is going to get a nice white pattern on its left side, and its final details. The shading is down with a black basecoat, followed by spraying red paint from the front...poor mans airbrushing basically

Another Raider down...





My two Raiders...


And my Wych units...also my 500point army