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 finnan wrote:
@serathnal /thunk - jaw on the floor. Thank you very much, I'm pretty sure I don't deserve that.

Modesty goes far, but your work is aspiring to see.
You have a clear skill and nothing is hidden by that. Those guardians are simply awesome!

So I just noticed that in your group of finished Guardians, you have one with an Eldar missile launcher, and one with a Shuriken Cannon. Are those to represent the weapon platform?

@Insacrum - they sure are. I was just itching to use the heavy weapons options from the Corsairs kit... makes sense that those cunning Eldar could make heavy weapons light enough to carry around with them : )

Holy mother of Batman Fin, those are some amazing guardians, good to see you give them some love again!

Outstanding, fin! They are soo pretty it's crazy, your brush-fu is mighty indeed.

Look what I got through the post the other day ; )
Assembled tonight as I got back from a short break away, but I'm waiting for some flying bases to come through so I can get some other stuff done before I make a proper start on them.
I have to say, I'm remarkably impressed with them - very well done and cleanly produced. A couple of the footrests were too fragile and snapped of, so I replaced them, but I think that's a minor price to pay.

I also finished off five Rangers today - nothing too great, but I wanted to get them done; I'll try and get a shot of them tomorrow when I have some decent light. I need to get one more from somewhere, and then when he and Illic are done I'll have a squad of ten done (my magic number it seems).

Are they the reaver bikes? what's the special with them Finn? :-)

no, they're 'new' Eldar jetbikes... from a completely legitimate eBay source... /looks gulty

They're a third party 'knock off' of the one-engine Eldar Jetbike design that was floated a while ago, which looks a lot better than the one currently available.


Where did you get them from finnan?

lol like I said: completely legit! ; )
I couldn't help myself, so I took a chance, and they came through. Glad I did; I have a feeling we'll be waiting a while for for new ones from Gee Dub despite how much everyone wants them (still wonder if they'd be released with a Saim-Hann codex). The riders are pretty nice too, a nice take on the standard Guardian helm, almost a Guardian/Corsair mix.

That color scheme on the guardians is awesome! Great job with the orange

Nice jet bikes. I would love to see your rangers. As far as where you bought those bikes. Do you mind telling me?


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Nice jet bikes. I would love to see your rangers. As far as where you bought those bikes. Do you mind telling me?

looks nice

as ever, thanks guys. With some time off work, hopefully I can get a decent amount of painting done!

I'll get a semi-decent shot of the Rangers tomorrow panda; they're not amazing, but they'll do : )

I've sent you a private message with the link to the 'bikes.

Hate to ask, but could I get that link as well? Need to differentiate my soon to be shining spears from the rest of my host and those look mint.

I would like the link as well. And I am dying to see the rangers

-S

Oooh, link me as well?

links sent guys : )

I asked first and no message for me. :(

sorry Ovion! I didn't see the request, snuck under the bottom of the picture! Abject apologies; just sent it to you.

Who knew a little bit of yellow/orange highlight could go such a long way. Now do a dark grey to light grey hightlight on the black armour and you're on the way to Pompeii, Jose.

Cool paint scheme also, black goes just asosmwe with orange/green. My paint scheme is blue and white with purple spirit stones and light grey, dark grey or black guns and details. My second choice would've been black and something, but jet black can ruin the detail a lot, that's why if you get hold of the hightlighting the black like in the ultwe colour scheme your models will look EVEN BETTER. I know. Impossibru!

What I like is that you aren't even a pro painter but you can pull off something that we all can. We just need patience + determination. Sadly I have little of that....

there's a red highlight on the dark grey; it doesn't pick up very well in the shots.

patience + determination + insanity + love of repetitive tasks

*waits for ranger pics*

patience, Grasshopper!

here they are : )

nothing amazing, I just wanted them done and out of the way, so they're pretty rough in places. The aim for the coats was for them to be matching the rock on the base. They'll do. I should be finishing up the Farseer, but I'm not feeling the love from him at the moment.

Great painting, but hate the old models

I don't mind the old models, I got them cheap, so it's all good. They're not going to be the centrepiece of the growing army, so I'm not too worried about them sticking out like a sore thumb

Thanks for clearing that up for me Fin!I looked at the bikes and just couldn't quite work out what wasn't sitting right with me! how long until we see some more shots of them with a little paint? i'd like to see them with a rider on one :-)

and no need to look guilty, I myself have become accustomed to buying mini's from legitimate ebay sources and then exclaiming loudly when they arrive " Oh dear! it appears as if i have been taken for a ride and purchased a superior and cleaner cast! what ever will i do!"

yeah, haven't assembled the riders yet, so that's a job to do; also waiting for some flying bases to come through the post (they didn't come supplied with bases) so I won't be manhandling them with my grubby fingers while I paint. I'm thinking Craftworld colours, and in my head I want to similar things to the Farseer's cloak with pos/neg images of phoenixes on the canopy. They're pretty narrow though, so we'll see about that.

I think I'd be exclaiming that more if there were more eldar pieces available - this is the best one I've seen, and too good to pass up - other than the Chapterhouse stuff, and I'm not completely sold on their bits.

 finnan wrote:
yeah, haven't assembled the riders yet, so that's a job to do; also waiting for some flying bases to come through the post (they didn't come supplied with bases) so I won't be manhandling them with my grubby fingers while I paint. I'm thinking Craftworld colours, and in my head I want to similar things to the Farseer's cloak with pos/neg images of phoenixes on the canopy. They're pretty narrow though, so we'll see about that.

I think I'd be exclaiming that more if there were more eldar pieces available - this is the best one I've seen, and too good to pass up - other than the Chapterhouse stuff, and I'm not completely sold on their bits.

I am not a huge fan of chapter house bits either sadly.

And those rangers are neat and simple. Really enjoy their paint job. I also like the look of the old models. The head and hood deal looks cool.