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That is without a doubt, one of the best looking kill teams out there. Each model is unique, but the unit is super coherent. Everyone of them oozes character.

Great use of the bandaged arm as the basis of a left handed conversion on the medic. What did you use for the right hand?

The group shot needs to be on an imperial recruitment poster.

Amazing work!

Played my first KT game this weekend, had a blast. It’s subtly different from 40k, so still wrapping my brain around it.

 lipsdapips wrote:
Here is a group shot of my kill team!

You mean your Super Killer Team, these guys looks ace!

Great painting and clever posing!

You Kill team is seriously impressive. The attention to detail is really whats separates it from the standard kill teams seen.

I don't play but kill team really adds an opportunity to create something different, just struggling to think how I could make a rough rider kill team

I wonder what's now on your work bench, lips. Gorgerous models, great paint scheme!

Many thanks to everybody for the kind feedback. I want to reply in full, but it's super late and I need to turn in quick :0

Well, @Lum...it's funny you should ask

I've enjoyed Kill Team so much that I just NEED more teams. I got enamoured on the idea of an eldar kill team, so I decided to have a go at painting some Biel-Tan! Here's the test model:



She's a trusty guardian defender, who will be one of a couple tasked with defending the weapons platform. I felt as though I liked the diversity afforded by a kill team of Eldar and have some exciting modelling plans for putting a diverse team together I like the eldar kits, but they are old and, to an extent, the age shows. This proves in part both a challenge and something satisfying - to me, these minis leak nostalgia and are elegant in their simplicity. That said, they're also mould-line ridden and pretty rough around the edges. Paintwise, this scheme is satisfying when finished, but painting both the green and white with layer paints is very difficult, as is layering black over white. Dangerous protocol, tricky paintwork, but that's the joy of kill team! I only need to do a few models and then I have an awesome and complete squad. Also, the nice thing about eldar is that aspect warriors have different coloured armour, so I only need to do so much white and green I've given the admech unit from the starter set to my girlfriend, who's going to use them as her own gang, and I've pulled the 10 deathwatch miniatures that I made a start on in 2016, as well as some of my Tau, to see what I can do with them. Very exciting stuff on the horizon - kill team feels really liberating and gives me great inspiration to delve into little gangs of other miniatures than my regular, smurf-heavy output.

More on the way! I'm keen to fill you guys in with these. A certain avenger may or may not be up next.

LDP

Very crisp lines and color. I've always found Guardian Defenders to be a nice relaxing paint job that results in a very elegant minaiture. I look forward to how you handle additions to the team.

Guardian looks great. I’ll agree that the sculpts are nice and look cool, but physically they have a lot of problems. Soft detail, mold lines, etc. GW has come so far in their plastics since these were made. I’d say I’d love to see them get re-cut, but there are so many other things in the eldar line that need to be made in plastic before these guys get another pass.

What were your thoughts on a KT squad? You just going pure guardian defenders, or going to mix it up? I tried looking at their rules, but couldn’t wrap my brain around something that looked like it would work on the table.

@CaptainWaffle thank you! I personally found that miniature a little pesky, but I totally see where you're coming from. I think my trouble came more from the choice and execution of colours than the miniature itself. They are elegant indeed and I back you sentiment wholeheartedly with this dire avenger that I'm working on! Far more pleasant that all that white.

@Neve I feel you. The day GW releases new plastics for all the aspect warriors is the day that I convert largely to an eldar collector As far as KT lists are concerned, I'm building this group around a provisional list that I've made. It's informed somewhat logically and strategically, but it also has some stuff in there for the sake of testing and trying. The list is this:

-Ranger (Leader 1)
-Dire Avenger exarch, SP, PG (Combat 1)
-Dire Avenger
-Dire Avenger
-Guardian Defender
-Guardian Defender (Comms 1)
-Missile Launcher Weapon Platform
-Storm Guardian
-Storm Guardian
-Storm Guardian Gunner w/ Fusion Gun (Veteran 3)

This list lets me try every unit the Eldar have to offer. The logic is that I have a pretty in-your-face frontline, with a strong combat mini and a couple gribblies, the fusion gunner can go on an assassination mission or two just behind them, the dire avengers hold the middle, and then the two guardian defenders do their job: defend the weapons platform (+give it a comms specialist shooting buff) and the ranger, who keeps an added layer of threat from the backline. Not sure how successful it'll be, but I'm excited to try it out all the same

Anyway, onto the updates! I have finished said weapons platform, and here it is, with its noble custodian, tasked with its defence:



It's hard to get photographs of the clean white against my black backdrop, because they wash each other out or meddle with the greens. I'm quite pleased with the finish of the platform, but I'm not sure the photos do it's shade total justice. Oh well.

I've also started the first dire avenger of the team. Now these guys are a blast. They're very much like painting Ultramarine 1st company vets, which is one of my favourite things to do. I'm eager to get onto the exarch now that i've got the test out of the way



LDP

Heh. I hear you about the color scheme on the Dire Avenger. “Time to paint my Eldar, to give me a chance to paint something a little different from my Ultras. Now for a DA, which I will paint the exact same way as the army I’m trying to take a break from”

Pretty critical fail from a secondary project.

I need another box of them...

You can always choose a different shrine color scheme for the aspect warriors, you don't have to go for the standard shrine scheme. The 7th edition Craftworlds codex has perhaps the best section on color schemes of every unit, with alternate aspect warrior shrines for each aspect. You could even make your own shrine. I always have my 7th codex nearby to reference. Some of the shrine schemes are only minor changes on the "standard", but other can be quite a drastic change.

That said, the Dire Avenger looks great! I'm too shaky to get those narrow, crisp highlights that you appear to get just right every time. The colors are coming out richly too. The only critique I have is about your backdrop: the setting is fine it could just use a quick blast from a can of air or something to get rid of the small hairs and other bits before taking a photo.

Too bad that the boxes of Dire Avengers are so costly now just for five models. I have 30 of the warriors, but I managed to get them all back when they were cheap and came in boxes of ten (or when you could get that Wave Serpent-Dire Avenger deal). I wouldn't pay that much for what they are now.

Stunning. And weird.I just done some eldar. And you are doing some at the same time. Just too weird.

Yours are light years ahead of mine though. Beautiful.

Love Eldar. Love what I'm seeing.

Looking good man! The Eldar are freakin' sweet, and Biel-Tan are my favourite with their 3rd edition retro vibes. I managed to pickup 10 of the old metal Howling Banshees a while back, one day I'll get around to collecting an Eldar army to go with them.

Your IG kill team is coming along great as everyone has been saying. My one complaint would be that the medic doesn't have any medic gear! I do like the conversion though

@Zahnib cheers as always for the feedback. Yeah, he has nothing flashy. There is the emblem on his shoulder and the backpack likewise has an aquila mixed with the caduceus, which is the medic specific bit from the command squad. I was shooting for a subtle effect so that I could play him not as a medic if I needed

Cheers for all the feedback everybody. @Neve, @CaptainWaffle I suppose I shouldn't complain - it's more of a pleasant return to form than anything. Besides, I totally love the default DA scheme, they're very slick. Speaking of, I have finished the Avenger test model:

I ALSO finished the Comms specialist! This fella is tasked with firing the Weapons Platform and will definitely be giving it his 6" shooting buff. I'm a little confused about some of the soft moulds on this guy - his left arm seems to have a bicep groove which is just an abrupt cut into a recess which looks suspiciously like a massive mould line. It's almost non-existent on the other side but seems to drastic to simply shave off without causing problems. Not really sure what to do about it...either way, I'm more or less pleased. The helmet came out great and I think I'm improving the white armour recipe.





Thanks for looking!

LDP

Beautiful classic look, perfectly executed. Special stuff.

These are so slick, excellent work!

Very clean and sharp!

That oddity on the comms guardian is definitely a mold line. It's a sign of the age of those molds. I've spent many minutes carving those things out when they pop up. The black bands you painted should be tassles and such that wrap around the arm or waist, but as I think you've discovered (based on the comms guy) sometimes the mold just doesn't let that happen. It looks great, though!

Well, your whites continue to be (aggravatingly) spot on. Well done.

How many dudemens have you got planned for this kill-team?

@CptWaffle cheers for the insight It's handy having an Eldar specialist on hand! appreciate the feedback.

@Snrub The plan is for it to be a ten-man team (incl. the weapon platform), which is a good way for me to segue into my progress on member number 5, my combat specialist!

The Dire Avenger Exarch:



This one has been a lot of fun so far. It's taking a fethload of time to do (it's much harder to keep lines sharp and details clean on older sculpts!), but I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product.

LDP

Oooh. Very nice. You rock that blue and white.

@youwashock cheers buddy! it's very familiar territory. Actually though, would you believe it - it is a slightly difference blue recipe from the one which I use for my smurfs. I build up from macragge but move to alaitoc and hoeth for highlights, with spot highlights of fenrisian grey.


Hey everybody,

I present Illisar, Born of Twilight - the combat specialist for my Biel-tan kill team. I'm pretty pleased with the tidiness of this guy. I never realised how small the eldar were! I guess i'm too used to space marines, especially in the era of primaris. When I throw them up next to these guys, the size difference is crazy.







LDP

Fantastic work on the Exarch, a really crisp model. I like that you didn't use the Exarch torso, it makes the model much cleaner without all the straps.

Well you smashed him out quick! Your whites contrast beautifully with your style of blue.

Is that ranger next on the chopping block?

Nice! The green works well as a spot colour (once again) and will help tie your Dire Avengers in with the rest of your Biel-tan

Great work, particularly dealing with the "okay" plastics of the Eldar range at the moment.

So much excellent progress since I last checked in! The IG kill team is beautiful, the attention to detail on each model is stunning, makes me want to have a shot at something like that. I always end up compromising on paint quality in order to get more stuff churned out but that may have to change after seeing those guys...

The Eldar are also looking awesome, the white armour in particular looks great!

Very nice work.

Did you use a filter for some of those photos, or is your paint work just better then the camera can capture? Some of them (shimmershield specifically) have that frosted effect.

 Nevelon wrote:
Very nice work.

Did you use a filter for some of those photos, or is your paint work just better then the camera can capture? Some of them (shimmershield specifically) have that frosted effect.

The WIP image of the Exarch apears to have frosting from the primer. When I saw that I was worried that the markings on the shield wouldn't come through in the end. The golds were done extremely well, but they look pitted due to the frosting.

Another great Eldar! I agree with Tyranid Horde on use of the non-Exarch torso. I kind of wish I didn't build my Dire Avenger Exarchs with the belt/harness torso. It's too busy and I always wondered what it was about. It's not holding up anything. You made a superb choice going with the standard torso. It draws attention to the "crisp" lines and the important other parts of the model, such as the helmet and the glaive. LDP, your title is going to become "the crisp one" if you keep it up. We all seem to be using that word a lot to describe your work.

Do you have an image of what you put on the Exarch's back? It looks like you opted for the sword, but there's no good view of it (I always throw a banner on my Exarchs, but for killteam that might not be ideal). Very nice yellows on the tassles and colors on the gems! You really made those gems pop.