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A friend of mine has recently asked me to paint some of his Eldar for him. Having no experience with them, I was both excited and a little daunted. He said he wanted it to be green and white with flames, so this is what I made from that. I haven't quite finished, as I have to do the guns and other assorted parts.
Feedback would be greatly appreciated!

nice paintjob on the white from what i can see, but i thought the green was more vines or such than flames.

I would take a look at what a lot of car flame graphics look like and steal those ideas:

Here's a good spot to start.

Yeah, the green would look better as vines.
Maybe make vines on fire

You could also super-stylize them and try to mimic what Jutami has done in with some jetbikes he's worked on:


click for more photos of the army.

I agree that vines would look cool too, but he wanted flames so flames he got.

grey_death wrote:You could also super-stylize them and try to mimic what Jutami has done in with some jetbikes he's worked on:


click for more photos of the army.

Those are great
They look an awful lot like an inverse of what I *tried* to accomplish, namely a gradient that gets lighter as you get to the end of the nose. I thought that would help create contrast between the flames and the white field. It shows up better in person, but still, I think I should make it more pronounced, and tidy up the tips of the flames aswell.

Thanks for the feedback everyone!

Wow.
I thought the flames he did on the jetbikes were cool
Then I saw the OTHER stuff
Those are amazing.

I'm digging your green flames CplPunishment - can't wait to see how they progress.

I'm liking the flames, but the white weems a little out of place with that bold line at the top edge, personally I'd remove the line by carrying thpattern onto the tail fin things, so the whole models white with green flames leaping up from all sides. Just my opinion, looking good though!

I'd add a discreet third color.

The flames are lookin' good. Though I can't help but suggest that the guardians riding them have handlebar mustaches and leather jackets.