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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.