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I'm going to paint either a Farseer or Warlock as I'm looking to improve my painting skills and it looks like a greta model to paint. If it ends up looking good enough, I might try and sell it on eBay or somewhere and so wanted to make sure I got it 'right'. Are there any restrictions or guidelines on what colours should be used? As far as I can tell, there aren't any restrictions for Eldar, unless you want your army to tie in with a particular craftworld and even then, this doesn't seem to aply to farseers and warlocks. Any thoughts?

Thanks.

Go to town!.. Farseers and warlocks are the best way to show off some painting skills.. but try and make them fit in with a certain craftworld somehow.. like a sash or cape or something.. symbol.

But remember. Green and Brown make me frown, yellow and green should never been seen... =)

Go to town!.. Farseers and warlocks are the best way to show off some painting skills.. but try and make them fit in with a certain craftworld somehow.. like a sash or cape or something.. symbol.

But remember. Green and Brown make me frown, yellow and green should never been seen... =)

Fair enough. I'll paint them whatever colours take my fancy then! Another question though, if I'm going to try and tie it into a craftworld, which craftworld is the most popular choice when people paint up their own armies? I'm trying to make it as saleable as possible, just in case that turns out to be it's destiny!

Ulthwe which is simple black and bone colours
Biel Tan Green and white
Iyanden Yellow and Blue
Aloitoc Blue and errrr Blue
Saim Hamm Red and White

All have been done the most popular is Ulthwe as its coulour scheme is pretty standard.

Sorry to hijack, but I have a related question...

Is it frowned upon if I paint my aspect warriors according to the craftworld scheme, rather than their original colours?

I would just paint them in the scheme that their aspect is allocated.. it's like a universal colour scheme isnt it, each craftworld shares it.. it also really helps during a game to know which is which..

Just do the same thing as i said to inyoka, paint their sashes or a part of their armour in ur colour.

Aspect Warriors are by no means limited to the "standard" color; there are plenty of canon examples of non-standard color schemes for the various aspects. At least one Eldar codex has specifically said that some craftworlds use a consistent color for all their troops, while others use "archaic" color schemes for their aspects.

In other words, do what you think looks good and allows for a coherent look on the table. (There's another thread about that a little bit down the page IIRC, too, where folks have posted pictures.)

Now, if you're trying to SELL a unit of aspect warriors or something, you're probably best off just doing a standard scheme with a unique layout or something since you'll appeal to the largest number of potential buyers (since they'll be more likely to fit in with an existing army).

Fair enough. Thanks to all for their help.

Sicarious85 wrote:Go to town!.. Farseers and warlocks are the best way to show off some painting skills.. but try and make them fit in with a certain craftworld somehow.. like a sash or cape or something.. symbol.

But remember. Green and Brown make me frown, yellow and green should never been seen... =)

"Blue and Green should never be seen, without a colour inbetween"

Anyways, that's nonsense. All colours work together. There is no such thing as a bad combination, just a bad pallette.
Check out my favourite palette site, who ran a blog on this sort of thing here:

http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2007/08/29/forbidden-color-combinations/

Go ahead Inyoka, use any colours you like!

I think the only restrictions to painting ANY model should be your imagination.
Your own colours designs and concepts are all that matters in the end, if you like it, then you have done well.

Your army is never limited by color scheme. Using an aspect warrior color scheme is a
preference, rather than a rule.

Here's an Iyanden army from the Gallery:

Blue Warp Spiders, Blue Dark Reapers, Blue Striking Scorpions.

I think you can tell which models are which.

Nice army there. Kudos go to ArbitorIan. Granted, I had to look really close to tell what the dark reapers were. In any case, thanks for the input. I really wanted to take an idea from the guy who's working on the Phantom Titan in the P&M Blogs forum for a Biel-Tan army and greenstuff the brambles to the models rather than just painting.

tuatha1337 wrote:Nice army there. Kudos go to ArbitorIan. Granted, I had to look really close to tell what the dark reapers were.

Going to guess that you have the new-old Dark Reapers with the targeting vanes on
the sides of their heads as opposed to the old-new Dark Reapers that just had skulls?

@malfred
It's true...

If your are trying to sell a model a balanced color palette is key.

GW has some interesting (if not boring) ideas to convert to your liking. If you take 10 minutes online you can find 10 images that will inspire you in this respect. Remaining modest (until base colors are chosen) is key to creating a "palatable" color palette. Creative use of metallics (besides copper and bronze) will be the key to your models, so choose metallics with care. Green looks great with gold, but has the option to look even better with a well painted silver (gold is "fancy" yellow, and yellow and green looks good imo; just be light on the yellow). White really lacks the ability to mesh well with "classic" metallics, so creativity is needed there. Think along the lines of a blue-silver.

Witchblades and shining spears need a special glow which can be modified from standard highlighting methods. I would recommend grabbing a set of paint pens (get metallics as well) that resemble your standard acrylic brush paints, a few Prisma-colors pens, and some ink for a "drybrushing" effect. These can be substituted for the GIMP program (google it), and a few tutorials combined with a bit of practice and imagination. Get your own photos or find suitable pre-mad ones to either print or work with in your computer. This exercise will only take around a half hour provided you aren't too critical of your conceptual phase.

With a 10 U.S. dollar "profit" you should be spending around 1 hour maximum painting, and another hour dealing with payment and shipping issues. Given time and experience you can easily accomplish this whole process in half the time, especially with custom independent models. Focusing on this type of painting will accelerate your painting ability much faster than most, one model at a time. Research established companies and their business practices to find your niche; do not compete with these companies, they WILL beat you. As an independent painter and/or sculptor will provide you with an independent name and thus niche.

The main focus for this 'experiment' is that I am looking to improve my painting skills. I'm currently painting to an ok table top standard, but since my main interest in the hobby is painting rather than gaming, I've decided to focus on really improving. Ultimately, I'd like to get to the 'showcase' standard and maybe one day the Golden Demon standard, although I feel that is many many years down the road! I've chosen a Farseer or Warlock as it's not what I would normally paint (Orks) and gives a good opportunity to push myself.

Thanks for all of the suggestions about which colours to use. The eBay side of things is really secondary to the process. I may not decide to sell it, but since I don't have a real use for the model once it's painted, it's a good idea to make it saleable just in case that is it's final destiny.