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Congrats on making what's new. I look forward to seeing your whole army pic!

This blog is SO inspiring! I'm gonna steal a lot of ideas from you

Seriously, I bought two pots of Jade Green from Coat D'Arms (GW discontinued it some years ago) to paint my DE as the old DA green / Jade green scheme. A couple of weeks ago I decided that my colour scheme was going to change to a solid Jade Green, as I really love that colour and the old school scheme doesn't really show it very much. I also decided to use purple as secondary colour, for the sails and other stuff. I didn't know how to paint the sails. Now I know. And I will use some metals too so... It's going to look like a total cheap and badly done rip off of yours. Even in similar colours LOL

But hey, it's gonna look awesome! Thanks!!

"When it comes to hunting prey, Khymerae seem to know the secret: Divide and Conquer! Watch as the Khymerae pack encircles the herd of Mon-Keigh. One rushes in to panic the herd, attempting to isolate an individual..."
- National Kabalgraphic

Finished converting up my Khymerae pack. Still fiddling around with the color scheme though. The sort of patchwork looking one in the middle is the latest iteration. I rather like it. I'll probably add some greenstuff stitches to them at some point once I finish painting up the majority of my tournament army.

Yes.

The Khymerae look awesome.

What are your plans for Razorwing?

Those look awesome, the tentacled ones in particular!

_Tim?

They do look great Jon, tentacles are awesome.

Been following pretty regularly for a long time, but I think this is my first posting.

Thank you. Thank you SO VERY MUCH for sharing your talent and vision with us. It's truly awe-inspiring to see such brilliant work. It helps inspire me to get stuff done and get to work on my own army(ies).

I feel the need to tell you to keep up the good work, but it is painfully apparent you don't need any goading in that area. BRAVO SIR.

Mechanicum Jon wrote:"When it comes to hunting prey, Khymerae seem to know the secret: Divide and Conquer! Watch as the Khymerae pack encircles the herd of Mon-Keigh. One rushes in to panic the herd, attempting to isolate an individual..."
- National Kabalgraphic

I can't imagine I'm the only one who laughed at this.

Great work as ever Jon; particularly on your new found fame!
Liking the look of the beasties, but I can't imagine they'd be able to hold a candle to your excellent (actual) Dark Eldar, who I can't stress enough how well they're done.
REALLY looking forward to the army shot as well as more detail on whats new today. Great work man, seriously brilliant. Still.

I think you need to do something crap, as I'm just coming to expect constant awesome from you lol.

So this competition you're off to, what're the details there, and is it really just a 1750 point list as this all looks to add up to so much more?

So, I've painted up the first tentacled Khymerae of the beast pack. It's looking suitably gribbly. I also repainted the other two to match the finalized color scheme. Can't wait to see how the whole pack looks together when completed, but these miniatures take a surprisingly long time to paint!







@Alfndrate: Cool model, but I've already bought these!

@kitch102: Not everything on the blog is going into the 1750. These beasts are going into the tournament build, the Scourges and Hellions aren't. The problem with the Dark Eldar is that there are so many cool units that I find myself with painted elements of three completely different builds that don't mesh. For me that's a Hellion/Reaver build, a Warrior/Beast build, and a Scourge/Incubi build.

@Markillius08: Thanks for the kind words. There are a lot of blogs on Dakka that I regularly "lurk" in too.

@Warboss Gutrip: I'm going to order the Forgeworld Flying Ripper Swarms to use as Razorwings. I might add some little vials from the Talos/Cronos kit to imply that they're being drugged.

@Erasoketa: Feel free to steal, loot, plunder and pillage. Just don't forget the shameless plug of my blog.


On the army photo status, I forgot it was Mid-Autumn festival tomorrow and that some people take a long weekend to travel back home to China. In this case it was my contact (actually the owner of my FLGS) with the photography equipment! They'll give me a call when he gets back, so watch this space!

*Edit: Whoops put up two of the same photo!

Those look fantastic Jon. Much better without the blue and the gene stealer parts blend right in now. Excellent work!

I'm lovin' the Khymerae The razorwing/rippers will look cool, but I think it might take a bit more work to pull them away from the tyranid silhouette that they have. In any case, I'm sure they'll look cool.

Cooler than your avatar?

That's iffy, but if anyone can, it's Jon!

Hey Jon, this is going to sound like an odd question but any chance of getting a picture of the underside of your raider and venom?

I am curious how you did the ribbing on the underside of the hull.

Thanks

The long awaited full army portrait! I didn't plan for it, but everything I've got fully painted so far actually fits into a decent 1500 point build! I've got ten more fully painted Hellions but they aren't based yet. Oh, and the beasts are all basecoated now too.



@BraveRifles: The undersides of the vehicles are painted in the same way as all the other copper parts. Calthan Brown, Dwarf Bronze, wash with Vallejo Turquoise. I'll put a photo up.

Congrats Jon, that is truly a force of beauty!

Incredible! Congratulations are in order for the great results after so much hard work. Thanks for sharing.

Stunning looking army, the choice of colour is perfect. A lot of Dark Eldar that I've seen, can end up looking like something out of Hellraiser, these still have a real Eldar feel to them, just more fallen than freakshow. Love it.

That's a fantastic shot mate, what amazes me is how each model looks equally great to the one before it, you've not lost any enthusiasm for your paint scheme and that shows in the quality of the army as a whole. Brilliant work mate.

One question, and sorry if you've already addressed it, who's leading the force? Archon? Baron Sathonyx?

Wow, and thinking that you only started this a few weeks ago...

That could almost make me cry !

Awesome job, Jon...

I hope you paid due credits to GW Italy

Must be one of the best armies ever, good job.

I'm beginning to realize that taking good photos of mini's is just as much of an art as painting them. Posting photos in this thread has also made me think about buying a new digital camera, something I haven't even considered in the last five years. I get the feeling that some people's iPhone cameras are even better than what I'm using!

These pictures are a bit big. I normally re-size them before I post but didn't in this case because they are the most accurate impression of my paintjob I've been able to capture so far.





@kitch102: Baron Sathonyx is leading the army, I haven't converted him yet so typically use a normal Hellion model with a clear flying stand (sort of representing stealth).

Great work, the basing and color scheme really set it apart.

Simply stunning... fantastic testament to your creativity, skill and effort Jon.

Too magnificent to be true...

Simply beautiful

Mechanicum Jon wrote:
@BraveRifles: The undersides of the vehicles are painted in the same way as all the other copper parts. Calthan Brown, Dwarf Bronze, wash with Vallejo Turquoise. I'll put a photo up.

Thanks Jon, I figured it was copper I am just really curious what it looks like.


As always the army looks amazing.

Great stuff.

Im pretty sure i'm repeating myself, But........ truly original colours, all work so well together and are finished you a very good quality. Up there with the best painted armies iv every seen.

keep it up!