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Finished these up a month ago...after playing a bunch of games with this army, I've decided to sell the whole shebang (Eldar Wraith is not for me). But I thought I post them for people to look at:

Harlequins


Shadowseer & Deathjester Closeups


Rangers/Pathfinders


Avatar, Eldrad, and a Warlock

great painting on these Eldar, the bone white on the avatar really strikes out, even on Uldrad, though on his staff, im seeing it a bit bent...

I'm convinced staffs are always bent. I despise them.

Centurion how do you resolved Aspect Warrior painting? I'm barely starting coloring my non-Aspect Warrior troops, and I sorta despise the idea of an erratically painting each Aspect their own color.

I'm using the color red and the bases to tie everything together. Gives everything a coherent look while letting me play around with different colors - they are Eldar, after all...

Here's some shots of the rest of the army - the only other aspects I'm using are the dark reapers and dire avengers:

Thanks for the tip. Nice work on the bases. Also pretty wraithgaurd. I'll run 'em eventually. Look forward to painting 'em.

Yeah...coherent bases actually makes up for a lot of variation in the paint schemes, especially if there's something distinctive about the bases.

how did you get those gems to look like that?! I do a good gem painting, but not like that! Could you reply with a quick tutorial or maybe PM me one?

It's pretty simple, really. I use three progressing shades (i.e. sky blue, enchanted blue, regal blue) and white.

Start with the whole gem and paint it the lightest color. Then take the next darker color, and paint over the lighter color, leaving a ring of the lighter color. I usually leave the ring a little bit thicker at the "bottom" of wherever that gem is, based on the model, to simulate the light coming from above. Then repeat with the third, darkest color.

You could use more colors, but I just prefer to hit it with a watered down wash (about 2-3 to 1 water to wash). Once it dries, use a really fine tip brush and put a dot of white somewhere near the "top" of the gem.

Voilla...relatively easy gems.

Thought I'd add a full pic of the whole army: