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At the Forgeworld Tank Masterclass they suggested mixing gloss varnish with any standard citadel paint would create a wash. Haven't tried it myself yet though... Oh, and your Dark Eldar are looking great!

Thanks for the tip Arakasi. I'll try that out and let you know how it goes.

Here's a shot of my still WIP Incubi squad. I'm pleased with how the armor has turned out. I'll probably have them finished and pictures up again tomorrow. I just need to hit the details, faces, and weapons.


I've painted the Incubi armor using a slightly different style so they should pop when standing next to my basic Kabalite.

C&C welcome.

Here's the latest Incubi update. I used the water + varnish to make the purple wash on the faces. I think it turned out nicely.


I've got to force myself to finish these tomorrow. I've got so many more unbuilt things on my desk!

Next I'll be working on some Trueborn and a Venom.

Everything looks nice mate

Don't know how I missed this blog but I'm glad I did. The freehand on the Reavers looks ace and the Incubi's really pop. If ever I can scrounge enough coin to get started on a DE list, I'll definitely steal your idea for pain tokens. Very original way of representing a crucial mechanic.

huge post incoming...

My five man Incubi unit is finally complete. I'm so glad I forced myself to paint these. The sculpts are really amazing and I'm very pleased with how they look. For those of you wondering, these Incubi are NOT the finecast version.

Here's a shot of the entire squad. These pictures aren't the greatest. I still can't find my camera charger so I had to use my phone camera >< (however if you click on the image, it looks like you can zoom in fairly well.)



I'm using this guy as my Klaivex. I swapped his helm with the horned one from the Archon kit.



I've been getting a lot of PMs about how to achieve the green color scheme on the armor. Here's how it's done!

To paint them, I've been using the step by step on the GW website here: http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/content/article.jsp?catId=&categoryId=cat440170a§ion=&pIndex=5&aId=12400033a&start=6&multiPageMode=true
I've simplified a lot of the paint mixes from the website. Some of it is so complicated it just efficient time wise. Here's what I use:

For the Gold color, I use Shinning Gold mixed with different amounts of Scorched Brown to get the different shades. First a darker gold + brown, then gold + less brown. Wash with devlan mud Highlight with that mixed with Mithril Silver. I also use Scorpion Green for the eyes on my models. The GW step by step uses a lot of complicated mixes, but I mainly just use the one for the green. I've mixed an entire pot of each green color they've used on the tutorial. This way I will have enough to do the enitre army without having to worry about re-mixing and trying to match colors. To paint what they are calling the bodysuit, I've just used black then codex grey highlights. The purple areas are just liche purple, then liche + white for the highlight. The flayed skin was done using Tallarn flesh undercoat, then dwarf flesh, then an elf flesh highlight.

For the reds on my Raiders, I base with the GW Foundation Red, then slowly add thin layers of Blood Red mixed with a dot of Chaos Black so it's not too bright.

Let me know if you have more questions. Post them in my Blog!

Also - here's a sneak peak on the Trueborn conversions I've been working on. Four Trueborn will have blasters and one Dracon with a blast pistol.

Incubi look great. In fact, it all looks great!

Small update! I've completed one Trueborn from my 5 man squad. I used this guy to test my paint scheme on the helmet and cloak. I went back and forth a lot between a red or purple for the cloak scales. I decided to test the red first, and I think it looks great with the brown / flesh of the cloak lining. I'm afraid a purple scale will be difficult to blend into that flesh. What do you guys think?

I'm really loving the paintwork, keep the updates coming, I'll be following this

Really liking the red scales with yellow highlights. I'd say you've got a winner for the combo.

Excellent effect on the cloak, can't wait to see the full squad!

A lot of people have been using the corsair capr/reaver helmet kitbash (myself included). I think it looks fantastic, you did it justice!

Thanks for the pics. I'll be following this thread from this point with interest.

Beautiful! Your painting skills are awe-inspiring. Big fan!

This thread really makes me want to do Dark Eldar. A lot.

Agreed. Good thing I don't have 637.75 (not counting HST) to spare or else I'd be be working on some DE right now. In the meantime I'll just keep on using this thread to live vicariously through other players.

Thanks for all the comments guys, I really appreciate them!

Finished up the rest of my five man Trueborn Squad today. They're armed with blasters and ready to melt some enemy armor. I started working on a Venom today to get them up close and personal with whatever needs exploding. Here's a few shots of the completed squad.



This was my first real attempt at conversion work beyond a swapped head or repositioned arm. I think they turned out pretty good!

They look awesome! The cloaks and helms look really good as a squad. Where is the pointing arm on the Dracon from?

Thanks Vanq! I was afraid the cloaks and helms would be "too much" but it really sets them apart from the basic Kabalite. That pointing arm got snagged from the new Scourge box set.

Yep, these look awesome.

Love the incubi and trueborn!

Your incubi and trueborn look great! I love the capes on the trueborn. Makes me wanna do the same thing for my trueborn

The trueborn look cool. That reaver jetbike head conversion always looks good.

Today I started work on the Venom. I'm not really a fan of the splinter cannon gunner standing over the pilot thinking about putting both splinter cannons under the hull. What do you guys think about that?

That idea sounds like it make the Venom look even sleek while also giving more standing room to a squad of True Born. In other words, sounds good to me.

I think that is a sweet idea. You should do it

My plan exactly for my Venoms...I was going to make a sort of underslung turret on one of them, and for the other I was thinking of mounting them in the top canopy (sort of like how cannons are mounted on many modern jetfighters)

I agree totally on the top gunners ruining the flow of the Venom, especially in that ridged upright pose they have

Look forward to what you come up with

Alright guys, made some progress on the Vemon today. I finished up the under slung splinter cannons. Basically I just cut the twin linked rifles off their mount and pinned two cut off cannons in their place. I'm planning to use this Venom for my Incubi, so it will have tons of trophies/skulls. Here are some of the wip shots...

and the cannon...


I have a second Venom I'll be using for the Trueborn squad. Depending on how awesome the under slung cannons look, I may leave the second Venom's cannon on top. This way I can model the gunner with the reaver helm and cape like my Trueborn squad.

Man, the twin cannons look vicious...definitely doing that with mine!

Twin cannons look good - but also look twin linked? I wonder would it be possible to put one under each wing? Or maybe spaced apart more at the front?

Your trueborn are awesome! Fantastic work on the helmets!

Arakasi has presented some good points. Thanks!

Possible new game plan with the Venom Splinter Cannons. My initial thoughts when I finished the initial under slung gun mount was that it did just look twin-linked and not like two weapons. The up side to that is, twink linked cannons is not an option for the Venom so... there shouldn't be confusion in a game, right?

Anyway, the new plan is: Use the smaller gun mounts for the cannons and put one under each engine on the Venom. I have a feeling that the cannons may stick out too far though...

Opinions?


Also - Sent an email over to GW last night. Why? Their amazing new finecast models...
From the photos, you can see that large areas of his feet, cube hand, and back part are completely consumed by a large block of flash. I don't know if the model separated prematurely or if areas of the mold had been eaten away, but so much of the detail has been eaten away by it. I circled these areas in the images.



Edit - The new splinter cannons really didn't take any time at all to construct. So here they are, tacked to the Venom. I think they look much better than the original idea. Thanks Arakasi!