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Yeah, unfortunately it doesn't seem that Eldar vehicles lend themselves to dioramas and murals as much as boxy Imperial vehicles do.

What no rainbows & unicorns? LOL! Sorry I had to. I think its great. In the past I've played against people that have taken this stuff way too seriously, & to me its a game I can play with models I built. Bye the way I think your freehand is much better than mine, please don't ask to see any.

Sphess Hippies.

Convert your shining spears to be unicorn riders, ftw.

Hey, Unicorns are badass. So are Rainbows.

Unicorns? Horses, with spears growing out of their foreheads.


Rainbows? What about Bifrost, the Bridge Odin, Thor and all their Aesir buddies use to get to Midgard. You aren't badass enough to even be an Aesir's bathmat, much less their interdimensional bridge.


Now flowers, those are pretty wimpy.

Love it, and your painting is awesome I'd rate it as a whole 9/10 great work

I kinda like it and its good to see that the OP is a mainly man cuzz only the most secure of men can field pink armies =)

Warboss Gutrip wrote:Sphess Hippies.

Convert your shining spears to be unicorn riders, ftw.

No way, it should be Pegasuses. Pegasuses with rainbow manes and tails.

I've got no problem with them, in fact, I think they're great.
As far as the painting goes, no problems either, but I think they'd look better with either a semi-gloss or a gloss finish. As well as a bit of edging if you feel like doing it.

I like it.
I agree with the high gloss varnish though, make those faries shine!

Doctor Khorne wrote:The point of the hobby is to paint it how you want it. I like the paint job though, just for how different it is.

Actually you are forbidden from doing stuff that is outside the Grimdark aesthetic.

GW wrote:If you are using or want to use our intellectual property and you do not have a written license with us, you must not:

- Create, distribute, or use any material that is not consistent with the functionality, atmosphere, and parameters of the Warhammer universe as created and owned by Games Workshop.

Source

KK is sadly correct. One of my friends has multiple pink armies with flowers and butterflies (SM, CSM, Necrons), and has learned to his disappointment that at their GTs, when GW is taking pictures around the event, or of top players' armies, they refuse to take pictures of his stuff. :(

That said, he gets a lot of positive attention and amused comments from players.

So unless your ambition is to be featured in White Dwarf, this kind of thing is fine.

Thanks everyone for the great feedback.

Sad to hear that I am actually breaking GW policy. Realistically speaking... I'm probably not anywhere near the quality of painting that I need to be to get featured in any magazienes though, and have two other armeis that are consistent with the grimdark fluff. Thanks for the heads up though, I'll be sure to just take this army to indy events and local tournies where I can get that attention without upsetting people.

I really like the idea of Unicorns and Rainbows. Although... I heard that unicorns and glitter go well together:




Finally, thanks for the feedback on the freehand. I agree... it looks like my daughter's school art. I'll keep working at it. To be honest, that's kind of the point to the silly theme. I know I can't do a really quality mural, so might as well paint something silly and cartoony to take some of the attention away from the actual painting. In the end, I actually like the pink/green/blue colors and I think I'm going to extend those throughout the rest of the army.

-Myst

Personally I like anti-Grimdark theme armies. There have been a number of good ideas done... here are some examples.









If you work on the freehand painting and the designs you will have something good going on.

I think it's awesome. Wouldn't want to lose to that army though. My wife stops in every once in a while when I'm playing in a tournament and if she saw your army and then even got a hint I lost to it, i would never hear the end of it. Same as when I lost to her Purple and Pink Hordes Trollblood army

plastictrees wrote:
Can't say I'm a fan of the freehand work though. The Falcon looks like an eleven year old girl's school binder.

Evidence suggests that the OP may in fact be an eleven year old schoolgirl in mind and/or body...

plastictrees wrote:Can't say I'm a fan of the freehand work though. The Falcon looks like an eleven year old girl's school binder.

that's what's great about it.

i'm a big fan of pink armies.

That just made me die laughing... The funny thing about your pics are that the models are really well painted and for a comedy paint job they are GENIUS!

Starting to get some more models finished and managed to snap some pics today. Taking pictures is helping with the painting I think, because when I think they look good in person I always notice something else that needs work once I put them on the camera and zoom in. Anyway, the army is starting to take shape. Comments and critiques are welcomed, especially if you have something to suggest in style or technique. Thanks for looking.



Fire Dragons


Dire Avengers


Guardians:


Falcon and Warwalker:


Close-ups:


-Myst

Eldar in true form.....Now all you need to do is paint some cheese on them...

Thats really cool. Great job!

dislike. sorr..

Garden Gnomes?

Keep it up. i am loving these. They totally embody everything I felt about the Eldar since I was 9.

I think they look...

Kilkrazy wrote:Personally I like anti-Grimdark theme armies. There have been a number of good ideas done... here are some examples.

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Me rikey!

I find the pink stuff, the fluffy bunnies and the flowers and stuff, to be the most grimdarkest of all. I find it's embracing the atmosphere in a way that few others dare to tread. Any emo poser can paint his power armor black and listen to My Chemical Romance while crying about how much you never connected with your daddy the Emperor, but to go out and wreck gak while wearing pink armor is hardcore x2.

It screams to the grimdark universe that not a single F will be given that day, hot-pink falcons swooping down, speakers blaring Flock of Seagulls... damn, that's gangsta.

Pink Eldar are way grimdarker.

Mysticaria wrote:Think I will have a try at mixing some highlight color though. I'm worried that I might not get the mix right if I have to keep re-doing it for the whole army, but I know it needs a pink highlight. Do you know of anywhere to get a nice light pink color? GW doesn't even make tentacle pink anymore so I only have one pot for the whole army.

Well, you could get the Vallejo Game Color equivalent...


the Vallejo Model color equivalent...


or the Coat D'Arms one (which is the same as the very very old pots).

LMAO and not a good thing to do when your students are taking a test, let me tell you that. Great army and would love to see a battle between this an anime Tau army thats around here on Dakka.

aren't eldar gay enough already?? but in all seriousness the paint job is pretty good and I like it, you obviously have skill but I'd lose the design on the tank...It's a bit much

I think they are really well done. And I actually think the freehand goes well with the pink.