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Hi there!

Army is finally complete after a bit of a hiatus, very happy with how its all come together





Thoughts?

I have been absent from the hobby for a long time, definitely out of practice with the brush, but with the release of the new Dark Eldar (Used to be a Craftworld Eldar guy, only because the old Dark Eldar models were pants) I got sucked back in. With the start of a new army, I thought why not stop lurking on Dakka and actually post!

Being a collector first and a gamer second I'm not entirely going for an optimised force. But it was hard to go past the new warriors! I might sit down and craft up an army list a bit later There will definitely be more warriors, and some Scourges as well (as soon as I can get ahold of some more Dark Lances and gargoyle wings). Not that big a fan of the new Raiders, so it might be a footslogging force. Undecided at this point! Will try my hand at making a custom Archon as well.

I've gone for a red scheme, with a splash of blue, I think its appropriately evil looking. Its interesting how some things come back to you, but I'm certainly rusty! C&C is welcome!

Some more building, hopefully this will get some interest

Archon with agoniser and blaster. I love the 'weighted flail' bit



Sucubus with agoniser and blaster, most of my agonisers will be sword types, but again can't go past the flail for my characters



Bloodbride Syren


Going to build the Bloodbrides next, and when the sun comes back get some primer down and get cracking on painting

Ooo, didn't know I could host on Dakka, will look into that now!

Thanks guys!

<edit> Is that better?

Thanks LadyCassandra, thats awesome of you to do! Will do a bit of playing around with my Photo-fu...what software did you use to edit the picture?

I think I need to get a hold of a brown wash for the loincloths (going for a skin texture as opposed to cloth) and some nice white paper to build a proper photobox I might continue to relearn techniques on the warriors before moving onto the characters hahah

Great minds and such infilTRAITOR

Thanks sum1thtdiesalot, I enjoy painting red, and I can't say I've seen any new ones in red either

I think I will have a play a bit later, thanks LadyCassandra!

AgeOfEgos: Thanks mate! The red is black undercoat, followed by watered down scab red. Its not a thick covering so the undercoat comes through a little. Followed by red gore in a wide band along the edges of the armour plates (starts actually looking red at this point), with a highlight of blood red along the extreme edges. Then ran black ink down the 'gaps' in the armour. No washes or anything like that.

It looks nice in the flesh, LC's photoshop is pretty much bang on what they actually look like. Hopefully I'll take some better pictures soon

Testing better photo taking... how did I do?

Thanks! I'm learning more about the camera as well as I go!

WIP of my Succubus...still not happy with the face But I love the pose...still a lot of work left though! I might leave the archon until I finish my Warriors and Bloodbrides, so I can make him as good as I can manage

Nearly there! Need to go over the face again it seems, looks like my Succubus has 5 o'clock shadow

Yep, Howling Banshee legs, but not the current ones. Was donated by a 3rd ed Banshee

Scourge, made from Wych legs, Warrior torso and head, Gargoyle wings, Daemonette Seeker feet. Saw it done by someone over in Warseer, thought it looked really cool. Very alien and obviously 'enchanced' compared to the regular Kabalites. Going to form a small sniper squad of Dark Lances, mainly because I love the 'sniper rifle' appearance, but also because Heat Lances are hard to get ahold of.

Thanks! Very happy with the red, halfway through batching some bloodbrides when the bits arrived for the Scourges, lol, distractions. Better shot of all 5 Scourges, ready for priming!

Wings are going to be skin/bone coloured I think, or blue to tie in with everyone else.

The one off the ground is going to be one of the Dark Lance guys, I'll take another shot and a different angle, but basically with gun she looks like she has just lifted off backwards after firing the weapon. The far left one is the other Dark Lance user, being pushed back by the 'recoil'

Interestingly enough, the one that you have commented on is the only one that uses warrior legs instead of wych ones, I guess the wych ones lend themselves to this more, but I ran out!

Once the arms are on the poses are going to look much better. They look suitably majestic compared to the regular guys, as befits their wealth and status

There was a break in the weather so they are primed now...I will paint them one at a time I think, so expect to see a Dark Lance first

Edit: Whoops, more replies: I deliberately wanted to make the legs long and 'avian' looking with a touch of 'not quite right' rather than just winged warriors. I was just thinking it might be the wings that are throwing the pose a little. If they were angled down a bit it might enhance the idea that the Scourge is lifting off/coming into land as opposed to 'moving' like the others. Might have a play.

Hi Phish!

I used a bit greenstuff and attached the wings to the rear 'vents' on the back of the warrior, to try and creat the impression of wings that have been put through holes in the armour.

Phish: I superglued them first, then greenstuffed over the join/vents. No trimming as I wanted a bit of bulk there. Greenstuff won't actually hold anything together on its own.

Tmonster: Feel free

Scourge! Really happy with how well its come out. When the squad is finished it will definitely be a centre piece.





Also, based the rest of my completed Dark Eldar...

Sybrite:



Blaster:


Splinter Cannon:


Warriors:



Succubus:


Next? Probably finish my Bloodbride squad, then either the rest of the Scourges or the Archon. Also need to build out the rest of the Warrior squad.

Cheers guys! I am really happy with them so far. Now to get some numbers happening.

Newt-Of-Death: That may be true from a pure gaming perspective, but I enjoy building and painting first. Don't like gaming at the GW so that limits my options. And I'm certainly not going to be making it to a tournament anytime soon

And anyway, thats why they have Dark Lances, so I can hide them in a corner somewhere safe and just let them take pot shots

Heheh, cheers mate. About to fire the BBQ up for Australia Day, but after that I want to knock of the Wyches and the rest of the Scourges before moving onto anything new.

Tempted to get some Reavers though...

Nearly finished the first of the Bloodbrides, the rest are batched up behind so I'll have a full squad in no time!

I'm never painting Wyches again....so much skin

Oh, don't remind me about the tubes...

Yeah, still got some more highlighting to do, then base. Hope to get through a few more tomorrow.

I'll have a legal army in no time

Been busy with my other hobby so not much more progress at the moment

No vehicles yet, need to finish what I have first. I'm a bit intimidated by the detail of the Raider, need to work up to it

Feel free Breotan, I think they look great

Alrighty, making some more progress, slowly getting there with the Bloodbrides. I'm back at work now, so less free time to paint

Bloodbride Syren:



Bloodbride Shardnets:


Bloodbride Grunts:


Still got a bit to go on them, and the rest of the squad. After that though I'm up to my next group...what do people want to see?
a) The rest of the Scourges
b) Reavers
c) Archon and Trueborn bodyguard

First three replies and its an even split

For Trueborn, has anyone found the Reaver helmets for separate purchase? Don't want to have to buy 2 boxes of Reavers for the helmets. My Reavers are going helmet-less for the look...but the car wants money at the moment too

Going to practice my eye-painting...

Finished the Bloodbrides!




Scourges next while I wait for my Reavers...

Thanks for the positive feedback everyone! Its good for the motivation to see a complete legal squad. My only painted Scourge is now looking at me wondering when his fellows will join him

Then some tank-busting Reavers...

Another Scourge nearly done...




And Maelstrom sent me an email that my order has shipped!

Yeah, I'm really happy with the pose, I can just picture him swooping down ready to hose down a bunch of mon-keigh with his Shard-carbine

The wings are just regal blue streaked with a light coat of ice blue, I just love how it comes out...I can imagine them being something fancy like aether-sail instead of leathery skin or something equally mundane

Scourges complete!

Sybrite:


Darklances:



Shard Carbines




Army as it stands, my old Eldar display board, going to be reused for my Dark Eldar


Now, to build some more Kabalites while I wait for my order to arrive...!

They operate in pairs!

Old pic, I do have a FW Avatar, should break it out of storage and take a pic

Hopefully I'll be the proud owner of a new display cabinet in a fortnight or so, and can put all my pointy eared warriors out in the light

Thanks guys, made my day I don't know if the Kabal will reach the size of my Craftworld army, who knows...

Going to do my Archon in the meantime...expect some fluff and one mean dude next