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So I've acquired a bunch of Eldar skimmers and decided to give my old wave-theme another shot. Here's my progress so far, two Falcons and a Wave Serpent. Pics are a little dark, its early morning.

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Hulls are almost finished (need final ink) and gems basecoated. Still trying to decide if I'm going to go with a "warm" white (bone) or "cool" white (greys) for the wraithbone. While I've more experience painting warm, I'm worried that it might not match against the blue hulls.

Last time I painted tanks, I just inked the canopies black. This time I'll leave them clear and paint the pilots. Indirect light from the controls would be cool (lime green) but I'm not sure if I could pull it off. Note: Stipling destroys brushes!

Four more Wave Serpents to go!

Sooper dooper! I like them!

Beautiful!

Hey guys, thanks for the compliments. I came up with this theme when I first started playing Warhammer back in 2000 - in fact, the first model I ever painted was a Falcon in this scheme. Too bad my painting hasn't really gotten much better since . I wrote up a tutorial on 40K Online (was Eldar Online then) but I think its been lost to the warp. I might do a video one for You Tube if people show interest. Although I intend it to be waves, a lot of people comment that they see lightning or the warp - which is cool too.

Here's some pictures of a Wraith Lord I did a couple years back. He has the final ink layers, which gives him the gloss, but in retrospect I think I painted the "peak-water" parts too thin. Almost looks like marble.

I have a habit of painting up armies and then selling them off on Ebay to fund my next project. So, most likely this army will be on the auction block too -

Really liking the blue your doing on these models! I'm trying to put together the words it looks like a cross between a lightening storm and marble/granite stone.

Very nice.

Beautiful eldar. The wraithlords head appears as if you're staring into a pool of clear water. Nicely done

Stunning work.

Love your water effect paint job. That is oustanding. Not a big fan of eldar but I will be following this.

A very impressive paint job. I'd certainly appreciate a tutorial if you do go ahead with one.

Got a few minutes in between cleaning the deck and mowing the lawn to take some shots of my progress. Finished painting two more Wave Serpents and inking all five tanks.

Sun's really bright and will try to take them in the morning next time. I like how the ink has smoothed out a lot of the transistions and gave it a really vibrant glow. I might go back and pick out some of the "peaks" again though, to add more depth

The gems are just basecoated so please excuse them.

Decided to go with the "cool white" look and bought some Shadow Grey to try my hand at a wash. Have only really painted "warm white" so this should be interesting.