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Hey all,

Going for a fun theme here to offset my more serious armies. Would still like to have something that is fun to play and looks nice. I picked Eldar because you can give them a striking paint scheme, but didn't like anything in the book. Then I decided to have some real fun with it. I would really appreciate it if you could give some constructive feedback. I am aware that I am not the best painter out there, and my freehand is pretty basic, but I'm trying to get better so please provides any comments, critiques, even techniques if you think they might help. Also... does this look like a fun army to play against? Would you have a good time if you showed up and the other guy busted this out?

Oh yeah... the Falcon photo is old... I already fixed the weapons and jewels that are not painted in this photo.



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-Myst

Honestly your painting techniques are not that bad. You need to highlight the pink with a lighter pink (a 50/50 mix of pink and white) and give the guns some depth (maybe a devlin mud wash, or if you want to go bright a purple wash) other than that I think people should paint their stuff however they see fit and makes them happy. I would gladly stomp some orcs across the field against this. Also maybe only one picture on the vehicles, that way it wont look so cluttered.

More like Space Garden Gnomes IMO

Yes! This totally fits what I have always felt about Eldar. I love it.

And an echo of what Farseer Jenkins said about highlights

I think that's totally awesome! I would gladly play against that army with my Tau. People will go blind from all the color coming off the board. Great job!

I would say way off base. Its cool for like a display or whatever to make fun of the game, but I like to try and pretend that the battles I recreate on table top are actually happening in some far flung grimdark future... I dont see your pansy space elves fitting in too well :(

I love it!

I think their fine except for the falcon. its nothing against the falcon, i just feel like theres too much going on with the freehand and it doesn't feel unifed enough for it to seem like one large scene. IMO just keep the flowers and the vine/ stem theme going (i say theme because its on the turret in the guardian squad) rather than the whole nature art.
I wouldn't feel inclined to ask, "what craftworld are you playing" or start a chat about 40k fluff with you, but i would play against this army without complaining.

Farseer Jenkins wrote:Honestly your painting techniques are not that bad. You need to highlight the pink with a lighter pink (a 50/50 mix of pink and white) and give the guns some depth (maybe a devlin mud wash, or if you want to go bright a purple wash) other than that I think people should paint their stuff however they see fit and makes them happy. I would gladly stomp some orcs across the field against this. Also maybe only one picture on the vehicles, that way it wont look so cluttered.

Cool, thanks. I've already fixed the guns on the falcon... that was a WIP and haven't gotten out the camera for another go. 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.

chaos0xomega wrote:I would say way off base. Its cool for like a display or whatever to make fun of the game, but I like to try and pretend that the battles I recreate on table top are actually happening in some far flung grimdark future... I dont see your pansy space elves fitting in too well :(

Good point. I still have 2 "real" armies, so this would only be for occasional laughs. I hadn't thought of the grimdark fluff as a negative ... but yeah, not fitting in too well with the grimdark future concept with this paint scheme.

-Myst

I quite like it. The colour scheme is pulled together really well through out all the miniatures especially your freehand vines and rain (im assuming its all freehand) our mountain looks pretty spectacular.
Pink is a colour I'd never even considered for an army, well done on showing how any theme can turn out great when executed with good technique and thought. Personally I'm a little on the fence about the flowers but they do fit the theme.

I would love to play against this army.

Nice job! The heavy weapons platform is my favorite piece out of the bunch.

Well mission accomplished. Ive seen pink/green eldar before, but this is very well done. A fun concept well executed.

Great n funny!

I can hear songs from Hair already...

"I've got liiiife, mother..."

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 70's.
I love it.

Isn't that what all Eldar armies look like?
; )

But seriously... I would love to see them in a battle against those flower-garden themed Necrons. ^^

I dont know if you painted this as a joke or serusly but I dont care because i think its really funny

What the ... i never thought an elf could be any more girly.. I think it looks nice though now you need a hello kitty space wolves army and a care bear dread naught

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.

It's different. It's cool. Good job!

love it!

That paint scheme is totally mind warping lol..... I love it keep up the great work, I'd love to play against this army.

I see absolutely nothing unusual here, just Eldar being Eldar.

Looks good!

It's a an Eldar hippie hovervan!

I think your army vs. my Death Guard would be the perfect combination of polar opposites. Purulent foulness vs. hugs & kisses.

I'll bet you're just a Cult of Slaanesh.

Hey they look like Robbin William's Eldar!

They're Thuper!

great idea. I'd hate to loose to those

Haha. I would totally play against this army. I wouldn't paint my own stuff like that, but variety is the spice of life.

I actually think the pink and green looks pretty good.
Can't say I'm a fan of the freehand work though. The Falcon looks like an eleven year old girl's school binder.