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Finished over my yellow fevered weekend.

These models are for sale on ebay:

Wraithknight Blog Post: http://loserstudio.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/when-dead-go-to-war-iyanden-eldar.html

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271216889700?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

Wraithguard

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271216893248?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

Wraithblades

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271216894680?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

bigger pictures will be available on my website this week.

http://loserstudio.blogspot.co.uk/


Cheers guys!

LilLoser

well done!

Quick and stunning as always!

Looking good, but I feel like the Wraithknight is a bit plain. It could use some more Eldar runes, I think. Just to break up the yellow a bit.

That's hot. You never fail to bring the thunder, LilLoser. Amazing work, as always. Loving those Wraithblades, in particular. Very menacing.

they look great!

As always I'm not only impressed by the quality but also by the speed. Man you're fast

While I think it's beautiful work, I think the yellow, especially on the Wraithknight as it's most prominent, is a bit too light, could do with a fair bit more shadowing.

Cheers for the feedback guys. I love posting here because I always get great coments and insightful crit.

I've updated my blog with bigger pictures of the Wraithknight. First post has the link but here it is again.

http://loserstudio.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/when-dead-go-to-war-iyanden-eldar.html

The weapons are mind-blowing and the basing is great, but the yellow falls a little flat, for me. With the soft airbrushed gradients on the already soft, flowing curves, the bodies lack definition, to my eye. Slightly starker outlining of the joints, panel lines, and "not gem" bumps, as done on the Wraithknight's torso and back... thingies... respectively, would do a lot to make the form distinct, again. More work than spraying highlights based on the general shape, of course, which makes it less practical for a quick commission piece intended to be priced accordingly, but as far as isolated, absolute criticism goes, that's my two cents.

You made them beautiful and elegant just as Eldar should be, good job sir.

I for one like the yellow being rather soft and warm. One thing I am noticing about the new models is how much i am seeing "boob plate" on all the wraith stuff. Even the knight looks like a female giant with armor made to accommodate a large bust.

I'll just come out and say: Airbrushing something this size is not hard at all. Honestly I think it severely lacks contrast and detail. It's just a rather dull yellow, followed by a light blue, andthe white head. Not exciting at all.

The Sword looks interesting, sadly it's not properly shown.

 archont wrote:
I'll just come out and say: Airbrushing something this size is not hard at all. Honestly I think it severely lacks contrast and detail. It's just a rather dull yellow, followed by a light blue, andthe white head. Not exciting at all.

The Sword looks interesting, sadly it's not properly shown.

The gems were also ignored for the most part, which shows the rush job for what it is. The lack of eldar runes, script, and other designs also bring this to bear for me.

Cheers for the responses guys! Mans a lot.

Lets delve into a few of the comments; airbrush style. I had difficulty creating strong contrasts on a model with such an organic sculpture. Instead of adding deepens browns into the recesses I went for a nuanced gradient akin to painting found on anime miniatures.

Yellow is also a very difficult colour to do justice too. This was my first attempt at painting a model with vast swathes of yellow. I was very conscious that I could tip the contrast to much and have the model look brown rather than yellow. I'm pleased how the work has turned out, but I've also learned of where I can improve my technique with this colour.

@commissiarbob; It's unfair to call this a rush job. The amount of filling, sanding and covering of gaps to create the seamless blend of comments was labour intensive. The painting, modelling, the creation of a custom base and the presentation of the miniature for forums took in excess of 15+ hours. The miniature was created with the official games workshop painting in mind;

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=iyanden+wraithknight&client=safari&hl=en-gb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=DFqzUavMM4bI0QXzjIDADQ&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=768&bih=928&sei=EFqzUc3kC-mY0AXAp4HICw#biv=i%7C30%3Bd%7CgcjS6ITB-4ItYM%3A

Only the central gem has been painted (and the sword hilt). So I only painted the same gem stones. I don't understand the criticism for the lack of runes; there's one on his groin plate. Would you wish to see more?

Thanks again for the feedback, it really helps me. Any other questions please let me know.

Myles

You're making excuses. You go from black to brown to yellow to white in a strong contrast on a very small space. This should be easy to do with an airbrush, as it can be done with brushes easily.

You point out sanding and filling? There weren't many gaps on my Wraithknight. The "custom base"? You mean those 4 pieces of cork you stuck on there?

I TOTALLY agree to commissarbob: It's a rushjob and it shows.


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Something else.

If you have a light colour as primary, then don't highlight the blue to a pure white for feths sake. This destroys contrast. Make the blue areas a much darker blue. Why is the highlighting on the yellow so faint, but on the blue so krass?
Why did you not just make the kneepads blue to create some more contrast and break up the yellow?

This too could have easily been done.