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Hi All this is the first eldar model i have painted. Been painting for about 5 months. Looking to get some tips on how i can make it look better. Im going to run with this theme through my whole eldar army. Almost done with a Dire avenger will post pics soon. Going with red,grey and blue.

Hey dude, just want to say they are some good looking minis.

They need a wee bit of highlighting. Take your base colour using the edge of your brush and paint the edges of his coat (if the colour doesn't stand out enough use a little bit of bone to lighten the colour)then on the raised areas to as it will give the look of depth in the creases. The work the over the rest of the model the same way.

With metallic colours use a lighter version or for leadbelcher use runefang steel, gehennas gold use auric armour gold.

If you use your google fu search highlighting and also painting gems on miniatures. You should find a fair few useful pages.

Feel free to pm me if you want any more hints.

Good luck dude. Once you're done repost and let us all see how you got. Looking forward to seeing the finished mini.

Ahh never thought of mixing bone with mephiston red to for the highlights. I brushed the edges with just the MR and it didnt pop. I was going to use blood red but was afraid it was going to be to much and didnt want to wash over it to tone it down and risk making everything else darker. I did some high lighting on the helm ( first time doing that) and that was tuff. Im afraid to tackle highlights only becuase if done wrong one little line can kill the model. Guess i have to bit the bullet and learn lol. Thanks for the tips, going to mix and highlight when i get home.

How have the highlights turn out?

Looks very good.

Single point I would raise besides the already mentionned highlights is the soulstones. They are a bit hard to see when you pull back. The color is too close to the model's base color.

If your robe is red might want to go with a green stone to really bring it together.

They are warlock purple with a glaze. Camara really kills alot of the detail i pu into it. I also did highlight the helm and the rob. The pics are so dark that they blend the details in. you can kinda see te highlights on the helm. But a green stone would really pop off with the red! Thank you for the kind words =)

The combination of red and blue is looking bit odd, try to change the combination. Which paint are you using in this work?