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very nice stuff keep it up

I love the your scorpions! Alot better than the strikingly bright scorpions you always see.

Thanks guys. Hopefully my Seer council works out as planned. Should be my best painting so far....

I'll sort some better pics of the Scorpions during the week.

These are really looking good

Tes, I am still alive.

I've been a bit busy of late but here's my latest WIP's...

Wow looking great , cannot wait to see the avatar painted

Well, i had major problems painting the Farseer and Warlocks

Really annoying mistake after really annoying mistake resulted in well below my usual standard. I was also trying a few different things with the blending and it didn't work out. I decided to finish them enough to game with them and repaint or buy another unit and start again.

So its Fire Dragons next, hopefully I can get back to normal

The seer council look fine. Hell just put your tanks and scorpions on the table and no-one will even notice anything else

Thanks, it just so happens i've recently bought a couple of Wave Serpents and the new Fire Prism kit so that'll help

Here's some WIP pics of some more infantry units namely Dire Avengers and more Guardians w/ support wpn. You'll also notice barrels off of a near future project that i've been straightening out (damn resin!)

Oh god, pulsars! titan or scorpion?

In a word........both!

Scorpion first, can't wait.
I'll be starting on it once i've done my 2x Wave Serpents and Fire Prism. I'll be painting the smaller vehicles all at the same time as its mainly airbrushing so it won't be long.....

I can't wait for progress pics!

Wow, this stuff is really great man, everything is top quality and you should be really proud. If only I could do something half as good...

Amazing stuff! All the shading is beautifully done and adds alot of realism

Well, I'm at it again with a Wave Serpent for my Fire Dragons. I want to get the FD's and the WS done for the weekend to use them in a game. Should be able to make it no probs as its only taken a couple of hours to get to the stage pictured below.

I've made some custom stands for the WS and my falcons. Much sturdier than the GW offerings. Just need to pin a bit of piano wire in the top and paint em (airbrush too!)

Must dash as i need to paint the metals and mask up the upper hull before the end of play this evening

Ok, so thats the Wave Serpent and Fire Dragons ready for gaming with tomorrow. Bit of an effort getting the Fire Dragons up to speed and still some final highlights and details to pick out. Good enough for gaming with though thats for sure.

I found it insanely difficult to photograph the orange for osme reason even with different light sources etc

Oh ! Oh my. What a stunning Wave serpent you have there, your painting skills are very good indeed and this blog was pleasure to flick through again !

Can't wait for more chop chop.

Stunningly beautiful!

Thanks chaps, more on the way:

1x Wave Serpent and Dire Avenger squad.
1x Fire prism (new kit)
1x Guardian squad

Giving myself a fortnight for completion. I've assembled and primed the DA's and Guardians and assembled the skimmers ready for priming today.

I tried out my new improved bases for my skimmers but they weren't that good so i've ordered some magnets to mount them rather than piano wire. Should be way better......

All looks good, the blues on that Wave Serpent are fantastic. I look forward to more vehicles.

Well, that's 2 more vehicles done namely another Wave Serpent and one of the new Fire Prisms. i had major problems with the 'Ardcoat spray frosting them both severely. I tried some Klear floor polish on them and its got rid of most of it.

I'll be making some custom decals soon for my vehicles in yellow and white to help with the whole Alaitoc colour scheme and add extra detail.
Once i've got a new printer i'll get started.

Next up is a Dire Avengers squad, the 2nd guardian squad and some more building. Building wise its 2x Wave Serpents, 2x Fire Prisms and a Howling banshee squad!!
Also on my list is some built and primed IC's/MC's in the form of a converted Autarch, a Farseer that'll count as Eldrad, another warlock to help bolster another squad and of course the FW Avatar.

Lots to do!

Thanks for the updates. I'm really liking how your army is progressing. I'll be home in a few weeks and can't wait to get my airbrush back out.

Awesome work on the painting. You did a great job on the new wave serpent.

Well, after some holidays, work schedule and house DIY nonsense I've managed to get some painting done on my Eldar.

I'm already on to the next lot which consists of another Fire Prism and 2 more Wave Serpents. I've put the Avatar on hold as my current list is mech based. I'll be sorting out a foot based list too though in the near future (the Autarch below for example will be part of it).

I've also gathered together some 2nd hand Warlocks and chopped up a Farseer to convert a 6 warlock with Farseer Jetbike squad to go with my mech army. Should be good but its going to involve a lot of sculpting........

During all this and more painting (re-visitng the vehicles to do the undersides and painting more DA, Howling Banshees and vehicles) i'll be creating my own custom transfers as mentioned previously. This'll give the army a much more finshed look and something i'm really looking forward to getting out the way!

Lots more soon

Nice job on FD and the striking scorpions are amazing, I love the scorpion Models.

I've managed to knock out another 2 wave Serpents this time fitted with EML's. They're exactly the same paint style etc as the other ones pictured earlier so i'll skip pics of them for now.

I'm in the process of re-painting my Farseer/Warlock squad and I'm using a 'counts as' Eldrad seer with a sword across his back. Hardly a tech conversion but its WYSIWYG if I want to use the Eldrad rules in 2kpts plus games.

I'll post pics up soon of these once they're done. I reckon they could take a fortnight to do all together (Farseer & 6 Warlocks).

I've also got another Fire Dragon trooper to paint to round out the squad so I can split them into 2 groups of 5.

Love your eldar! Im jealous of your avatar.. How do you get the white on your Wraithlords to come out so smooth?

Thanks,

The bone ish colour on the Wraithlords was done over an airbrushed white base for maximum smoothness. I then took a bleached bone colour (Vallejo I think) and thinned it down with water. This was applied as a glaze working more into the shadows. I then painted a layer of klear floor polish.

They look real White in the pics but they're not quite as bright really.

Airbrushing is the way forward for painting whites and yellows with an even finish.

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You're an inspiration to my long planned Eldar army...

You've even made me consider Alaitoc as a Craftworld, though I know I wouldn't do as good a job as you!

Thanks, Eldar for the win!

I'm really pleased FW is coming out with more stuff for my little army. Should be good.

As for my painting skill it was pretty much learned, airbrush wise, a few months before this blog started. There's some really good tutorials out there that make it sooooo easy.