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Definitely looking good! I prefer the nebula on the new one.

Man those are nice! I remember you saying at one point that for the dark eldar it's not enough just to kill you, they have to kill you in style. These perfectly fit that philosophy

Thank you CM and Ynnead. I agree completely with you CM, I much prefer my most recent nebula, it's a clear case of the first one being a trial attempt and the second one refining the technique. I also think my edge highlighting came off much better on the second Raider.

I'm happy you dig the style Ynnead. At times I question my design choices as they're more labour intensive and take me longer to get projects done which makes it difficult to quickly have an army ready to field. It's comments like yours that remind me all the hours are worth it in the end.

Really like the shot of the two together. Very nice.

Oh man, those look so good, especially together.

Thank you very much youwashock and goblinpaladin. I have a third Raider I'll get to at some point and I think the three of them together will look even better (everything is better in threes).

 Inevitable_Faith wrote:
I'm happy you dig the style Ynnead. At times I question my design choices as they're more labour intensive and take me longer to get projects done which makes it difficult to quickly have an army ready to field. It's comments like yours that remind me all the hours are worth it in the end.

Glad I could be of service! Definitely worth the effort

Rule of Three, right?

Inevitable_Faith,

Great Raiders and the sails are still the icing on the cake!

Exalted.

Cheers,

CB

The sails look great! Especially on that second Raider.

Goblinpaladin I know the "rule of three" as a writing principle, there's the "rule of thirds" used to guide compositional choices for photography and artwork. The latter is what I was referring to, compositionally speaking three raiders will be more pleasing to the eye in a photograph than 2.

Thank you CB, I'm really glad my Raider design is so well received.

Thank you very much AshNomad, I'm happy you like it. The second sail was definitely an improvement over the first sail. Something about practice making perfect I think?

In case I don't say it enough, all you guys commenting are freakin awesome, I seriously appreciate it.

Just a bit of proof that I'm still alive and haven't dropped the project. I finished my last five Kabalites, this puts the squad at ten strong. The weapon loadout they have makes a lot more sense in 8th edition now too which is helpful. I finished them a while ago but only managed to pull myself together enough to get the photos done today. I'm working on 5 more Hekatrix Bloodbrides currently, they're over halfway done and that'll bring my bloodbride unit to 10 strong as well. Not that they have a ride yet though... Anyways he'res the Kabalite photos, hope you guys like them.

Nice. How are DE looking in 8th? Anything new you need to grab to add to the army?

Sweet! Glad to see you still chugging away I was just thinking the other day that I hadn't seen your plog pop up recently.

Really liking how your scheme translates to Kabalites, especially the unhelmeted guy

Very nice Kabalites.

Very neat and well executed painting as always.

Cheers,

CB

Thank you very much everyone. Hopefully I'll be updating a bit more frequently, I'm scraping the bottom of my backlog now for DE to paint. I never thought I'd hear myself say this but it may be time to make some purchases. I only have one box of wyches and a raider left to do but I don't want to touch them yet, my fingers are itching to paint something new.

I feel like 8E DE are helped a lot by the core rules of the game now. Individually our units didn't get any big boosts on their unit entry, it seems to mostly come from the new core mechanics. The talos took a hit unfortunately but hopefully he still holds up. I'm on the fence about wyches, they're better but are they better enough to justify their cost? Not sure, playtesting will definitely be needed. Our flyers are more versatile (they have all types of missiles and we choose which one we fire each turn, no longer limited ammo too). Mandrakes look awesome now though, definitely excited to field those guys, they did good for me in 7th but I think they'll be even better in 8th. Scourges have always been good and they're good again now, even more versatile since more weapon options are viable. Raiders will be fun to assault with with bladevanes and shock prows, super fluffy and look to be pretty decent stat wise. With the new rules I could now ram my raider into an IG Valkyrie or Craftworld crimson hunter to try and blow it up, pretty fluffy and fun IMO. One big one for me is Hellions, they were absolutely horrendous in 7th, so much so that despite how much I love the models I just hated fielding them, they're such a bad unit. The new rules for them don't impress me at all, they're damage is not impressive at all and for their points cost you are much better off with wyches, the hellions still blow up if the enemy so much as points a nerf dart gun their way too. Reavers are still going to be taken over Hellions 100% of the time in competitive play. Pretty bummed about this cause I love my hellions but I genuinely don't see any use for them, they also lost their deepstrike ability so getting them into combat will be... difficult. Haywire looks like it's dead though, they didn't up the number of shots haywire weapons get and they still only cause one wound, since all vehicles have so many wounds now that one damage just doesn't seem helpful anymore. It's a case of 7th edition mechanics (where vehicles had only 3-4 hull points) being used in an 8th edition game (where those same vehicles have 12+ wounds) and haywire hasn't been modified to accommodate for this. Overall the army looks to be in a lot better shape though, with some big boys getting nerfed in other armies and the core rules changes I feel much better about my humble DE force. I took a look at Tau specifically because they have been the worst army for me to fight in 7th and it looks like my opponent won't get an auto-win every time now for bringing a single riptide, so that's looking good.

I have the Xenos 1 book on order, along with a voidraven bomber (I just love the model, I had to have one for my collection even if the Razorwing is much better in game). This week I'm headed out of town again but bringing my painting stuff. I told myself if I finish my last 5 bloodbrides I'll allow myself to buy one small box of something. I'm torn between a box of Scourges, some Wracks or perhaps a venom. I'm not terribly excited to paint a venom, that'd be more of a practical army building choice to give my succubus a transport (since we lost webway portals). The wracks I think I'd be most excited to paint but I have only minor use for them, gameplay wise I think I'd get the most mileage out of some Scourges right now. decisions, decisions...

Nice new additions. Glad to see you are still at it. I myself paint and build with the speed of a hobbled glacier, so I completely understand gaps in posting.

If you have a solid core I'd say get something fun/pretty.

Heck yeah, more pink Kabalites. They look loverly.

Oh wow has it ever been a long time since my last update. Unfortunately I haven't had the time/drive to get much painting done for a while now, I'll leave the reasons in a spoiler for those interested, but I did manage to finish off a small batch of models about a week ago. I've wrapped up the last 5 Bloodbrides bringing the unit to a full 10 strong. I've also acquired both a voidraven bomber and box of scourges courtesy of poor impulse control. I missed out on Armies on Parade last year and that really bummed me out, it's in October again this year so I'm going to strive to wrap up what I got done last year and make it out this time around. Though I never really left Dakka during my hiatus from painting it feels good to finally make another post in my little corner of it, hope you guys like the new additions to the force.

Edit: Apologies for the terrible photos, I still find bright colours (particularly white) a real to photograph.

Made the attempt today to get some better photos of the Bloodbrides that hopefully don't just wash them out.

Wow! Trials and tribulations but it sounds like you've come out on top

Bloodbrides are looking drop-dead gorgeous. Good to have you back, and keep me posted on the sports store

Not sure my pessimistic mind is ever capable of considering myself as coming out on top, more like moving forward in the struggle. But hey progress is progress right?

Thanks dude, glad you like the bloodbrides, and I'm amazed at how many ways the expression "Drop-Dead-Gorgeous" fits the theme of DE and Bloodbrides in particular. I started work building my Voidraven bomber last night but then quickly realized how many details there are to that thing, on the one hand it makes for an amazing model with lots of details to really make it pop but on the other hand it'll be a difficult process for me to complete given my glacial painting speed. I was hoping to get one more unit done before armies on parade and I'm kind of intimidated by the voidraven now, much like how my WK intimidated me and we all know how that went...

So I may build some Scourges tonight instead. Infantry are my comfort zone and I'm more confident I can get them done in time over the bomber. They'd be a gentler dive back into painting as well after my break.

I'm sure it can be both certainly sounds like you're on the upward-swing of the bell curve at any rate

Hah, you're right didn't even twig that but it is perfectly fitting for Dark Eldar, and Bloodbrides in particular

I know what you mean about some models just having an intimidating amount of detail on them. Best tackled without a deadline methinks, chipping away at them until you're happy.

Looking forward to how you do Scourges they're absolutely beautiful models, and the feathered wings respond wonderfully to a wash and a drybrush.

Inevitable_Faith,

Nice to see you are back at it with the Bloodbrides. I also have the issue with the wash out of colours when I load them on to Dakka's Gallery, some I have ended up hosting elsewhere for some images. But if you host from Dakka you don't have to worry about the Photobucket block if that had been your principle hosting source.

Cheers,

CB

Glad to see you back at it. The ladies look lovely, and best of luck on your new endeavor.

Ynneadwraith: I'm stoked to try my hand at the Scourge wings, particularly the feathered variety. On a modelling note how tippy do you find them? I have nightmares of my old metal Chaos raptors being so gorgeous but impossibly top heavy so they'd never stand upright. When building the unit would it be advisable to weight the bases?

Captain Brown: I'm glad to be back, in what capacity we have yet to see but I'm hoping to be able to do more updates than I have been. I like the convenience of hosting on Dakka directly so for now I'll strive to improve my photography skills. It's a very nuanced art I never imagined I'd have to learn when I delved into miniature painting but I'm always down for learning new and interesting things. If I hit a point where I'm confident any washed out pics are the hosting service and not my own amateur phototgraphy skills then I'll definitely seek elsewhere to host.

Youwashock: Thank you on both counts kind sir. I hope both my hobby skills and business flourish in equal measure.

Hmmm, they're surprisingly well balanced provided you put the stone they're stood on at the front of the base. However, with a lot of the weight higher up they do tip over on less of a slant than regular dudes so a couple of weights would probably be a very good idea

Nice work on the bloodbrides. Good to see you back and painting.

It can't hurt to add weight to the bases. Although plastic minis are never going to be as tippy as the old metal ones.

I've always enjoyed painting my craftword vehicles. Detail is just little bits that need attention. But the bulk of the work is just smooth panels, and those zoom by. I'm sure you will do fine.

Looking forward to seeing what you paint. Best of luck in the new business!

Thanks for the advice Ynneadwraith and Nevelon. I'll be looking into using some heavier basing material possibly aided by some under-the-base weights to help keep them firmly planted on the ground.

Regarding vehicles, it's the large smooth panels that actually bother me. I love details because they keep me very busy searching them out, swapping colours, mixing textures, shadows, and highlights to make them look great. I find painting larger parts on vehicles to be kind of monotonous. I know some of my friends far prefer painting vehicles too, they like dealing with a larger model, less details and more base colours. I think a lot of it is different mindsets on painting that help identify what we enjoy in the hobby.