Captain Brown Paints OOP Craftworld Eldar - Alaitoc Scheme - Eldar Terrain

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**Nevelon**

Were there any models more top heavy then those old guys? Great classic sculpt. Looking forward to seeing what you do with them.

**Captain Brown**

Thank you Olthannon, youwashock, JoshInJapan, Dysartes, Cap'n Facebeard, gobert, and Nevelon.

Some great comments fellows, which has pushed me to get these finished for the monthly challenge. Yes, I have added old metal scraps and some tiny nails underneath to keep them from falling over in a light breeze. I looked at the other one I had in the lean back position and I had moved him farther forward...wish I had noticed that and removed them from their bases before painting.

So the four Swooping Hawks are finished.

The long painting war continues...

CB

**youwashock**

Good stuff, Cap'n! I really like the pale blue for the suit.

**Colonel Jacka**

Good job CB.

**Dysartes**

Good to see the Hawks finished off, Captain - what's on deck next for the pointy-eared gits?

**Cap'n Facebeard**

Looks good, nice variety of blues

**Captain Brown**

Thank you youwashock, Colonel Jacka, Cap'n Facebeard, and Dysartes,

Dysartes wrote:Good to see the Hawks finished off, Captain - what's on deck next for the pointy-eared gits?

Well Dysartes, since this months unofficial painting challenge is Let’s Finish This!...I figured I would pull out a conversion I had been thinking of doing for years.

I purchased this damaged Eldrad on eBay (missing his sword) and have been planning on converting him to a regular Farseer for years. Specifically like the conversion used in the second Eldar Codex for third edition.

So off come the arms, staff, and whatever the top of the helmet are called.

The long painting and converting war continues...

CB

**youwashock**

Oh, very cool. A neat throwback and certain to be another good mini.

**John Prins**

I love the old Farseer models, Eldrad included.

**gobert**

Hawks turned out well Captain! Looking forward to the Eldrad conversion

**Captain Brown**

youwashock wrote:Oh, very cool. A neat throwback and certain to be another good mini.

John Prins wrote:I love the old Farseer models, Eldrad included.

gobert wrote:Hawks turned out well Captain! Looking forward to the Eldrad conversion

Thank you gentlemen.

Progress:

Cheers,

CB

**Cap'n Facebeard**

Wow! When you first showed the broken Eldrad I was just expecting a new pistol hand. This is much more exciting

**gobert**

Very cool! Where’d you source the parts?

**theCrowe**

This guy is a much more understated farseer. Makes Eldrad look like a real bling-meister.

A very Nice character to add to the army

**muette**

Amazing kitbash cap, looking forward to see it painted!

**Tommygun1918**

Did you cast your own replacement parts on the Eldar.

**Captain Brown**

gobert wrote:Very cool! Where’d you source the parts?

Thanks gobart, made them from resin parts of a Warlock.

Thank you Cap'n Facebeard, theCrowe and muette.

Tommygun1918 wrote:Did you cast your own replacement parts on the Eldar.

Thanks, Yes, I made them from resin parts ages ago.

First layer of paint.

And a picture of the inspiration for this one:

Spoiler:

The long painting and converting war continues...

CB

**Cap'n Facebeard**

Looking great again mate. You may be helping convince me to return to the 80s/90s of miniatures

**Captain Brown**

Cap'n Facebeard wrote:
Looking great again mate. You may be helping convince me to return to the 80s/90s of miniatures

Thanks Cap'n,

So I found the resin sword was warped and when I was painting it, it looked really bad, so I cut it out and used the blade of a fantasy elf that had been in my bits box it was definitely lead. Had fun trying out the star pattern and the NMM.

The converted Farseer is finished.

The long painting war continues...

CB

**Cap'n Facebeard**

Excellent, wouldn't guess that it was a conversion. The blade is really something.

**Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll**

Great work on the NMM!

**youwashock**

Very cool, Cap'n! The cape and sword have turned out really well.

**Dysartes**

Really nice work on the conversion and the paintjob, Cap'n - just a shame your original sword ended up warping.

**Olthannon**

Awesome stuff CB, love the cape in particular.

**gobert**

Great work cap! Ex-Eldrad turned out great! The cloak and nmm are lovely!

**Captain Brown**

Thank you Cap'n Facebeard, Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll, youwashock, Dysartes, Olthannon, and gobert

I have put him into the Unofficial Monthly Painting Challenge - https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/813713.page

Next up I am doing some old metal harlequins, both Solitaries (since I can only field one, going to do the other in a classic paint scheme, from when men were men, women were women, and little furry creature from Alpha Centauri were little furry creature from Alpha Centauri)

The long painting war continues...

CB

**Cap'n Facebeard**

Wonderful amount of mohawks on the old minis

**Captain Brown**

Thanks Cap'n

Finished.

As I had two old metal Solitaires, and you can only field one, I figured I would paint one in the crazy original scheme and the other in a more recent style to match my harlequins.

The long painting war continues...

CB

**Cap'n Facebeard**

Have to say I prefer the crazy original style, but I say that about Noise Marines too.

**muette**

I also fancy the old style, great job on both nevertheless.