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I stumbled upon the Dread Elves Princess model from the Avatars of War range during one of my trips to my FLGS, and although I don't play Dark Elves/Aelfs in Age of Sigmar, I definitely wanted to find some use for this model. And what better use for a dreadful Aelf with a miniature DRAGON than a Halloween gift for my girlfriend?

After -very subtly- asking my girlfriend what colours she'd like to see (she only knew that the model was female), I took this Princess to the painting table...













As you can probably tell, she asked me to paint at least one of the parts in a gradient from blue to purple - which was easier said than done, given that I've never painted a gradient before! It's not 100% perfect, but she was very happy with it, so I guess I must've gotten it somewhat right

As for the model itself, it was a joy to paint but rather horrendous to put together. Metal models and I have never seen eye-to-eye, which resulted in a somewhat frustrating session of me trying (and failing) to put this blasted Aelf together, only for me to drop it mid-painting, snapping all parts off again

To prevent said catastrophe of repeating itself, I mounted her on a second, larger base, which was easier to hold and gave me some more options basing-wise

Anyhow, she's finished now, and my girlfriend's happy with her, which means I'm very happy



Let me know what you think! Comments and critiques are always welcome

Well done man, cool gradient and colors overall.

Thank you! I'll have to inform my girlfriend that she has a good taste in colours