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Hey guys,

A friend and I are going to start a small Kill Team level game as an intro/demo to the hobby. My friend will be playing Blood Angels Space Marines and I picked up a few units of Eldar Rangers.

I'd like to paint my figures in a manner that will make a good counter-point on the table to my friend's Blood Angels. I found the Alaitoc color scheme, which seems really cool. It's mostly Dark Blue with Yellow Helmets and dark Brown cloaks/hoods. So to that end, I have a few questions:

1. Would that color-scheme look good across the table from the Blood Angels?

2a. If the answer to question #1 is yes, does anybody have any tips for achieving a nice look using that scheme for someone without a lot of experience? Which colors would I need?

2b. If that color scheme would clash, does anybody have recommendations for a different scheme? Something newbie friendly, please.

Thanks for taking to time to read and respond. It's appreciated.

It's a really striking color scheme, I think it would look mightily impressive versus the Blood Angels.

My main suggestion would be to use a white primer, it's really going to help you achieve that bright yellow you want. The dark blue will easily cover the white primer as well, but remember to give it a good and healthy wash of nightshade.

Look up online tutorials on painting eldar - specially warhammertv on youtube.

Good luck friend!

Don’t forget to scatter broken marines around as basing materials.

You can get a lot of milage out of a basecoat and a wash. Then go back over the high points with the base color, or a lighter shade at the edges. You can always add more techniques later, but clean the mold lines up, and put down a tidy base and you are most of the way to a solid table-top mini.

Thanks for the advice guys.

I'll make sure to remove all the mold lines, make a tidy base, and use washes for shading.

I do have a question about the bases part. Should I put the basing dirt on before I prime the miniature, so that the sand gets primed too?

I like to base before I prime, yes, just so that I can drybrush my base and do that first then start working on my model.

Awesome. Thank you for the help.

There's a big key to Yellow - it is one of the hardest paints to get good coverage. This is the warning somebody should provide.

There's a trick to getting it right - pick up a bottle of Ushabti Bone, or a similar off-white colour, and lay that first. Because of how many layers you're gonna want, thin the paints so they don't wind up looking chunky.

Get a decent layer of the off-white, a nice solid colouring, and then start working with the yellow. Take your time, lay it nicely, and it'll be a real nice contrast against the blue. Use a little Seraphim Sepia or the current Sepia shade, to give the yellow depth without darkening too much.

If you plan to use Windrider Bikes, which are quite good, and you want that Alaitoc Mottled look, a good trick is to use a few shades of grey to make the mottled effect, then lay the blue glaze over it to turn it all blue.

That's really handy advice. Thank you.

I'll post up some pictures of the models once I am finished. That may be a few weeks, though. Thanks again!