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well i never been the guy for too much bling... infact my iwfe only wears the ring...and thankfully sometimes only that^^

Here we go... again...

ahhh.. so if he droped the bling, and maybie put on a little top hat you'd be ok with him?

Hi everyone! Its been a very long time since ive posted, and probably longer since ive painted. I had been pondering the ideas of trying to start a new army after a long year of things outside the warhmammer hobby. Today i painted my first mini in a long time, and definately my skills have soured, as well as my supplies havin been sent to new york where i live now. Anways, the army ive settled on, is a dark eldar beastmaster army. The Dark Sun Menagerie. The list will be centered around such beasts and lots of counts as beasts to represent grotesques and etc etc. Like some kind of alien zoo. Here is my 1st mini of the army, and certainly, i hope to dial in the specifics of how im painting and refine my skills along the way, but, im happy with this first model. Its unfinished, touch ups here and there and highlights needed on bits here and there. I hope to hear any feedback on anything, or ideas or whatever. Its good to be back with brush in hand but we'll see how far this gets Hopefully youll have another update before 2014 cheers!



...its not the most original colour scheme but i feel its close to the cyber punk 80's glam rock vibe there will be all kinds of furs and craziness throughout the army i think...

good looking way to celebrate your re apearance

i like the glowy effects... and the general dark look of the mini helps to bring the glow effects to the max!

welcome back mister... and be sure not to use too much time indeed for future updates

Haha! Vik i knew youd never forget me, afterall i painted a comissar for you ! lol i still use that mini all the time, sometimes even as my commander I hope youve been well my friend and hope you are having a good holiday!

Today ive begun a 2nd of i think a 20 man squad of kabalites, not sure...but anyways, here she is, i think its a she. ive settled on a less conventional skin tone for my DE. Something i think a little more cartoony. Also, im trying to keep the painttime of each individual model to under 3 hours. the gun and some deets and washing of the base are unfinished. Also think of adding face paint. Possibly lime green lol. c and c always welcomed. thanks



further out

Bebob welkom back mate. your back with a new army and you do one thing right straight away with dark eldar. you used pink which is awesome

Thanks fatty it seems as though I've lost my audience here lol! Oh well, I hope all is ood. Merry christmas!

WB Beebop! Some excellent work!

Hey steingass thanks man! good to be back for a bit ! Merry christmas everyone!

I got the DE codex and anothe box of kabalites for xmas! Woohoo! and some paint and the 40k basing kit which will be fun to put to use here! Today ive cleaned up a little more on the first two and basically finished the 3rd kabalite. Got a little faster though the position of this model maade some of the edge highlighting a little trickier so i think it looks not quite as good as the first two. still acceptable and i like the eyes and gun better here. dialing that in. here is the 3rd and a group shot of the 3. Still some cleaning up to do...and still unsure of the bases, but i think it works...


and the group...twas harder to photo...


anyways, hope ya like!

loose me as part of the audience? you wish

love the cartoony look...specially the strong highlights on the armor plates... only nit pick i have is the purple hair...somehow i am not feeling that color too well together with smufish face and the pink cloth...tho atm i couldn´t say what color would be better...

Looking suitably evil.

Bebop! So great to see you back in action. More models to be in awe at! Looking to some more progress. Your highlights are awesome as usual

I think they look great. I've always wanted to do a purple or bluish skin tone on elves. What.s your secret recipe? I would definately be interested in your zoo. I built a complete archons court before they had models just to convert the miniatures.

I'm still here, El Guapo! Looking sharp!

Thanks everyone! good to hear from all the old homies Hope all you guys are doin well and had a good holiday!!

@vik, i love that, more often than not,we disagree on color i actually love the bluish skin tone and purple pastel hair haha. totally cyber punk japananime, exactly what im goin for As for the pink, well its the central color of the whole army so hopefully youll get used to it! But as always, i love your feedback!! And about that skin tone;
@bucker00, the mix is basically tau flesh, the old gw mix. base coat of shadow grey, mid tone of 70/30 shadow grey/bleached bone...then from there i started adding white as i went up highlights, making sure to keep paint wet and thin. ill definately be tweaking that mix from model to model, different hair colors to match. we shall see

now heres todays update. kabalite #4444444444!!! Unfinished and un-touched up. im gonna clean the 5 up all together



c and c as always is appreciated friends!

Hey guys. Todays update is the fifth kabalite. I used a more blueish skin tone (just added enchanted blue to the initial shadow grey basecoat) and left the pink out of the mix for the hair. Also settled on the color for the tube in front and the slits in back. Pleased with how it came out for the most part and will add it to the other 4 now. The first two i just painted metallic for speed sake, but this blue effect is far more "techy" and worth the effort. Again, slight touchups and some edge highlighting needed here and there, and now that the 5th is done, i will finish and tidy up the first five, correcting anything i see fit alone the way. Its funny because i notice alot of touch ups needed after i post these pics because they are so big The next five will include the sybarite and several special weapons even though i may or may not use any particular one, i like to have them modelled. anyways heres the next pics ffor the 5th kabalite...


upclose

and the back (and yes, the pink pouches will be cleaned up)


enjoy and thanks for stopping by. c&c welcomed.
peace!

hehe, dang...not much love for dark eldar here :p maybe i should go back to painting catachan!! >_< oh well imma post more pics anyways, i finished the first 5 completely...heres a few group shots...trying to get em all in focus is a drag>_<, with the right light...anyways, dont be shy :( !!




ill post the back pics shortly

I have total love for your DE. Go get more slaves!

Just when I need some fresh inspiration along comes this thread.

Nice work man, seriously nice work

hey! i have the man flu atm... so not much dakka time possible between shivers and coughing...

about the skin... just because i used the term smurf didn´t mean i didn´t like it and as you stated...well when you want to go the manga route... i can see you are heading the right way... strong color mixes... the the fifth with the green cloth shows this all too clear... be sure... i like the new stuff you are chucking out

Really like the dark eldar. The bases seem to be to close the the model though, I suspect changing it it may help them pop.

Thanks guys
:Brian/kitch thanks for the love.
vik I know you are always a good supporter! I just like teasing about it!
: whale, yes It's been on my mind too. I don't hate it but I don't necessarily love it either. However, it's growing in me and I do like that it fits the criteria of a future cyber city. It is dark but it does accentuate the pink, which I think is cool. Also I'm trying to keep from drybrushing and I want the paint time of the base to be less than more. With that said, I'm open to suggestions on different base colors/ideas

sweet stuff man. i really like your skin work

Maybe a more silver or bronze color? Or even a lighter grey cement color?

Hm yeah, whale, those are good ideas...i tried the grey and lighter metals for the bases...i feel that ive painted/fluffed myself into a corner....i want them to look cyber punk and future city vibe so i went with the metal plasticard patterns without thinking of how limited the possibilities are. Anyways, ultimately, i didnt like the metals and whenever i think of "manga anime city", i think blue....so here it is. slightly less conventional but i think i like this the best....(ps. i dunno why they uploaded sideays but im just showing the bases off anyways, the iphone was having trouble getting everything in focus this time).


.. still the bases are easy to fix and change so if anyone has any other ideas please please share!! thanks all!

Looks good to me! Given the brighter colouring of the base compared to the majority of the model, the simplicity is probably net plus.

Thanks arakasi! I agree, simpler is more effective here. Also the other plus being that it matches the tonal scale I'm using for flesh tones, strengthening that. In addition here is a pic that basically sums up my dark eldar color and fluff concept. It's not my art but I love it!

Hey all! I hope everyone had a fantastic and safe new year! Today I've pretty much finished kabalite #6, the dark lancer. I will include a variety of the special weapons for visual effect and will proxy whichever to be whichever weapon I choose for my list. This way I don't have to paint too many extra models just for wyswyg sake. This model was a bit more of a pain than the previous 5, mainly because his gun was in the way of pretty much everything lol. I also experimented more of the skin tones and hair color. I want each model to be personal. His flesh color was Eshin grey and black, mixed upwards with a dash of bleached bone and administratum grey and white. The hair is snot green a p3 lighter green and white. Definately goin down the bizarre anime cyberpunk path, which i like. not sure if i should stretch that far from the main shadow grey mix that will be the prominant flesh tone; only time will tell Details still need to be cleaned up(some unfinished edge highlighting) and the blue glow is 75% finished. The copper bulb isn't my first choice here but because the other guns are done this way, for sake of redundancy it kinda needs to stay copper:/ Anyways, I hope everyone enjoys and if you've anything to suggest or comment on please feel free!
Thanks
Kevin