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The knight's very... khador. In a good way.

Wehrkind wrote:I generally really dislike the aesthetic of Eldar models, (we are a dying, fragile race in soft armor; let's put on giant hats with crests and be brightly colored in battle!) but you did a really nice job on them.

The knight looks good too, assuming he is less orange and more solid looking in person

Are you saying the reason they're dying so fast:

1st Space Marine: "Ooohh! Look Shiny!"

2nd Space Marine Cocks Heavy Bolter, takes aim and DAKKA, DAKKA, DAKKA!

2nd Space Marine: "Not any more!"

Wehrkind wrote:I generally really dislike the aesthetic of Eldar models, (we are a dying, fragile race in soft armor; let's put on giant hats with crests and be brightly colored in battle!) but you did a really nice job on them.

The knight looks good too, assuming he is less orange and more solid looking in person

I know, they might as well have giant targets painted across their bodies. The knights are a bloodier red, and plenty solid Too solid. Spikes causing multiple puncture wounds in hands solid.

Extremely early WIP shot of the Autarch, technically to tabletop as there are only 4 layers, just being as neat as possible with him.



Only parts close to completion are the wings, I am thinking black gems with turqoise shines would look great but am not sure about the weapons or cape.. red is tempting but might feel out of place, not sure yet. Guess the cape could be turqoise to help him fit in with the rest of the army, but what then for the weapons? If anyone has ideas, hit me

Edit: Maybe turqoise for the small gems and red for the large, with a black/turqoise highlight weapon and red cape? Argh, I dont know. Need sleep. Also, this is the worst idea for armour ever. I mean really. Giant army of gem encrusted multi coloured space elves, but one not only has giant freaking wings, but a gun bigger than himself and a massive headress. He may as well have a neon "SHOOT ME FIRST, I AM IMPORTANT" sign above his head.

You can laugh at his indian princess headress all you want, or don't. He don't care.




But seriously, he's looking really good. One of my favorite eldar models too. He seems to be a lot more awesome in person than when you see pictures of him.

Hmmm... dunno Iffy. I like the helmet and the wings with their counter-changed colors. As for the rest it's a real crap shoot. I think you need to go with a red cloak. Those guns are often depicted as black or a white/bone color... both of those are rather neutral and would work well, then you could bring the turquoise into the armor proper.

Just a thought.

The wings and helmet look ace, but as you have said its WIP so i look forward to seeing the finished article!!!

Awesome job!!!

Quick update as hes all done bar his base, bag, and some wash touchups which are for tomorow. Red offset him nicely, its a shame about the grainy areas (midriff, arm joints, under his sash etc ) Im not sure if it was the model itself or glue as he was primed already, but he looks ok for tabletop. Thinking the scorps tomorow too. Hopefully I have time for them all.

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He is exceptionally difficult to photo, it has to be the amount of white, Ill try a white background and see if it helps out as the photos are a real let down.

Nice work, the white looks stunning against the red cloak and sash.

The headdress is my one questionable reaction... other than that, I love everything about it The white is really striking, especially when considered next to the other vibrant colors of the army... it's really the only way he could show up

Very nice! He should stand out well on the battlefield.
I have always though it was funny that a race that is dying out should choose to wear the brightest armor of any faction. Might as well go out in style, I guess.

I love the way you have done the wings, the way the shadowy bits (the gaps between the wings, i think you know what i mean) goes from grey-blue, through purple to red looks stunning.

You are an amazing painter.

Very nice, I love how the wings came out, and while the sash gives him a slight 3rd World Dictator vibe I think it still works out nicely.

I hear you on chaos knights; between my lost and the damned and my WoC army I have drawn blood with models no less than 7 times. I actually stabbed myself less making my Dark Apostles' cursed crozius out of pins.

wow that's a beauty of a tabletop model! I really dig those marines from a page back too! very unique colour scheme!

Top Quality work as always here!

Whooah, replies!

logg_frogg wrote: I really dig those marines from a page back too! very unique colour scheme!

All credit has to go to the owner in fairness, he gave me exact info on the tones he wanted and I think they were great choices. He has a whole army of these it seems, he said he would send me a shot of them all together which I am really looking forward to!

joshoftheforest wrote:The headdress is my one questionable reaction... other than that, I love everything about it The white is really striking, especially when considered next to the other vibrant colors of the army... it's really the only way he could show up

I think the headdress could be darkened down a bit more alright, especially in towards the gold areas, I may well touch it up a little. The white idea was Coldfires, I just tweaked the scheme to have a little red and purple as well as the blue as the army has a good mix of all 3 and it really does help tie him in, he stands out tons with the white but you can tell he is part of the same army when they are all around him and it works well

dantay_xv wrote:I love the way you have done the wings, the way the shadowy bits (the gaps between the wings, i think you know what i mean) goes from grey-blue, through purple to red looks stunning.

It was great fun and not hard to do at all, if I was spending more time on it I would have darkened where the feathers joined a little more, but this was basically prime white, wet blend washes over it, then pick out each feather carefully with multiple thin white coats. It's something I will use in the future for sure, would look great on something Tzeentchy.

Wehrkind wrote:
I hear you on chaos knights; between my lost and the damned and my WoC army I have drawn blood with models no less than 7 times. I actually stabbed myself less making my Dark Apostles' cursed crozius out of pins.

It's like the only parts of the horses you can actually hold all have razor sharp death needles, then you get to the knights and think you are finally going to get a break only to realised they have the same amount, just placed in a sneakier fashion :(


My extremely prolific time off took a dive this week as my 9 year old little brother was visiting from Dublin, and as fantastic a little kid as he is he needs a bit more entertainment then watching me unwashed in pajamas hunched over a desk covered in paint and swearing constantly, so I only got one unit done but they were a bucket of fun. 7 little grots for Gitsplitta, only 1 of which you get to see as I need to redo the eyes on the others and get a properly lit shot. I broke my rule about painting eyes first as I painted them white originally then realised they should be red only towards the end so they are slightly insane right now and need a touch up.

Here he is pointing at a gor and being indignant-



How does that gun even work? Also, considering his stature, that is the tiniest skull ever.

I love these guys, they are hilarious. Decided a Dark Angel is next as there are a couple more to do to go with the guy with the tiny man with a hat a few pages back, and they are a nice break from the norm. I'm getting a massive itch to move from working on tabletop to something higher after doing the marines to character standard, so really looking forward to starting on the higher standard Orc and Eldar character I have waiting in the wings.

I do feel that while I have learned plenty churning out tt standard mini's when it comes to colour use and getting the best I can out of minimal layers of paint, that spending longer on higher detailed models is what I need to do to get some real improvement in. I really want to get a mini painted that I feel looks better than the Korvidae I did quite a while ago, but that means spending a lot of time on one, something I can't do while painting to tabletop

One thing I am very proud to show however is the knight my 9 year old bro painted while he was over. He loves painting but worries he is not very good, all I did with this was wash and base it and help him find the colours he wanted, so I think he did very well indeed.




(if these don't show, let me know)

Hows the warmachine going?

No new work on them yet though I am really looking forward to doing the bigger guys. Might get around to one if I need a break from commission work but what I have at the moment is so varied that its unlikely I will

I added some more to my Night Lords

I like the Gor Iffy.

First time I've ever seen a grot nice paint job, he looks a strange little fellow are they all like that?

Oh congrats on being on the front page under the forum section today

The grots really are a great set. I loved converting them into chaos hobbits and painting them up; just so much character and silly fun.

Good to see you bringing another into the fold I tried with my wife, but she is just way too much of a perfectionist. A better artist than I am by a good bit, but can't just say "Good enough!" Washes were too messy for her.

Ifalna wrote:All done! Shame the larger group pics obscure detail a bit, so I took some smaller ones too. Went with a white background which I usually hate, just too much obscured with a black bg on their black armor. These were really enjoyable to paint and I am happy with the results.

These are just awesome, the colour is amazing, well done!!

Love the little grot!! Great colours.

The Knight looks really good too, very neat painting for a nine year old!

That Grot reminds me of my 2 year old brother...Cute, but so, so hyperactive and LOUD.

Out of curiosity, about how many commissions do you have going on at the moment? It seems like about 10, reading from your posts.

_Tim?

I love the eldar exarch , painting white is a pain in the backside.

All your marines look amazing i keep thinking the music of tron whenever i see them.

'claw

I go with 1 big one (army) at a time and smaller ones to break up painting on the army and prevent me going insane.

Usually 2 at a time, Sm's are done so the grots are getting started when breaking from the Eldar, I think any more than that would stretch me too thin as my painting time is already so limited (/rage). There are a couple more eldar to arrive so I am spending a nice amount of time per unit and not rushing too hard with them, I could technically paint after work and not just on weekends but it would be about an hour a day, and that's just not enough time to get into a proper groove for me. I would end up churning out subpar work or not being able to sleep because my brain was in painty overdrive.

The Chaos stuff and Cryx are all just my own things, so there are only 2 commissions going for the moment and I won't be taking more untill my upcoming house move is sorted Less stress for all involved, I can just paint mini's for ebay untill then once these are done.

I imagine Grots on the battlefield are infuriating for the opposition to say the least, like being stuck at a birthday party for toddlers off their faces on sugar and Coca cola, except with guns ><

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...I imagine Grots on the battlefield are infuriating for the opposition to say the least, like being stuck at a birthday party for toddlers off their faces on sugar and Coca cola, except with guns ><

Some_Call_Me_Tim? wrote:
That is exactly how the background story describes them! I still think an Easter themed Orc army would be hilarious, just imagine Grots with pink hand baskets, running around looking for more Easter eggs, whilst Ork boys wearing pink bunny ears fight each other for the ONLY giant size Snickers bar.

Eep! I think i just threw up in amy mouth a little there Pure silliness! Would be fun as a diorama but I just know if someone is going to paint it I will end up seeing it played in a tournament somewhere >.<

logg_frogg wrote:

Some_Call_Me_Tim? wrote:
That is exactly how the background story describes them! I still think an Easter themed Orc army would be hilarious, just imagine Grots with pink hand baskets, running around looking for more Easter eggs, whilst Ork boys wearing pink bunny ears fight each other for the ONLY giant size Snickers bar.

Eep! I think i just threw up in amy mouth a little there Pure silliness! Would be fun as a diorama but I just know if someone is going to paint it I will end up seeing it played in a tournament somewhere >.<

It would be even funnier is said army was completley cheesy, with gobs of Bikerz. Nothing worse than losing to Boyz in pink bunny ears!

_Tim?

I'm not dead D:

Been super busy, finished off the scorps unit (pics tonight), have another few grots done and the DA character is on his way to being finished!

Some quick shots, the wip Tabletop standard DA- (such a dc doom face!)





And some shots of the new grots and herder. Herder needs a teeny bit more work, grots are pretty much done. Going to get some larger pics of them all together asp

Cool grots and Asamodi.