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Platform is looking great so far. really like the warp spiders. They came out great!

Yeeah the Warp Spiders look really cool.

The Bike Rune Priest is pretty cool too.

EDC

Very pretty Ramos. Wish I could get a green that deep and lush.

Very glad to hear it guys!

Gits- Trick to the saturated greens is DA Green paint and a custom ink filter/wash I mixed up. Took a few tries to get the color and consistency right, but in the end it came out to a nice sharp green like what you see here.

Today's progress is nothing special- Just a lot of blacking out areas to break up the masses of green. Should have some actual progress to show tomorrow once I get it all highlighted!

As promised: Progress shots!

At this stage I find myself working in three groups- Guns (all white, minor details picked out like gems- currently finished white), Turrets/gunners (Just need stones and lights picked out), and Platforms (self-explanatory, really... Very small areas in need of detail work, currently messing with splashes of white as seen below).
Then everything needs little freehand details (mostly vines), which will come after almost everything else is done with.

The main body of the Vyper is just about done, with only stones and freehand to go on him. Just got his canopy sprayed in translucent red- very striking color against the green. Should be broken up a bit after I put the panel lines in on it.



The bases of the weapon batteries are done save for the stones and the white areas. When I add decals, Im going to put one of the Hearts on the white panel.


I think I may need another panel of white on them. probably a mirror image on the other side. What do you guys think?

I agree. Making them symmetrical with a stripe on the other side will be cool.

Jetbike looks sweet too.

EDC

I feel elder benefits from symmetry. The green looks fantastic. So deep and vibrant.

Way to break up that green.

5 weekends to go !

The green is fantastic, but that single white panel is just brilliant! Love offsetting colors like that

I have a Farrow update from Wehrkind, who has been converting the models Ramos is queued up to paint for me after AdeptiCon

Battle Boar conversion using Titan Forge Dire Wolf body and Mierce Chaagmuth Jaw-Taker bits (head, back legs, tail):



Bone Grinder conversion using GW Beastmen Gor and PP Slaughterhouser head:



These models are way sweeter than what I had originally planned, so wanted to share Wehr's awesome work that Ramos will be painting

Those are just great!

Ooooooooohhhhh Those are looking fantastic! Very nice work Wehr!
Exciting to get my hands on these

@SL: Oh I know it! Counting the days.
Hoping to have eldar done by the end of the month, then the daemons done in 2 weeks. Optimally that would leave me 2 or 3 to work on some of my own shinies, so I dont look like a total lameass during our games

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Micro-update- Second white panel.

Although Im really a fan of asymmetry in color schemes, this one really did need a bit more white. Sure I could have put another panel or two on one side or the other (alternating them, ever), but alas, didnt think of it xD

For now, I think this is what Ill be going with. The turret shields of the platforms will have vine freehand on them, so probably not much white other than craftworld insignia.

I think you should (if you aren't past the point of no return), do one platform with left side panel white, one with right, and one with both. Nice visual breakup and easy to tell apart at a glance.

Glad you like the piggies Ramos, there are like 8 more on the chopping block for you
And I do mean chopping block; those Titan Forge wolves take a mess of carving and hacking at to get together, let alone removing their heads. I have decreed that in every game RiTides plays against me with the boars he must refer to me as "Lord Carver, Bringer of Most Massive Destruction", and his model Carver only as "The Pretender".

 Wehrkind wrote:
I have decreed that in every game RiTides plays against me with the boars he must refer to me as "Lord Carver...", and his model Carver only as "The Pretender".

I can agree to that

Also, I really like whalemusic's idea for the Eldar - would love to see one tank with a single white panel, another with the opposite single white panel, and the last with two white panels!

 RiTides wrote:

 Wehrkind wrote:
I have decreed that in every game RiTides plays against me with the boars he must refer to me as "Lord Carver...", and his model Carver only as "The Pretender".

I can agree to that

It is now canon!
All hail the Carver of Carvers!



So sorry about vanishing without trace the past couple days. I had a hard deadline to meet (mostly self-imposed xD), so i was up till 6AM this morning putting final touches on the Eldar.

While I would have loved to do the alternating panels like you suggested WM, by that time everything was at the twin panel stage xD Maybe next time... Or you know- When we do more Mymeara!

First up, Vaul's Wrath support batteries. All weapon options are painted up and swappable for extra versatility.




Deathspinner:







D-Cannon:







Vibrocannon:







And last but not least, the Vyper- again, with all weapons magnetized. Of note though is that this is not its intended base- Had some color scheme issues so took pictures on a Jetbike base from the same army. Also, the client isnt too keen on the red glass, so we're working out a new one for him. Might be something blue... I just wanted to take final complete pictures of the model, so set the canopy in







And a slightly overexposed shot of the interior



Alrighty!
So with that done, its onto some Daemons, then HOPEFULLY a little Marines Errant for Adepticon!!! Ach where does the time go! xD

Beautiful, beautiful work on those artillery pieces Ramos. Fantabulous!

Love all the extra work you put into the artillery and viper. Those panels really look like they are lit up.

Those are some really nice looking Eldar. Never really dug their aesthetic, but you make it sing! That might just be my tinnitus acting up though.

The artillery pieces are amazing, and I like everything on the Viper except the canopy, so nice that you're already on that . Really fantastic work!

How does one un-red a canopy?

Those Eldar models are amazing, Ramos. Green is a good color for Eldar!

I love the grey glass panels on the death spinner. Obviously all the weapon platforms and jetbikes looks awesome, but I especially like the grey glass.

EDC

The Eldar have come up so well. Such lovely subtle gradients of green. So very Eldar, has that almost organic feel.

Very nice. I love how you do your whites. Such a pain for me to do !

@Gits: Thanks, Gits! You know. Your mantis Warriors helped me out on nailing this green

@Yorkright: If its worth doing, its worth overdoing xD Once I get started on details like this, I tend to have a hard time stopping. Its why I only ever paint to one level and why it takes me just so blasted long to finish projects, haha!

@Wehr: I've always been a bit of the opposite- Not about the hearing thing (what? Whats that whistling sound?), but I've always had a little bit of a soft spot for the Eldar. Especially now that I have my airbrush, the flat panels are perfect for gradients and the like. Plus, I adore painting gems and lenses, and Eldar have a couple of those. (understatement much?)

@Tides: Yeah, it ended up being a little too "loud" of a color when placed next to the rest of the model. Now I know xD

@WM: One does not- One grabs a new canopy and starts over again xD
I could maybe turn it a darker purple, but I dont think thats what the client has in mind for the scheme.

@Zerg: Of the stock schemes, I think this is one of my favorites. Saim-Hann I like just a liiiiitle bit more, but Client's doing Pre-Heresy Thousand Sons, so didnt want two red armies!

@EDC: Thanks- The gray was a bit of a random choice- Didnt want to leave it black, but couldnt put a bright color in it as id normally do. The blue would have looked ok, I guess, but just not quite. Gray kept it neutral and still makes it look finished....

Plus I REALLY like painting lenses, gems, and glass!!

@Archer: Thanks!! This particular color blend was a big part of why it took me so long to finish these. Not because the scheme was difficult, but because I was working with the client to determine color scheme. We've gone through I think about 6 choices of green, then countless other thoughts, concepts, and ideas...
Thrilled it came out like this in the end. Will have even more of these in the post-Adepticon season!

@SL: Airbrush, man. Makes it WAY easy on large panels. For everything else, the secret is P3 Underbelly blue and SWM Cool Gray Wash. Gives a nice cool shadow to highlighting with whites!

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No progress to take pictures of today- Just prep work- all very boring, but necessary before getting on to painting!

Prep work for some Krootdar?

Almost
Still got a bunch of greenstuff work to do on them, but before that is a batch of Daemonettes + a soulgrinder- in theory MUCH easier than the Eldar, but we shall have to see

Rest assured, though... Krootdar are definitely inbound!

And someday a Titan. As soon as FW decides to give me my big dumb plasma gun.

One day, One day! (hopefully soon!)
Till then, he's keeping watch over my desk. Still takes up a hell of a lot of room... Taken to using every spare shelf in my work area for model projects of past, present, and future!! :/

Come ooooon FW!



Started putting paint down on the Slaanesh Daemons- 20 Daemonettes (models from Raging Heroes), a Herald of Slaanesh (cant remember manufacturer), and a Soul Grinder.

Really REALLY excited to get at the Grinder... It really is a spectacularly fun model to paint






Related to the space issues in the workshop, I recently grabbed a tool rack off Amazon for cheap... Seems to work well for most of my tools (im probably forgetting some somewhere but thats for another day)



Now if I could figure out more shelving, thatd be greeeeeeat.....

Nice rack

EDC