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Looking good Fin, I agree simple is better for that kind of design aesthetic! I can see this having huge potential and perhaps becoming the next big thing forget nmm it's gonna be shadow patterns all the way i'm loving the Harlequin, the colours are so nice and I can't wait to see him finished, the pathfinder is coming along too, it'll be interesting to see how he turns out in the finish!

and in regards to awesome pimped out Nerds

Ooooh yeah, bringing the nerd love in pure polyester! check out the shadow feathers, inspired much!

Looking good as always, congrats on getting on the front page (if you hadn't already noticed )

I didn't even notice I was on the front page! lol (I did have to scroll down a bit)
Thanks as ever Krell : )

Thanks for the pics Nerd ; ) They're also pretty good examples of shade vs tint - the top shot makes the shirt look as if it's been highlighted with colour, as the highlight is a yellowy-brown, but the bottom shot is highlighted with a tint, buy adding white to the base colour. See how different they come out?
I suspect you could be right about ghost patterning being the new nmm. Looking at the shirt (and your dread - very nice work!) I think it helps to have LOTS of pattern, either in a repeat/geometric, or just more on show as it helps the viewer figure out it is actually a pattern. I think the Ranger potentially suffers because the pattern is a bit minimal.

I'd now like to see a shot of the flares, your floor-length fur coat and pimp hat, complete with feather ; ) You also need some big-ass 1970s frames for your glasses Go NerdDaddy!
/plays the Theme From Shaft in my head

Troupe Master finished, and I'm really rather pleased with him, both dark and light, and there's a nice balance to the colours as well. He was a joy to paint : ) Onwards and upwards!

I really like the face on the master...It has a lot of dark personality!

He's sinister isn't he. I had the thought while I was painting it that it'd be cool to do a version painted like The Joker from Batman, that'd be extra creepy!

Wow those shadow patterns are awesome.

Real nice work.

D

Great stuff Fin! he looks excellent, at first I was thinking that the face needed something else as it wasn't as good as the rest of the model, but with the last shot where you show us the 3 together it works! really works :-) very creepy (although not as creepy as me in the bath!) how many more do you have to do of them?

and thanks for your comments on my Dread, I do realize the freehand could have been smoother but it still looks o.k when you take in the whole mini as one.

now I want to see and paint more shadow patterns! :-)

 finnan wrote:

so, here I am, returning to the world of painting and modelling after a loonnnggggg break - 17-18 years break! Here's some of the stuff I've done in the last few weeks - I know I have stuff to improve on, particularly in the basing area, so ignore that for now. Enjoy : )

How did you get the Eldar swords to look so much like crystal (what paint and techniques) maybe PM me

Thanks in Advance!

@Eldar Man - have a look at page 34 on here, I did a mini tutorial on how I do my sword blades : ) Hope it helps.

@Nerdfest - I agree about the mask - if he were a stand alone model I think I would have done something different, but I want all the Harlequins in the squad to have crystal masks so that there's some cohesion in the unit despite them all being in different colours. The base for it was one of the drybrush paints - Hexos Palesun - I really like them as basecoats for lighter colours, they're really vibrant. So base with that, a wash of Cassandora, and then highlight with Ceramite : )
I have 7 more to do, plus the Death Jester to finish, so I'll have a sizeable squad when I'm done : )

Well then you are going to be a busy man aren't you! because we all (everyone following your thread) want to see what else you paint! I've noticed you've either gotten quicker at painting to that exceptional level or you have a stock of photo's to throw up when we pester you! :-) lolz

no, I think I've gotten faster, definitely. Well, I've gotten faster at what I WANT to do... that bloody Death Jester has been staring at me for months. I'm going to tackle him today - I only have the weapon to do! He's not going to be spectacular, but at least he'll be finished.

Righto - another Harlequin done! This guy just seemed to come together really easily, and I was really surprised that I finished him this quickly. I wouldn't say he's my best work, or that the colour choices are superb, but he's certainly not a stinker. I tried out some diamonds on his thigh, and they turned out pretty well, but I certainly wouldn't want to do that over a whole model! Also some more ghost striping on the blade.
Originally his whole mask was the pastel purple, but it looked a bit too happy, and he's a sinister looking guy, so, I gave him a dark half to the mask, which really kicked the sinister into high gear. This guy kinda creeps me out...
Also a shot of the growing Troupe, with the Death Jester - again, not my best work, but doesn't compare too unfavourably against the others.
Enjoy : )

Your painting is superb, finnan! A question though: why do you leave so many of the details unpainted? (well, I guess they're technically painted, but not a different color than what's around it) An example would be the latest Harli's sword: you painted some sweet ghost stripes, the teeth, and hilt, but left the spirit stones (except one) and other details purple. I imagine it is intensional, but I can't figure out why.

Anyways, looks great regardless
Rawson

I was feeling a bit lazy is the easy answer
you can't see them too well, but the other jewels on the sword are purple; I was surprised at how dark the purple was, it was hard work highlighting it up enough to show. Purple isn't my favourite colour, so I was fairly content to leave it as it was.

I also want a fairly simple, clean aesthetic for the Harlequins. It's really easy to go over the top and just have too much going on. I'd rather have it simple (and potentially be able to go back if I want to) than have it too busy.
Also, the fluff-based answer is in the Imperial Armour 11 book - an Imperial report says that many of the 'jewels' on Eldar armour aren't jewels at all, but sensor bundles/equipment storage kind of things. I now have no problem not painting them up as gems! ; )

 finnan wrote:
I was feeling a bit lazy is the easy answer
you can't see them too well, but the other jewels on the sword are purple; I was surprised at how dark the purple was, it was hard work highlighting it up enough to show. Purple isn't my favourite colour, so I was fairly content to leave it as it was.

I also want a fairly simple, clean aesthetic for the Harlequins. It's really easy to go over the top and just have too much going on. I'd rather have it simple (and potentially be able to go back if I want to) than have it too busy.
Also, the fluff-based answer is in the Imperial Armour 11 book - an Imperial report says that many of the 'jewels' on Eldar armour aren't jewels at all, but sensor bundles/equipment storage kind of things. I now have no problem not painting them up as gems! ; )

See? I knew there had to be an answer somewhere

If you painted every gem on an Eldar model you'd end up insane and with an over cluttered silly looking model. It's common practice to pick out only a few of them.

Harlequins have never really been to my taste but I love the strong colour theme you've applied. Simple, clean aesthetic and Harlequin don't often go together, but you've more than made it work.

I love your blog. There aren't many others who can just paint a model one colour and make it as joyful to look at as you. Keep the Eldar coming.

A lot of nice people have said very nice things about my work, but I think that's the nicest Temujin, thank you very much; it means a great deal to me to get such response. I'm very glad you like the blog - I certainly intend to keep the Eldar rolling out!
I'm considering entering the Harlequins for 40k squad in Golden Demon... I don't think they're really up to scratch, but it'd be nice to show them off a little!

Thanks for this thread, so much inspiration going on here. Just looked through the entire thing and it is all fantastic. I wish the best at gamesday with the golden demon.

This question goes back a bit, but is the FW wraithseer worth getting, i love the model and want to own one for my own eldar

Young Logan

Glad you enjoy it Young_Logan. I like the Wraithseer, probably because of the spear option more than anything else. I have no idea of it's worth in gaming terms though!

The latest Harlequin : )
I actually did all this yesterday, but I went into work today, no no painting progress. Not too bad so far, I'm liking the blue for the body suit, even if it wasn't quite what I was after; I looked a someone's work on here, and they said they used Sotek, Temple Guard and then Ice blue - their results were this really bright, swimming pool blue, lovely. I used the same paints and got this lol Not that it's not nice, but just not what I expected. It might be the proportion of the paints that is making it look darker and greener, but there you go - even using the same paints as someone else can have different results! ; )
Just the one spot colour at the moment with the magenta, but for some reason, I'm tempted to give her pink hair... not really sure why.
That's Balthasar Gold with black wash on it for the pistol and belt - a bit darker than I wanted really, but I can highlight it up a treat.

Oh Fin, totally go pink hair man! that would look epic and kind of remind me of the old Necromunda house Escher ladies ;-)

I like how it's coming along so far, the blus is actually quite nice and I like the slightly greenish tinge it has, matches the sash!

It's ALL about the Harmonious colour choices Nerd ; )
I actually find it quite hard not to do Harmonious, and really hard to do Complimentary. Even my tough, hard as nails craftworld colours have been softened down by doing a red highlight on the black. Basically I'm a big old softie ; )

I'm digging the idea of pink hair - I thought I was kind of doing her in the same colours as the character Oracle from the Imperial Guard in the X-Men, but when I looked, I've done her in reverse - oracle had pink clothes and blue hair... Lots of happy accidents with this one! (even the sash has come out more startlingly green than I anticipated!)

Latest Harlequin finished, and a shot of the growing Troupe (must think up a name for them). Enjoy : )

Ooooh... pretty

I like how the different colour schemes contrast against each other without clashing

So, the 'Road To Golden Demon' [Year 1] year is almost up, a month to go in fact, and considering I'm back at work next week, that will leave little time for significant painting. The plan had been to do an entry for almost every category - after seeing someone do the same last year and snag a handful of trophies, it seemed like the strategy to go for. I haven't quite managed that, but I am pleased with what I've achieved.

The next question - because, as ever, I am full of doubt - is what to actually take. On the Definitely Going list so far:
- the Wraithseer - I worked the hardest on this, and he was always going to be my main entry.
- Cirdan for my Lord of the Rings entry. Not great, but the LotR category always seems thin on the ground, so we'll see what happens.
- The Farseer - again, I worked really hard on him, with the express purpose of Golden Demon. That he inspired the Bonesinger who in turn inspired my craftworld colours, which in turn prompted me to do the Autarch, Warlocks and Guardians is just a happy turn of events.

But... do I take anything else? I have the Avatar from last year, but he doesn't seem that special any more, not really sure why. I could also take the Harlequins, just for a laugh. I have no doubt in my mind that they wouldn't win anything, but as I said in a previous post, it would be nice to show them off a little.
After last year's incident with the Avatar falling to pieces in-transit, I've bought myself a sturdy case with lots of foam - the Wraithseer is already packed in and ready to go. As it's a half-case, room is somewhat limited.

So, what do I take? Thoughts/opinions?

I say take it all and enter everything you can.
Including the Avatar.

Show off your pretty models and hopefully take home more than you went with.

I agree with Ovion enter as many category's as you can, you have nothing to loose (as long as you have space). I'd love to see some of your Eldar in WD .

I concur good sirs, young master Finnan should indeed enter the majority of category's as his work is exeptional across the board! nary has he produced a model that has lacked that exquisite touch he has procured on the many visits mine eyes have glanced across this thread of seamless beauty!

500 odd views, 3 pieces of advice... hmm, I was kinda hoping for a few more opinions... and Nerd seems to be in Shakespearean mode! Curiouser and curiouser!