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These are for my jetbike and flyer based Dark Eldar with Eldar allies army I'm slowly building up. I wanted to have at least 3 jets for "heavy support" and I might add a 2nd Crimson Hunter, as the model was simply a delight to build and paint. They all were, but building and painting all the missiles for the Razorwings was quite tedious to say the least.

All options are fully magnetized, including the jets to the acrylic rods, which I used instead of the stock GW flyer base, which I'm not all that crazy about.

The bases were done with lots of floor tile adhesive and bits of real rocks. Airbrushed with Vallejo model air and some oil washes. I mixed up Dark Eldar and Eldar decals on all the models, as my army is kind of a combined corsair army that has deviated from both cultures to form their own force.

Here's all 3 together:

The acrylic rods I cut quite high, to give a sense of altitude!





The obligatory layout of all munitions:



And here's some detail on the Razorwings:









I painted the fins on the Razorwings with Alclad metallics to give them a nice, shiny sheen.



And did the gems with Tamiya transparents which are some seriously nice paints for anyone's paint arsenal.



Here's the Crimson Hunter, totally awesome kit IMO.







And finally some close ups of the bases:

Great job. Both of those kits are so beautiful and made even more so by your paint job. Tempting me to start on my DE before my Ogres are finished!

Beautiful! The bases are amazing too!


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Dude, you straight up got tens from me in the gallery!!

Very nicely painted, I really like the bases too. Great job.

Looking mint mate! I took a peek at the rest of the army so far. Quite the force you have got going. Be sure to post the next batch too!1

Fantastic looking air support. I like the overall color scheme and idea behind a more 'Corsair' type army.

Thanks for the tip with the Tamiya transparents. I was looking at them recently and wondered how they were different and what effect they'd give to a model.

Absolutely love the bases

Kelly502 wrote:Beautiful! The bases are amazing too!


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Dude, you straight up got tens from me in the gallery!!

Wow thank you!

Barksdale wrote:Looking mint mate! I took a peek at the rest of the army so far. Quite the force you have got going. Be sure to post the next batch too!1

Thanks, will do. Next up is 3 more eldar and dark eldar jetbikes, a 3rd vyper and 2 venoms, plus 10 kabalite warriors and archon. I also have wytches and wracks, but I'm contemplating just going with all kabalite warriors.

Sarigar wrote:Fantastic looking air support. I like the overall color scheme and idea behind a more 'Corsair' type army.

Thanks for the tip with the Tamiya transparents. I was looking at them recently and wondered how they were different and what effect they'd give to a model.

Tamiya transparent paints are excellent paints and there's so many effects you can do with them, I think they add a nice touch to any model. Great for creating blood, slime, oil etc.

Absolutely fantastic! Love the colors on them, as well as the rest of your force!

How tall are those bases? Are they custom made? Just wondering, as I'm looking to do a heldrake soon.

P.S. - Totally off topic, but I really like your terrain in your gallery as well.

These are awesome, CD! Love the taller rods and their phenomenal desert bases! Razorwings look smashing as well!

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Absolutely fantastic! Love the colors on them, as well as the rest of your force!

How tall are those bases? Are they custom made? Just wondering, as I'm looking to do a heldrake soon.

P.S. - Totally off topic, but I really like your terrain in your gallery as well.

Thanks, the rods are 12-18" tall, they're 1/4" acrylic rods I ordered off eBay. I had to glue them into the bases with lots of gorilla glue to ensure they were sturdy, and getting them to stand straight was kind of a pain, but I like them better than the stock GW flyer base.

They all look very awesome. The more I look at them together, it seems like those two vehicles were destined to be kit bashed together to make a void raven bomber.

These are gorgeous, thanks for sharing them. Some of the best Eldar fliers i've seen !

The bases are incredible too, really great job.

Sexy! How do the elevated rods work for gaming though?

Those are beautiful paintjobs, the metal especially so.

Awesome. The long acrylic rods look a ton better than the standard GW ones. The bases in general are amazing.

Paint scheme is ace as well!

Stunning work. Solid paintjobs all around, great looking bases, lots of options, and even something unique in the form of extra height. It actually looks really good, but I personally would never dare extending the flyer rod, since I'm already nervous of knocking my Dakkajet over.

Frakking hell! I would literally kill to paint like that, well done mate

Asmodai Asmodean wrote:Sexy! How do the elevated rods work for gaming though?

I'm not sure yet, haven't got enough force to play a game so far. I think it will be ok unless someone wants to be a real rules stickler.

Bonde wrote:Stunning work. Solid paintjobs all around, great looking bases, lots of options, and even something unique in the form of extra height. It actually looks really good, but I personally would never dare extending the flyer rod, since I'm already nervous of knocking my Dakkajet over.

They're definitely less stable, and I've already knocked one off my shelf, sending magnetized missiles flying all over the room!

I'll have to be very careful when gaming with them

The photos really do them justice. Lovely work all round. I particularly enjoyed the 'load out' pic!

Those flyers have to be the best models GW has made, and you`ve certainly made them justice

I like the colors and theme. You don't often think of space elves as desert folk but the look is good.