Eldar Wraithguard

I finally finished this guy after so many months.  He had been sitting mostly done for months.  Just sitting there mocking me.  The major motivating factor in finishing him and thinking of starting the other 4 guys is 8th edition.  Short range auto hitting D weapons are just too much to pass up.

As for the painting, it's nothing new if you've seen any of my Alaitoc stuff over the years.  The standard blue armor with yellow.

The Hemlock Wraithfighter is getting very close to completion.  I probably should've finished it first, but I just wanted to get this guy off the table.

Eldar Harlequin Players

 Here's three updated Harlequins for my Masque.

Astra Militarum Shadowsword

The Shadowsword I've talked about multiple times has finally seen completion.  It's so nice having this big thing off the painting table.

Death Korps of Krieg Commissar

Two post within 24 hours!  Mainly due to the fact that this guy was pretty much done like a week ago.  I added a few finishing touches and snapped some pics.

It's the same general theme as the previous Commissar, but a bit grittier.  Something about the DKK stuff that makes you want to paint that way.

Astra Militarum Leman Russ Executioner

I did the vast majority of this guy in a day.  I did the turret last after a few days off.  It's pretty standard desert fare for me, but I did do some fun stuff with the weapons.

Imperial Knight Paladin

Working on a nice big model is a good change of pace from doing the same camo scheme over and over.  Well, here's a nice big model that doesn't have a spec of camo on it.

The pictures make it obvious, this is an Imperial Knight of the Paladin class.  My friend picked this up at first because it was a great deal.  It was a kinda fun build to be honest.  I put it together in an afternoon a few months ago.  I needed some palette cleansing from all the tanks, so here it is.

The blue armor is the same technique as the Taurox I did a few months back.  Black primer>The Fang Base>Thunderhawk Blue>Reikland Fleshshade in recesses>Fenrisian Grey Drybrush.  The Fang and Thunderhawk were both applied by an airbrush, such a nice time saver on a big model like this.  

The brass was the same Black Primer>Balthasar Gold>Nuln Oil>Balthasar Gold>Shining Gold>Runefang Steel.  The first Balthasar was applied with the airbrush.  Then the shade with Nuln Oil, then the next three colors were dry brushes with a lighter application on each coat.  

The little bit of Steel was just Ironbreaker inked with Nuln Oil and light Runefang drybrush.  

I pretty much did this guy in a 24 hour period.   It was like I was painting a huge Mech back from my Battletech days.

I'll probably finish the Sentinel in the next few days.  I still have a Russ in the stripper to work on if I don't get anymore stuff from him until next weekend.  

Astra Militarum Chimera

 The squad of Cadians I finished the other day needed a ride.

This is now the 5th desert camo AM tank I've worked on, so I've go the process down and can really finish quickly.  I primed it awhile back, but once I actually started to hit it with a brush it took only a few days.  

If I'm not mistaken, the Chimera kit is still the same one they originally released.  I do really like the track guards on this guy.  On the Russ it's OK, on the Chimera I think it really adds to the model. 

Hopefully those Shadowsword sponsons don't take too long.  I'd really like to finally finish that beast. There's another standard Russ in the stripper that I'll start this week most likely.   

Astra Militarum Valkyrie

 Finished a nice looking new ride for the brave men of Cadia.  

Yvraine Emissary of Ynnead

 I finally finished this little lady.  Honestly, I just got tired of her sitting on my desk being mostly done.  Obviously the cat isn't done, that's for a later date most likely.

Astra Militarum Leman Russ Battle Tank

Another tank added to the hallowed rolls of Cadia!

Astra Militarum Leman Russ Vanquisher

 Hey look! There's another tank.  A real one this time.  No weak open top indirect fire deal this time, the real thing.  An honest to god armored vehicle with a big ass gun.

Astra Militarum Wyvern Suppression Tank

Hey look, it's a tank.  Not just any tank though, an Astra Militarum Wyvern Suppression Tank.  To be honest with you, it was a lot of fun to paint.

Astra Militarum Commissar

Here's another IG/AM model from my friend's army.  It was in the box of Scions I was building so I thought what the hell, i'll assemble and paint him.

He's a pretty simple model, but has some character in that simplicity.  My friend likes plasma, so he's got the plasma pistol.

I went with the same blue I used on the Tauros and am using on the Scions.  It's a fairly simple technique that gets the job done.  The red is a few levels or layering and an orange sharp edge highlight.  The gold is just a shade with silver highlight.  The only thing I spent extra time on was the pistol.  I did some different levels of highlighting for a bit of a glow effect.  I think for the level of work put into the model, it came out rather decent.

Currently Yvraine is my focus on the table.  She's real early on in the process.  Theres also some Scions, Wraithblades, and the 3rd Vargheist.

Eldar The Visarch Sword of Ynnead

I had to pre-order the Triumvirate the day it came out being the Eldar player I am. A lot can be said about the fluff being good or bad, but damn the models are top notch. The packaging was the best I've seen from GW. There was one slight piece of damage on Ynnead though. Looking at the three, I knew I had to paint him up first.

With the mix of Eldar, Dark Eldar, and Harlequin design aspects, I think they did a nice job combining them. He has a much stronger Dark Eldar feel to him, but that's OK to me.

As for painting him. I went with a fairly traditional color scheme. The armor was a lot of fun to highlight. I'm really liking the sharp corner highlighting technique. The cloak was almost step for step from the tutorial video on him. I decided to go with ad different color arrangement for his gems compared to my Craftworld models so he'd stand out a bit. His cloak I think came out the least successful. It's serviceable, if not dull.

The point I want to talk individually on is the sword. I used my new airbrush to do some blue and white blending before I glazed it and highlighted.

I have some more finished models I just need to take pics of. Of course I've started the next of the three, Yvraine.

Astra Militarum Taurox Prime

Some non-Eldar Stuff!?

Eldar Warlock II

I had finished this Warlock before the Vargheist, but just now took some photos.

Vampire Counts Vargheist

 Lots of painting has been done lately.  My issue right now is just getting them photographed and put up here.  As you can see, some Vampire Counts have been seeing the painting table.