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[Axineton]

Excellent stuff! 

[Dwango]

Nice! It looks really good!

[happyslugger]

Elf has a mate now...neither of them are glued together lol

 

 

 

 

Sorry for the naff camera again its my phone

[happyslugger]

Then there were three.

 

Now I wont post anymore pictures until the other two troupes are done and my troupe master....who is going to be done a little different.

 

[happyslugger]

Might also swap shoulder pads to match their belts....starting to think there is too much purple.

[Dread]

It's up to you but I like the color balance. Never to much purple mwhahaha!

[happyslugger]

It's my son's favourite colour also.

Plus it's completely different to the green, red and gold used in my other armies.

Still jury is out..but at least I can paint each set of troupes slightly differently to help me distinguish which model is from which squad.

[happyslugger]

Squad 1 done.

 

 

 

 

Changed a few things and added some moot green and additional highlights.

 

Got to figure out bases also

[happyslugger]

Also looking at basing them..anyone seen the wraithstone bases from element games. Look nice but I'm not up on eldar lore lol

[Zebulon]

You are getting through these much quicker than I am! They look good. Is it a canon masque you’ve gone for or a DIY?

[happyslugger]

DIY here although now thinking I will change the colour of the main body to black lol.

Reason I'm going DIY is I have blood angels, custodes and death guard (also chaos Knights) so if I just paint them as I like I can choose what masque I want when I want. My other armies are pretty much static..no trying new things out.

I didn't really think of a colour scheme, just went with whatever. So now I'm thinking of making the main bodies black and just leaving the colours as is to match the starweaver.

Edited by happyslugger, 28 May 2020 - 08:40 PM.

[Dread]

I don't use masque colors either. This is a collecting hobby so painting them your way is the best way. I switch up mine all the time and now with the Phoenix Rising book many different build possibilities. GW's schemes are just that, their ideas. So using their ideas is fine but ultimately they're our models, so there is no real wrong way. Yours are looking great, keep at it.

[happyslugger]

Well the trouble I have is I look online for ideas and think ooh I like that and then I use the idea and try and make it mine. Luckily I have another 4 boxes of these so will be trying a different scheme with the next box...worst case I keep these for kill team lol

[happyslugger]

well decision made and I think I am finally happy.

 

Slightly darker now and have a little more pop to them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Although images dont really show, they have all been highlighted and dry brushed and the capes are done in the same manner that the Starweaver is.

[Dread]

They look terrific! Cloaks really tie it all together.

[happyslugger]

They look terrific! Cloaks really tie it all together.

Thanks Dread, took me a while but I got there.

Simple, quick and easy to repeat scheme.

Edited by happyslugger, 30 May 2020 - 07:26 AM.

[happyslugger]

Almost done my Starweaver, just a few bits to tidy up.  It is fully magnetised (werapons front and back and the base).

 

Work on cockpit

 

Starweaver

 

Bit of a rubbish picture but pilot and chair/internals are painted.

 

Voidweaver (not decided on weapon colours yet)

 

I will be building a DJ and S.S along with two skyweavers later.  Not sure how I can go about magnetising the bikes and riders.

[Axineton]

Looking good mate. Bloody cockpit painting is so fiddly isn’t it? 

[happyslugger]

Yes it is lol.

I'm not a great painter, I try but it's not perfect.

Painted up a death jester earlier..man I had issues putting it together..large hands don't help.

Tomorrow I will do a shadowseer and then I'm out of paint until my order turns up. I could do with some new brushes as well 🙄

How you getting on with yours?

[Axineton]

I’ve heard it’s a bugger to assemble.

 

I've not touched my Quins this week really. I’ve been concentrating on my knight but the weather is to nice so not much done with that either. 

Edited by Axineton, 30 May 2020 - 07:12 PM.

[happyslugger]

I do mine when I'm working upstairs in between emails and calls lol.

[happyslugger]

My shadowseer (No.1)

 

 

 

 

First time I have ever tried freehand on the little star on his cape.  Think it came out okay (no way professional) but from a distance they look cool lol

[happyslugger]

No.1 Death Jester...what a pain to put together he was.

 

One of the little skulls was broken on mine, so I cut the other one off also :-)

 

 

 

Still toying with these bases:

 

https://elementgames...es-round-25mm-5

 

What do others think?

 

Also built the main body of 2 skyweavers today...luckily the 4 mm x 1 mm magnets I have fit perfectly in the spot where the base goes, so I have magnetised the stands.  Still need to build the riders, but I am out of primer now so have to wait :-)

 

Might be a week or so before I post any updates.

[happyslugger]

Slow day here as no primer, so decided to play around with my shadowseer and think I have improved it.  I actually decided to have a look at a colour wheel (didn't know what one was prior to this afternoon - hey my degree and masters where based on economics and statistics).  

 

 

 

One thing I am learning with these is I do not have to conform or be as uniformed in my painting has I have been with other models from my other armies.  I have more freedom (jury still out on if I am using it correctly lol) with the Harlequins.

Edited by happyslugger, 01 June 2020 - 03:06 PM.

[Dwango]

The addition of that yellow really makes it pop. Good call!

Ha yes the colour wheel was a revelation to me when I discovered it last year. Makes it a lot easier to determine colour schemes.