Eldar Re-Paint WIPs

     My hobby time the past two years has been extremely limited. My decision to return to school as well as the birth of my son have cause quite a drain on my free time. That is probably the number one reason why I have had limited activity on this blog. This summer I decided to take a break after 2 full years (summers too). That should allow me more time to paint and hopefully put some stuff up for you all to look at.

     So, with the recent release of the Eldar codex I have enjoyed working with that army again. We have a saying locally "I don't paint like that no more.", and to some extent that is true. I am not trying to say there was anything specifically wrong with how I used to paint in particular how I painted my Eldar, I have just learned skills and techniques that will make painting new models much easier and reach a better result.

WIP: Eldar Guardians...Time for some troopers

So I figured it was time for me to get off my ass and post something. Since I have been concentrating on painting individual models I figure it would be a good time to take a break and do some units. We are doing a Ard Boys build up again this year and I am working on Eldar. So that means I am going to be painting Eldar. I already have quite a few models painted up for this army, but I am going to be starting over and replacing the old painted ones with new ones.

The pieces of my new Eldar models

Here they are ready for new paint

Eldrad Conversion Painted and Finished

Well, here he is I hope you like him. Thanks to a fairly rules knowledgeable group of local gamers I was able to finish him during this weekends 40K tournament I was hosting at the FLGS. I turned in the pics over at Dragonpainting forums and know I just wait to see what they think. I also hope you like it as well. Maybe my next project will be a bit less intensive.

More pics after the jump

More WIP: Converted Eldrad...Getting closer

Well, as with most of my projects now it seems this one is going to take me forever to finish. At least with this one I have something to push me a bit. I have started this for a March challenge over at DragonPainting forums. Well entries are due on Sunday night at midnight. So I need to finish this up by then.

 Since the last time you saw this I cleaned up a few things and tried to block out most of the colors so I could see what some things look like. I also fought with the free hand on the back. I wanted to do something larger and still may, but I could not get anything I liked. Hopefully you like what you see.

More WIP: Converted Eldrad

Here are some more WIPs of my converted Eldrad. The change in style has really challenged me when it comes to metallics. I am still not 100% sure what I am doing but I feel like I am stumbling in the right direction.

 More pics after the jump..

Wave Serpent Turret Conversion

So we are doing a build up for Ard Boys at our FLGS again this year and this year I will be working (or reworking) on my Eldar. Well almost any incarnation of an Eldar list I can come up with at this point is going to need at least one or two Wave Serpents. I do not really like the stock turret. I like the Forgeworld one, but since there is a good chance I will need several serpents for any larger list I did not want to go about paying $15-$20 to buy the turrets. So, I figured my only option was to make them.

Moving along with WIP: Converted Eldrad painting pt. 3

Got some work done on this and have made some progress. I moved to the shoulder armor and I tend to use this as a location to bring the red from the army scheme into the mini. The cloak on the back is going to remain a darker red and might even get some brown added to it. The helmet is just getting started and I intend for it to eventually look like the rune armor.

 More pictures after the jump.

Keeping you bored..WIP Eldrad Conversion pt. 2

Here it is.... Not much change at this point. Mainly worked the Rune armor and a few other things. I really have only had an hour or so to actually work on him.

WIP: My Eldrad Conversion

     Well slowly but surely I am getting something done. I started this model for a monthly painting challenge over at the Dragonpainting forums. The theme is simply sci-fi. Since I already have my Howling Banshee Exarch pretty much finished I decided to start something new.

More WIPs...Howling Banshee Exarch pt5, Dark Eldar Incubi pt1

Some quick WIPs for you to look at. The first is one you are probably getting tired of seeing.

     I really have not had a lot of progress on this Banshee Exarch because I am struggling to get the weapons to a point I am happy with. I worked on the weapons a bit and I think I am real close to where I want to be. I really wish I could get a better picture of the weapons. They look ok here but I could not really get a top down angle of the shot to best show what I have here.

Fighting through the funk; Howling Banshee Exarch...WIP 4

So the funk has been pretty heavy with me lately. So instead of wasting time looking for a new project, I decided to just push through on an existing one. I drug out my in progress Howling Banshee Exarch and did some small stuff on this model. Since it is most of the way done it is easy for me to pick out some smaller areas and work for a few minutes and then move on if I start to bore with it.

 More pics after the break....

Throwback to my Eldar

Well part of my resolutions was to take stock of what armies I have and make an effort to reduce the amount of "stuff" that I have. So in doing that I have been going through my collection and looking at all the stuff I have. One of the armies that I am keeping but still need to take a look at is my Eldar army.

Howling Banshee Exarch...WIP 3

Well I managed to to squeeze some painting time in between tending to my wife who is recovering from recent surgery. There may not seem like much change as I only refined a few things that were done and added some smaller details to see how they would look with the completed color.

Howling Banshee Exarch...WIP 2

Well I am plugging along with this one. Not quite the pace I would like, but I am steadily getting work done. I am working with a new style where I emphasize shadows and highlights to give a bit more contrast than I have in the past. So far I have been happy with the results although they still look a bit rough in places. I am having to be extra careful with my blending because it can be really distracting if some of it is not clean.

Howling Banshee Exarch...WIP 1

 Well I am starting to break out of my funk and started to actually work on a mini. Since I am not currently working on any particular army for any particular game I just grabbed a model from one of my armies and started painting. This model may never see the table but I like it none the less.