A new Craftworld is born. Arithym!

[Fable]

As it turns out, no. I duelled a Stormraven, did naff all against a Psyrifleman and died. Admittedly, it took two turns of his whole army shooting it but I was tabled in the end anyway. I hate Grey Knights anyway (especially their Stormraven) and the dice seem to be against me somewhat.

It was still a fun game, even with a pair of my mates cackling like hyenas at every mishap I had.

GK are a particularly brutal matchup currently between the rules and points disparity. This weekend I'm going to be getting in a game to try out the Phoenix and Nightwing tandem. I'll eventually post it as a VBR. I'm hoping they're not just instantly shot out of the sky.

[Frostlancer]

It all looks fantastic. I'm sure you've mentioned it somewhere, but is the basic approach to the wraithbone army painter bone primer, ogryn flesh wash, then bleached bone dry brushing? I was thinking of doing something similar for when I get round to rebooting my Eldar (not looking to rip off your colour scheme, just after a bit of guidance).

[swampman6]

thats a lot of flyers!!

loving the army. keep up the good work

[Temakador_Swiftblade]

Love your army. absolutely inspirational work!

[Son of Russ]

It all looks fantastic. I'm sure you've mentioned it somewhere, but is the basic approach to the wraithbone army painter bone primer, ogryn flesh wash, then bleached bone dry brushing? I was thinking of doing something similar for when I get round to rebooting my Eldar (not looking to rip off your colour scheme, just after a bit of guidance).

The Craftworld bone colours are simply :

Prime of Army Painter Skeleton Bone.

Heavy wash of Gryphonne Sepia.

Drybrush Bleached Bone.

Done!

For the darker Striking Scorpion colour, change the Gryphonne Sepia for Devlan Mud.

Hope that helps!

thats a lot of flyers!!

loving the army. keep up the good work

Thanks! My Grav Tank addiction has gotten quite out of hand. Once I start on a small Corsair side force, I imagine it'll only get worse.

Love your army. absolutely inspirational work!

Thank you very much! I'm pleased that you like the army!

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Status update.

Hit serious painting lull. Trying to get back into the swing of it but might need to break out something else to paint as a wee break.

Maybe Space Hulk.

[Son of Russ]

Hey all.

I ain't dead! Fighting through a serious painting lull at the mo. Have focused on trying some conversions at the mo. Working on a Seer Council on Jetbikes!

First up, the Warlock Jetbikes :



Inspiration comes from another Eldar player on the Warseer forums called Fold. He has the post 'How to build a better Eldar Jetbike. I have nearly seven of these made though I'n not made the riders yet.

Folds original post is here!

Then there is the Farseers ride :



This is made from a combination of Folds Jetbike conversion and the Female Farseer of Jetbike by Easternheretic, also here on Warseer. Again, the rider is not made yet. Still thinking on how I'll be doing them.

Easternheretic's how to is here!

I feel it is only right to give a shout out to the two of them for inspiring me to build my own Jetseer Council! Hope they approve and that you guys and gals like!

[post4mike]

Hey there,

I'm kinda new to eldar, and I love the colours. If you don't mind, there may be another Arithym army coming...?
Also, do you know where I could get some paints like the ones you use? GW doesn't have any of the shades you use.

Increase the peace,

Post

[Son of Russ]

Hi there post4mike.

Sure, feel free! Nice to know that this scheme has inspired you! Most of the colours are in the revised GW line under new names.

Armour.

Bleached Bone = Ushabti Bone

Gryphonne Sepia = Seraphim Sepia

Helms

Chaos Black = Abaddon Black

Codex Grey = Dawnstone

Weapons

Tin Bitz = Warplock Bronze

Dwarf Bronze = Hashut Copper

Shining Gold = Gehenna's Gold

Liquitex Transparent Burnt Sienna = I bought this here at Pullingers.

Hope that helps!

[post4mike]

Thanks a lot! I'll get working on it ASAP

Increase the peace,

Post

[Son of Russ]

Cool, glad to help. Be sure to link me to your thread (assuming you do one) so I can follow what you're doing!

[post4mike]

Hi there,

Just wondering how the epic jetbikes turned out? They look amazing so far!

Increase the peace,

Post

[Son of Russ]

Update time.

Not quite what many are expecting, I'll wager but I've long considered adding a Corsair force to my Eldar. 6th makes it all the tastier.

So. While I wait for the remaining parts to build the rest of my Jet Seer Council, I decided not to finish anything else that's nearly done and painted this instead.

An Abyssal Drake Corsair Falcon (Abyssal Drakes being my own Corsair force allied to Craftworld Arithym)



A Corsair Falcon. Done in a test colour scheme for when I get foot troops. I think I'll try a wee free hand design down the left blade/wing piece in bone but we'll see.

Hope you like it!

[Son of Russ]

Hi there,

Just wondering how the epic jetbikes turned out? They look amazing so far!

Increase the peace,

Post

I'm just waiting on the last few parts arriving so I can do the lot in one batch. It has grown to 2 6 man Councils though. 1 Farseer and 5 Warlocks per squad. So I'll have to get a second Farseer bike canopy built. Still gotta do all the green stuff robes over the legs to do too. But they are next on the list!

[Ryanp111]

damnnnnn i AM AM AM gonna start my eldar now!!! the boney cream is delicious on these guys keep it up man serious dedication with all that floating gunned up armour =p

[Sauragnmon]

Another very nice eldar log I've found here. You have an enviable ammount of tanks and superheavies in your force. The colour scheme you use is very very nice, the bronzed weapon barrels give a nice contrast against the flat-matte colour scheme. I have to say, I find myself reminded of SDKFZ's Guard when I look at your tanks, but his scheme is good, so it's meant as a compliment.

Keep up the good work. How did you guys do the Falcon-style intakes on that Nightwing? I'm curious and tempted to try one myself since I have Aeronautica coming in the mail.

[Son of Russ]

Thanks for the kind words! I appreciate it. Need to get back on the horse and get painting again.

As for the intakes, i took blu-stuff moulds of a falcons intakes and made greenstuff copies that I carefully trimmed to fit the Razorwing. Hope that helps!

[Sauragnmon]

It does indeed come in quite handy. Makes much better sense now. I might indeed go with this idea... it strikes me as an interesting design all through. I've got the pieces to get most of it looking right.

[Son of Russ]

To any and all who still follow this thread, my apologies for being absent for so long. Lost the painting mojo pretty hard for these last however many months and to be honest, not really feeling 6th Ed yet and have been consumed by FFGs X-Wing miniatures game. Will likely be returning to my Space Wolves army soon for a complete repaint. I have not abandoned my beloved Eldar entirely though as a friend of mine asked me to join him for a tag team battle on Sunday.

I agreed but realised I would be the best option for air support. Thus, I have been converting two more Nightwings from Razorwings. Both have now been primed and washed with Sepia. I'll be working on them some more tonight and shall endevour to actually get some pictures together for you all!

[Dizzy91]

Simple but effective, they look great together great job buddy!

[Son of Russ]

Well! That's Arithym now the proud owner of three Nightwings!