Eldar Pirates of the Immaterium

[clansman]

Ahoy there maties! here be my log of eldarness as I get through posting my half worked up corsairs and finish em up ready for the high seas..well high galaxies. first up is my dire avengers and wave serpent, I pretty much lifted their look from the 4th edtition kill team(page 219) puffy sleeves and knee high boots is the crack, also props to the yellow one from CMON I used his idea of covering the cockpits over and the extra bling, or as my DA opponent calls it, bedazzling!

[Green-is-best]

Wow, the pattern on the grav tank is awesome.

[kharandhil]

Can't wait to see more, I obviously love the falcon, it's very unique and rpetty well done.

The dire avengers are so cool obviously, I would never be able to make such a unique squad, unless it was ment for a painting competition.

If your dire avengers and falcon look like this, what can be expect of everything else?

[Crowmire]

heh, I also borrowed the same trick from yellowedone's eldar vehicles.

I like the pattern on the waveserpent technically, but I'm not sure if I like the idea behind it... kind of "space pirates taken too literally", but that's just personal preference, really.

the DA's are awesome, especially the third one, which by the way cuold be used as ranger too imo.

anyways, good looking stuff you got there.. looking forward for more

[hobodog]

Thats a great looking squad, very captivating. Absolutely love the 3rd dire avenger very original. The scheme on the grav tank looks nice, albeit complicated, i compliment you for your dedication it looks rocking

[clansman]

thanks guys!
Kharandhil: well im sorta working on lots of bits at once, right now Im between a fire prism, warlock bike council, jetbikes and war walkers. Should get pics up soon!

Crowmire: I sorta patterned the serpent after a blue lobster pic

I tried replicating the actual markings but it looked messy so I just simplified it.
What with the nautical angle all of the colours in the army will be aquatic like, I was thinking maybe the psykers as tropical fish ..clownfish warlocks? maybe a little bit overboard with the theme but I did stop short of gangplanks and rigging on the tanks! I was thinking of painting the underside of them all wood effect, and y'know over the door a lady's portrait and scrollwork,
anyways here's some more avengers undercoated

a falcon but with the colours from a more tropical crab!

and one of the warlocks as well

now you're all aboard, my plan is to update with a mix of works in progress and units already finished, peg legs and hook hands to come!

[Evilgnome]

Great stuff, I'd like to see more!

I saw the pattern on the Waveserpent as almost abstract.

[easternheretic]

You have a great looking squad of DA there. The paint job on the wave serpent is awesome as well.

Any chance of a quick tutorial on how you achieve the effect?

Look forward to seeing more of you minis!

Cheers

[Radium]

Looking good so far, I especially like your wave serpent.

[spekkiebig]

The Wave Serpent looks prety nice. I always liked the look of those Dire Avengers and you nicked the idea perfectly.

[Hairy Norseman]

So many kinds of awesome!

Hn

[the-skylord]

The tanks are awesome! Looking forward to more!

[sheep]

Great effect on the tanks and awesome use of natural inspiration, very eldar.

Look forward to more.

Cheers

Sheep

[Eskimo]

THAT WAVE SERP IS FRAKING AMAAAAAZZZZIIIINNNNNGGGGGG!!!
WOw I applaud!

[duffybear1988]

wow those are great.

[Magos Explorator]

All looks very nice, great work on the vehicles in particular.

[clansman]

Aaah Haargh there eastern heretic, I've swiftly knocked up a rough tutorial hope this is helpful!(please forgive my shoddy graphics)
1. I always start with a black undercoat, force o habit really!
2. then paint in the whiteup to roughly where the blend edge'll be. I'l highlight and shade up the white at this point.
3. now I take the hawk turquoise and paint in the outline of the blend, then paint that down to black as i go down the hull, wet blending loosely I guess.

4. highlight those edges!
5. the dots eh? What I came up with was differing sizes of dots. I'd do a line of dots vertically, leave space between them, then next line do the dots slightly larger and space them between the first line of dots. rinse and repeat really, also the cool thing is that when you mess a few up, or the dotted lines go squint, it just gives the pattern an organic vibe, and organic? that adjective was invented by the eldar!
time to batten the hatches in preperation for maelstrom of activity!

[Hammer49]

I really like the grav tanks. Look fantastic. Look forward to seeing more

[Morthai]

Amazing models so far. I love your tank painting pattern. Very innovative (and inspirating). Keep it up

[clansman]

Hi there havent posted foe a while coz I got a bit carried away with castle building..



Anyways back to the eldar, I got some shining spears finished, painted up a squad of five, I've been playing with the tank scheme, im pretty much decided to repeat the pattern over all the vehicle hulls, i'm working on vipers the now, should be finished in a day or two...