Dark Eldar for Sale!

I have the following Dark Eldar models that I would rather sell than keep. Prices negotiable but shipping included.

Warriors, Wych, Character

Warriors - Wych - Hellion

(Sorry for the low quality images.)
The break down is as follows:
PAINTED
3 Warriors with Splinter Cannons
9 Warriors with Splinter Rifles
3 Sybarites with Splinter Pistols and Close Combat Weapons
HALF-PAINTED
3 Warriors with Splinter Rifles
1 Sybarite with Splinter Pistol and Close Combat Weapon
UNPAINTED
3 Warriors with Splinter Rifles
1 Sybarite with Splinter Pistol and Close Combat Weapon
1 Wych with Blaster
1 Hellion Character, converted

Old Farseer and Terrain not included

Space Marines not included

Also willing to include in the deal: some Dark Eldar bitz and an unopened Baharroth blister pack.

If interested leave me a comment on this post with a way to get in touch.

Today I got 3 Packages from GW

No joke! First I got my advance orders with the 5th Edition Rulebook, Codex: Daemons, Apocalypse Reload, the boxed set of 5 Cadian snap-fit Guardsmen, and the special edition Space Marine Veteran Sergeant. Yes, some of those things came earlier than their release dates. Then we got two more packages, one for my brother and one for myself; they contained our winnings from the 40k Trivia Challenge; a box of Tau Fire Warriors and a box of Eldar Dire Avengers. Needless to say, I have quite a lot to read, build, convert and paint!

Citadel Boxed Sets and my first redone Tank

Also tonight I painted up my first Guard tank. It’s based heavily on some World War 2 tank kit I picked up a few years ago and converted. I figure it’s a locally-attached PDF armored vehicle, and hence the paint scheme is different than what my regiment will be. The purple identification banding designates it as an auxiliary attachment to the Imperial Guard. Using the old Vehicle Design Rules…

Artherian PDF Attached Armor
Model: Elephant Mk II Vehicle Name: “NasHorn”
Armor (F/S/R): 13/11/10 BS: 3
Type: Tank Crew: PDF Troopers
Weapons, Wargear: Turret-mounted long-barreled autocannon, hull-mounted heavy flamer, pintle-mounted heavy stubber, hunter killer missile, extra armor.

I figure it’s primarily for Apocalypse games. I have a squad of 10 soldiers I plan to paint up as PDF Troopers, so their paint scheme will be closer to this tank than to the Regiment’s colors.

Eldar Autarch

My Iybraesil Autarch is finished as of today. It was a lot of painting, and in the future I could see myself going back and doing more on highlighting and such, but I’m pretty satisfied with it.

Iybraesil Autarch

The paint scheme included a lot of colors. The base was done in two layers of Catachan Green, with some highlighting drybrushes of Goblin Green; the stone was covered in Codex Grey and drybrushed with Fortress Grey. The Autarch’s armor was painted thus: 1) Layer of Blue Ink; 2) Layer of Hawk Turquoise; 3) Another layer of Hawk Turquoise; 4) Highlighting in select areas with Hawk Turquoise/Skull White. The cloak was successive layers of Skull White and the cloth/parchment was Skull White, watered-down Sunburst Yellow, and Bleached Bone (Chaos Black emblem). The faceplate and the background of the runic heirogram on the Jump pack were done with a few layers of Regal Blue. The gems were the same as the Dire Avenger: Blood Red -> Fiery Orange -> Skull White. Fiery Orange eyes, Bestial Brown straps, Chaos Black Avenger Catapult, and lots of Shining Gold and Chainmail for ornamentation.

Iybraesil Autarch (2)

Now, any ideas for a name?
Working on: the nine remaining Dire Avengers (with two exarchs), a farseer, and a Falcon Grav Tank. That’s not counting all of the Guard, of course.

First Eldar

Today I went through two cans of black spray paint undercoating the Guard, and when I had used up all the paint I still have 21 Guardsmen to do. Then I spent a few hours working on the color scheme for my Eldar Dire Avengers. The end result satisfies me.

The painting scheme is more sophisticated than probably any other model I’ve painted with the intent to replicate on other models. The armor is a double layer of Regal Blue with a substantial Enchanted Blue highlight; the plumage is Shadow Grey covered with some old Sky Blue Ink and then select spots of Regal blue; the gun is Chaos Black with Shining Gold details; the helmet and cloth are Skull White with freehand symbols painted in Chaos Black; the gems are Blood Red, Fiery Orange and a dot of Skull White. The base is (I think) Catachan Green with Codex Grey rubble and a few spots of Goblin Green highlights. Overall I am very pleased with the effect.

This Dire Avenger, like the rest of my Eldar force, comes from an Aspect Temple located on the Iybraesil Craftworld. More on that as it comes together…

More on the Guard, Coming Soon!

This is my goal for this week, before the 4th of July weekend. Base and undercoat all of my Guard…and also all of my Eldar (Oh, the hobbyist’s primary weakness - distraction). Already completed: I’ve undercoated all of the Guard vehicles and tonight I hope to finish basing those who still need it.

My basing method is simple. On a clean base, I put some white glue on and spread it around with a toothpick. Then I dip the model in sand, let it sit a few moments with the entire base covered, then pull it off and knock off the extra sand. Let it dry, tap off anything loose, then on to painting. Undercoated black, the bases for my Guard are simply two coats of Goblin Green. Special characters have added debris (rocks, tank tracks, etc.) but by and large, I am pursuing simple bases for a largely simple army.

Shadow Stalkers of the Kabal of the Twilight Wraith

Presenting: the personal raiding force of the High Lord Archon Khira’lyth.

If you ever need a description of why the Dark Eldar aren’t really “that evil,” just talk to Joel. If you ever want to see a well-painted Dark Eldar force, see him for that, too.

His army is situated around a few Warrior Squads backed up by more warriors entering from Webway Portals - just at the right moment to jump into your gunline. His other units include some Warp Beasts, some Wyches, and a hard-hitting Reaver Jetbike squad led by a fierce Dracon.


Generally at 2000 points, Joel runs the character on the jetbike as a Dracon, and his on-foot leader as an Archon. The high number of raiders, alongside the jetbikes and webway portal, assures that this army list is extremely fast and hard-hitting. The HQ unit he runs is the Archon (High Lord Archon Khira’lyth, wouldn’t you know) backed up by wicked Incubi. Anti-armor firepower is provided by a Ravager with Dark Lances.


Joel starts with an undercoat of sprayed-on black, then he does touch ups with Chaos Black. The basic blue is Regal Blue; this is followed by a half-and-half Regal Blue-Ultramarines Blue, then Ultramarines Blue, then Ultramarines Blue-Skull White for the final Highlight. The eyes are Sunburst Yellow, and the metallics are Boltgun Metal highlighted with Mithril Silver.

Joel’s Army List is exactly 2000 points:
+Archon Khira’lyth with Agoniser, Splinter Pistol, Shadowfield, Combat Drugs, Plasma Grenades
+Retinue of 5 Incubi
+Raider with Horrorfex
+9 Wyches with Wych Weapons, Blaster, Shredder, led by a Succubus with an Agoniser and Splinter Pistol
+Raider with Horrorfex
+5 Warp Beasts led by a Beastmaster
+2 Webway Portal Squads, each with 16 Warriors, 2 Splinter Cannons and a Blaster, Sybarite with Poison Blades, Splinter Pistol and Portal
+3 Raider Squads, each with 10 Warriors, a Splinter Cannon and a Blaster, Sybarite with Poison Blades and a Splinter Pistol, and a Raider with Horrorfex
+7 Reaver Jetbikes with 2 Blasters, led by a Succubus with a Power weapon and Tormentor Helm
+2 Ravagers, each with 2 Disentegrators and a Dark Lance

Coming Soon!

Coming soon: Joel, a friend, is going to show us his detailed Dark Eldar Army. Stay tuned.

I’ve been busy…

…but not on my Guard.  The Volyak XXI took a back seat lately while I finished a few other projects.  First, my brother and I worked on a year-old Battle for Skull Pass project, our only Warhammer work to date.

  We had worked previously on assembling, basing, and painting all of the figures, and we purchased a few more to balance the forces.  In the end, there are two 722 Warhammer forces, the Dwarves outnumbered something like 4 to 1.  Those are the kinds of odds I - like Space Marines - like.  

 

I also got some models from other players: 4 Guardsmen and 10 brand new Dire Avengers.  Also, I had some “Broo” figurines sitting around, not sure from where.  The Dire Avengers formed the basis of my new Eldar Iybraesil army (later that night followed by a converted Autarch), the Broo became stand-in Kroot (some with weapon swaps), and the Guardsmen rounded out that pesky Remnants squad.  I also converted an old “tank rider” to be a Guardsman, and he is now one of my favorites in the army (I’m certain you’ll be able to locate him in the picture).

After all of this, the next big project cropped up unexpectedly.  My brother and a friend and I were all in a mood for painting one night, my Guard hadn’t been undercoated, the Skull Pass was finished, etc.  So we cracked out my brother’s Tau Army and got to work.  Out of 1650 points approximately, only 350 had been painted.  Three days later, we had finished the army.    The color scheme worked out by my brother turned out really well.  For the Tau, over a black undercoat, Codex Grey and Shadow Grey, with Space Wolves Grey and other special colors, were used; for the Kroot, over a black undercoat, Shadow Grey and Bestial Brown were the main colors.

 

 

 

Not all of the Kroot models are Citadel - not all are Kroot even, certainly.  But ultimately I find that they work well together, especially with the cohesive color scheme.

And that is pretty much what I’ve been working on.  Having three fully completed armies (Dwarves, Night Goblins, and Tau) feels pretty good, and it’s also nice to have finished projects that have gone on for years.  The Tau models, for example, went back to the initial release of the first Codex.  Next up: basing and priming the new Eldar and all of the Guard.

 

Ready for Phase 2

 

After a long weekend of serious work, I have stripped all the models I deemed in need of paint removal, remodeled those that needed it, and reorganized my army list.  I also built two more troopers using spare Guardsmen bits and extra bases.  I am especially proud of one trooper, a shotgun-wielding Sergeant with intent in his motions.

 

I was using Chameleon brand model paint remover for most of the work, and on all but my oldest and most difficult models it worked well.  I based my decision on which models to strip and which not to based on how worried I was about losing or obscuring any detail during phase 2: spray painting a new undercoat on the entire army.  With this in mind, I did not strip models with only a light undercoat, nor did I strip any vehicles.  I did, however, perform considerable maintenance on the armored sections of the army.  On my Leman Russ Exterminator I replaced the old storm bolter with a new heavy stubber, and the old dozer blade with the new one.  I ripped the sponson heavy flamers off another Leman Russ, and gave it smoke launchers.  I modified one of the Chimeras to boast a heavy stubber, and changed a fast attack vehicle - based on a wooden car I made in shop class in middle school - to have different armament.  

The new organization comes to 3407 points total, and was based primarily on the models I had available to me.  The doctrines I selected are: Priests, Storm Trooper Squads, Special Weapon Squads, Iron Discipline, Sharpshooters.  The infantry are of 2nd Company, Volyak XXI Rifles and the armor from the Volyak XVII Armored.  Perhaps in another post I will go into the history and more in depth organization of the force.

So where does that leave me modeling wise?  In the previous image, you can see the sketch book where I have drawn uniform plans for the armor.  Here is a better picture:

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Hopefully before long I will be able to start spray-painting this horde.  I have the black spray paint ready.  After that, I will have to start purchasing paints to start the long, serious painting.  Please comment with any questions, suggestions, etc.

Emperor Class Battleship: Centerpiece

I thought I’d do a spotlight on my Emperor Class Battleship, as seen a few posts ago as part of my fleet.  It didn’t take very long at all to paint, but it is still definitely the centerpiece of my Imperial fleet and indeed me entire Battlefleet Gothic collection.  

Top View

Fleet View: Left side

Close-up view of the "Knight of Dankrat"

Fleet View; Rear

The painting scheme was the same as the rest of the fleet, with a little more embellishment and detailing.  Over a black undercoat, I dry brushed Shadow Grey over all raised areas of the ship.  The launch bays and a few other details were done with a solid layer of Shadow Grey.  Weapon batteries, lance batteries, turret guns, and sensor arrays were picked out with Boltgun Metal.  The prow and angelic statue were first layered twice in white, then dry brushed lightly with Boltgun Metal, then given a solid layer of yellow and a highlight of Bleached Bone.  White was also used to help pick out a few minor stacks/sensors.  That is more or less all it took!

The ship is named “The Knight of Dankrat” for reasons I can’t recall specifically, and I purchased it several years ago because it was on (substantial) sale.  It’s good to be part of the Imperial Navy.