Out for a ride... Eldar jetbike

Here's a little something I did to match a Wave Serpent color scheme:



Back to the jetbike:

Would you like some weapons with that?

This is the third of three Forgeworld Wasps.  I finally got through the last of the weapon bits at 2 AM.

I think it goes without saying that it took me longer (as in LOTS longer) to paint (and magnetize) all those extra weapon pieces than the Wasp itself!  My goodness.  There were two occasions when I thought I was finally done with them, only to realize there was another pile somewhere.

I do not want to see any of those weapon bits for a good long time!

Eldar special edition Bonesinger

Here is a figure that I guess is somewhat rare.  I have not really seen this too many times, except on Cool Mini once or twice.

Second Eldar Fire Prism (cracking energy effect)

This is a freshly completed piece, but it is actually the second of its kind that I have done.  A few years ago, the buyer requested a Fire Prism with some manner of sculpted energy effect.  That was the "old style" Prism with the metal turret pieces.  I definitely liked working with the plastic version better in terms of the weight and worries about top heaviness!

It made creating the crackling effect trickier, though, since everything was so stretched out with the longer beam.  Here are the pictures:













This view shows the snow base, and the extra magnetized weapons:




 

Big batch of Eldar Dire Avengers

For as tiny and a simple as these figures appear to be, they were much more painful than I thought they were going to be!

I think the fact that they had to be attached to the bases prior to painting had a lot to do with it.  Normally I paint all of my minis while they are pinned to a dowel rod, and getting attached to the base when everything is done.  You will see what I had to do to paint that lower half of the mini in the WIP images later. :-)

Also, I had never assembled basic Eldar troops before, and I was in for a real surprise! I didn't notice at first that only certain guns go with certain torsos, and certain torsos with certain legs... and so on.  That made me have sad face.  At least that was in the back of my mind when I started assembling my Dark Eldar troops earlier last year!

























These WIP shots show you some of the madness involved in making these guys!

Eldar Wraithlord

Here is another piece of the Eldrad color scheme Eldar army.  This time, a wraithlord. 

When I was pondering my own Eldar army, I had thought about a bunch of wraithlords with Warlock babysitters on jetbikes (in squads themselves).

Eldar Wave Serpent with extensive freehand and extra weapons

This is probably the most extensive freehand on a vehicle in terms of overall coverage for me.  It was a massive challenge, but also very fun!  The spacescape section was very close to my heart, since I used to paint spacescapes for a living.

The "Asurmen" section was not so fun to paint, as I had to carry that angular pattern across very organic curved surfaces, which did tricks on the eye to make it seem as if the angles wree going the wrong way!











Here is a view of the back door freehand...


And this view shows all the various weapons.  Magnetizing them was not at all like magnetizing bulky Space Marine weapons!  These skinny yet out of balance weapons needed big magnets, but had vey small areas for placement.  I have since learned some things which will make this process a bit easier. :-)