Well concerning bases (which a pet peeve of mine is the larger bases used on Epic) I think you pull it off better than most.

I've seen some pretty horrendous looking examples, but yours look natural enough.

Maybe it's your "anti-diorama" style that makes it work for you.

Again, lovely army.

I really can't wait to put paint to my new army.

In the meantime I've been assembling Space Marines, Eldar, Titans, Aircraft, and terrain. So I really haven't had a chance to sit down and play with paint on models.

But I look forward to what you have to say about mine.

(p.s. I'm a diorama guy!    )

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wow - just wow!

Your nice models got me thinking again about starting my own Eldar force!  

bg,

^ If my army has inspired someone to paint one of their own, then that's pretty amazing and I'm really flattered.

Actually, what I said before about leaving the titans until last wasn't strictly true. I still had a Wraithgate left to paint and a Firestorm (but no formation for it to accompany). So yesterday I got down and painted up the wraithgate, and while I was at it, since it seems to be the done thing, I also did a set of markers for the other objectives:


Of these, I think I'm most pleased with the mysterious menhir in the pool. I really wasn't sure how it was going to turn out, but it's ended up looking pretty good, I think. I'm least pleased with the small statue, which was kind of an afterthought, and will probably only be used if I'm not taking the wraithgate.

Right up until the last moment I had been planning to do the wraithgate predominantly in bone. I'd undercoated it and started on the base before I changed my mind, and I'm still not completely certain why I did.

Thanks again to my brother, who provided the statue from one of his 40k Eldar sprues (neither he nor I actually have an army, but he's got a few guardians, while I don't have any).


Well, if they're anything like your Black Templars, I'm sure I'll be complimentary. I'll look forward to seeing them.

For what it's worth, I love little dioramas for display pieces, and if I were painting these models solely for display I'd be keen to do them. But in a game, you can't help but wonder why that titan keeps dragging that wrecked vehicle (or whatever) around the battlefield with it just so it can pose dramatically wherever it goes, especially if the vehicle belongs to a faction that isn't even involved in the battle. Even then, it isn't something I strongly object to.

Not sure what to paint next. Falcons aside I've pretty much finished what I'd initially planned, but until the Falcons do arrive, the army isn't really done, so I don't want to stop just yet. I'll probably do a few more wave serpents, so that both Aspect troupes can be transported, then maybe some Jetbikes, perhaps some more Aspect Warriors, and maybe another Guardian warhost. Four Warhost boxes does leave you with an awful lot of infantry, so I should be able to keep finding stuff to do for a while yet.

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If you have any Banshee or Warp Spiders left over let me know!  

And cool objectives. The pool is particularly nice.

I just started scratch building my own Wraithgate last night. Nearly finished construction on that.

I might go ahead and work out the rest of the objectives as well.

I come from the school of thought that "You can play with unpainted armies, but you need finished terrain."

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I love the way your colour scheme works to unite the army as a whole. I do not think that there is anything wrong in changing the colour scheme a bit on the Revenants. I bet the Craftworld of Yme-Loc want their titans to stand out a bit, too.

/Fredmans

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Thanks, it is nice having a unified look to an army. Which makes me wonder what to do about aspect warriors. So far the Striking Scorpions fit in perfectly already, and the Dire Avengers don't seem too out of place, but bright orange Fire Dragons and red Warp Spiders are going to look more inconsistent. So do I try to paint them in a hybrid of my craftworld colours and their usual aspect schemes (which might not work), or do I just stick with the traditional shrine colours? Something I'll have to ponder for a bit, I suppose.

Meanwhile, ZOOM! Here come the Jetbikes:


One windrider troupe. I gather that five bikes and a vyper is a more popular combination than six jetbikes, but I haven't got any vypers yet. They're next on my list to get (along with some Super-heavy Grav-tanks and a Phantom Titan).

The canopies have ended up a slightly brighter shade of green than most of the rest of the army, but not so much that it matters, I think. These are two to a base for a couple of reasons. Firstly, for consistency with my Chaos bike company, which is also two to a base (which was in response to a shortage of bike models), and more importantly because this way each Eldar Warhost box contains exactly one formation, rather than two-thirds of one. I'm still not sure whether in general I prefer bikes in threes or twos.

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After thinking for a bit, I decided that since I'd already done the Dire Avengers in their shrine colours (and only got them looking half-decent when I abandoned my initial attempt to use a hybrid scheme), I might as well do the other aspects in shrine colours, too. So I started painting up some Dark Reapers in a fairly traditional colour scheme.

Unfortunately, when I finished, they looked rubbish. I'd originally painted the end of the missile launchers bone, but the rest of it in black. This didn't look very good with the rest of the model being black as well, so I clearly needed to paint the rest of the launchers either red or bone. I eventually went with bone, and they look a lot better for it. Still not great, but they'll do.

Dark Reaper troupe with transport, plus optional Autarch and Exarch:


I've got another three Wave Serpents undercoated, which I'll hopefully get painted today. Then I'll be able to take all three Aspect troupes with transport if need be.

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Your army is really coming together nicely Axel.

I think it's cool that you went with the traditional colors of the Aspect Shrine. I'm wrestling with doing that or painting them in the colors of the craftworld for my own awrmy now.

If I could make one small suggestion though. You might want to get a small pair of scissors and trim the static grass down on the infantry bases.

I know it's a pain, but IMHO it looks so much better.

Nice work on the free-handed windows too. I'm not looking forward to doing that!

Speaking of, could you do me a favor and if you get your falcons let me know and I'll do the same for you?

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I have to second the opinion that there is something about Aspect Warriors and their supposed colour schemes. I have been around for too long, I guess. This feeling does not encompass Warp Spiders, since they were not part of the original concept.

/Fredmans

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Hmm. Might give that a try. I had wondered whether static grass would be too long for Epic before I started; previously I'd used flock. In the end it was just about short enough, but it might look better trimmed.


Thanks. I was surprised, actually; they weren't quite as tricky as I'd expected.


Yeah, definitely will do.


I do tend to include Warp Spiders as one of the 'proper' established aspects, but not Shining Spears. I know they were introduced at about the same time, but since the Shining Spears didn't actually get models until much later, they still feel much more like a later addition. If I remember rightly, I hadn't been gaming very long when the Warp Spiders were introduced.

Haven't got anything done for a few days I'm afraid. Hopefully I'll get a bit more painted before the end of the week.

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I have made some progress since the last update, but I haven't taken any more pics as it's just duplicates of stuff I'd already done and didn't seem particularly worth posting photos of. I did another three Wave Serpents yesterday, so now all three Aspect Warrior troupes can be transported simultaneously, plus another four Wraithguard this evening (which leaves me none left unpainted). Since there isn't actually a great deal of point in having eight painted Wraithguard stands with only one Guardian warhost done, I suppose I'd better see if I can paint some more of those next.

Despite having been reluctant before, I'm increasingly inclined towards basing the vehicles. However, it will have to wait a bit; I don't currently have nearly enough bases to do it, so it'll have to wait until I next order some stuff.

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Just make sure we get a full army shot when you have the time!  

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Definitely. As soon as I've got nine painted Falcons (enough for one Swords of Vaul troupe and a Ranger warhost), I'll see about photographing everything.

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I am pleased to say that this army isn't dead yet. I've definitely slowed down quite a bit, but since the last update I've painted up another Guardian warhost, another Windrider troupe, two more Firestorm grav-tanks, and another two stands of Dire Avengers (so that, as with my other aspects, the Autarch and Exarch are optional in that formation). I haven't bothered photographing them, though, because they look pretty much identical to the ones I'd already done. On Tuesday, however, I painted up these Swooping Hawks:


As usual, a troupe of six with Autarch and Exarch as optional additions. Since they can't take them, there was no need to do any Wave Serpents for these guys.

I must say I really like the Swooping Hawk Exarch model. Definitely my favourite of the metal Exarchs.

Next up will probably be some Warp Spiders. I might try and get a third Guardian warhost done as well.

Still no sign of any Falcons from Forge World. At the moment I'm thinking I'll wait until the end of March. If there's still no sign of them by then, I'll probably cancel the order and get some metal ones instead.

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Those are definitely some sweet looking Swooping Hawks!  Good jorb!

So... when's their first fight?  

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