So, I have just started painting a new Eldar army, and in a fit of vanity, decided to share it with the world. Hopefully, doing so will give me a bit of extra motivation to get it done, and maybe to do a better job than I otherwise would, knowing that people from all over the world will be seeing and judging my figures. I will freely admit that I'm not the world's greatest miniature painter; I consider myself competent, but I'm certainly nowhere near the standard of some of the fine people on here. I'm not that fantastic a photographer, either (and my camera's been playing up, so I'm having to borrow one that I'm not as familiar with), so sorry if the photos aren't the best.
This army hails from my own Craftworld of Yweh-Lai. I'd originally been planning to use the Uthwé list to represent the army, but shortly after getting the models I changed my mind, and am now planning on using the Alaitoc list instead (a decision which then necessitated ordering a few more models, which have yet to arrive). On the other hand there isn't much that can't be used in either list (and I still have a Seer Council stand assembled), so there's no compelling reason why I couldn't switch between the two on a game-by-game basis. But enough waffling, on to the models.
The first thing I painted was a basic Guardian Warhost:
And, for clarity, here's a side shot of one of the guardian stands:
Since adding unpainted upgrades to a nice painted formation tends to ruin the effect, the obvious next thing to paint was the Wraithguard. I have four stands currently:
Seeing as he's free, it seems fairly likely I'll be taking the Avatar in any game where I have a Farseer to summon him (i.e. most games). So it seemed a good idea to paint him early on. There's also the fact that the avatar is quite an intimidating model to paint, having quite a lot of detail all of which is very small and fiddly, so I was quite keen to get on and get him out the way. In the end I'm quite pleased with how he turned out, although I'm not entirely sure about the face. So here he is, the Avatar of Khaela Mensha Khaine, complete with molten buttock cleavage:
That's all I've done for now. Next up will hopefully be some Wave Serpents and an Aspect Warrior troupe.
