Last update today. I promise.
Lsrwolf's Grand Eldar Blowout has got me thinking about revamping my first Epic army. I have just about 12k of Eldar, but haven't used them ina long time. Most of this is my continuing fascination with my Guard, who now outnumber my Eldar two to one in points. Part of it is that the Eldar I've painted were all painted something like five years ago. They followed the colors my 40k Eldar used, which were black with metallic blue tops and grey bottoms. They seem underwhelming to me now. So, in the spirit of experiment, I went about painting up a Wave Serpent in colors that match the more recent 40k Eldar I have - orange with blue chevrons/stripes on top and bone bottom.

This is what I ended up with.

Compared to my old paint scheme.

WIth his big brother, an old Fire Prism with the FW Type II upgrade kit.
Now the 40k tank is white basecoat with Blazing Orange and Hawk Turquiose. I think the bone is Kommando Khaki with Devlan Mud. The Epic was already basecoated black, so I chose Macharius Orange and Mordian Blue, and the bone is Dheneb Stone with Devlan. Both are Space Wolves Grey canopies. The orange is very dirty on the Epic, part of that is Macharius is a more earthy tone than Blazing Orange, and part of that is the basecoat.
Is it worth repainting to this new scheme as a long term project? If I do I'll probably also make the effort to allow my Eldar to take the field as Biel Tan, Iyanden and Yme-Loc (which they are already able to do), but also add a Saim Hann contingent.
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