Halos' Dark Eldar (Completed Army)

[halos]

Hi, my nids are getting close to the point where I can be happy to say that they are 'done.' And I'm getting pretty bored of playing with them, so I'm giving them something of a rest until the next codex comes out.

As such I need a new army to play with so I'm hopping on the Dark Eldar bandwagon with my brand new Kabal of the Black Harvest:





There are another 3 guys I've painted but their photo came out super blurry, they're much the same as the others anyway.

It's a pretty simple colour scheme, I was trying to get away from the typical black/purple schemes you normally see on DE. So I decided my guys (and girls) would carve the bones of their enemies into intricate armour and wear that. They still need a little work but as these are just your basic grunts I'm happy enough with them.

Next I shall be working on my Wyches, I don't actually have any flesh colous so hopefully I'll be able to think up a work-around...

[The Tomato]

Ive never been a fan of the "dusty" look in paintscemes, but you managed to pull it of since it really makes them look as if they have been carved out of bone.

You could try to add a few more details on them, but you should probably save that for the heroes.

tl,dr: these are some great mooks and an army of those is going to look sick as (swear not do please).

[Helonion]

If your camera has a macro setting, use it. Zooms in on small things easier.

[halos]

Exams have been keeping my busy but I've slowly been working on my building and painting a Raider, I've finally got it to a level where I'm happy enough showing it:





Exact same colour scheme as the Warriors but with added glowing parts in the recesses/engines and undercarriage. It's not quite finished; I've still got to freehand some runey things onto the carapace/sail/pennant thing and then tone down the bright red segments but I'm happy enough with it for now...

[eetdestroyer]

I'd suggest using more of a glazing technique for you directional lighting. It works the 'glow' up smoother, takes more time but well worth it in the end

Cool colour scheme though \m/

[robomummy]

very nice, as for a substitute for flesh colors Ive found a 1:1 mixture of bleached bone and blood red makes a nice pinkish flesh color. also a 1:2 mix of chaos black and rotting flesh would work as a darker flesh color.

[halos]

Jan 26, 2011 23:34:56 GMT eetdestroyer said:

I'd suggest using more of a glazing technique for you directional lighting. It works the 'glow' up smoother, takes more time but well worth it in the end

Cool colour scheme though \m/

The directional lighting is not nearly that garish is reality, I think the flash of my camera coupled with the gloss varnish on some parts of the model is making it look super bright. Still it needs some work you're right.


As for skin I went with a grey colouration (I think Codex Grey/Khemri Stone and a Badab Black wash.) I didn't want them looking too human and this works pretty well I think. I'll post pics of the Wyches once I've managed to paint more than two of them -_-

Thanks for the c&c folks!

[halos]

Double postin' and Necro-ing 'dis. I'm gonna be in trouble aren't I?

Figured it was better to drag this thread back up than start a new one as it's the same topic.

Yes indeed I am back with more pictures. Now that I've decided exactly what my DE will contain and that proper Venoms have been released I'm back to building and painting the dark forces of Commorragh.

First up a Venom, my first, it took a little longer than I expected, and my army has quite a lot of them...










Next up I turned my old Raider into a Ravager with some of the spare components of the Venom kit:



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And finally a group shot of all my painted murder-elves. With a bonus pic of my Duke Sliscus and his Kabalite Trueborn:





Once again my camera work shows up my shoddy painting but I think they're getting better!

[halos]

Slight update on the Kabal, I bought a Razorwing fighter on a whim, the model is incredibly cool, and a real blast to paint. So I'm dropping the Ravagers from my list and using Void Ravens instead.

I realise the Ravager is better in basically all scenarios, but the flyers just look so much better:

[killercroc]

Not bad, not bad at all.

[Helonion]

Jul 13, 2011 20:24:43 GMT killercroc said:

Not bad, not bad at all.

Agreed.

[thecakewuzalie]

those DE look ready to go trololo some fresh agony from you lgs
good job

[Hive Carnithrope]

Oh wow. They're good.

Especially the Razorwing. I always love seeing armies that have the same colour armour. Nids are good for this but your Dark Eldar fit the bill!

[halos]

Thanks very much folks.

Up close they don't look quite so good but at 36" away they look perfectly presentable, and that's where they'll always be.

Alas I have no spare cash for more model so I guess it's back to repainting my Tyranids for a month or two...

[halos]

I'm back once again folks and this will be for the final time; I've collected and painted all 1750pts of my DE army and have been playing with it over the last few weeks. It's pretty much the exact antithesis of my Tyranids which is just as I'd hoped.

Pics!

Venoms:


Warriors:




Jetbikes:




Void Raven number 2:




And some full army shots:








As ever c&c is more than welcome.

I've had a blast with this project and it let me work in very different styles than I have on my nids. Still not 100% happy with the freehand rune-y stuff but I think I improved somewhat as I went along. Plus my source lighting is getting better so that's a plus!

Thanks for looking.