Flashback to Harlequins (Dec 07)

Going over the old photobucket album that contains a lot of the Eldar I've done for "The Big Box" I came across the many Harlequins I painted for that army. My painting has definitely improved in the past 2 years (as I hope it noticeably does every 2 years) but I was pleasantly surprised at how fun these clowns look. They don't all have the standard Harlequin diamond checker pattern, but I really liked the more unique things like the tiger striped boots, the spooky red death jester and blue face troupe leader and the pink/blue one (who, if I recall correctly, has a heart on her butt to match the one on her chest.)










My own Harlequins will likely get more precise paint jobs given my added experience, but I hope they maintain that sense of whimsy that these have.

Ulthwe Seer Council WIP 1

Five different warlock models make a cool looking council.  The only colors used so far are black, dark grey mixed with ultramarines blue (for black highlight), skull white, mechrite red and (for the spear shaft) astronomicon grey.

They are really flat right now.  I'm hoping the next few WIP shots you'll see the depth start to emerge.

At this rate I should have them done by the weekend.  Then on to the Fire Prism and they belong to USPS after that. 

Biel Tan Bonesinger

Snice I finished all the little details on one of the Bonesingers I figured I'd post him.  The others (Saim Hann, Ulthwe, Lugganoth, Alaitoc) have an embarrassing lack of gems and other fiddly bits.

I love this sculpt.

Quintet

First five Bonesingers out of twelve. I tried some alternate basing on the middle one. He's standing on a piece of GW's urban basing kit.

Yriel and Bonesinger

Here's the completed Yriel (minus static grass... I always varnish before doing static grass) and the first of a group of Bonesingers assembled. That ... thing ... in his right hand is pretty fiddly, and extremely thin on the lower part where it meets the hand.

I might convert one of my own Bonesingers into a Farseer. I think a witchblade in place of the flute thingy would look pretty cool.

Dark Reapers WIP

These guys are done except for static grass. Man that is a lousy photo.... everything is darker in person and the whites aren't so washed out. They're Reaper "linen white" which matches the box pic pretty well.

I took a look at the army list entry for these guys. They are scary. Really scary.

Maugan Ra WIP

The gamma on this photo is all wacky. He's really got more bone color in him than pure white. Also the cloth is much darker in person. Aaaanyway, another "by the book" scheme that is turning out good.