My Dark Eldar army has taken a bit of a back seat lately to Malifaux Resurrectionists and Outcasts. However, the news coming out of Games Day has got me all re-enthused. That and I promised Brad that I would have the photos up.
There’s a wealth of inspiration out there; google images is priceless. After digging through so many images of Dark Eldar warriors I found these:
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And drawing much inspiration from them came up with:
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Of course directly ripping off the paint scheme would be pretty obvious. Besides, the Dark Eldar Archon and Dracon above are pretty intense! I am going for as dark a scheme as possible without having to highlight too much black. Also, I have to keep in mind the brilliant inherited miniatures I am already using as Dark Eldar Warriors (Dark Eldar Gallery so far.) The scheme is a black undercoat and then hitting it with Asuryman Blue and then starting to highlight with Necron Abyss and then Necron Abyss and Ultramarine Blue (2:1) and steadily adding more Ultramarine Blue. The Purple is Liche Purple and Chaos Black as a base, then Liche Purple and a final highlight with Liche Purple and a little bit of Rotting Flesh added to lighten. |
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| I have been kit bashing a lot of stuff for this army; and here is a prime example. It’s a Reaver as a base, but I have tried to strip them back a bit. Also, I underslung the blaster on this bike to add an element of sleekness to it. The cloak of the Dark Eldar Corsair also helped with the decision … | |
My plan for the next couple of weeks, regrettably, involves starting a new job. More importantly, it involves working on some more basic troops WITHOUT special weapons in anticipation of the rapidly approaching codex!
You should read::
- Dark Eldar Dracon
- Warhammer 40000 – Dark Eldar
- Today I Painted – Wood Elf Test Model
- Dark Eldar on the way
- Dark Eldar Grotesques
- Dark Eldar Update – Pre Games Day
- Dark Eldar Reaver Jetbike
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