How to paint Iyaden

Another one from the archives, but not so long ago.  How to paint an eldar guardian in Iyaden craft world colours.  You can check out the original post here:
http://itslikewatchingpaintdry.blogspot.ca/2013/05/how-to-paint-iyanden-craftworld-eldar.html

I'm hoping to pick up the Assassins game tomorrow, so hopefully I'll have some stuff to post for that.

How to paint Eldar of Craftworld Telennar

Here's a painting tutorial for the Eldar Farseer I picked up while in London.  I painted him in the Craftworld Telennar colours, which is the orange and grey ones featured in White Dwarf recently.  I've found this quite a cool paint scheme, and wanted to give it a go.  Turns out its a really simple scheme to paint as well, so I may paint up some more guys if I get a chance.

Lots of pictures including a painting tutorial video after the break.

How to paint Eldar Saim-Hann

Here's a tutorial that I did back in 2013 when the old codex came out.  I have a few more to come, but I think this is one of the more popular craft worlds.  I'm also working on a farseer in the Telennar colours (grey and orange).

You can check out more pics here:
http://itslikewatchingpaintdry.blogspot.ca/2013/05/eldar-saim-hann-guardian-tutorial.html

Visit to GW Flagship - London England

I just got back from a family vacation in England, and of course I had to stop by Games Workshop while I was there.  I was in London for most of the time, so I visited the new "flagship" store in on Tottenham Court Road.  It just opened a week ago, and is the one with the "Warhammer" sign out front instead of "Games Workshop".

I'm not sure what the norm is for stores in England, but I was somewhat underwhelmed by the store considering its a flagship store in the heart of London.  There was a cool display table at the front of the store (which is in the White Dwarf), but otherwise I'd call it a regular shop. The stock was the same as you'd see anywhere, and there weren't a lot of armies on display.  Definitely not as many as are in the GW's near me.  I probably would have enjoyed a independent retailer better since they would have at least had some other stock that I'm not familiar with.

I figured I had to pick up a souvenir, and since the new Eldar stuff was just announced I picked up the plastic Farseer to paint up as well as some 32mm bases.

Harlequin Completed tutorial

Ok, it took me a little while to get this video compiled, but here you go.  In the video I show all the steps I took and give some suggestions about ways to do them a little differently.  Whenever you try out something you usually realize during the process that there are better ways of doing it.  For me I realized that they needed more colours after I did the diamond pattern, so I went back and added some bits here and there.

Also, someone commented on youtube about the brush I used for the fine lines. Yes, it looks like crap, but it has a good tip and is very predictable, so it works well with stuff like this.  I should probably replace it, but for now its the brush I use for checkers and other fine designs.

Harlequins Finished

Had a bit of time last night to finish these guys and gals.  All that was left were some final highlights, so it went pretty quickly.  Overall all I like the look, but might have preferred some brighter colours to make them stand out more in my Dark Eldar army.  Regardless, they painted up nicely, and with only 6 of them were very manageable.  I'd like to get some of the skimmers and characters, but I need to finish up Smaug first.

Video tutorial will be coming when I get a chance to record the audio.

Harlequin Progress

These guys are coming along nicely.  I'm actually surprised that after two nights of painting I feel like I have solid progress.  I was worried about the diamond patterns, but I think they turned out really well, so I thought I'd share.  I'm using the same pallet as my Dark Eldar in hopes that they will ook like they belong, so that's where I came up with colour patterns.  Up close you can see the errors, but I think the overall impression works.

I do think I want to add some more green and blue before finishing them up. Maybe gloves, boots, jackets, etc.

Harlequin Unboxing and Assembly

I caved and picked up a troupe box yesterday... I had wanted to wait until the full release came out before picking anything up, but these things are trickling out so slowly that I pulled the trigger.  I'd like to put together a small band to complement my Dark Eldar, so I'll probably pick up a transport and character to go with these guys.  I'm also considering the idea of converting wyches into Harlequins... might be a decent conversion project.  The basic idea would be to put masks on heads and use Harlequin arms.

Also, a size comparison below the video...

How to Paint Uthwe Craftworld Eldar

Here's a quick tutorial on how to paint up Uthwe Eldar.  Back in the day (2nd edition) I had an Uthwe Eldar army.  I sold them on ebay when I got back into 40k a few years back.  That was back in the metal bodies, plastic arms days... yikes, those sucked for coming apart during transport.

Anyway, here's a quick tutorial on doing the black armour with bone contrast.

How to Paint Iyanden Craftworld Eldar

Here's the second painting tutorial for Eldar.  This guy is done in the yellow Iyanden scheme, so lots of yellow.  You could also start with a white base and shade to get the yellow, but I chose to go the other way.

Eldar Saim-Hann Guardian Tutorial

In anticipation of the new Eldar Codex I painted up a couple guardians and made tutorials for them.  Here is the first, done in the Saim-Hann craft world colours.  Paints are listed at the bottom.  The second tutorial will be for an Iyanden guardian done in the same style.