Models to paint! Hurrah!
Commission work for Leofa here, and a long-awaited return to his Craftworld Dyns-tain force. Haven't done these in a long time, and great to not only be back to 40K but also Eldar, who I've always had a crush on.
As with any commission, I'll try and get over the hump stuff first. In this case, it's a Webway Gate, which isn't the humpiest of humps. Lovely piece, but it's a) massive and b)going to be white, which made it daunting.
Turned out well. I played about with the new Pylar Glacier contrast to get the glow. Not a bad colour, but very dilute, it needed a couple of coats. Mixed with Apothecary White, it made for a decent lighting effect wash too.
Gods, Eldar have a lot of gems, I'd forgotten that. At least these were nice big ones. A nice rainbow of them, to help make the largely monochrome paint job seem like I'd put some effort in. Green and white might make you think these were Biel-Tan, but there's no barbed thorn work here, just clean surfaces and completely original colour schemes.
Two sets of Webway Gates worth, in fact - this is a much smaller set, 3D printed ones. Slightly harder to do these, because I couldn't just casually drybrush them, it would bring out their grain. Not too big a problem on these, they are nice quality, and make for a good alternative set (as well as being much easier to carry to matches).
More to come, of course. Who's that striding through the portals?
That big fella is making a great Hollywood entrance!
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how small he looks next to the arches, they really are huge!
DeleteThe white looks really fantastic, really smooth (and I've a rough idea of how hard it is to do that with white)
ReplyDeleteGrey Seer undercoat, Nuln Oil wash, drybrushed with Ulthuan Grey and then White drybrushed and in some places thinly painted on. Quickest part of the whole thing.
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