Back in January, I realized I wanted to put Grisly Trophies on some of my Dark Eldar skimmers. The game was an Apoc game which required vehicle upgrades to be modeled. These poles come in the kit, and I hadn’t been using them.
Grisly Trophies
To make it easy to move around, a glued a thin magnet in the vehicle and painted it to blend it in a bit. I drilled out the base of the poles and put in a matching magnet.
I tried out the Citadel Technical Blood for the Blood God paint on these guys, which I think looks neat. Don’t ask me why these clearly dried skulls have fresh blood dripping from them. Maybe the Archon decorates them before going out to battle.
These guys are part of the first reinforcements for my Eldar allies force. I should get a different color background to photograph against, so the white helmets and guns don’t get lost.
Eldar Guardians (first half, front)
The heavy weapon platform is magnetized, and the weapons can be swapped with War Walkers
Eldar Guardians (first half, back)
I’ve gone for painting all the blisters on my Eldar as gems in a couple colors. I think it adds a nice bit of detail.
Eldar Guardians (second half, front)
This is a pretty old kit, but it goes together pretty well. The arms are matched, but once you cut them off the sprue it’s hard to see which goes with which. Since I generally don’t glue on arms until after I’m done painting, I need to keep track of it through priming and painting until I get to final assembly. I ended up sketching out each pair’s defining characteristics (the pendant and arm angles, mostly).
At the end of 2013, I participated in a narrative campaign (Relic War / Warzone Harat) put on by the G3 Santa Cruz group. It was a three-part event hosted by Endgame. I took my Dark Eldar with Eldar allies.
For the finale, they ran an “Apoc-lite” event – basically a high-point game with super heavies, but sticking to the force org chart otherwise. This was announced at the end of the second day, in November.
I decided to use this as an excuse to get an Eldar Revenant Titan. With the third game in January, I had about 8 weeks to select, order, assemble, and paint the model. I made the deadline, but it was a bit intense.
Revenant full
I had originally intended to magnetize the fins on the back, to make it easier to transport. It ended up wobbly, though, so I glued it down.
Revenant front
The gun barrels are successfully magnetized, so I can (in theory) get sonic lances if I wanted to swap it out. It also makes it easier to transport.
Revenant cockpit
I didn’t like the hinge mechanism on the hood, so I just snipped it off and put on a couple of magnets (notice a trend?).
I knew that the kit came with two hood options. I was surprised to find that it also came with a second lower head piece. I may someday use that for a terrain piece or something.
Revenant rear
The rod is to hold the whole thing together. This is a pretty top-heavy model, and even though I pinned all the major joints, there was still a lot of play. A little acrylic rod fixed it up, although it still makes me nervous every time I move the model.
Revenant base
I have a loose idea of the Dark Eldar/Eldar force being opposed to some Necron force, and using dead Necron bits on the bases. This model is the most elaborate one by far (although it’s still pretty simple). I decided that the Revenant just blew up a Tesseract Vault, then jump jetted on top of it to select the next target.
I bought a couple of bits from the Vault kit off Ebay. The C’tan bit was stupidly expensive (well, it is a standalone unit in Apoc..), so I instead used a Dr. Manhattan HeroClix miniature. I tried putting the model in boiling water to repose it, but the damn arm wouldn’t stay down. I ended up cutting it off and putting in some tentacles. I also made tentacles, using Green Stuff Industries’ Tentacle Maker (though mine are the v1 opaque ones), for the Canoptek thing. This let me shape them however I wanted before the putty cured.
Overall I’m very happy with how the model turned out. I wish the airbrushing was a little more consistent, and that it stood upright on it’s own. It does look nice in the cabinet, but I should find more opportunities to play with it.
On Thursdays, I like to take a break from my army projects. Instead, I try to do something that I can start and complete all in one evening.
I haven’t gotten a lot of hobby time in this week. When I did get a chance on Thursday, I decided to spend it continuing on the Malifaux crew I started for the Wyrd summer painting contest. When I’m done, maybe I’ll actually try playing the game.
So here’s a model I painted about 18 months ago, Stefan Von Kruger from Reaper. I actually bought this model probably close to 15 years ago for D&D, but wasn’t into painting back then.
Stefan von Kruger
I don’t think the cloak works very well, at least not with this model. Maybe something dark would work. The tunic also doesn’t show as much depth as I’d like. Oh well, there’s always next time.
