Mymeara army so far
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| Mymeara Eldar Army |
I have about 1700 points painted up. I do need to finish up some bases and a few details but it’s really coming together. I have a few thousand points more to paint, but this is a nice core.
Mymeara – Wave Serpent #1
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| Mymeara Wave Serpent with bright lances |
So had some serious insomnia issues last night, so I worked on one of the wave serpents. I really hope these get fixed in the next Eldar codex. While the speed is nice, they are just way too expensive for how easy they are to kill. That said, I love how they look so will continue to paint the rest of them up.
Mymeara – Fire Prism
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| Mymeara Fire Prism |
Finished up the Fire Prism tonight. I absolutely love how it turned out. The red/orange/yellow crystal with the cool jade and turquoise just really stands out. I tried to do something similar with the gems, but without using the airbrush it just didn’t look very good so I went back to the purple gems. I need to figure out how to build a better base for them though, as the metal turret makes the model extremely top heavy. Also did a bit of free-hand with the fire prism rune on the wing. I wish the Mymeara logo was a little less complicated. I might have to see if I can get it on some transfer paper and try that way.
Skimmer WIP
So I pulled out all my old Eldar skimmers to repaint. One falcon needs some repair work done on it, and both Falcon turrets are need of some TLC before they get painted. The Wave Serpents all had their guns removed so that I can figure out a good way to magnetize them. I decided against stripping the paint, as I found it doesn’t come off evenly, and with thin airbrush coats the texture comes through. They are not perfect, but considering that I got them for extremely cheap second hand, I’m not going to complain.
I used all Vallejo paint at this point. White primer through the airbrush (only way to prime here in Seattle with the weather), followed by Vallejo GC Jade Green, Turquoise both thinned out with Matte Medium and a little water/flow aid. The Fire Prism crystal is painted with Vallejo Model Air Yellow, Orange, and Scarlet Red. Next step will be to varnish it and start on black lining.
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| Models ready for a new paint job |
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| Primed |
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| Jade Green applied |
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| Turquoise |
Ice World Terrain – Hoth Inspired
A few updates. So I watched Return of the Jedi again to see what else I could steal for cool ice terrain and started on a few more pieces. Laid everything out to see how the terrain density would be. I have about 25% coverage including the pipelines which can’t be removed (not counting the giant iced over river). I need one more solid piece of terrain to feel comfortable with the table, and will build a few beyond that for varieties sake. One thing I definitely will do, is make a larger island with a nice piece of LoS blocking terrain. I’m thinking a pumping station, to go in the middle of the board. Maybe a couple of small islands to go in the river to not always have the middle of the board open. Sorry about the image quality but this was just a test setup in the kitchen. Also these are all work in progress. Pretty much just primered and textured at this point.
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| Hidden Base Blast Doors |
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| Defense Laser Tower |
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| Shield Generator |
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| Board Laid Out to check terrain Density |
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| Terrain in one corner |
Aegis Defense Line for Lamenters
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| Lamenters Behind Aegis Line |
I haven’t forgotten the Lamenters. Here is an Aegis Defense Line with Quadcannon upgrade on the ice board. Painted up really quick and easy. Not sure how much I’ll ever use it with them, as I like to play them fast moving and have very little shooting.
Frozen River
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| Cracked Ice |
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| Close up |
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| Models on ice |
I finally found an affordable solution for making the frozen river for my ice board. Ceiling panels for florescent lights to simulate the ice. This is a translucent cracked ice type and runs about 10 bucks for a 2×4 foot section. Two of them will be enough to do the large river on my table. Certainly better than the estimated $100 bucks worth of resin I thought I was going to need. I had thought about trying it, but saw it in action here and new it would be perfect.
The one problem I ran into is that the panels are actually 23.5 inches vs 47.5 inches. So for one of the panels I needed to use multiple pieces. Rather than have a straight seam, I cracked and broke it into pieces and then used Woodland Scenics Realistic Water to make it look like the water was flowing up through the crack. The water seeped under the plastic to give a really nice looking effect. I’m really happy, I just need to do some snow banks along the edges to cover up the rough cutting.
Land Raider WIP
I started repainting the second Land Raider trying to use the airbrush to a better effect. I picked up some more Vallejo Model air colors and can do a decent shading effect now. I’m pleased with how it turned out and it ends up being a more true yellow versus my prior scheme. Still need to do all the detail work and black lining, but it’s moving in the right direction and my quality is improving.
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| Lamenter’s Land Raider |
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| Top View |
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| Side View |
Ice Crystal Terrain
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| Farseer with Howling Banshees |
Last year I attempted to do some ice-crystal terrain and failed miserably. This year it worked out a lot better. I also have an idea for doing the ice on the table I’m working on as well. Finished these miniatures up while visiting my parents last week. I’m actually taking a little Eldar break and going to re-paint/finish my second Land Raider for the Lamenters.
Howling Banshee WIP
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| Howling Banshees |
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| Howling Banshee close up |
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| Howling Banshee rear veiw |
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| Warlock |